Purchase Order SPE4A626V7397

The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation awarded a $3,425 firm fixed-price purchase order to Kaymont Consolidated Industries, Inc. for meteorological balloons on January 28, 2026. The contract, which carries no set-aside designation, has an ultimate completion date of February 27, 2026 and will be performed in Melbourne, Florida. Kaymont Consolidated, a small business headquartered in Melbourne and the world's largest distributor of weather balloons and meteorological instruments to the federal government, will fulfill this delivery order under one of its existing Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA Aviation.

This purchase order represents a routine replenishment of meteorological equipment through DLA Aviation's established procurement relationship with Kaymont Consolidated. The company has been a key supplier of aerological sounding balloons, temperature probes, and related atmospheric monitoring equipment to multiple federal agencies including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, and NASA since its registration in April 2001. The rapid completion timeline of approximately one month reflects the critical nature of weather balloon supplies to federal agencies' ongoing atmospheric monitoring and weather forecasting operations.