AAR Aircraft Services, Inc.

AAR Aircraft Services, Inc., a subsidiary of AAR Corp. (North America's largest maintenance, repair, and overhaul facility), delivers aviation turbine fuel to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor under a single-award indefinite delivery contract with the Defense Logistics Agency Energy. The vendor competes full-and-open with no set-aside designation and operates with zero subcontract footprint, performing all work with internal resources at its Oklahoma City headquarters.

The vendor's federal footprint is overwhelmingly concentrated in fuel supply. Of 28,501 total awards tracked across all federal sources, 28,421 (99.7%) flow through Defense Logistics Agency Energy under two primary IDV vehicles: contract SPE60719D0061 (14,982 delivery orders, $63.1 million ceiling, effective July 1, 2023 through March 31, 2027) and contract SPE60723D0088 (11,056 delivery orders, $22.7 million combined potential value). Both vehicles authorize delivery of approximately 192.7 million gallons of NATO F-34/JP-8 specification aviation turbine fuel across nine states—Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas—to support Department of Defense military aircraft operations under fixed-price contracts with economic price adjustment mechanisms. Recent delivery orders issued in June and July 2026 range from under one hundred dollars to over $19 million per task order, demonstrating the contract's flexibility across varying DoD fuel requirements.

Customer concentration is extreme. Defense Logistics Agency Energy accounts for 100 percent of award count (28,421 orders) and 53 percent of combined potential value ($188.5 million). The remaining 47 percent of value is anchored by three non-DLA customers: the Department of Justice US Marshals Service Operational Support Branch ($71.4 million, one award), the Department of Justice US Marshals Service Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System Contracts Division ($48.1 million, two awards), and the Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration ($47.3 million, four awards). These larger non-DLA awards represent distinct procurement vehicles and customer relationships but collectively remain dwarfed by the DLA Energy fuel supply mission.

Activity has declined year over year from a peak of 4,146 orders in 2024 to 1,711 in 2026 (through July). The vendor's combined potential value across all awards stands at $355.9 million, with $309.5 million obligated (87 percent). Award dates span from September 1981 to July 16, 2026, indicating sustained long-term federal engagement.

Beyond fuel supply, AAR Aircraft Services holds a $500 thousand cooperative agreement grant from the Department of Labor (awarded March 4, 2024, completing March 4, 2026) for aviation maintenance technician workforce expansion. The grant funded apprenticeship program growth across AAR's four CFR Part 145-regulated MRO facilities and two component repair facilities in Miami and Garden City, with a target of growing apprenticeship enrollment by 100 technicians, including cohort hiring of female technicians and transitioning military personnel through SkillBridge and other pathways. The vendor absorbed all administrative costs to direct funds entirely to workforce development.

Primary NAICS framing reflects the fuel specialization: Petroleum Refineries (26,040 awards) and Petroleum and Petroleum Products Merchant Wholesalers (2,381 awards) dominate, with minor exposure in aircraft maintenance and airport operations. The PSC code breakdown confirms the same: Liquid Propellants and Fuels, Petroleum Base (28,430 awards) represents the core business, with negligible exposure in aircraft and equipment maintenance (50 awards across all other PSCs combined). No parent contract vehicles outside DLA Energy's two primary IDVs carry meaningful volume; contract SP060011D0139 generated 2,378 delivery orders but only $23.6 million in combined potential value, suggesting smaller or lower-value orders. The vendor does not subcontract and operates exclusively as a prime, with corporate structure and UEI records confirming subsidiary status under AAR Corp. (UEI: DUJUR9RB1P73), a for-profit limited liability company.