Aerospace & Defense Manufacturing · Turlock, California

Aerospace Machine Shop in California

C&W Manufacturing is an AS9100D-certified, ITAR-registered aerospace machine shop in Turlock, California. We machine flight and ground-support hardware from aluminum, stainless, titanium, Inconel and other high-temperature alloys on 3, 4 and 5-axis CNC mills and CNC lathes, deliver AS9102 first-article documentation, and handle controlled technical data under CMMC Level 2 and NIST SP 800-171. Prototype through production, for primes and subcontractors nationwide, since 1997.

AS9100D & ISO 9001:2015ITAR Registered (DDTC)JCP DD-2345CMMC Level 2AS9102 FAI5-Axis CNCCAGE 97LA6

Capabilities at a glance

The facts a sourcing engineer needs first, in one place. Everything below is repeated in more depth on our services and about pages and documented on the certifications page.

  1. Machining3, 4 and 5-axis CNC milling, up to 50 in of X travel; CNC turning including dual-turret; manual turning to 24 in diameter × 60 in
  2. Materials6061, 7075, 7050 and 2024 aluminum; 300-series and 17-4 PH stainless; 4140/4340 alloy steel; titanium (Ti-6Al-4V, CP grades); Inconel 625 and 718, Hastelloy, Haynes 282; engineering plastics
  3. QualityAS9100D and ISO 9001:2015 certified (ANAB-accredited registrar); AS9102 first article inspection; CMM inspection; material and process certifications with every lot
  4. Export controlITAR registered with DDTC; EAR/CCL work including 600-series items; JCP DD-2345 certified; CAGE 97LA6
  5. Data securityCMMC Level 2 in SPRS; NIST SP 800-171 / DFARS 252.204-7012 compliant handling of CUI; controlled data accepted only over a U.S.-hosted secure channel; U.S. persons only
  6. ProgramsBuild-to-print flight and ground-support hardware, fixtures and tooling, prototype through production lots; heat treat, finishing and NDT coordinated with certified vendors
  7. Location351 N. Walnut Rd. STE 16, Turlock, CA, in California's Central Valley; established 1997; shipping nationwide

What aerospace work looks like here

Hard alloys, held to print

Titanium, Inconel 718 and 625, Hastelloy and 17-4 PH are routine, not exceptions. Roughing, heat treat and finish sequences are planned so aged parts come out on size, and every lot ships with material and process certs.

Thick aerospace plate

7050-T7451 and 7075-T7351 plate to AMS 4050 and AMS 4078, including ultrasonic inspection requirements, for brackets, fittings and housings machined from solid.

Documentation primes expect

AS9102 first article reports, CMM inspection data, certificates of conformance and full traceability from raw material to shipped part under the AS9100D system.

Controlled data, handled correctly

ITAR and CUI drawings move through a U.S.-hosted secure channel and live only on the CMMC Level 2 environment. Read our guides to ITAR, CUI and CMMC and deciding whether a drawing is CUI.

Design help before the PO

SolidWorks-based mechanical design and DFM review; we will tell you when a tolerance, radius or plate thickness is costing more than the function needs. See the DFM guide.

Engineering resources, free

A library of material guides for aerospace alloys, machinist charts and calculators written by our engineering team, at cw-mfg.com/resources.

Frequently asked questions

What makes a machine shop an aerospace machine shop?

Three things: an AS9100 quality system rather than ISO 9001 alone, because AS9100 adds the configuration control, first-article inspection, counterfeit-part prevention and traceability that aerospace customers audit; the ability to machine the aerospace alloys (7075 and 7050 aluminum, titanium, Inconel and other nickel superalloys) to tight tolerances; and the export-control and data-security posture (ITAR registration, DFARS 7012 / NIST SP 800-171, CMMC) that defense-adjacent aerospace work flows down. C&W Manufacturing holds all three.

Is C&W Manufacturing AS9100 certified?

Yes. C&W operates an AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015 certified quality management system registered by an ANAB-accredited certification body, and performs AS9102 first article inspection. The certificate is available on our certifications page.

What aerospace materials do you machine?

Aluminum alloys 6061, 7075, 7050 (including thick UT-inspected plate to AMS 4050) and 2024; 303, 304, 316 and 17-4 PH stainless; 4130, 4140 and 4340 alloy steels; titanium Ti-6Al-4V and commercially pure grades; Inconel 625 and 718, Hastelloy X and C-276, Haynes 282; and engineering plastics such as Delrin and UHMW. Our resource library has a selection guide for each family.

Do you do 5-axis machining?

Yes. C&W runs 3, 4 and 5-axis CNC mills, the largest with 50 inches of X travel, alongside CNC lathes including a dual-turret machine and manual turning to 24 inches in diameter and 60 inches long.

Can you handle ITAR and CUI drawings?

Yes. C&W is ITAR registered with the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, JCP DD-2345 certified to receive DoD technical data, and holds CMMC Level 2 status in SPRS with NIST SP 800-171 compliant handling of controlled unclassified information. Export-controlled data is accepted only through a U.S.-hosted secure channel, never a web upload; contact us first and we will set one up.

Where are you located and who do you serve?

C&W Manufacturing is in Turlock, California, in the Central Valley between the Bay Area and the Sierra. We serve aerospace and defense primes and their subcontractors nationwide, along with agriculture and food-processing customers, and ship parts across the United States.

What do you need to quote an aerospace part?

A drawing or model, the quantity, the material and specification (for example 7075-T7351 per AMS 4078), any finish or heat-treat callouts, the inspection level you need, and whether the data is export-controlled or CUI so we can route it correctly. Our guide to writing an RFQ walks through each item.

Defense program? See our ITAR-registered machine shop page for how export-controlled data is handled.

Put an AS9100D aerospace shop on your program

Send the drawing, the quantity and the material spec. We respond within one business day, and we will tell you up front if the data needs the secure channel.