We work with the boldest programs in aerospace and defense...
...to solve the industry's most interesting problems.
A Siemens Expert Partner
Expert Partner is Siemens Digital Industries Software's highest accreditation. It's earned by demonstrating deep, hands-on expertise on live engineering programs. Adopt NX, Simcenter, or Teamcenter through M4 and you're working with engineers Siemens has vetted at the highest level.
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Dr. Myles Baker / Founder & CEO
"We built M4 on a single premise: no problem is out of reach."
What started as a three-person consultancy in Long Beach has grown into a national aerospace engineering firm trusted by the world's most demanding programs. We didn't get here by playing it safe - we got here by saying yes to the problems others walked away from.
From composite wing structures to full-vehicle aeroelastic models, from rapid prototyping to flight-test correlation - M4 delivers because our engineers own every problem end to end. No hand-offs, no excuses, no limits.
Two Decades of Momentum
From a three-person startup to a national aerospace engineering firm.
Founded
Dr. Myles Baker launches M4 Engineering in Long Beach, CA with a focus on structural analysis and aeroelasticity.
IHAT Toolkit
Develops the Integrated Hypersonic Aeromechanics Tool (IHAT), a multidisciplinary analysis and optimization toolkit that becomes the foundation for later M4 systems like ASTEP and MROS.
First SBIR
Wins its first Phase I SBIR, applying multidisciplinary optimization to filament-wound composite motor cases and pressure vessels.
Energy Industry Spin-Offs
Dr. Myles Baker launches Modular Wind Energy Inc. in Huntington Beach, applying M4's structural optimization to a new generation of modular wind turbine blades. In parallel, M4 incubates Exergy Controls in Long Beach, taking its engineering practice into industrial energy control systems.
Wind Tunnel Data Software
Launches Wind Tunnel Data Correction & Processing Software (WT-DCRPT) at SciTech 2014 in partnership with Triumph Aerospace Systems.
Siemens Digital Industries Reseller
Becomes a Siemens Digital Industries Software reseller, adding NX, Simcenter, Teamcenter, and the broader Siemens digital engineering portfolio to M4's toolset for customers.
NASA Phase III SBIR
Wins a NASA Phase III SBIR contract to extend M4 Structures Studio (M4SS) with rotorcraft and eVTOL weight-prediction capabilities.
Prototyping & Testing Center
Opens a dedicated prototyping and testing facility in Signal Hill, CA, expanding build and structural-test capability alongside the Long Beach engineering offices.
NASA University Leadership Initiative
Selected with the UC San Diego team for NASA's University Leadership Initiative to accelerate eVTOL concept development using M4 Structures Studio.
Minnesota Technical Center
Opens a new technical center in Shakopee, MN to bring M4's aerospace engineering experience to regional MedTech, Electronics, and Transportation clients.
Phoenix Technology Works Acquisition
Acquires Phoenix Technology Works in Maricopa, AZ, adding large-scale composite tooling and prototyping capability and extending M4's geographic footprint.
Long Beach Advanced Prototyping & Test Center
Opens a new Advanced Prototyping and Test Center at Long Beach Airport (4320 Donald Douglas Dr), anchoring M4's prototyping and test operations in the "Space Beach" industry cluster.
AS9100D Certification
M4 PTW achieves AS9100D aerospace quality management certification for composite manufacturing, enabling full aerospace-grade production for prototyping and low-rate-production clients.
Still Growing
50+ engineers. 500+ programs. Four offices. The best is still ahead.
Build what flies.
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M4 engineers work directly on flight hardware for fighter jets, launch vehicles, spacecraft, and next-gen air mobility. Small teams. Short feedback loops. Hardware that flies.
