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...
by James Wright | Jul 23, 2026 | Blog
If you’re writing or reviewing a process plan for a hybrid-manufactured part — SLM-printed blank, CNC-finished to drawing — the machining allowance is the number that determines whether the finished part cleans up or gets scrapped. For flight-critical hardware, it...
