Company Profile
Applied Aerospace & Defense, Inc. designs, engineers, and manufactures integrated aerospace and defense subsystems for space and defense applications. The company provides Space and launch Systems, which include propellant tanks and engine nozzles; nose cones, fairings, and payload adapters; solar arrays and deployable systems satellite bus and payload assemblies; Spinnaker® de-orbit systems; antennas and precision platforms; and landing legs, tubes, and booms
Defense Aviation and Airborne Systems, which support airborne mission platforms for air dominance, ground attack, electronic warfare, air-to-air refueling, transport, and autonomous collaborative combat, and include wings and control surfaces, landing gear and arresters, engine shafts, gears, and transmissions
Fuel tanks and refueling booms; and fuselage structures; C5ISR and Precision Strike Systems, which support land and maritime based integrated defense systems for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, forward presence, and stand-off missions, and include radar and communications antennas
Missile bodies and launchers; directed energy systems; and electronic enclosures; detection and tracking platforms; and maritime sensors and propulsion. It also provides design, prototyping and manufacturing of hardware and assemblies using composite, metallic, and polymer manufacturing.
The company uses IP-enabled processes and production supported by specialized equipment and experience. It offers in-house testing and inspection along with materials and testing services to support performance and verification requirements.
The company also provides Spinnaker® Deorbit Systems with configurations for satellites and launch vehicle components to support de-orbit applications. The company was formerly known as GB Eagle Topco, Inc. and changed its name to Applied Aerospace & Defense, Inc. in November 2025. Applied Aerospace & Defense, Inc. was incorporated in 2022 and is headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. Applied Aerospace & Defense, Inc. is a subsidiary of AA&D Holdings, LP.