Organization and Basis of Presentation	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Organization and Basis of Presentation [Abstract]
ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION	Note 1. ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION Organization Air Industries Group is a Nevada corporation (“AIRI”). As of and for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the accompanying consolidated financial statements presented are those of AIRI, and its wholly-owned subsidiaries; Air Industries Machining Corp. (“AIM”), Nassau Tool Works, Inc. (“NTW”), and the Sterling Engineering Corporation (“Sterling”), (together, the “Company”). Principal Business Activity The Company is a leading manufacturer of precision assemblies and components for large aerospace and defense prime contractors. Its products include landing gears, flight controls, engine mounts and components for aircraft jet engines, ground turbines and other complex machines. Most of its machined components and assemblies are integral to high-profile platforms and named programs including the F-18 Hornet, the E2D Hawkeye, the UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter, the Geared Turbo-Fan Engine, the CH-53 Helicopter, the F-35 Lighting II (also known as the Joint Strike Fighter) and the F-15 Eagle Tactical Fighter. Our direct customers are primarily large aerospace and defense prime contractors. The ultimate end-users for most of our products are the U.S. Government, international governments, and commercial global airlines. Basis of Presentation The accompanying consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) in the United States of America and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Since 2022, the Company makes decisions about resources to be allocated and assesses performance based on one integrated business and reports its results as one segment. All of its operations are integrated, share manufacturing facilities and use most, if not all, of the same sales and marketing functions. Going Concern and Management’s Plan At each reporting period, management evaluates whether there are conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the consolidated financial statements are issued. The Company is required to make certain additional disclosures if management concludes substantial doubt exists about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern provided that such doubt is not alleviated by the Company’s plans or when the Company’s plans do not alleviate substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. This evaluation entails analyzing prospective operating budgets and forecasts for expectations regarding cash needs and comparing those needs to the current cash balance and expectations regarding cash to be generated over the following year. During 2023, the Company generated $4,862,000 of cash from operating activities as compared to only $448,000 in fiscal 2022. It also made $1,113,000 of required payments pursuant to its Current Credit Facility and reduced total debt in 2023 by $1,958,000. As of December 31, 2023, the Company met all the financial and business covenants required under the terms of its Current Credit Facility including achieving a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of 1.31x compared to the required ratio of 0.95x. The terms of all outstanding indebtedness are discussed further in “Note 8. Debt”. For the period ending March 31, 2024 the Company was not in compliance with the required ratio of 1.10x. Management’s plans are to increase net sales for fiscal 2024 as compared to fiscal 2023. The Company believes that these plans are supported by the Company’s backlog which, as of December 31, 2023, stood at $98.3 million. Further, it anticipates receiving additional funded orders in 2024 pursuant to Long-Term Agreements (“LTA”) agreements from its key customers as well as new customers. With this visibility, the Company is confident in its ability to generate sufficient cash flow to make required principal payments of $944,000 to its lender. Although the Company has begun discussions to obtain a waiver of the failure to meet the Fixed Coverage Charge Ratio at March 31, 2024, it is reasonably possible that it will not be granted. Even if such waiver is granted, the Company may fail to achieve the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio in the future or otherwise fail to meet covenants in the Current Credit Facility. Therefore, the Company has classified the term loan that expires on December 30, 2025 as current as of December 31, 2023, in accordance with the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 470-10-45, “Debt – Other Presentation Matters”, related to the classification of callable debt. The Company is required to maintain a collection account with its lender into which substantially all cash receipts are remitted. If we were to default under the Current Credit Facility, the Company’s lender could choose to increase the rate of interest or refuse to make loans under the revolving portion of the Facility and keep the funds remitted to the collection account. If the lender were to raise the rate of interest, it would adversely impact the Company’s operating results. If the lender were to cease making new loans under the revolving facility, the Company would lack the funds to continue operations. The rights granted to the lender under the Current Credit Facility combined with the reasonable possibility that the Company might fail to meet covenants in the future raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern for the one year commencing as of the date of issuance of this report. The accompanying consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded assets or the classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern. Reverse Stock Split On October 4, 2022, the Company announced a reverse stock split of its authorized, issued and outstanding shares of common stock at a ratio of 1-for-10. The reverse stock split was effective on October 18, 2022, and its common stock began trading on a post-split-adjusted basis at that time. All share and per share amounts of its common stock presented have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the 1-for-10 reverse stock split. As result of the reverse stock split there were no fractional shares issued and all holders were rounded up to the next whole share. See Note 10 – Stockholders’ Equity for more information.

Organization and Basis of Presentation

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Organization and Basis of Presentation [Abstract]

Note 1. ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Organization

Air Industries Group is a Nevada corporation (“AIRI”). As of and for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the accompanying consolidated financial statements presented are those of AIRI, and its wholly-owned subsidiaries; Air Industries Machining Corp. (“AIM”), Nassau Tool Works, Inc. (“NTW”), and the Sterling Engineering Corporation (“Sterling”), (together, the “Company”).

Principal Business Activity

The Company is a leading manufacturer of precision assemblies and components for large aerospace and defense prime contractors. Its products include landing gears, flight controls, engine mounts and components for aircraft jet engines, ground turbines and other complex machines. Most of its machined components and assemblies are integral to high-profile platforms and named programs including the F-18 Hornet, the E2D Hawkeye, the UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter, the Geared Turbo-Fan Engine, the CH-53 Helicopter, the F-35 Lighting II (also known as the Joint Strike Fighter) and the F-15 Eagle Tactical Fighter.

Our direct customers are primarily large aerospace and defense prime contractors. The ultimate end-users for most of our products are the U.S. Government, international governments, and commercial global airlines.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) in the United States of America and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Since 2022, the Company makes decisions about resources to be allocated and assesses performance based on one integrated business and reports its results as one segment. All of its operations are integrated, share manufacturing facilities and use most, if not all, of the same sales and marketing functions.

Going Concern and Management’s Plan

At each reporting period, management evaluates whether there are conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the consolidated financial statements are issued. The Company is required to make certain additional disclosures if management concludes substantial doubt exists about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern provided that such doubt is not alleviated by the Company’s plans or when the Company’s plans do not alleviate substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. This evaluation entails analyzing prospective operating budgets and forecasts for expectations regarding cash needs and comparing those needs to the current cash balance and expectations regarding cash to be generated over the following year.

During 2023, the Company generated $4,862,000 of cash from operating activities as compared to only $448,000 in fiscal 2022. It also made $1,113,000 of required payments pursuant to its Current Credit Facility and reduced total debt in 2023 by $1,958,000.

As of December 31, 2023, the Company met all the financial and business covenants required under the terms of its Current Credit Facility including achieving a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of 1.31x compared to the required ratio of 0.95x. The terms of all outstanding indebtedness are discussed further in “Note 8. Debt”. For the period ending March 31, 2024 the Company was not in compliance with the required ratio of 1.10x.

Management’s plans are to increase net sales for fiscal 2024 as compared to fiscal 2023. The Company believes that these plans are supported by the Company’s backlog which, as of December 31, 2023, stood at $98.3 million. Further, it anticipates receiving additional funded orders in 2024 pursuant to Long-Term Agreements (“LTA”) agreements from its key customers as well as new customers. With this visibility, the Company is confident in its ability to generate sufficient cash flow to make required principal payments of $944,000 to its lender.

Although the Company has begun discussions to obtain a waiver of the failure to meet the Fixed Coverage Charge Ratio at March 31, 2024, it is reasonably possible that it will not be granted. Even if such waiver is granted, the Company may fail to achieve the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio in the future or otherwise fail to meet covenants in the Current Credit Facility. Therefore, the Company has classified the term loan that expires on December 30, 2025 as current as of December 31, 2023, in accordance with the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 470-10-45, “Debt – Other Presentation Matters”, related to the classification of callable debt. The Company is required to maintain a collection account with its lender into which substantially all cash receipts are remitted. If we were to default under the Current Credit Facility, the Company’s lender could choose to increase the rate of interest or refuse to make loans under the revolving portion of the Facility and keep the funds remitted to the collection account. If the lender were to raise the rate of interest, it would adversely impact the Company’s operating results. If the lender were to cease making new loans under the revolving facility, the Company would lack the funds to continue operations. The rights granted to the lender under the Current Credit Facility combined with the reasonable possibility that the Company might fail to meet covenants in the future raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern for the one year commencing as of the date of issuance of this report.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded assets or the classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

Reverse Stock Split

On October 4, 2022, the Company announced a reverse stock split of its authorized, issued and outstanding shares of common stock at a ratio of 1-for-10. The reverse stock split was effective on October 18, 2022, and its common stock began trading on a post-split-adjusted basis at that time. All share and per share amounts of its common stock presented have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the 1-for-10 reverse stock split. As result of the reverse stock split there were no fractional shares issued and all holders were rounded up to the next whole share. See Note 10 – Stockholders’ Equity for more information.