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Alcoa Defense: Lighter, Faster, Stronger
Alcoa Defense is the industry's trusted partner for design, system and materials solutions that increase the speed, reach, agility and survivability of today's and tomorrow's strategic platforms.

Through an unmatched combination of defense and commercial engineering, Alcoa delivers multi-product, lightweight and cost-effective solutions for programs ranging from the F35 Joint Strike Fighter to Armored Tactical and Fighting Vehicles.

Proven Technologies
The Alcoa Defense partnership starts with Alcoa designers who are recognized across the automotive, commercial transportation and aerospace markets as leaders in lightweight, multi-product design. Through the engineers of Alcoa Defense, customers gain instant access to proven commercial technologies as diverse as automotive spaceframes and alloy technologies built on more than 100 years of Alcoa leadership in aerospace materials.

Complete Range of Products
Alcoa's depth and coverage in fabricated aluminum products is unmatched in the marketplace and assures the broadest range of building blocks for advanced components and systems. In addition, Alcoa's Howmet business provides world-class titanium and superalloy casting technology for products ranging from jet turbine blades to the lightweight components for the M777 Howitzer. Alcoa's Fastening Systems business brings together Fairchild, Huck and other world-class fastening solutions for advanced land, air and sea material designs.

From design to materials and assembly, Alcoa has the unmatched integration and range of technologies that Defense customers demand. We work with Defense partners to develop new technologies and solutions that are focused on making platforms more efficient, reliable and cost-effective to operate over the increasingly extended life cycle of today's military platforms. The capabilities we are developing continue to reduce the cost and weight of structures and deliver efficiencies.

At Alcoa Defense, every day is about helping your products become lighter, faster and stronger to achieve the mission.


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