Our Story
Aspen will build a manufacturing community where small and mid-sized companies thrive and contribute with
confidence to the Aerospace, DoD, and Space sectors.
Aspen LLC was founded by experienced entrepreneurs who recognized critical gaps in today’s defense, space, aerospace, and drone industry supply chains. Our mission is simple yet powerful: to maximize success across the manufacturing supply chain by empowering small and mid-sized manufacturers (SMBs) to perform at the highest level. With values rooted in empowerment, reliability, and national impact, Aspen is dedicated to revitalizing U.S. manufacturing and building a stronger, more resilient supply base.
We serve procurement leaders and supply chain managers at companies like Lockheed Martin, Boeing, L3Harris, RTX, GE, and Halliburton—organizations that demand both performance and trust. While traditional Tier 1 and Tier 2 manufacturers offer scale and certifications, they often lack agility and pricing flexibility. Digital platforms like Xometry and Fictiv provide convenience but fall short on integration, quality assurance, and supplier development. Aspen fills this gap by combining enterprise-level structure with the agility of SMBs, delivering unmatched performance across markets.
Our competitive edge lies in a unique model that blends a curated, performance-vetted supply base with active project management, quoting, and risk reduction. Unlike consulting firms or supplier networks that influence improvement without creating direct value streams, Aspen integrates supply chains into active deal flow, ensuring projects are executed with precision, accountability, and consistency. This mission-aligned approach empowers small businesses while giving enterprise buyers the confidence they need.
At the core of our work are the Four Pillars of Supply Chain Excellence: Qualified, establishing dependable foundations with thorough assessments and audits; Monitor, ensuring real-time visibility and proactive improvement; Managed, overseeing production and quality so leaders can focus on strategy; and Delivered, providing reliable, on-time results that sustain long-term performance. Through these pillars, Aspen builds supply chains that are not only sustainable and high-performing but also transformative for the industries that depend on them most.