Defense

While the old saw says an army “travels on its stomach” no military force can be effective if its tools are not mission-ready. ITAR-registered AOTCO is proud to help equip the brave men and women who defend our nation every day.

AOTCO’s surface treatments are found in a wide array of Defense industry applications on the ground, in the air, under water, and soaring in the heavens. Our expertise in multi-material finishing and plating parts with unique and complex geometries allows designing engineers to create the perfect specialized tools for every mission imaginable, while simultaneously meeting the needs for durability and reliability in the most challenging environments.

AOTCO – enabling the teams that enable America’s defenders. 

For decades AOTCO has partnered with the nation’s leading defense firms to ensure peak performance of the tools our defenders need, including:

• Missile Components
• Night Vision Goggles and other Optical Devices
• Avionics
• Communications Systems
• Electronics
• Aircraft Parts
• Gun Sights and Other Parts
• And much, much more

AOTCO delivers the benefits of a complete range of Anodizing capabilities, a very broad range of Plating processes and a suite of additional complimentary surface finishes.

Anodizing

• Type 1 Anodize (Chromic Acid)
• Type 2 Anodize (Sulfuric Acid)
• Type 3 Anodize (Hardcoat)
• Hardcoat Anodize with Teflon Impregnation
• Color Anodize (Black & dozens of colors)
• Titanium Anodize
• Beryllium Anodize

Plating

• 20+ Plating Processes, including Common and Precious Metals
• 25+ Common and Exotic Substates
• 60+ Finishing Specs

And More

• Chem Films & Conversion Coatings
• Passivation
• Electropolishing
• Masking
• Pre-Treatments
• Post-Treatments