Aviation

Defense Logistics Agency Aviation is a sub-agency of the Department of Defense that supplies aircraft components, assemblies, and support materiel to military aviation operations. DLA Aviation transacts through a highly fragmented competitive landscape dominated by high-volume transactional activity, conducting nearly $77.4 billion in combined federal contract obligations across approximately 4.6 million individual awards since 1998.

The agency awarded 343,341 contracts in 2022, 409,807 in 2023, 425,837 in 2024, 401,507 in 2025, and 207,452 year-to-date in 2026. The portfolio spans 16,468 distinct prime contractors. Over the last five years, Asrc Federal Facilities Logistics, LLC dominates by award count with 722,566 awards and $1.02 billion in combined potential value, followed by Noble Supply & Logistics, LLC with 219,682 awards and $351 million, and Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation with 108,905 awards and $652 million. By combined potential value, however, The Boeing Company leads with $2.46 billion across 10,941 awards, reflecting the agency's procurement of major airframe and engine components alongside high-volume consumable sourcing. These top five primes by potential value hold only 7 percent of combined potential value across the portfolio, indicating that the competitive landscape remains highly fragmented despite the outsized transactional volume from Asrc Federal Facilities Logistics.

Set-aside activity is minimal: 95 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation, while total small-business awards account for 4 percent of the portfolio. Service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone, 8(a), and women-owned small business collectively represent less than 1 percent of awards.

Recent contract opportunities posted October 21, 2026 reflect DLA Aviation's high-velocity tactical procurement model. Opportunities span aviation consumables, assemblies, and components with due dates of October 29 or November 4, 2026. Representative open solicitations include Bolt, Shear (NSN 5306015503447, 537 units, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business set-aside), Lens, Light (NSN 6220012954220, 4 units, no set-aside), Cable Assembly, Special (NSN 5995015425220, 15 units total across two delivery locations, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business set-aside), and Duct Assembly, Air Cond (NSN 1660015095753, 2 units, no set-aside). A pre-solicitation for TF-33 Housing, Fuel Pump (solicitation SPRTA127R0087) also remains open with a due date of November 6, 2026. All solicitations are RFQs requiring electronic submission and accept quotes from all responsible sources.