HYDERABAD, INDIAAerospace build partner

Aerospace hardware, built, checked and delivered.

By engineers who have been on your side of the requirement. Manufacturing is where we start: we take the drawing, choose the route, control inspection and documentation, and deliver. When your requirement goes further, we coordinate the path and remain accountable for it.

Tell us what you’re building Explore manufacturing

A drawing, a BOM, a part number, a photo or a written description: any of them is a place to start.

People who lived the build

Who would you have to call?Interactive

What are you building?

3 specialist partners involved. One point of contact: Almost Aliens.

Manufactured under our route (involved)
Sourced to your specification (not involved)
Arranged with specialist partners (not involved)

Send this requirementIndicative only. Our engineers confirm the route on review.

ISO 9001in progress
AS9100D2027 roadmap
NDA before any vendor sees a filestandard practice

People who lived the build

We’ve been on your side of the requirement.

Before Almost Aliens, we were the engineers waiting on the hardware. We know what happens when one supplier delay holds up an entire build, and what it actually takes to get a part made, checked, documented and delivered.

We built Almost Aliens to be the build partner we wanted on the other side of the table: one that understands the requirement, owns the path to delivery, and tells you the truth about it along the way.

What we’ve dealt with ourselves

Finding a manufacturer that can actually make the part
Locating specialist suppliers who are not publicly listed
Assessing whether a supplier can deliver what they claim
Parts delivered without the documentation they require
Inspection and test slots rescheduled around upstream delays
Hardware damaged in transit through inadequate packaging

Manufacturing

Manufacturing is where we start

Machined, fabricated and assembled parts for aerospace: the work we know best. Production is carried out by manufacturing partners we have qualified for each job, on our process route and under our revision control and inspection. Every envelope, tolerance and finish below comes from the same data the RFQ builder uses.

Brackets, fittings, housings and struts in aerospace alloys, to the tolerance class the drawing calls, with the finish tied to its specification.

ISO 2768-f (fine) as standard; ±0.025 mm on called-out features with CMM verification
Aluminium 7075-T651, Titanium Gr5 (Ti-6Al-4V), Inconel 718 and Stainless 17-4 PH from certified stock
Chemical conversion to MIL-DTL-5541 Type I / II; Hard anodise Type III to MIL-A-8625 Type III

Trade-off

Thin walls below 1.2 mm and long aspect ratios are governed by distortion after stress relief, not by cycle time. We say so at DFM, before you commit.

CNC machining details Start an RFQ

Standard envelope: 600 × 600 × 450 mm
Baseline lead time: 10–16 working days

How a requirement gets delivered

Quality isn’t a feature. It’s the layer across every step.

You shouldn’t have to coordinate the supply chain yourself. This is the path every requirement takes, and who is responsible at each step, including the steps we do not perform ourselves.

01QualifyAlmost Aliens
We read the requirement and ask what is missing. Then we qualify the route: which process, which manufacturing partner or specialist can deliver it, and whether we are the right people to take it on.
02Make / sourceQualified manufacturing partner or specialist supplier
Machined, fabricated or assembled by a manufacturing partner qualified for the job, or sourced from a specialist supplier. The drawing revision is pinned, and your company name never appears on their documents.
03InspectMeasured by the partner or lab; reviewed or witnessed by us
Inspection level agreed before the work starts: First Article to AS9102, CMM where it is called out. Where someone else took the measurement, our report says reviewed or witnessed by, never inspected by.
04TestAccredited lab, where the requirement calls for it
NDT, environmental or functional testing arranged and scheduled around the build. The lab’s certificate reaches you exactly as the lab issued it.
05DocumentAlmost Aliens
One document set on one numbering scheme: First Article, CMM, material certificates traced to heat and lot, certificate of conformance.
06PackageAlmost Aliens
Packed for what the part is and where it is going, labelled by line and serial, with the document set in the box.
07DeliverAlmost Aliens
Delivered against your order, with a delivery challan closing each line. If a date is going to slip, you hear it the day we know.

What arrives with the parts

Numbered on one locked scheme and attributed honestly. Hover or focus a document to see what is in it.

AA/FAI/2026-27/0100FAI
First Article Inspection
AS9102 forms 1–3 on the first part of every new part number or revision.
- Form 1 part accountability
- Form 2 materials and processes
- Form 3 characteristic accountability
- Ballooned drawing
Measured by vendor or lab · Reviewed by Almost Aliens
AA/CMM/2026-27/0107CMM
CMM report
Full dimensional report against the ballooned drawing where the inspection level calls for it.
- Per-characteristic nominal, actual, deviation
- Programme and probe record
- Machine calibration reference
Measured by vendor CMM · Witnessed or reviewed by Almost Aliens
AA/MTC/2026-27/0114MTC
Material test certificate
Mill certificate for the stock the part was cut from, traced to heat and lot.
- Chemical composition
- Mechanical properties
- Heat and lot number
Issued by the mill · Unaltered, on the mill's own paper
AA/NDT/2026-27/0121NDT
NDT report
Dye penetrant or ultrasonic inspection where the drawing or the weld class requires it.
- Method and acceptance standard
- Technician certification level
- Indications and disposition
Issued by the NABL-accredited lab with its ULR · Never re-branded
AA/COC/2026-27/0128COC
Certificate of conformance
Our statement that the delivered items conform to the order, the drawing revision and the specifications called.
- Order and line references
- Drawing revision
- Finish specifications applied
Issued by Almost Aliens
AA/DC/2026-27/0135DC
Delivery challan
One per delivery, closing the loop from PO line to received quantity.
- Line, serial and quantity
- Package and handling notes
- Document set enclosed
Issued by Almost Aliens

Beyond manufacturing

When the requirement goes further than a machined part

Manufacturing is our core. Beyond it, we coordinate the right path to fulfilment and keep what we manufacture, what we source and what specialist partners deliver clearly separate, so you always know who is doing the work.

Core capability

Manufactured under our route

Where our expertise starts. We own the path from drawing to delivered part: process selection, partner qualification, revision control, inspection and documentation.

CNC machining
Sheet metal fabrication
Welded fabrication
Metal additive
Assembly and integration

Explore manufacturing

Coordinated · case by case

Sourced to your specification

We find a supplier who can genuinely meet the spec and hold the part to the same inspection and documentation. We do not design these, and we confirm in our first reply whether we can take the requirement on.

Mechanical components: fasteners, bearings, connectors, seals, springs, inserts
Electronics: PCBs, PCB assemblies, harnesses, sensors
Optics: lenses, optical components, detectors
RF and communications: antennas, filters, amplifiers
Composite and honeycomb structures

Partner-delivered · where required

Arranged with specialist partners

Carried out by accredited labs and specialist facilities. We scope it, schedule it around the build, witness it where we can, and keep the lab’s certificate exactly as issued.

Non-destructive testing: dye penetrant, ultrasonic
Environmental testing: thermal vacuum, vibration, shock
EMI / EMC testing
Special processes: heat treatment, HIP

Hardware that has to fly

We read the drawing knowing where the part is going.

We don’t design spacecraft or payloads. We understand what a part on one has to survive, and we plan the build around it.

Vacuum: finishes checked for outgassing, bake-out agreed per programme
Traceability: material certificates traced to heat and lot, and kept that way
Revisions: pinned on every document; superseded drawings withdrawn from production
Interfaces: mating and sealing faces flagged at DFM, before anything is cut

Testing and verification

Verification, arranged where the requirement calls for it.

We don’t run a test facility. When a requirement needs verification, we scope it with you, book it with an accredited lab, schedule it around the build and witness it where we can.

Dimensional: CMM against the ballooned drawing, First Article to AS9102
Non-destructive: dye penetrant and ultrasonic, to the drawing’s acceptance standard
Environmental: thermal vacuum, vibration and shock, at partner facilities
EMI / EMC, electrical, RF and optical testing, case by case

Accredited certificates carry the lab’s own name and ULR number. We never alter or re-brand them.

Where to start

You don’t have to know who to call. You just have to know what you’re building.

Tell us what you’re building

“I need an aluminium bracket.”
Manufacturing. We check the drawing, choose the process and send the DFM findings with the quote.
“I need a small satellite structure.”
Manufacturing and assembly. Machined and formed parts, assembled and delivered with one document set.
“I need a camera payload component.”
Depends on the part. A housing or mount we manufacture; optics we source to your spec, under the same documentation.
“I need a PCB.”
Sourced to your specification from a supplier qualified for the job, with the same inspection and paperwork discipline.
“I need thermal-vacuum testing.”
Arranged with an accredited lab and scheduled around your build. The lab’s certificate comes to you unaltered.
“I have a hardware requirement and don’t know where to start.”
That is a valid starting point. Send what you have and we will ask the right questions.

Aerospace hardware, built, checked and delivered.

We’ve been on your side of the requirement.

Manufacturing is where we start

Quality isn’t a feature. It’s the layer across every step.

What arrives with the parts

First Article Inspection

CMM report

Material test certificate

NDT report

Certificate of conformance

Delivery challan