One Campus.
Every Capability.
Aircraft manufacturing requires 15+ specialized capabilities working in concert — forging, machining, composites, heat treatment, NDT, coatings, and more. Today these are scattered across the country with 18-month lead times. MILHUB brings them under one roof, one mile from a runway and 51 miles from Tinker AFB.
The Ecosystem
How It All Works Together
Every zone on this campus is a specialized manufacturer or shared service. Parts flow between zones — a forging goes to heat treatment, then machining, then NDT, then coatings, then the truck to Tinker. All on one campus. Click any zone to see details.
Primary Manufacturing
Primary Manufacturing Capabilities
Forging & Casting
Open die, closed die, ring rolling forging. Investment and sand casting. Only 4 U.S. suppliers remain for large complex sand castings — multiple have faced bankruptcy. Military aircraft contain 450+ structural forgings each. Lead times exceed 18 months. This is the #1 sole-source bottleneck in defense manufacturing.
Example Parts
Landing gear struts, engine mounts, structural fittings, turbine disks, bulkheads, wheel halves
Required Certifications
AS9100, NADCAP (Heat Treat, NDT, Casting), AMS specs, ITAR
CNC Machining
5-axis CNC milling, Swiss-type turning, wire and sinker EDM. The backbone of aircraft part production. Every forging and casting requires finish machining. Highest volume capability needed at MILHUB.
Example Parts
Actuator housings, valve bodies, flight control linkages, fittings, manifolds
Required Certifications
AS9100, ITAR, ISO 9001
Additive Manufacturing
Metal (DMLS, SLM, EBM) and polymer (FDM, SLA) 3D printing. The fastest path to reproducing obsolete parts. When original tooling no longer exists, additive can produce a replacement in days instead of months.
Example Parts
Bracket redesigns, legacy part reproduction, prototypes, low-volume complex geometry
Required Certifications
AS9100, NADCAP (AM), FAA PMA (for certified parts)
Composites & Fiberglass
Carbon fiber and fiberglass layup, autoclave curing, bonding, and repair. Composite structures are increasingly common on modern aircraft but repair capabilities are scarce outside of depot.
Example Parts
Radomes, fairings, panel structures, ducts, repair patches, antenna housings
Required Certifications
AS9100, NADCAP (Composites), OEM repair approvals
Secondary Manufacturing
Secondary Manufacturing Capabilities
Sheet Metal & Fabrication
Hydroforming, stretch forming, precision bending, and assembly. Aircraft skin and structural sheet metal is one of the highest-volume sustainment needs. Every aircraft has hundreds of sheet metal components that wear and corrode.
Example Parts
Skin panels, access doors, ductwork, shrouds, brackets, structural repairs
Required Certifications
AS9100, ITAR
Heat Treatment & Coatings
Vacuum heat treatment, cadmium and chrome plating, anodizing, passivation, HVOF and plasma spray. EPA regulations on hexavalent chromium and cadmium are closing plating shops nationwide faster than alternatives qualify. Remaining shops have 6+ month backlogs. Nearly every metal part requires heat treatment — this is the single biggest process bottleneck in the defense supply chain.
Example Parts
Post-forge heat treatment, hardening, anodizing, cadmium plating, thermal spray, HVOF, MIL-SPEC paint
Required Certifications
NADCAP (Heat Treat, Chemical Processing, Coatings), AS9100, AMS2750, EPA permits
Electrical & Avionics
Wire harness fabrication, PCB assembly, connector manufacturing, and avionics packaging. Aging aircraft have wiring that degrades — harness replacement is a constant sustainment need across every fleet.
Example Parts
Wire harnesses, connector assemblies, PCBs, avionics boxes, sensor packages, EMI shielding
Required Certifications
AS9100, IPC-A-610/620, J-STD, ITAR
Hydraulic & Pneumatic
Hydraulic and pneumatic component manufacturing, overhaul, and test. Flight controls, landing gear, and brakes all depend on hydraulics. Parker, Moog, and Eaton dominate but OEMs are exiting the low-volume military repair market. Design-controlled parts with no alternate source create fleet-grounding risk.
Example Parts
Hydraulic actuators, servo valves, accumulators, pneumatic regulators, hose assemblies
Required Certifications
AS9100, NADCAP, SAE AS6081 (Counterfeit Prevention), ITAR
Specialty & Support
Specialty & Support Capabilities
Fasteners, Gears & Bearings
Precision fastener, bearing, and gear manufacturing. Aircraft use thousands of specialty fasteners per airframe. Many are sole-sourced with long lead times. Local production eliminates months of wait.
Example Parts
Hi-Lok fasteners, precision bearings, gears, bushings, spacers, springs, retainers
Required Certifications
AS9100, DFARS compliant materials
Rubber & Polymer
Elastomer molding, seal and gasket fabrication, fuel-resistant polymers. Rubber parts degrade on a schedule — they are consumable items that every aircraft needs replaced regularly. High volume, recurring demand.
Example Parts
Custom seals, gaskets, O-rings, vibration dampeners, fuel bladders, window seals, diaphragms
Required Certifications
AS9100, QPL listed materials
Tool & Die Making
When a part needs to be reverse engineered or redesigned, new tooling is often required. On-campus tool and die capability means manufacturers don't wait weeks for tooling from outside vendors.
Example Parts
Precision fixtures, jigs, die sets, molds, gages, holding tools
Required Certifications
AS9100, ISO 9001
NDT & Quality Lab
Every manufactured part must pass non-destructive testing before it enters the supply chain. MILHUB operates a shared NDT and metrology lab so resident manufacturers don't each need their own — reducing cost and accelerating throughput.
Example Parts
X-ray/CT, ultrasonic, magnetic particle, dye penetrant, tensile/fatigue testing, metallography
Required Certifications
NADCAP (NDT), NAS-410, SNT-TC-1A
Part Flow
How Capabilities Interrelate
No manufacturing capability operates in isolation. A single part can flow through 5+ zones on campus before it's ready for the warfighter. Here's why co-location matters.
Forging → Heat Treatment → CNC Machining → NDT → Coatings
A landing gear strut is forged, heat treated for hardness, machined to final dimensions, inspected via ultrasonic testing, then cadmium plated for corrosion protection.
3D Scan → Additive Mfg → Heat Treatment → Machining → NDT
An obsolete bracket with no TDP is 3D scanned, reverse engineered, 3D printed in titanium, stress relieved, finish machined, and ultrasonically inspected.
Composites → NDT → Assembly → Coatings → Packaging
A radome is laid up in carbon fiber, autoclave cured, CT scanned for delamination, assembled with hardware, painted to MIL-SPEC, and packaged for shipment.
Sheet Metal → Heat Treatment → Assembly → NDT → Logistics
An access door panel is formed, heat treated, assembled with fasteners and seals, dye penetrant inspected, and shipped to Tinker AFB on the daily truck.
When these capabilities are scattered across the country, a single part takes 12-18 months. When they're on one campus, it takes weeks.
That's the MILHUB advantage.
Why Move Here
What MILHUB Does for Your Company
We're recruiting manufacturers from across the country to relocate to Chickasha and join the MILHUB ecosystem. Here's what you get that you can't get anywhere else.
Guaranteed Demand Pipeline
We have the complete Bill of Materials for every Air Force weapon system. Thousands of problem parts are identified and matched to your capabilities before you even move in. No cold-calling for contracts.
AI-Generated Technical Data
TITAN AI generates complete TDPs from BOM data — specs, materials, tolerances, drawings. You get the technical data you need to start manufacturing, not a years-long cycle of engineering requests.
Pre-Established Contract Vehicles
Skip the procurement maze. MILHUB provides contract vehicles that let the Air Force pay you directly. IDIQ, BPAs, and DLA sourcing — all in place before you arrive.
Shared Infrastructure
NDT lab, metrology, quality testing, heat treatment, and coatings are shared campus resources. You don't need to build and certify everything yourself — you focus on your core manufacturing.
Full Certification Support
Our team walks you through AS9100, NADCAP, ITAR, DCAA, and airworthiness. We've done it before. We accelerate your path from setup to first article in months, not years.
Oklahoma State Incentives
5% cash back on new payrolls for 10 years. 5-year property tax exemption. Free workforce training. Discounted Siemens NX/Teamcenter software through our partnership.
Now Recruiting
Capabilities We Need Now
These are the specific manufacturing capabilities we're actively recruiting. If your company does any of these, we want to talk.
Forging & Casting
Critical — few domestic sources remain
Heat Treatment & Coatings
Critical — bottleneck for all metal parts
5-Axis CNC Machining
Critical — highest volume need
Additive / 3D Print (Metal)
High — fastest path for obsolete parts
Composites & Fiberglass
High — growing demand, scarce capability
Sheet Metal Fabrication
High — constant sustainment demand
Electrical / Wire Harness
High — aging fleet wiring replacement
Hydraulic Components
High — OEMs exiting defense market
Join the Ecosystem
Your Capability Is
Needed Now
The Air Force has thousands of problem parts waiting for manufacturers. MILHUB has the data, the contracts, the infrastructure, and the logistics. Move to Oklahoma, set up shop on our campus, and start building the parts that keep America's aircraft flying.