Aero-Electric Connector, Inc.

Aero-Electric Connector, Inc., a Torrance, California-based manufacturer of precision electrical connectors and cable assemblies, operates as a prime contractor supplying National Stock Numbered electrical connector components—plugs, receptacles, adapters, and bulkhead connectors—to the U.S. Department of Defense on a full-and-open competitive basis with no set-aside designations across its portfolio.

The vendor's federal footprint is dominated almost entirely by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Land and Maritime, which accounts for 7,253 awards valued at $77.9 million in combined potential value (96% of all awards and 89% of combined potential value). Within DLA's broader procurement, Aero-Electric Connector supplies military-specification electrical components identified by National Stock Numbers through firm fixed-price purchase orders and delivery orders ranging typically from $1,600 to $40,000 per transaction. Representative recent prime awards include a $144,508.20 purchase order (April 2025) for 4,540 connector plug units (NSN 5935011887) to DLA Distribution depots, a $42,284.06 order (July 2025) for connector receptacles, and a $37,896.30 delivery order (November 2025) for 1,185 units of connector plugs to DLA Distribution Warner Robins. Secondary customers—the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons (203 awards, $72 thousand), DLA proper (146 awards, $5 million), the Army Communications Electronics Command (6 awards, $122 thousand)—represent minimal concentration. Award volume has grown from 193 in 2023 to 299 in 2024, declining to 237 in 2025 and 32 awards through April 2026; the source captures only the most recent award snapshot, not the full historical trajectory.

Aero-Electric Connector holds five active single-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA Land and Maritime, each valued at $350,000, awarded between December 2025 and February 2026 with completion dates spanning through February 2027. These IDCs serve as the underlying vehicles through which DLA issues the recurring task orders that dominate the award count. Historically, the vendor has operated multiple indefinite delivery contracts with DLA—the source references historical IDC values up to $13,788,120.78—and the current five active vehicles represent the post-2025 refresh of that capacity. The vendor competes in the Electronic Connector Manufacturing NAICS category (6,815 awards) and PSC code Connectors, Electrical (7,886 awards), reflecting deep specialization in NSN electrical connector procurement.

Aero-Electric Connector operates as a prime contractor on 100% of its awards; only two subcontract awards appear in the source, including a noted subcontract to Lockheed Martin Corporation on PAC-3 missile production (December 2024) for connector and incidental services. The company has maintained continuous SAM.gov registration since 2001 and carries no SBA small-business set-aside designations—all awards are full-and-open competitive procurements. Recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months is minimal: 21 awards with combined potential value of $244 thousand represent routine task order completion rather than major IDC recompetes. The source materials note established partnerships with Lockheed Martin as a subcontractor partner and reference the vendor's role in the defense industrial supply chain supplying both domestic and overseas DLA depots. Aero-Electric Connector's revenue base is tightly coupled to DLA component procurement; diversification beyond DLA represents less than 11% of potential value, and the vendor operates with minimal federal presence outside defense electrical connector supply.