Purchase Order N6833523P0350

The Naval Air Warfare Center awarded a $96,197.50 firm fixed-price purchase order to Howmet Global Fastening Systems Inc. (doing business as Howmet Fastening Systems) on September 13, 2023, for the supply of a torque adapter. The contract, with an ultimate completion date of March 4, 2024, represents a non-set-aside procurement utilizing standard purchase order contracting mechanisms. Performance will take place at the awardee's facility in Simi Valley, California. Howmet Fastening Systems, a subsidiary of Alcoa Extrusions, Inc., is a large, for-profit aerospace and industrial fastening systems supplier that has maintained its status as a registered government contractor since 2002.

Howmet Fastening Systems specializes in providing critical hardware components essential to military aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul operations. The company's role as a primary supplier to the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation and Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, combined with its subcontracting relationships with major defense primes including Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon, and RTX Corporation, positions it as a key participant in the defense industrial supply chain. This torque adapter procurement aligns with the company's established business focus of delivering specialized, high-precision mechanical components to support Department of Defense operational readiness and military platform sustainment requirements.