ACE Aeronautics LLC

ACE Aeronautics LLC, a foreign-owned, veteran-owned small business manufacturer of specialized aviation components based in Arlington, Texas, operates as a prime contractor supplying lens and light products, filters, lighted panels, inserts, legend lights, cable assemblies, lamp assemblies, and panel assemblies to the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) and naval aviation logistics commands. The vendor competes on full-and-open procurements with occasional total small business set-aside awards; across recent prime work, no consistent set-aside posture characterizes the portfolio.

ACE Aeronautics is a subsidiary of ACE Aeronautics, LLC (parent, based in Guntersville, Alabama), which also operates as Global Aviation Solutions. The vendor's award portfolio—256 total awards spanning 2016 to February 2026—demonstrates narrow, specialized customer concentration anchored almost entirely in defense aviation logistics. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation accounts for 212 awards and $4.7 million in combined potential value, representing 89% of the award count and 89% of all dollars. The Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command holds nine awards worth $438 thousand; DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment, seven awards worth $69 thousand; the Department of Homeland Security US Coast Guard, four awards worth $69 thousand; and DLA Land and Maritime, 24 awards worth $56 thousand. This extreme concentration—a single customer agency controlling almost nine-tenths of both volume and dollars—reflects ACE Aeronautics' strategic positioning as a preferred supplier for aviation components within the DLA Aviation supply chain rather than horizontal federal contractor diversity.

ACE Aeronautics holds at least seven single-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA Aviation, each valued at $250,000 with ultimate completion dates extending through May 2027. These vehicles—awarded under open market procurement without set-aside designation—cover insert legend lights, lens and light products, filters, panel assemblies, and related components. Delivery orders under these IDCs typically range from $1,000 to $50,000 per order; representative awards include a $45,938 purchase order (December 2023) for 223 units of incandescent lamps, a $109,529 total small business set-aside purchase order (May 2022) for light housings, a $65,780 purchase order (June 2022) for lighting assemblies, and recurring delivery orders of $12,000 to $17,000 for panel assemblies and lens and light products. The vendor has received approximately 200-plus delivery orders and purchase orders from DLA Aviation across the source data, with annual award volume declining from 55 awards in 2022 to 23 in 2024 and stabilizing at 24 in 2025.

Top NAICS categories across the portfolio include Commercial Screen Printing (91 awards), Electric Lamp Bulb and Other Lighting Equipment Manufacturing (23 awards), Motor Vehicle Electrical and Electronic Equipment Manufacturing (22 awards), Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (22 awards), and Other Lighting Equipment Manufacturing (19 awards). Top PSC codes reflect the same specialization: Indoor and Outdoor Electric Lighting Fixtures (145 awards), Electric Vehicular Lights and Fixtures (29 awards), Optical Sighting and Ranging Equipment (16 awards), Electric Lamps (14 awards), and Miscellaneous Electrical and Electronic Components (11 awards). ACE Aeronautics holds one documented sub-award with The Boeing Company (September 2023) for $8,509,104,707 in PBL material Boeing spares, though this appears to be a data entry artifact and does not reflect actual sub-tier work scale.

Activity has declined from 55 awards in 2022 to one award in early 2026 (a $13,070 lamp assembly purchase order from DLA Aviation, February 2026). Only one award faces completion within the next twenty-four months, carrying $13 thousand in potential value, indicating minimal recompete exposure in that window. The vendor's narrow customer base, specialized product line, and reliance on DLA Aviation as the overwhelming majority customer create both stability—through established preferred supplier status—and concentration risk should DLA Aviation consolidate suppliers or pivot procurement strategy.