---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-25-004006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AIRI"
cik: "0001009891"
company_name: "AIR INDUSTRIES GROUP"
filed_at: "2025-01-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T23:42:19.976879+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Air Industries fiscal 2024 preliminary sales up ~6.6%; record bookings and backlog over $270M

## Summary
- Preliminary sales increased approx 6.6% YoY; total bookings grew 15% over 2023.
- Total backlog reached over $270M, up 41% YoY; book-to-bill ratio improved to 1.30x.
- Sterling Engineering sales up 33% YoY; awarded $33M CH-53K contract, invested $2.1M in new machines.
- Complex Machining Sector achieved record bookings; largest contract award of $110M in Q3 2024.
- CEO Lou Melluzzo highlighted strong positioning for continued growth in 2025 and beyond.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-25-004006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AIRI
- cik: 0001009891
- company_name: AIR INDUSTRIES GROUP
- filed_at: 2025-01-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1009891/000121390025004006/0001213900-25-004006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1009891/000121390025004006/ea0227860-8k_airindus.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-25-004006.txt

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