Adams Rite Aerospace, Inc.

Adams Rite Aerospace, Inc., a Fullerton, California-based manufacturer of specialized aerospace hardware and components, operates as a subsidiary of TransDigm Group Incorporated and serves as a prime contractor (96% of recent awards) to the Department of Defense and related federal agencies, competing on a full-and-open basis with no socioeconomic set-asides. The company supplies firm fixed-price components—latches, assemblies, control systems, handles, switches, mounting plates, and other critical aerospace hardware—predominantly through direct purchase orders and indefinite-delivery contracts with defense logistics entities.

Adams Rite Aerospace commands substantial customer concentration within Defense Logistics Agency operations. The top five customer agencies account for 78% of awards by count, with Defense Logistics Agency Aviation leading at 160 awards ($7.5 million combined potential value) and Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime at 136 awards ($7.8 million). However, dollar concentration diverges meaningfully: Naval Air Systems Command ranks first by potential value at $11.7 million across 20 awards, reflecting higher-dollar delivery orders and sole-source work, while the DLA divisions collectively anchor routine component procurements at lower per-order values. The company has served 19 distinct customer agencies over the period, including the U.S. Coast Guard, Department of the Army, and Air Force Materiel Command.

Prime vehicle positioning centers on single-award indefinite-delivery contracts with Defense Logistics Agency divisions. The source identifies six active IDIQs: a $350 thousand ceiling for latch assemblies and related parts (awarded April 2026), five $250 thousand IDCs for mortise latches, mounting plates, and bearing lock components (awarded July through October 2025), and a $750 thousand IDIQ for aircraft latch assemblies under the Aviation branch (awarded June 2025). These vehicles generate the bulk of task orders; delivery orders against them average $33 thousand to $218 thousand and carry firm fixed-price terms. Additionally, Adams Rite Aerospace holds positions on Navy-managed IDIQs (N0016412DJQ29 with 14 task orders, $4.2 million combined value) and DLA enterprise vehicles (SP046000D0406 with 12 task orders), suggesting access to broader defense supply channels beyond the core DLA Land and Maritime relationship.

Recent activity has accelerated sharply. Awards per year grew from three in 2022 to 81 in 2025, with 12 awards received to date in 2026. The combined potential value across all 567 awards (prime and sub) stands at $45 million, with 90% ($40.4 million) already obligated. A recompete cliff within the next twenty-four months presents limited near-term exposure: only seven awards worth $1.8 million combined face ultimate completion, suggesting a relatively stable contract portfolio with minimal defense risk in 2026–2027.

Subcontract activity reflects integration into major defense primes' supply chains. Adams Rite Aerospace subcontracts to Boeing (Apache and C-17 airframe component sustainment and production), Lockheed Martin (C-130J control gimbal and handle lever work), Bell Textron (handle assemblies for performance-based logistics), and Raytheon (MQ-9 Reaper actuator and sensor support and turret assembly). These subcontracts, representing about 4% of the award count (21 of 567 awards), position the company as a commodity supplier embedded in airframe and rotary-wing sustainment ecosystems rather than as a primary systems integrator. The subcontract portfolio centers on common aerospace commodities—handles, control assemblies, actuators, and mounting hardware—consistent with the company's prime work profile.

Category concentration reinforces hardware-manufacturing focus. The top NAICS codes are Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (175 awards), Hardware Manufacturing (126 awards), and Aircraft Manufacturing (35 awards), with supporting codes for electronic components and navigation systems (27 awards). Product Service Code distribution parallels this: Hardware, Commercial (142 awards), Miscellaneous Aircraft Accessories and Components (137 awards), and Airframe Structural Components (48 awards) dominate the portfolio. The company holds no GWAC or government-wide schedule positions in the source; all prime work routes through DLA, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard direct procurements or single-award IDIQs, limiting cross-agency reuse and creating customer concentration risk offset by contract count and value stability.