Capability

What We Can Manufacture

Lightsout CNC Manufacturing Corporation is a precision aerospace contract machine shop located in Hawthorne, California — less than one mile from SpaceX headquarters, at the center of the Southern California aerospace and defense manufacturing corridor.

35%

Heavy-duty machinery

Machines online

Active production queue

Current spindle uptime

Automated pallet availability

Equipment

Two Matsuura MX-330 5-axis machining centers with integrated 10-pallet pools, both operational from Day 1. Each machine delivers 14 hours of unattended overnight production, 20 total productive hours per day — 832 combined available spindle hours per month from launch.

Services

Precision 5-axis CNC milling — simultaneous multi-surface machining in a single setup

CNC turning

Prototype and low-volume production

Full-capacity production runs — lights-out overnight cycling via integrated 10-pallet pool

CMM dimensional inspection

First Article Inspection (FAI)

In-process and final inspection

Inspection reports and quality documentation

AS9102 First Article Reports

Material traceability

ISO 9001 / AS9100 quality systems — operational

Materials

Launch materials: 6061-T6, 7075-T6, 2024-T3, and MIC-6 tooling plate. Titanium (Ti-6Al-4V) and Inconel capability in Year 2.

How We Compete

Instant quotes via Paperless Parts — upload a STEP file, receive a binding price within 60 minutes, 24/7

Same-day response on standard RFQs; no estimating backlogs

AS9100D certified from Month 6 — eligible for prime contractor Approved Supplier Lists

ITAR registered from Day 1 — cleared for defense-related drawings and controlled technical data

Full digital traceability from RFQ to first-article inspection to shipment

Certifications & Compliance

ITAR Registration

AS9100D

ISO 9001:2015

ISO 13485

NADCAP

Status & what it unlocks

In progress at launch — enables acceptance of defense-related RFQs and controlled technical data.

On the roadmap — AS9100D, the aerospace quality standard that unlocks prime contractor and Tier 1 supplier programs.

Planned — ISO 9001:2015, the foundational quality-management baseline expected across commercial work.

Year 2 target — ISO 13485, the medical-device QMS standard required for instrument and device components.

Future — NADCAP special-process accreditation for the aerospace primes that require it.

Who We Serve

Aerospace primes and Tier 1–2 suppliers, commercial space manufacturers, defense contractors, and UAV and next-generation air mobility programs. Target customers include SpaceX, Northrop Grumman, Anduril, Joby Aviation, L3Harris, Raytheon, Ducommun, and Rocket Lab supply chains operating within the greater Los Angeles basin.