Purchase Order SPE4A725PF511

The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation awarded a $427,749.30 firm fixed-price purchase order to Aerial Machine & Tool Corporation, doing business as Capewell Aerial Systems, on September 15, 2025, for the manufacture and supply of RISER ASSY ACES II components. This contract, designated as a Total Small Business set-aside, procures aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment classified under NAICS code 336413 and PSC category 16 for Aerospace Craft Components and Accessories. The procurement encompasses 669 units across three line items, with delivery to DLA Distribution Warner Robins occurring within 205 days after order definitization for the primary quantity of 667 units and 30 days for the remaining single-unit line items. The work is scheduled for completion by March 9, 2027, and will be performed in Meadows of Dan, Virginia.

Capewell Aerial Systems is a veteran-owned small business manufacturer specializing in innovative aerial delivery and survivability solutions with extensive experience supplying aviation components to military and federal agencies. The RISER ASSY ACES II components represent critical ejection seat equipment for the ACES II system, which is widely deployed across military aircraft platforms. Capewell's qualifications for this award are supported by its existing portfolio of significant indefinite delivery vehicle contracts, including a $49.2 million IDV with Army Contracting Command-Redstone for Aircrew Combat Equipment and multiple $250,000 IDVs with DLA Aviation for aviation life support equipment, demonstrating the company's established capability in manufacturing mission-critical aviation safety and survival equipment.