Speed only counts if the parts are trusted.
The categories worth winning — defense, aerospace, AI infrastructure, energy, medical — pay for reliability and traceability, not the lowest unit cost. AIM Quality is the inspection, test, and serialization layer that lets a distributed network of independent shops produce work a prime contractor can accept.
- Serialized
- unit-level traceability across every stage
- ITAR-ready
- controlled work qualified in San Antonio
- One audit
- network qualification accepted by every buyer
Distributed manufacturing fails on trust before it fails on capacity.
When a build crosses four independent shops, quality evidence fragments: separate inspection formats, separate records, no continuous chain. Buyers respond by auditing every supplier themselves — which is exactly the cost a network is supposed to remove.
- Each supplier documents inspection differently, so evidence can't be compared or combined.
- Defect origin is impossible to isolate when the record breaks at each handoff.
- Defense and medical programs require serialization and controlled handling most shops can't demonstrate.
- Repeated per-customer audits consume capacity that could be producing parts.
Qualify the supplier
A standard audit of process controls, inspection capability, calibration, and documentation — run once, honored across the network.
Inspect in-line
AOI, X-ray, dimensional inspection, and functional test at defined stage gates, recorded in a single format tied to the work order.
Deliver the evidence package
Serialized units ship with a continuous record: source, process, inspection result, and custody at every stage.
What AIM Quality delivers
Incoming inspection
Component verification and counterfeit screening before parts enter a build.
In-process inspection
AOI, X-ray, and dimensional checks at stage gates across the network.
Functional test
Test development and execution against your acceptance criteria, not a generic profile.
Serialization & traceability
Unit-level records linking every part, process, operator, and inspection result.
ITAR & controlled work
Qualification and certification for defense programs, anchored in San Antonio.
TX-72 certification
The corridor standard for suppliers who can hit fast-path speed with full traceability.
Standard supplier qualification checklist applied to onboarding through AIM Access.
Unified inspection reporting and serialized traceability records across network builds.
ITAR-controlled qualification hub and TX-72 certification issued at corridor scale.
Get in early on AIM Quality.
Early participants shape the network: category coverage, certification scope, and which suppliers get onboarded first. Our sourcing desk is already live if you need parts quoted today.
See the 90-day pilot