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    • Plating Materials
      • Materials Overview
      • Gold
      • Silver
      • Copper
      • Nickel
      • Platinum
      • Rhodium
      • Palladium
      • Tin or Tin-Lead
      • Other Services
    • Substrates
    • Industries & Applications
      • Aerospace Plating
      • Anti-galling Plating
      • Commemorative
      • Musical Instruments
      • Jewelry
    • More
      • Papers and Presentations
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      • Ready to Plate Printable
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  • Home
  • Plating Materials
    • Materials Overview
    • Gold
    • Silver
    • Copper
    • Nickel
    • Platinum
    • Rhodium
    • Palladium
    • Tin or Tin-Lead
    • Other Services
  • Substrates
  • Industries & Applications
    • Aerospace Plating
    • Anti-galling Plating
    • Commemorative
    • Musical Instruments
    • Jewelry
  • More
    • Papers and Presentations
    • Plating Log, the Plog
  • Ready to Plate
    • Are You Ready to Plate?
    • Plating Documentation
    • Parts Ready to Plate
    • Packing for Shipping
    • Ready to Plate Printable
  • RFQ & Order Form

Aerospace, Space, and Defense

Plating for Aerospace

To Mars and Beyond

Flight-ready finishes, plated to MIL-SPEC. Aerospace, space and defense work is the core of what we do.


Gold. Contacts, connectors and wire bonding. High IR reflectivity and low emissivity for thermal control.

Silver. RF components and connectors. Anti-galling on stainless steel fasteners.

Nickel and electroless nickel. Corrosion protection and a diffusion barrier under gold.

Tin-lead. 60/40 and 90/10 Sn/Pb for space hardware. Lead in the deposit inhibits tin whiskers. Lead also helps solder joints withstand shock and vibration.

Rhodium and platinum. Hard, wear-resistant deposits for high-energy applications.

Copper. High-frequency conductivity and conductive underlayers.


Send your spec and required documents with your RFQ.

What our customers are saying

Jeff Anderson, Boeing DES

Robin Cantor, Ph.D., President, STAR Cryoelectronics

Robin Cantor, Ph.D., President, STAR Cryoelectronics

Thanks for listening to our needs and offering the right product for our applications.

Robin Cantor, Ph.D., President, STAR Cryoelectronics

Robin Cantor, Ph.D., President, STAR Cryoelectronics

Robin Cantor, Ph.D., President, STAR Cryoelectronics

 Theta Plate has handled all of our gold plating needs for more than 11 years. Their fast turn-around and excellent customer service have been very helpful in enabling us to better meet our production and R&D schedules. 

Jon Melville, President, PRODYN Technologies, Inc.

Robin Cantor, Ph.D., President, STAR Cryoelectronics

Jon Melville, President, PRODYN Technologies, Inc.

 We have been very satisfied with the quality, delivery time and communication with everyone at Theta Plate for 15+ years.

Rhonda S, Purchasing @Aerospace Company

Lucas B, VP Operations @ Aviation Components Mfg

Jon Melville, President, PRODYN Technologies, Inc.

 Thanks for the quick turnaround on getting me a quote!! You are the best!

Shannon,VP Supply Chain @Defense Contractor

Lucas B, VP Operations @ Aviation Components Mfg

Lucas B, VP Operations @ Aviation Components Mfg

I would like to commend you on the outstanding quality. With hundreds of tracks done these past few months...thank you for delivery high quality.

Lucas B, VP Operations @ Aviation Components Mfg

Lucas B, VP Operations @ Aviation Components Mfg

Lucas B, VP Operations @ Aviation Components Mfg

I just wanted to reach out and personally thank you for getting these parts done so quick. We really do appreciate it. Your expedited service made our customer very happy.

Space

Defense Applications

Aerospace

Some of our work is running around Mars; some is on a satellite; nearly all of this work we cannot talk about. We would love to talk to you about your extra-terrestrial requirements.

Aerospace

Defense Applications

Aerospace

We work with our customers in production processes for aircraft components, communications equipment, optical and sensor components, electronic components, and UAV components.

Defense Applications

Defense Applications

Defense Applications

Our defense customers use our plating services for antennas, firearms components, bridgewires, missile and munitions components, ground and other vehicle components. 

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