Aerospace Suppliers:
Your Technical Data Packages Are Unprotected CUI.
You manufacture the parts that keep fighter jets in the air and satellites in orbit.
Your engineers trade technical data packages over email every single day.
Your stress analysis reports, your material specifications, your configuration management data. All of it is Controlled Unclassified Information.
And right now, most of it is sitting on shared drives with no access controls and no encryption.
The Compliance Crisis Aerospace Suppliers
Cannot Afford to Ignore
The U.S. aerospace and defense industry exceeds $900 billion in annual output. Behind the primes sit thousands of Tier 2 and Tier 3 suppliers who machine aerostructures, build avionics enclosures, fabricate landing gear components, and produce composite layups for every major platform in the fleet.
Every one of those suppliers handles CUI. Technical data packages define how parts are built. AS9100 quality records document how they are inspected. Flight test data proves they perform under real-world conditions. Material specifications and stress analysis reports govern structural integrity.
CMMC Level 2 demands full protection of all 110 NIST 800-171 controls for every company that touches this data.
Not a partial plan. Not an AS9100 certificate stapled to a self-assessment. Verified, third-party-assessed implementation.
Right now, engineering teams across the aerospace supply chain are sharing TDPs via unsecured email. Configuration management data lives on network drives without encryption. Subcontractors downstream have zero compliance of their own.
When CMMC enforcement accelerates, aerospace suppliers who have not locked down their CUI will be removed from approved supplier lists and cut from programs entirely.
12-18 Months
Typical timeline for aerospace suppliers to achieve CMMC Level 2 with complex engineering environments and multi-site operations.
AS9100 + CMMC Overlap
Quality management satisfies AS9100, but cybersecurity gaps remain wide open. These are two different frameworks with different requirements.
Supply Chain Exposure
Your subcontractors receive your TDPs. If they lack CMMC compliance, your data is exposed and your prime will hold you accountable.
We Get Aerospace Suppliers CMMC-Ready.
From the Shop Floor to the Front Office.
CMMC Ready Now, powered by Capital Cyber, is the compliance partner built for aerospace suppliers who need to protect technical data packages, quality records, and engineering specifications without disrupting production schedules.
CMMC Gap Assessment
We audit your engineering workstations, TDP repositories, quality management systems, and network architecture against all 110 NIST 800-171 controls. You get a clear, prioritized roadmap tailored to aerospace operations.
Remediation & Implementation
From encrypting technical data packages to segmenting shop floor networks from engineering systems, we do the hands-on technical work. Not slide decks. Real fixes that protect flight-critical data.
System Security Plan (SSP)
Full SSP development covering your CAD/CAM environments, quality inspection systems, configuration management databases, and administrative networks. Documentation that C3PAO assessors actually accept.
Plan of Action & Milestones
Strategic POA&M that addresses gaps unique to aerospace manufacturing, from multi-site production facilities to supplier data exchange portals and engineering revision control systems.
Continuous Monitoring
Around-the-clock monitoring across engineering, production, and administrative networks. Compliance is not a one-time event. We keep you certified and ready for surveillance audits.
Assessment Prep & Mock Audits
Full dress rehearsal before your C3PAO assessment. We simulate the real audit so your engineering, quality, and IT teams know exactly what to expect on assessment day.
Built for Every Segment of Aerospace Manufacturing
Whether you are machining titanium bulkheads or assembling cockpit displays, your CUI requires the same level of protection. We understand the tools, the workflows, and the data that define your sector.
Aerostructures
Avionics & Electronics
Propulsion Systems
Landing Gear
Interior Systems
MRO Services
Composite Manufacturing
Tooling & Fixtures
Trusted by Aerospace Suppliers Across the Defense Supply Chain
Real results from real aerospace manufacturers. Here is what our clients say.
âWe had technical data packages stored on a shared NAS drive with no access controls and no encryption. Engineering would email TDPs to subcontractors using personal Gmail accounts. Capital Cyber mapped every CUI flow in our environment and built a security architecture that protects our data without slowing down our release cycles. We passed our C3PAO assessment on the first attempt.â
VP of Engineering
Aerostructures Supplier, Connecticut
âOur biggest confusion was the overlap between AS9100 and CMMC. We assumed our quality system covered cybersecurity. It did not. The CMMC Ready Now team showed us exactly where the gaps were, implemented the technical controls, and built documentation that satisfied both our prime contractor audits and the C3PAO. Wish we had started sooner.â
Quality Director
Avionics Supplier, Texas
âRick and his team actually understand aerospace MRO operations. They did not hand us a generic IT checklist. They came into our hangars, saw how our technicians access maintenance manuals and inspection data on tablets, and designed a compliant workflow that works in reality. Best investment we have made in the business.â
COO
MRO Provider, Florida
Your Path to CMMC Certification
Simple. Structured. Built for aerospace suppliers.
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Free, no-obligation consultation. We will assess where your aerospace operation stands and whether CMMC Ready Now is the right fit for your compliance needs.
Comprehensive Gap Assessment
Our team performs a full analysis of your engineering workstations, TDP storage, quality management systems, shop floor networks, and administrative systems against all 110 NIST 800-171 controls.
Remediation & Implementation
We work alongside your engineering, quality, and IT teams to close every gap. Encrypted data repositories, access-controlled file shares, segmented production networks, hardened endpoints, and complete documentation.
Assessment Prep & Certification
Mock audits, SSP review, and evidence collection across your entire aerospace operation. When you walk into your C3PAO assessment, you are ready.
Let me be direct with you.
Your company manufactures the parts and assemblies that keep military aircraft airworthy, that hold satellites together in orbit, and that protect the people inside those airframes.
Those technical data packages are not just engineering files. They are classified as Controlled Unclassified Information by the Department of Defense.
Your stress analysis reports. Your material certifications. Your AS9100 quality records. Your flight test data. Your configuration management baselines.
All of it is CUI. And CMMC does not care how many years you have been on the approved supplier list.
It cares whether your technical data is encrypted at rest and in transit. Whether your engineering shares have role-based access controls. Whether your quality records live on segmented, monitored networks.
Not next quarter. Not when the prime sends a formal request. Right now.
The aerospace suppliers who move first will lock in assessor slots.
They will win the next round of program awards.
They will be the ones still on the approved supplier list when primes start enforcing flowdown requirements.
Will your company be one of them?
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