G-16 Cargo Parachute and Related Supplies

Army Materiel Command Contracting Command Detroit Arsenal (ACC Warren) awarded the G-16 Cargo Parachute and Related Supplies Master IDIQ on April 23, 2025, with ordering authority extending through March 24, 2030. The vehicle procures G-16 cargo parachutes and 15 related components across parachute canopies, risers, webbing, and pack liners—a specialized military air-drop supply category with limited qualified vendors.

The vehicle remains fully active with 3 years 8 months of ordering time remaining. Four task orders totaling $21.3 million in combined potential value have been issued, all obligated at 100 percent, with all delivery orders awarded on the same date in April 2025. Performance completion dates range from October 2026 through January 2027, indicating typical 18-month execution cycles on firm fixed-price delivery orders.

Competition is distributed evenly across four small primes with no vendor dominance: Butler Parachute Systems, Inc. holds the largest single order at $8.9 million, followed by Mills Manufacturing Corporation at $6.2 million, Paradigm Parachute And Defense Inc. at $3.4 million, and Customfab Inc. at $2.8 million. No prime has won more than one task order to date. Approximately 50 percent of awarded orders carry small-business set-asides (Mills and Paradigm both held sole-source small-business awards), with the remaining 50 percent unrestricted (Butler and Customfab).

Customer concentration is high: Department of the Army Materiel Command Contracting Command Detroit Arsenal accounts for $17.8 million (83 percent) of combined potential value across three orders, while Department of the Army Materiel Command TACOM Life Cycle Management Command placed one order for $3.4 million. All work is firm fixed-price. The early-stage ordering pattern and identical award dates suggest the vehicle launched with a pre-planned set of initial orders; the two-year gap since the April 2025 award with no new task orders may indicate extended production cycles on the initial awards or a pause before follow-on procurements.