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Aerospace

test At Element, we’re committed to supporting your success in the aerospace industry with world-class testing, qualification, calibration, and advisory services. As the largest global independent provider of aerospace testing services, with over 100 years of aerospace expertise, we stand by your side throughout the product lifecycle—from R&D through to disposal. Trusted by aerospace primes and their supply chains worldwide, we ensure your materials, components, and systems are safe, compliant, and fit for purpose, helping you deliver superior products on time reliably and cost-effectively.

Why Element are global leaders in Aerospace

Largest Global Independent Provider

Commercial & Military Aerospace Expertise

Unparalleled Size & Scale

Comprehensive Lifecycle Support

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The aerospace industry demands precision, reliability, and compliance. Element supports you with a comprehensive range of destructive and non-destructive testing (NDT), inspection, and calibration services for a wide variety of materials, components, products, and systems. Specializing in both commercial and military aerospace, we help you meet stringent standards like Nadcap, address time-to-market pressures, and keep your projects on track. Whether you’re optimizing costs, accessing advanced testing technologies, or ensuring long-term performance consistency, we’re your trusted partner for certainty at every stage.

Fire safety is particularly critical in aerospace due to the enclosed nature of aircraft, where a fire event could have catastrophic consequences. Element provides reaction to fire testing, ensuring that your materials and products meet rigorous flammability, smoke, toxicity, spread of flame, and heat release standards to prevent and mitigate fire risks.

Services

Aerospace Fire Testing

Validate aircraft components with fireproof and fire resistance testing. Identify risks, meet industry standards, and maintain safety with expert aerospace fire testing.

Aerospace Materials Testing

Our global network of 35 Nadcap accredited and aerospace supplier-approved aerospace materials testing laboratories provide a comprehensive range of materials testing services.

Aerospace Mechanical Testing

View our range of aerospace mechanical testing services for both metals and non-metals - designed to help ensure that your materials are suitable for aviation use where failure is not an option.

Aerospace Non-Destructive Testing (NDT)

Detect imperfections in aerospace materials without affecting their integrity with our comprehensive aerospace non-destructive NDT services. Our certified Level III experts use advanced testing methods.

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Space Simulation Services

NASA-awarded space simulation testing for aerospace components. Expert thermal vacuum chambers, EMC testing, and custom solutions that ensure compliance and on-time delivery.

Element as a Nadcap Approved Supplier

Element is proud to be one of the largest Nadcap approved suppliers for testing and inspection services in the world, including chemical analysis, mechanical testing, and non-destructive testing (NDT).

Lightning Strike Testing

Element's lightning strike testing helps your aircraft, infrastructure, and electronics withstand both direct and indirect lightning effects, reducing risk, supporting compliance, and protecting sensitive systems and materials. Learn More.

Aerospace EMI/EMC Testing

Element's aerospace EMI/EMC testing helps you meet commercial and military standards with tailored test plans, advanced facilities, and expert guidance to tackle compliance challenges and reduce delays.

Aircraft Fuel System Testing

Element's comprehensive Aircraft Fuel System Testing services deliver validation at any scale. Our industry-leading experts work directly with you to design and implement tailored test programs precisely simulating real-world conditions.