Albers Aerospace
McKinney, Texas-based aerospace and defense manufacturer providing precision machining, missile-component manufacturing, and program/systems-engineering support, built via an acquisition-led growth strategy.
Albers Aerospace (originally Albers Group) is an aerospace and defense manufacturing company headquartered in McKinney, Texas, founded by CEO John Albers and rebranded as Albers Aerospace in 2022. The company has pursued an aggressive buy-and-build acquisition strategy, acquiring Garrett Container Systems (Nov 2022), Amalgam Plating (May 2023), Onepath Systems (Feb 2024), Advanced Packaging Inc. and Impact Case & Container (Dec 2024), Parallel Ventures (Feb 2025), and IOMAX (Apr-May 2025), with a further undisclosed ISR-integration acquisition reported in August 2025. Albers holds AS9100D and NADCAP certifications and provides precision machining, complex assemblies, specialized surface treatments, welding, missile-component manufacturing, ground-sensor systems, eVTOL aircraft development, and program management/systems-engineering support to the U.S. Navy and major defense primes. In August 2026, Albers was one of four companies (with Firehawk, iRocket, and Nammo Perry) awarded an individual U.S. Army Other Transaction Authority prototype agreement via the One Nation Innovation marketplace to help diversify Hydra-70 rocket production.
Overview
- Headquarters
- McKinney, TX
- Founded
- 2014
- Employees
- 200+ (per a Truist lender case study; grown from a one-person operation in 2015)
- Total funding
- Stage
- Status
- active
- Domains
- Precision manufacturing, Missile components, Aerospace/defense systems engineering
- Website
- albers.aero
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Contracts3
- ContractHydra-70 M151 Prototype OTA (Albers)Individual U.S. Army OTA prototype agreement for Albers Aerospace to deliver 24 prototype Hydra-70 M151 rockets and a modernized technical data package within 18 months.
- ContractAFWERX SBIR Phase I — Composite Optimization FEA PluginAFWERX SBIR Phase I award for a composite-optimization finite-element-analysis plugin.
- ContractUSAF SBIR Phase II — Vision-Based Guidance for Airdropped PayloadsUSAF SBIR Phase II award for vision-based guidance technology for airdropped payloads.
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Frequently asked
- What does Albers Aerospace do?
- Albers Aerospace (originally Albers Group) is an aerospace and defense manufacturing company headquartered in McKinney, Texas, founded by CEO John Albers and rebranded as Albers Aerospace in 2022. The company has pursued an aggressive buy-and-build acquisition strategy, acquiring Garrett Container Systems (Nov 2022), Amalgam Plating (May 2023), Onepath Systems (Feb 2024), Advanced Packaging Inc. and Impact Case & Container (Dec 2024), Parallel Ventures (Feb 2025), and IOMAX (Apr-May 2025), with a further undisclosed ISR-integration acquisition reported in August 2025. Albers holds AS9100D and NADCAP certifications and provides precision machining, complex assemblies, specialized surface treatments, welding, missile-component manufacturing, ground-sensor systems, eVTOL aircraft development, and program management/systems-engineering support to the U.S. Navy and major defense primes. In August 2026, Albers was one of four companies (with Firehawk, iRocket, and Nammo Perry) awarded an individual U.S. Army Other Transaction Authority prototype agreement via the One Nation Innovation marketplace to help diversify Hydra-70 rocket production.
- Where is Albers Aerospace headquartered?
- Albers Aerospace is headquartered in McKinney, TX and was founded in 2014.
- What does Albers Aerospace specialize in?
- Albers Aerospace works across Precision manufacturing, Missile components, Aerospace/defense systems engineering.
- Does Albers Aerospace hold government contracts?
- Defense Tech Atlas links Albers Aerospace to 3 government contracts.
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Albers Aerospace (formerly Albers Group), founded 2014 by CEO John Albers in McKinney, TX, rebranded 2022; grew to ~80 employees by 2018-2021 via buy-and-build acquisition strategy (9 acquisitions 2021-2025 incl. Unmanned Systems Inc., Heritage Aviation, Ground Sensor Tech, missile-component manufacturing shop); AS9100D/NADCAP certified
Albers Aerospace (Official): Company — Albers AerospaceVerified2026-08-15 - 2
Army awards Albers Aerospace and three other companies OTA agreements to boost Hydra-70 rocket production
Breaking Defense: Army awards contracts to four companies to boost Hydra-70 rocket productionVerified2026-08-06 - 3
Cyprium Partners completes investment in Albers Aerospace, funding continued acquisitions including Parallel Ventures (Feb 2025) and IOMAX (Apr 2025) — four acquisitions in six months
Cyprium Partners: Cyprium Completes Investment in Albers AerospaceVerified2025-05-05