Aero-Hose Corp

Aero-Hose Corp, Aero-Hose, Corp. Division manufactures nonmetallic and metal hose assemblies and related fluid transfer components for the federal government as a prime contractor operating full-and-open, with no SBA set-aside certifications despite receiving one total small business set-aside IDC award in 2022. The company is a for-profit manufacturer based in Fleming Island, Florida, and a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

Aero-Hose Corp's federal footprint is dominated by Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime procurement. The company receives hundreds of small firm fixed-price purchase orders and delivery orders annually for qualified hose assemblies bearing specific National Stock Numbers—both nonmetallic (NSN 8511 and 4720 series) and metal variants—that support hydraulic and pneumatic systems across military ground vehicles, maritime vessels, and aircraft. Recent representative awards include a $314,140 purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime on February 20, 2026 for 2,260 nonmetallic hose assembly units; a $70,890 order on March 31, 2026 for 15 metal hose assemblies; and a $70,213 Naval Supply Systems Command purchase order on August 1, 2025 for nonmetallic hose assemblies. The company also delivers specialized aircraft tubing (NSN 8511254729 Tube Assembly, Aircraft, $35,525 to DLA Aviation on March 25, 2025) and air duct hose ($9,250 on June 12, 2025). All work is performed at Fleming Island, Florida with delivery to DLA distribution centers nationwide and OCONUS locations.

Customer concentration is extreme. DLA Land and Maritime accounts for 2,582 awards (93% of total) worth $31.8 million combined potential value—the overwhelming driver of the company's federal revenue. DLA Aviation accounts for 84 awards ($1.6 million), and Naval Supply Systems Command places 51 awards ($1.4 million). The top five customers represent 99% of award volume. Aero-Hose Corp holds multiple single-award indefinite delivery contracts with DLA Land and Maritime, each with a $250,000 ceiling, that were awarded between July 2022 and August 2023 and expired between July 2023 and August 2023. The company's recent activity shows heavy transactional order flow: 258 awards in 2022 dropping to 62 in 2023, stabilizing at 91 in both 2024 and 2025, with only 7 awards recorded to date in 2026. Three awards worth $396 thousand face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating modest recompete exposure.

The company serves as a subcontractor to defense primes on specialized projects. Recent sub-awards include Raytheon Company (April 17, 2025, HACM SCIFIRE Couplers) and Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (November 19, 2024, E-2D Multiyear Production II Hardware Manufacturing), demonstrating access to tier-one defense teaming relationships alongside its DLA prime role.

Aero-Hose Corp competes entirely in full-and-open DLA procurement, holding no parent GWACs or agency-wide IDIQs beyond its expired single-award DLA Land and Maritime IDCs. The company's capability portfolio is narrowly specialized: hose and tubing assemblies (PSC Hose and Flexible Tubing, 2,650 of its 2,769 awards) with secondary exposure to pipe, tube fittings, and hardware. NAICS concentration shows the company coded to All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (1,948 awards), Rubber and Plastics Hoses and Belting Manufacturing (187 awards), and Fluid Power Valve and Hose Fitting Manufacturing (48 awards). The company is entirely transactional, competing on qualified products lists (QPL) and source-controlled drawings for standardized components, with no visible program integration, sustainment, or engineering services footprint. As a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary with no independent venture capital or growth investments evident in the source, Aero-Hose Corp's federal strategy centers on sustained small-order fulfillment for critical military maintenance inventory, not growth or differentiation.