CAMX 2026 · Atlanta
Composite structures, from first sketch to flight hardware.
Design, analysis, tooling and build under one roof. Come and talk to the engineers who do the work.
M4 Phoenix Technology Works
Full-vehicle composite prototype Build #2, 66 days start to finish
Georgia World Congress Center Building C, 285 Andrew Young International Blvd NW, Atlanta, GA
September 22-24, 2026
Composites Are In Our DNA
We are a composites shop with an engineering company attached, or the other way around depending on the day. The same people who run the analysis design the tooling, and the shop that builds the tool lays up the part. That is why programs come to us when the schedule is short and the structure is difficult.
- 36ft Autoclave length
- 65ft 5-axis gantry mill
- 50+ Engineers and analysts
- 33,500sq ft Across two shops
The equipment
Two facilities, 33,500 square feet, and the machines to take a composite structure from tooling board to finished assembly without leaving the building.
What we make
End to end, in house
Five disciplines that usually sit in five different companies, with a handoff and a rebuilt model between each one. We do all five, which is why a sizing decision can reach the shop floor the same week it is made.
Design
- Composites and metallics
- Structural
- Mechanical
- Aeronautical
- Tooling
- Jigs and fixtures
- Assembly tools
- DFM
- DFA
- GD&T
- NX
- SolidWorks
- CATIA
Advanced analysis
- Composites and metallics
- FEA
- Loads and dynamics
- Mechanisms
- CFD
- Aeroelasticity
- Flutter
- Thermal analysis
- Electronics cooling
- Uncertainty quantification
Optimization
- Multidisciplinary optimization
- Weight reduction
- Trade studies
- Topology optimization
- Laminate tailoring
- Physics-based weight prediction
- Surrogate models
- System optimization
Manufacturing
- Custom tooling
- Composite molds
- Jigs and fixtures
- Prepreg
- Wet layup
- Infusion
- Full-vehicle prototyping
- Full-scale builds
- Machining
- Trimming
- Finishing
- Additive manufacturing
Testing
- Sub-scale and full-scale structural test
- Ground and flight
- Wind tunnel
- Strain gauges
- Data acquisition
- NDI
- Coupon testing for allowables
- Test-analysis correlation
Trusted by Industry Leaders
Selected programs
Concept through to flight test support
Full-vehicle prototyping
Concept design, aero and structural simulation, tooling, metal and composite fabrication, wire harness, propulsion, flight controls and landing gear. Build #2 went start to finish in 66 days.
Tooling through to finished part
Composite inlet bell and exterior panels
Conceptual CAD taken to manufacturing-ready tooling, 5-axis machined tooling boards, layup to customer specification, then demold, inspect and CNC trim.
With NASA Armstrong
Unmanned fixed-wing demonstrators
Two 12-ft wingspan demonstrators in foam-core fiberglass and carbon fiber, strain gauges built into the wing, static bend test and wind tunnel validation, then flight test with in-flight strain data.
Uber eCRM-001 and eCRM-002
eVTOL structural design
Physics-based sizing and weight trades for tilt-rotor and lift-plus-cruise configurations, with automated FEM generation and vehicle-level structural optimization.
Structures, thermal and flow
Propulsion and launch vehicle
Rocket injector stress and conjugate heat transfer, feed-system flow distribution, random vibration of propulsion plumbing, and composite interstage tooling and fabrication.
Air Force Research Laboratory
Unsteady loading on store trajectories
A computational tool combining wind tunnel testing with CFD to screen store separation characteristics, cutting analysis time and focusing detailed testing on the higher-risk configurations.
Take the deck with you
M4 Engineering capabilities deck: the facilities, the equipment list and the programs behind them.