by James Wright | Aug 14, 2026 | Aerospace Compliance & Quality, Aerospace Machining, CNC Machining, Manufacturing Technology
If the drawing says “anodize per MIL-A-8625,” that’s not one process. It’s a family of processes, and picking the wrong type can mean a part that looks right but fails in service — or a part that meets the corrosion spec but no longer fits in the assembly because the...
by James Wright | Aug 7, 2026 | Aerospace Compliance & Quality, Aerospace Machining, Blog, CNC Machining, Defense Manufacturing, Manufacturing & Cost Estimating
The single biggest sticker shock in aerospace machining isn’t the material or the machine time. It’s everything around them — the compliance documentation, the first-article inspection, the material certification, the ITAR overhead, the NRE for fixturing a part...
