Meta Special Aerospace’s team of experts have designed, rebuilt, improved, operated, and delivered high-reliability advanced multi-spectral airborne payloads and training to our tip of the spear forces consistently for over 30 years. Throughout our history, we have developed and built over 100 modified King Air and expanded this reach into custom enhancements for the entire King Air Family and other general and business aviation-class aircraft. In addition to modified aircraft, our experts have developed products for government and international security services, providing many modifications, ISR solutions, and Special Missions Operations.
Meta Special Aerospace provides a full range of aerospace solutions from integrated Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) operational services, to specialized training and exercise support, to advanced mission payload technologies, to Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) and aircraft integration services.
We provide turnkey C4ISR solutions – from custom aircraft design and engineering, to sustainment and logistics support, to certification and training support, to processing, exploitation, and dissemination – supporting our international partners and US government operations across the globe for over a decade, including the AFRICOM Sable Spear Program.
Understanding the evolving landscape in customer demand, we maintain a rolling aircraft acquisition, maintenance, upgrade, modification, and logistics support program for commercial aviation, as well as special mission aircraft with leading C4ISR capabilities for our defense partners ready to deploy at any time.
As a recognized industry leader with decades of operational experience in Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) and Electronic Warfare (EW) support for Special Operations Forces (SOF), we deliver a full suite of specialized SIGINT/EW training solutions, including SOF exercise design and SOF SIGINT/EW operator training in both classroom and in-field courses.
Meta Special Aerospace’s integrated solutions are the product of our deep stack of airborne ISR capabilities 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
We analyze our customers’ desired effects to derive concepts of operations, technical requirements, and precise solutions specifications for cutting-edge airborne ISR.
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 offer a full spectrum of aviation services including complex special mission integration, aircraft modernization and upgrades, maintenance, and logistics support. We design, prototype, engineer, and field-test for commercial, military, and government special mission applications for our US government and international defense customers, OEM partners, and private aircraft owners.
Level 3 - Train & Exercise
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.
Level 4 - Operate & Sustain
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.
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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