Aero Engineering & Manufacturing Company Of California, LLC

Aero Engineering & Manufacturing Company of California, LLC, operating as Aero Engineering & Manufacturing Company Division and doing business as Aeroengineering & Manufacturing Co, manufactures precision aerospace and defense components for federal agencies as a prime contractor on a portfolio concentrated heavily in small-business-set-aside indefinite delivery contracts with the Defense Logistics Agency. The Valencia, California-based for-profit Subchapter S corporation is a small business manufacturer of aircraft spare parts and structural hardware, competing predominantly under set-asides; nearly all prime awards across the footprint carry Total Small Business or Competitive Small Business designations.

The vendor's federal footprint spans 5,888 awards over the past four-plus decades, though recent activity has declined sharply—93 awards in 2022 declining to six in 2026 year-to-date. Over that span, the combined potential value reaches $86.1 million with $77.5 million obligated. The capability portfolio centers on original-equipment-manufacturer production of aircraft spare parts, structural components, and assemblies: wire rope assemblies, spacer plates, bearing sleeves, chain assemblies, bumper shank arrestors, landing gear components, brackets, pins, fasteners, seals, gaskets, tubes, and related precision-fabricated hardware. Representative recent prime awards include a $18,885 firm fixed-price purchase order from the Department of Defense Aviation for a mount sensor center (awarded March 12, 2026), a $12,529.26 Total Small Business delivery order from Defense Logistics Agency Aviation for a roller release door component (March 17, 2026), and a $36,000 purchase order from DLA for a trunnion assembly (October 2024). The top NAICS categories are Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (2,518 awards) and Aircraft Manufacturing (571 awards); the top PSC category is Airframe Structural Components (2,534 awards).

Customer concentration is extreme and centered on logistics support for Department of Defense aviation fleets. Defense Logistics Agency Aviation accounts for 3,419 awards (58% of the total) and $62 million in combined potential value (72% of total dollars), followed by DLA Land and Maritime (559 awards, $6.2 million), DLA unspecified (489 awards, $3.4 million), DLA Troop Support Hardware (325 awards, $2.7 million), and DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment (317 awards, $2 million). The top five customer sub-offices cover 87% of award count and 89% of potential value. The U.S. Coast Guard appears in the secondary portfolio (fuel support angles, trunnion assemblies for C-130 aircraft). The vendor holds no reported parent vehicles (GWACs, BPAs, agency-wide IDIQs); all work flows through single-award DLA Aviation IDCs valued at approximately $250,000 each. Six primary IDCs are noted in source detail, each set aside for Total Small Business, with performance periods extending through 2027 and 2028. From 2022 through March 2026, the vendor issued delivery orders under these vehicles at a sustained but declining cadence—contract ceilings have peaked at $117,520 (December 2023 trunnion assembly purchase order) and $80,361.96 (bracket assembly delivery order, May 2024).

In its subcontractor role, Aero Engineering sub to Derco Aerospace, Inc. and Lockheed Martin Corporation on aircraft spare parts manufacturing and C-130J structural component work. The Derco sub-awards are labeled "Manufacturing of aircraft spares for USG requirements" and cover gaskets, washers, structural supports, fittings, and cylinders; the Lockheed Martin subs feed C-130J production and sustainment, including well cargo floor assemblies, pins, manifolds, bellcrank assemblies, and crew door lock fittings. The sub footprint is minimal relative to the prime base—27 sub-awards (0.5% of total) against 5,861 prime awards.

The recompete cliff is shallow: only six awards with completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $177 thousand. Activity trajectory signals contraction—the vendor moved from 93 prime awards in 2022 to 28 in 2025 and six in 2026 (partial year). The compressed recent award count and low near-term recompete exposure suggest either market contraction in spare-parts procurement volumes, vendor exit or consolidation pressure, or a shift in DLA Aviation procurement strategy away from smaller single-award vehicles. The vendor has maintained continuous federal contracting presence since 1980 but exhibits no growth trajectory in recent years.

MANUFACTURE AIRCRAFT PARTS, SHEET METAL, MACHINED PARTS AND ASSEMBLIES.