The U.S. Defense Department's Aviation office awarded a $1,578.78 firm fixed-price purchase order to SPS Technologies LLC, operating under its Aerospace Engineered Products Division as Shur-Lok Company, for the supply of serrated lock rings. The contract, issued on February 27, 2020, with an ultimate completion date of October 5, 2020, will be performed in Irvine, California. SPS Technologies, a subsidiary of Precision Castparts Corp., was selected without a set-aside designation and brings substantial expertise in aerospace hardware and fastener supply to the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation's maintenance and logistics operations.
SPS Technologies has an established track record supplying aircraft spare parts, fasteners, and hardware components to support defense aviation programs, with prior experience providing pin assemblies, locknut sets, spacers, and rings. The company also maintains an indefinite delivery contract with the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation valued at $1.75 million through October 2024 for pin assembly expanders to support ongoing aviation maintenance logistics. As a subcontractor, SPS Technologies has provided similar aerospace commodities and hardware to major defense primes including Boeing, Lockheed Martin, General Electric, Sikorsky Aircraft, and Bell Boeing across rotary wing, fixed wing, and space programs.
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