Purchase Order SPE4A724PA410

The U.S. Department of Defense Aviation awarded a $3,500 firm fixed-price purchase order to Hutchinson Aerospace & Industry, Inc. (doing business as Barry Wright Corp) on April 17, 2024, for the procurement of resilient weapon system mounts. This contract, which was not set aside for small businesses, is to be completed by July 8, 2024, with performance taking place at the contractor's facility in Hopkinton, Massachusetts. Hutchinson Aerospace, a foreign-owned subsidiary of Total SA Air Total International SA Division, is a specialized manufacturer of aerospace and aviation components critical to U.S. defense operations.

This purchase order likely represents a task order issued under one of Hutchinson Aerospace's existing Indefinite Delivery Vehicle contracts with the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, including a $699,534.90 IDV for resilient weapon system mounts extending through July 2030. As an established large manufacturer with extensive experience supplying precision-engineered components to the Department of Defense, Hutchinson Aerospace provides resilient mounts and related assemblies that support maintenance, repair, and upgrade activities for military aircraft and weapons platforms. The contractor maintains a robust subcontracting history with major defense primes including Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, and Boeing, reinforcing its integral role in sustaining defense infrastructure readiness.