Aerospace Archives

First-Article Inspection Under AS9102 Is a Recurring Revenue Opportunity Most Solution Providers Undervalue

First-Article Inspection — FAI — is the structured process by which a manufacturer demonstrates that a production process is capable of consistently producing a part that meets design requirements. Under AS9102 (the ANSI/SAE standard governing FAI in aerospace), the documentation requirements are extensive, the data must be traceable to the specific design revision, and the records must be maintained for the life of the production program.

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MBE & Digital Thread

The MBE Market in 2026: What Solution Providers Need to Know About Where the Opportunity Is Going

The MBE market is not a single market. It is a collection of adjacent markets — aerospace and defense, medical devices, automotive, industrial machinery, energy — at very different stages of MBE adoption, with different regulatory drivers, different prime contractor dynamics, and different budget cycles.

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Channel & Partner Strategy

The Prime Contractor MBE Mandate Is Your Sales Trigger — If You Know How to Listen for It

When Boeing, Lockheed Martin, or Raytheon issues a Model-Based Definition (MBD)mandate to its Tier 2 supply chain, it does not send a press release. It sends a supplier quality notice. And the 200 small and mid-size manufacturers on the receiving end of that notice suddenly have a problem they have never had before — and no internal capability to solve it.

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