Applied Aerospace & Defense ^{Filed, US Offering, NYSE: AADX}

We are a premier provider of advanced design, engineering, and vertically integrated manufacturing solutions for leading and next-generation space and defense technology companies. We build complex, mission-critical subsystems for extreme operating environments serving three core markets: Space and Launch Systems; Defense Aviation and Airborne Systems; and Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance and Precision Strike Systems. With decades of space and defense manufacturing heritage, we combine material science and intellectual property (“IP”)-enabled process expertise with the ability to enable rapid prototyping, enhance new product development, and responsively scale production. Across our nationwide network of advanced manufacturing facilities, we continuously support a balanced mix of next-generation technology and platform development, large scale production programs, and aftermarket sustainment for enduring platforms. We are purpose-built to scale with the nation’s accelerating space and defense demands, and we believe the breadth and depth of our manufacturing competencies are essential to the design, production and support of next-generation platforms. We maintain relationships with both blue-chip aerospace and defense prime contractors and next-generation technology innovators as a critical supply chain partner.