Headquartered in Oklahoma City, OK and Tampa, FL, Meta Special Aerospace (MSA) operates globally and provides a full range of aerospace solutions out of three divisions:
Meta offers a deep stack of airborne capabilities and services from a wide range of domains and mission themes, allowing our customers and partners to anticipate, secure, and defend their interests in a rapidly-evolving world.
MSA/ISR delivers integrated, turnkey Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (AISR) solutions to our defense partners – from design and integration, to sustainment and modification, to maintenance and logistics support, and collection and dissemination – in austere expeditionary environments.
MSA Vertical Applications (MSA/VA) is the premier provider of special operations aviation training, with more than 16 years of experience providing knowledge-based training to the U.S. DoD and its allies.
Our instructors are experts in special mission aviation tasks and integrated air-ground-maritime planning and execution. We take the best-practices of Special Operations Aviation and the latest tactics, techniques, and procedures to help aviation users build and sustain advanced capabilities. Our organizational culture prioritizes safety, innovation, quality, and efficiency with responsive and flexible support.
MSA Special Mobility (MSA/SPM) provides airborne logistics support and on-demand air charter & transport services to a wide range of global customers. We offer custom, discrete, convenient, and reliable options to meet our partner’s mission needs in the air and on the ground. MSA/SPM can provide mission logistics support and air transportation services both in the United states and internationally.
MSA/SPM is built to provide rapid, custom, and reliable airborne logistics and transportation services.
Meta Special Aerospace’s integrated solutions are the product of our deep stack of aerospace solutions and related design, acquisition, engineering, training, operations, and exploitation services offered to our customers in either integrated packages or as standalone services.
Level 0 - Design and Architect
Airborne ISR
We analyze our customers’ desired effects to derive concepts of operations, technical requirements, and precise solutions specifications for cutting-edge airborne ISR.
Advanced Tactical Helicopter Training
We also knowledge-based training, utilizing more than 16 years of experience of special operations aviation. With an emphasis on safety and quality management, Meta crafts a customizable training solution for our partner’s direct needs.
Level 1 - Acquire and Manage
We combine our deep finance expertise with our industry-seasoned program management personnel to provide our customers with full-service military aircraft acquisition, modification, integration, and operations support.
Level 2 - Build & Engineer
We engineer and build airborne ISR platforms through our Engineering and Tech Services teams inside Meta Aviation Services.
Level 3 - Train & Exercise
Airborne ISR
We offer advanced ISR support tailored to meet our partners’ specific exercise and training requirements. Our team of expert pilots and sensor operators conduct real-world scenarios – whether it’s in the classroom, on land, or in the air – to ensure our partners in the field will be fully mission-capable.
Advanced Tactical Helicopter Training
Meta provides needs-driven, standards-based flight training to a global client base, in both U.S. and foreign-owned aircraft. Meta brings the training directly to our partners, crafting turnkey solutions to save partners valuable resources.
Our Advanced tactical helicopter training includes:
Level 4 - Operate & Sustain
Airborne ISR
We deliver integrated, turnkey airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (AISR) solutions to our defense partners – from design and integration, to sustainment and modification, to maintenance and logistics support, and collection and dissemination – in austere expeditionary environments.
Advanced Tactical Helicopter Training
Meta brings deep expertise in maintaining and operating a wide variety of rotary wing platforms in developed or austere locations.
Special Mobility
We take on the details and logistics to ensure mission success, wherever our partners are going. Our team of experts is well-equipped to rapidly respond to any situation, delivering world-class logistics support.
Level 5 - Affect & Evolve
With our deep roots in the special operations community, and through our extensive PED services, we analyze, test, integrate, and deliver actionable data to our SOF customers to meet our customers’ greatest technical challenges. We focus on incorporating versatile, modular, and cost-effective systems that rely on open architecture and scalable technologies.
Meta Special Aerospace and its subsidiaries previously operated as Commuter Air Technology (CAT), Valair, Alpha28, and Mission Transportation.
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