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  "company_name": "Advanced Structural Technologies",
  "website": "https://www.astforgetech.com/",
  "description": {
    "brief": "Advanced Structural Technologies, Inc. (AST) is an industry-leading manufacturer specializing in metal forming seamless, complex parts for the space and defense industries, as well as rotary forged wheel blanks for military and automotive aftermarket.",
    "detailed": "AST utilizes proprietary techniques and state-of-the-art machinery, offering rotary forging, flow forming, and metal spinning of aluminum, copper, titanium, and other alloys. They have two manufacturing facilities in Oxnard, California, totaling over 220,000 sq ft."
  },
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      "state": "CA",
      "country": "USA"
    },
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  },
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      "rocket engine components (nozzles, combustion chambers)",
      "pressure vessel liners",
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      "rotary forged wheels"
    ],
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      "metal forming",
      "CNC machining",
      "heat treatment",
      "tooling fabrication"
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      "spin/flow forming machines",
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      "drag racing"
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  },
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    "company_stage": "",
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      {
        "date": "2024-05",
        "agency": "U.S. Army",
        "amount": 10000000,
        "description": "M1 Abrams tank aluminum road wheel inserts"
      },
      {
        "date": "2021-09",
        "agency": "U.S. Army",
        "amount": 17000000,
        "description": "Abrams' aluminum road wheel inserts"
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      {
        "date": "2024-04",
        "agency": "U.S. Army",
        "amount": 10108000,
        "description": "Aluminum roadwheel blanks"
      }
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      {
        "date": "2024-05",
        "title": "AST announced a $10 million small business set-aside contract from the U.S. Army for M1 Abrams tank aluminum road wheel inserts",
        "url": "https://www.prweb.com/releases/advanced-structural-technologies-inc-awarded-10-million-us-army-contract-for-m1-abrams-tank-components-302144334.html"
      },
      {
        "date": "2021-09",
        "title": "AST announced the resumption of a $17 million contract with the U.S. Army for Abrams' aluminum road wheel inserts",
        "url": "https://www.astforgedwheels.com/news/advanced-structural-technologies-inc-to-resume-production-on-17-million-us-army-contract-for-abrams-tank-road-wheel-inserts/"
      },
      {
        "date": "2021-08",
        "title": "AST received Department of Transportation (DOT) certification UN ISO 11119-2 to design and manufacture cylinders for high-pressure hydrogen gas storage",
        "url": "https://www.astforgetech.com/advanced-structural-technologies-receives-dot-certification-to-manufacture-cylinders-for-high-pressure-hydrogen-gas-storage/"
      }
    ],
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    "whitepapers": [],
    "patents": []
  },
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      {
        "name": "Rob Melsness",
        "role": "President and CEO"
      }
    ],
    "expertise_areas": [],
    "total_employees": "100-500"
  },
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      "seamless parts",
      "rotary forging",
      "flow forming",
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      "CNC machining",
      "heat treatment",
      "tooling fabrication",
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      "premium wheel blanks"
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      "High-performance forged wheels for automotive": "Aerospace landing gear, industrial machinery components",
      "Metal forming for space applications": "High-pressure components for oil and gas, medical implants"
    },
    "potential_applications": [
      "Custom forgings for classic cars",
      "Lightweight components for electric vehicles"
    ],
    "crossover_domains": [
      "Marine",
      "Energy"
    ]
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    "confidence_score": 0.9,
    "last_updated": "2025-10-17",
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        "https://www.prweb.com/",
        "https://www.astforgedwheels.com/",
        "https://www.youtube.com/"
    ],
    "verification_status": "Verified"
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}