A&B Foundry, LLC

A&B Foundry, LLC, doing business as A&B Foundry, Machining & Fabrications, manufactures precision metal castings, machined components, and fabricated assemblies for defense logistics and aviation applications as a prime contractor (97% of recent awards) holding active SBA 8(a) certification through September 12, 2031. The company is a minority-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business and Asian-Pacific American-owned manufacturer based in Franklin, Ohio, competing predominantly under small-business set-asides—particularly Total Small Business and 8(a) Competitive designations—with notable full-and-open wins on sole-source and Other Than Full and Open Competition awards for specialized components.

A&B Foundry's customer concentration is acute and heavily tilted toward Defense Logistics Agency components. The top five customers account for 91% of recent awards by count. DLA Aviation and DLA Land and Maritime dominate both volume and dollars: DLA Aviation holds 94 awards worth $23.7 million combined potential value, while DLA Land and Maritime holds 155 awards worth $11.1 million. DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment, Air Force Materiel Command, and Army Materiel Command round out the active set at much smaller scales. This bifurcated ranking—DLA Land and Maritime leading by count but DLA Aviation by dollars—reflects DLA Land and Maritime's reliance on high-volume spare-parts procurement (filters, seals, actuators, fasteners, tires, hose assemblies) versus DLA Aviation's orientation toward higher-value airframe and aircraft-component extractors, ground hop kits, and collector assemblies. Recent representative work includes a $4.29 million definitive contract from DLA Aviation for 118 C-135 stator assemblies (July 2026, sole approved source under 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1)), a $1.925 million slider assembly purchase order from DLA Aviation (May 2026, no set-aside), a $997.5 million cable assembly contract from DLA Aviation (January 2026, competitive), a $998.3 million piston ring order from DLA Land and Maritime (January 2026, Total Small Business), and a $480.3 thousand SBIR Phase III contract from DLA for B-2 Bomber coupling shear components (January 2025, Total Small Business).

A&B Foundry holds a substantial vehicle footprint anchoring its recurring revenue. The top parent vehicles by task-order count and value include a DLA Land and Maritime Indefinite Delivery Contract (SPE4A722D0082) with 11 task orders totaling $470 thousand, a $2.5 million five-year single-award IDC with DLA Aviation for B Kit Collectors (October 22, 2025, through October 21, 2030, Total Small Business), a $1.997 million single-award IDC with DLA Aviation for ruptured extractors (June 16, 2023, through June 15, 2028, Total Small Business), a $1.833 million IDC with DLA Aviation for ground hop kits (January 22, 2024, through January 21, 2029, Partial Small Business), and a $3 million Blanket Purchase Agreement with Army Materiel Command for various spare parts (September 11, 2025, through September 15, 2028, no set-aside, multiple-award vehicle). Additional single-award IDVs with DLA Land and Maritime—typically $250 thousand to $350 thousand ceilings, one-year or until-ceiling terms—cover pneumatic tires, seal assemblies, coupling halves, and vehicle door handles, with Total Small Business set-asides dominating this tier.

Activity trajectory shows steady growth and concentration in small-value, high-frequency orders. Awards per year climbed from 42 (2022) to 68 (2025), with 50 awards in the partial-year 2026 data. This velocity reflects A&B Foundry's role as a standing supplier of commodity spare parts and specialized airframe components to DLA, issuing dozens of purchase orders and delivery orders in the $1 thousand to $500 thousand range quarterly. Combined potential value across all 313 awards (97% prime, 3% sub) is $51 million, with $50.2 million (99%) already obligated, indicating mature, performing contracts with predictable invoicing. Recompete cliff: 43 awards with ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $17.7 million and represent turnover risk for this vendor and recompete opportunity for competitors, particularly the recurring IDC annual renewals and DLA spare-parts purchase orders with rolling completion dates.

Top NAICS categories reflect the company's manufacturing posture: Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (36 awards), Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing (25 awards), Saw Blade and Handtool Manufacturing (20 awards), Fabricated Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing (14 awards), and Hardware Manufacturing (13 awards). Top PSC codes mirror this—Centrifugals, Separators, and Pressure and Vacuum Filters (17 awards), Sets, Kits, and Outfits of Hand Tools (16 awards), and Hose, Pipe, Tube, Lubrication, and Railing Fittings (15 awards)—indicating breadth across filtration, assembly kits, fasteners, connectors, and ground support hardware.

A&B Foundry maintains a minimal subcontract footprint (3% of awards by count), with recent sub work flowing to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation for B-2 Tailpipes Phase II precision turned product and hardware manufacturing (multiple 2025 awards), Beyond New Horizons LLC for Test Operations and Sustainment II diffuser materials fabrication (June 2025), University of Dayton for Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality Readiness equipment (March 2025), and National Center for Manufacturing Sciences as a grant sub-recipient on a DMSMS (Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages) resolution project (October 2024). The vendor holds federal grant work through an SBIR Phase II award from DLA for a vertically integrated manufacturing platform to rapidly produce obsolete and spare parts (SBIR Phase II L2-0487, $1.794 million definitive contract, December 2024, through January 21, 2027, Total Small Business set-aside).

A&B Foundry's market position is that of a specialized small-business spare-parts and airframe-component manufacturer with deep, long-standing relationships across DLA Aviation and DLA Land and Maritime. The 8(a) posture, HUBZone qualification, and decade-plus track record of performing on the same standing vehicles (DLA IDCs and BPAs) position it as a reliable, predictable supplier for recurring defense logistics spend. The vendor does not compete in full-and-open federal markets; nearly all wins carry small-business set-asides. Notable exceptions—the $4.29 million sole-source C-135 stator contract and the $839.3 thousand C-17 mechanics crawlway contract from Air Force Materiel Command—reflect A&B Foundry's approved-source status on specialized aircraft components where government data or past performance eliminate competitive alternatives. This footprint is not acquisition-adjacent or prime-facing; it is consumables and spare parts for military logistics, reflecting institutional customer switching cost and recurring order patterns rather than competitive bidding exposure.

We are a Manufacturing Company with in house Reverse Engineering Capabilities. Our in house manufacturing capabilities include Castings, Machining up to 58 Feet in X, Certified Welding up to 200 feet in length, and Fabrication including Laser, Sheet Metal, etc... Our Contract Assembly includes Circuit Card Assemblies, Stators, Motors, Aircraft Lighting, Aircraft and Military Ramps, Manifold Assemblies, Panels, Cable and Wiring Harnesses, Hose Assemblies, and much more!