The Department of Defense Aviation awarded a single-award indefinite-delivery contract to AAR Supply Chain, Inc. on February 12, 2026, with a $4,999,999.99 ceiling and an ultimate completion date of February 11, 2029. This is a large business, unrestricted procurement with no set-aside.
Place of performance spans multiple operational sites including Wood Dale, Illinois (primary facility), Jackson, Michigan, Loves Park, Illinois, Chatsworth, California, and additional locations across the United States.
The originating solicitation was a sources sought notice issued by Defense Logistics Agency Aviation on April 9, 2025, seeking qualified manufacturers or suppliers for NSN 1560-01-451-2323, a seal gunmount component (Airframe Structural Components, PSC 1560) currently produced by Rubbercraft Corporation of California. The procurement aimed to identify alternative sources capable of producing the item at equal or superior quality. Responses were due May 30, 2025. AAR Supply Chain specializes in aviation spare parts procurement and supply chain logistics, with extensive experience delivering hose assemblies, valves, seals, mechanical hardware, turbine engine components, electrical assemblies, actuators, sensors, bearings, and related aviation equipment to the Defense Logistics Agency, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, and U.S. Coast Guard.
The contract runs through February 2029 as a single award. AAR Supply Chain maintains a substantial federal contracting portfolio with the Defense Logistics Agency focused on flexible procurement of specialized aviation components and consumables supporting military readiness across multiple service branches.