A bureau for defense parts,
where the paperwork is the part.
Headstock sits between prime contractors and the AS9100-certified shop network — owning sourcing, first-article inspection, supplier qualification, and the compliance vault behind every defense part.
A cleared drawing goes in. A cleared, certified, audit-ready part comes out — with the paper trail a prime has to keep, kept for them.
Drop a drawing. Get a sourced, certified, audit-ready part.
Three stages, each owned by the bureau instead of a procurement team with a spreadsheet. The shape of every stage is the same as the shape of the work it replaces — sourcing happens, FAI happens, evidence is kept.
Drop the RFQ
A prime uploads a drawing, tolerance, and the clearance flags the part already needs. The bureau classifies the work and decides which desks it lands on.
Matched shortlist
AS9100D shops are ranked on certification scope, process, material, tolerance, and live capacity — not on who answered the phone first. Every match shows its score.
Certified FAI + audit trail
AS9102 Rev C features map to drawing callouts as measurements land. The FAI package, supplier qualification, and compliance evidence stay on one record from start through audit.
One bureau, two front doors.
Headstock runs a different desk depending on who's on the other side of the part. Pick the one that matches where you sit.
- Match AS9100D shops by certification scope, process, material, tolerance, and live capacity — not by who answered the phone.
- AS9102 Rev C first-article inspection populates as measurements land, on the same record as the part.
- CMMC L2, NIST 800-171, ITAR, and DFARS evidence stays audit-ready across every shop in your supply chain.
- Continuous supplier-qualification maintenance — capability cards, scope, and process qualifications update as your shop changes.
- Inbound RFQs arrive pre-scored — your shop shows up on the shortlist because your scope actually fits, not because someone called you.
- Every cleared part leaves with the FAI, qual, and compliance package a prime procurement QA director needs to sign off — already built.
Two doors into the same bureau.
Primes hit the floor running — drop an RFQ and the ranked shortlist renders as the bureau scores it. AS9100-certified shops queue up here; we're onboarding in waves so qualification paperwork is built with the shop, not bolted on after.
- Six fields. Procurement already knows them by heart.
- Shortlist with certification, process, and capacity scores.
- No heavy intake form — the run is the demo.
- Onboarded in cohorts so qualification is built with your shop.
- Your capability card stays current as your scope grows.
- Built for U.S. defense & aerospace precision parts only.
Bring a part. We'll open a record.
Drawing, tolerance, and the clearance flags the part already needs — enough for the bureau to qualify the work, draft an FAI plan, and surface the shops it will land on. We respond with a matched shortlist and the paperwork footprint a procurement QA director can sign off on.
- Submissions land directly on the bureau's qualification desk.
- We respond with a ranked shortlist and an FAI plan — not a generic reply.
- For AS9100-certified shops looking to onboard, the shop-side waitlist above stays the right door.
Already mid-procurement? Skip the form and submit an RFQ directly — you'll see the shortlist render as the bureau scores it.