What Quickstep does

Quickstep Technologies Pty Ltd is Australia's largest independent advanced composites manufacturer for the aerospace and defense sector, operating a 16,000 sqm integrated manufacturing facility at Bankstown Airport, Sydney, with approximately 200 employees. The company produces carbon fibre composite components and assemblies — including autoclave-cured, precision-milled, non-destructively-tested, painted and fully assembled parts — for global defense and commercial aerospace programs, most notably as the sole global supplier of composite wing flaps for the Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules and LM-100 commercial freighter, and as a tier supplier of more than 30 individual components (fuselage, vertical tail and other parts) on every F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter airframe produced.

The company's technology platform spans the full composite manufacturing chain: Gerber CNC ply cutting, laser-guided clean-room lay-up, three ASC CPC-controlled autoclaves (up to 200°C, 8-12 hour cycles under nitrogen), two Breton precision CNC mills, coordinate measuring machines, advanced ultrasonic NDT (USL single-channel immersion, USL 10-axis TTU, MS2000 4-channel TTU), a robotic drilling cell co-developed with Electroimpact for lights-out drilling and one-up drill-and-rivet assembly, four aerospace paint booths, and a Lockheed Martin-approved materials test laboratory. Quickstep holds AS9100D, ISO 9001:2015, Nadcap NDT and Nadcap Composites accreditations, and a Northrop Grumman QPL qualification for the F-35 JSF program.

The business model is enterprise B2B: long-term, program-based supply contracts with a small set of prime defense and aerospace customers — Lockheed Martin (C-130J/LM-100 wing flaps, F-35 content), Northrop Grumman (21 F-35 fuselage components), Boeing Defense (F-15/F-18 composite parts), and BAE Systems (F-35 vertical tail parts via Marand). Pricing is bespoke and contract-driven (no public pricing); products are delivered direct to OEM production facilities (e.g., Lockheed Martin Marietta, Georgia). Quickstep is currently a privately held company undergoing acquisition by ASDAM Operations Pty Ltd (scheme of arrangement, scheme meeting April 2025) and is recognized as a 2025 Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Elite Supplier.

Name

Quickstep

Legal name

Quickstep Technologies Pty Ltd

Website

https://quickstep.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Quickstep is Australia's largest independent advanced composites manufacturer for aerospace and defense, operating a 16,000 sqm Bankstown facility with ~200 employees. It is the sole global supplier of C-130J composite wing flaps to Lockheed Martin and supplies 30+ components per F-35 airframe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bankstown

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Aerospace Component Manufacturing: B2B manufacturing of advanced carbon fibre composite components for defense and commercial aerospace programs. Revenue generated through long-term supply contracts with major aerospace manufacturers including Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Boeing, and BAE Systems. Products include wing flaps, fuselage components, vertical tail parts, and other structural composite assemblies.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Quickstep is a B2B contract manufacturer of advanced carbon fibre composite components for defense and commercial aerospace programs. The company manufactures sole-source composite wing flaps for the Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules and supplies more than 30 individual components with content on every F-35 Lightning II aircraft produced, including fuselage components for Northrop Grumman and vertical tail parts for BAE Systems. Production is delivered end-to-end from design engineering, ply cutting, clean room lay-up, autoclave curing, precision CNC milling, robotic drilling, painting, assembly, and OEM-qualified materials testing at its 16,000 sqm Bankstown Airport facility in Sydney.

Product overview

Quickstep is Australia’s largest independent aerospace and composites manufacturer providing advanced carbon fibre composite solutions for defence and commercial aerospace sectors. The company operates as a single integrated manufacturing platform offering end-to-end composite component production services, from production engineering and ply cutting through lay-up, autoclave curing, precision milling, robotic drilling, painting, assembly, and testing. The product portfolio includes manufacturing services for C-130J Super Hercules composite wing flaps (sole global supplier), F-35 Joint Strike Fighter components (over 30 individual parts including fuselage components for Northrop Grumman and vertical tail parts), and various other composite components for Boeing F-15 and F-18 military aircraft. All manufacturing is conducted at a 16,000 sqm state-of-the-art facility at Bankstown Airport in Sydney, with AS9100 Rev D/ISO9001:2015 quality standards accreditation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• C-130J Composite Wing Flaps Sole-source composite wing flaps manufactured for the Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules military transporter and LM-100 commercial aircraft programs. Quickstep is the sole global supplier of composite wing flaps for the C-130J program, with all C-130J aircraft produced since 2014 incorporating wing flaps from Quickstep.
• F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Components More than 30 individual composite components supplied for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aircraft, with content on every aircraft produced. Includes 21 fuselage components (doors, panels, skins) supplied to Northrop Grumman and vertical tail parts (skins, spars, fairings) supplied via Marand to BAE Systems for final tail assembly. Quickstep is an approved supplier for the international F-35 JSF program under a QPL qualification from Northrop Grumman received in 2011.
• Composite Component Manufacturing Services End-to-end B2B contract manufacturing services for advanced carbon fibre composite components delivered from design advice and tooling engineering through prototype to final production. Services span Gerber CNC ply cutting, temperature-controlled clean room lay-up with laser ply projection, autoclave curing under nitrogen atmosphere, precision CNC milling, robotic drilling and assembly, aerospace painting, final assembly of complex composite components with mechanical parts, and OEM-qualified test laboratory support. Target customers are global defense and commercial aerospace primes including Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Boeing Defense, BAE Systems, and Marand.

Quantifiable outcome

• 300th C-130J wing flap ship-set delivered to Lockheed Martin
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Lockheed Martin AustraliacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term strategic partnership where Quickstep is the sole global supplier of C-130J composite wing flaps to Lockheed Martin. Partnership spanning more than a decade supporting delivery of complex composite components across multiple aerospace programs. Lockheed Martin has worked closely with Quickstep to develop and sustain advanced manufacturing capability in Australia.
• MarandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerQuickstep supplies vertical tail parts (skins, spars, fairings) to Marand for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. The final tail assembly is exported to BAE Systems. Marand provides precision engineering solutions to aerospace, defence, rail, automotive and mining industries internationally.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments1 record

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