New long-term lease adds significant capacity to meet rising customer demand.
Ontic, a leading manufacturer to the world's civil and military aircraft, has signed a long-term lease for a 100,000-square-foot facility in Weston, Florida. The new site, Ontic's tenth worldwide, expands its South Florida footprint and adds significant manufacturing capacity.
Weston sits less than 20 miles from Ontic's 65,000-square-foot Miramar facility, which opened in 2025. It adds further space for Original Equipment (OE) production, complementing the dedicated maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) work at Miramar. Together, the two South Florida sites give the company the room and flexibility to scale as customer demand increases.
The new capacity supports Ontic's rapidly expanding portfolio of licensed product lines. As Ontic acquires more licences, its need for manufacturing space rises in step, making sites like Weston central to handling new work.
The new lease is the latest in a run of investments spanning both sides of the Atlantic, following hot on the heels of Ontic's acquisition of a new MRO facility in Tewkesbury, UK, which is set to be fully operational by September 2026.
“As our business continues to expand, we are proactively securing the capacity to support our operational requirements today and for the foreseeable future," said Brian Sartain, Chief Operating Officer at Ontic. “Weston gives us an additional dedicated site for OE production and the room to keep taking on new lines, all while maintaining the availability and reliability our customers depend on.
“South Florida continues to be a center of aviation manufacturing for the entire sector and we will benefit from the highly skilled workforce that resides there. This site had everything we needed to invest for the long term."
The Weston facility will undergo significant enhancements ahead of operations beginning in 2027. Planned upgrades include expanded power capacity, full-building air conditioning and a range of high-end finishes tailored to the specialized requirements of aerospace manufacturing and the product lines it will support.
The investment reinforces Ontic's ability to support customers worldwide, increases operational capacity and positions the company to capitalize on future opportunities as it continues delivering critical aerospace products and services to the global market.
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