HIREBOTICS FOR AEROSPACE & DEFENSE
Aerospace & Defense Welding Automation
Aerospace and defense fabrication demands welding precision that can’t slip — tight tolerances, full traceability, and zero room for rework on critical assemblies. The Hirebotics Cobot Welder delivers repeatable MIG and pulsed MIG welding on aerospace sheet metal, structural components, and defense assemblies, programs from a smartphone, and gives your team a digital quality record for every weld. No robotics experience required.
600+
Fabrication shops using Hirebotics
400%
Output increase at Advanta Southeast
4x
Throughput increase
<1%
Typical rework rate with Cobot Welder
Sound Familiar?
Certified Welders Are the Hardest Trade to Staff
Aerospace and defense welding requires certified welders who can hold tight tolerances on critical assemblies — and those welders are the scarcest, most expensive trade in fabrication. Every open position costs you capacity on active contracts. Every welder who retires takes decades of institutional knowledge with them. You’re bidding on work you can’t staff.
Rework on Defense Contracts Isn’t Just Expensive — It’s a Risk
Weld quality failures on aerospace and defense assemblies trigger non-conformance reports, delayed shipments, and audit headaches. Manual welding variability — especially on long runs of identical components — means your reject rate climbs as your team fatigues. One bad shift can put an entire production lot at risk.
Traditional Robotic Cells Don’t Fit Defense Contract Work
Conventional robotic welding is designed for automotive-scale production — one part, one program, millions of reps. Defense contracts run in batches of 50 to 5,000 across multiple assemblies with different specs and revisions. By the time you’ve programmed a traditional robot, your welder could have finished the batch by hand. You need automation that flexes with your contract mix.
How it works
How Cobot Welding Works for Aerospace & Defense Fabrication
01
Program Precision Welds from Your Phone
Open the Beacon app, touch the weld joints on your assembly, and set your parameters — wire speed, voltage, travel speed, weave pattern. The cobot handles MIG and pulsed MIG welding on carbon steel, stainless steel, and aluminum with the precision aerospace metal fabrication demands. No teach pendant, no G-code, no robotics background. If your aerospace welder can read a drawing, they can program the cobot and start welding in minutes.
02
Weld with Robotic Consistency and Full Traceability
Once programmed, the cobot delivers identical welds on every part — eliminating the variability that causes non-conformances on long production runs. Beacon’s real-time monitoring tracks every weld parameter automatically, giving you a digital quality record for each assembly. Your certified welders shift to complex joints, fit-up, and quality oversight instead of running repetitive fillet welds all shift.
03
Switch Between Assemblies and Contracts Instantly
Every weld program saves in Beacon and recalls instantly. Moving from one defense assembly to the next? Pull up the saved program, load the fixture, and start welding — zero reprogramming. When a contract revision changes a spec, update the program on your phone and the cobot adapts. That’s what makes cobot welding viable for aerospace and defense fabrication — you get the consistency of automation with the flexibility to handle mixed-part contract work.
See How Defense Fabricators Scale with Hirebotics
400%
Output Increase (25 to 100 Units/Day)
Same day
From unboxing to welding parts
4 cobots
Deployed across 2 facilities
“Our first Cobot Welder arrived within two weeks. By the end of that same day, we were welding parts. That never happens with robotics.”
Mark Moye
Plant Manager of Advanta Southeast
your Full-Shop automation partner
What We Automate for Aerospace & Defense Shops
Hirebotics cobots handle the repetitive processes that bottleneck aerospace and defense fabrication — welding, cutting, and coating — all controlled from the Beacon app. No robot programmers. No teach pendants. One platform for your entire shop floor.
MIG Welding for Aerospace Sheet Metal & Defense Assemblies
The Cobot Welder is built for the precision and repeatability aerospace fabrication demands: structural frames, brackets, mounting assemblies, enclosures, and sheet metal components. It handles MIG and pulsed MIG on carbon steel, stainless steel, and aluminum with consistent parameters on every weld — eliminating the variability that triggers non-conformance reports on long production runs. Beacon’s weld monitoring gives you digital traceability for every assembly.
Mil-Spec Coatings, Primer & Corrosion Protection
Defense assemblies and aerospace components require precise coating application — primer, corrosion inhibitors, and mil-spec finishes with consistent coverage. The Cobot Painter automates these applications with uniform film thickness and minimal overspray. Roll it into a spray booth, coat your assemblies, and roll it back out — no permanent install. Ideal for shops running batches of identical components that need uniform finish quality to meet contract specs.
Plasma Cutting for Brackets, Panels & Mounting Hardware
Aerospace and defense components start as cut parts. The Cobot Cutter delivers clean, repeatable plasma cuts on sheet and plate steel — brackets, gussets, panels, and mounting hardware. Hand-guide the torch through a path once, and the system records and automates it for every part after. Shops report rework dropping from 25% to nearly zero. No CAD/CAM programming required.
Beacon App — Weld, Cut & Paint from Your Phone
Every Hirebotics cobot runs on the same Beacon platform. Your team learns one interface and applies it across welding, cutting, and painting. Real-time monitoring, saved job programs, and 24/7 in-app support come standard. Start with one cobot welder on your highest-volume assembly and expand as your contract backlog grows — no new software, no retraining, no integrator dependency.
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Ready to Automate Your Aerospace & Defense Fabrication?
See how the Hirebotics Cobot Welder can increase your throughput on precision assemblies, structural components, and defense contract work — without the complexity of traditional robotic welding cells or the risk of relying on a shrinking pool of certified welders.
