Aero Manufacturing, L.l.c

Aero Manufacturing, L.L.C., doing business as Aero Component, a woman-owned small business manufacturer headquartered in Selma, Texas with operations in Schertz, Texas, manufactures aerospace and military equipment components—brackets, covers, handles, mounting plates, hinges, straps, and specialized metal hardware—as a prime contractor supplying the Defense Logistics Agency across its Land and Maritime, Aviation, Construction and Equipment, and Troop Support divisions. The company operates entirely in the prime contractor space with no subcontract footprint, competing predominantly full-and-open (non-set-aside) on individual purchase orders while holding four active single-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts, each valued at $250,000 and designated as total small business set-asides, under the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime division.

Aero Component's federal footprint is dominated by Defense Logistics Agency purchases across all divisions. In the past five years, the company has received 2,347 total awards from eleven federal customer agencies, with the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime division accounting for 783 awards and $7.7 million combined potential value, followed by DLA Troop Support Hardware with 816 awards and $4.9 million, DLA Aviation with 327 awards and $2.8 million, and DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment with 275 awards and $2.5 million—together representing 99 percent of all awards. The combined potential value across the entire award portfolio is $18.4 million, with $15.8 million obligated, reflecting 86 percent execution against awards. Recent activity shows a declining trend from 193 awards in 2022 to 126 in 2025, with only five awards recorded in 2026 to date; however, the company holds four active single-award IDCs with DLA Land and Maritime, each valued at $250,000, which serve as pre-competed vehicles enabling rapid delivery order issuance. The recompete cliff shows minimal exposure: only two awards with ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, carrying combined potential value of $45,000.

The company's capability portfolio is grounded entirely in small-value, high-velocity purchase orders and delivery orders for industrial hardware. Recent representative work includes a $191,700 total small business set-aside purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime (September 16, 2025) for access covers under NSN 5340015561687; a $124,530 total small business set-aside purchase order from DLA Aviation (November 27, 2024) for universal slings; a $71,900 total small business set-aside purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime (January 27, 2025) for access covers; a $63,950 total small business set-aside purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime (August 15, 2025) for access covers; and a $511,600 non-set-aside purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime (July 8, 2025) for access covers. The overwhelming majority of awards are individual purchase orders ranging from under $1,000 to the mid-five figures, with firm fixed-price pricing. The company also holds four single-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA Land and Maritime: one awarded August 8, 2025, for gun mount pedestals (NSN 1005-01-420-8646) through August 8, 2026, valued at $250,000 with total small business set-aside designation; one awarded July 25, 2025, for access covers (NSN 5340016848065) through July 25, 2026, valued at $250,000 with total small business set-aside designation; and two others with total small business set-aside designations and $250,000 ceilings each. Work is performed entirely at the company's Schertz, Texas facility, with shipments directed to various DLA distribution depots across the Continental United States and outside Continental United States locations.

Aero Component's business model is characterized by high volume, low-average-transaction-value purchase orders under pre-competed Indefinite Delivery Contract vehicles. The top NAICS categories are Hardware Manufacturing (1,135 awards), Bolt, Nut, Screw, Rivet, and Washer Manufacturing (319 awards), and Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (223 awards). The top Product Service Code categories are Hardware, Commercial (1,429 awards), Aircraft Ground Servicing Equipment (159 awards), and Hardware, Weapon System (76 awards). Award volume has declined from prior years; the company competes in both total small business set-aside and full-and-open categories, with set-asides anchoring the Indefinite Delivery Contract vehicles and full-and-open competition characterizing most individual delivery orders. The company has maintained continuous federal contracting registration since 2001 and operates as a woman-owned, for-profit limited liability partnership without known subcontracting relationships or parent company affiliations in the source material.