Ai-Tek Instruments LLC

Ai-Tek Instruments LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business headquartered in Cheshire, Connecticut, manufactures precision electronic components — chiefly motional transducers, magnetic pickups, and speedometer adapters — for the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) as a prime contractor (97% of awards) and as a subcontractor to Honeywell International on defense aviation engine programs. The company operates almost exclusively under full-and-open competitions and holds no set-aside designations across its current prime footprint, though it was self-certified as a small disadvantaged business at registration in 2002 and has historically received total small business set-aside IDCs.

Ai-Tek's federal customer base is highly concentrated with the Defense Logistics Agency, which accounts for 93% of all awards in the source data. DLA Aviation alone placed 128 delivery orders and purchase orders valued at $2.8 million combined potential value, making it the overwhelming anchor customer. Additional DLA components — DLA Land and Maritime and DLA general — combined with the Army Materiel Command and Army Acquisition Support Center round out a five-agency portfolio, but DLA Aviation dominates both award count and dollars. The company's work consists of small-value delivery orders and purchase orders, typically ranging from $2,880 to $51,546 per order, issued against three single-award indefinite delivery contracts (IDCs) with DLA Aviation each valued at $250,000. These contracts, awarded in December 2023, January 2024, and May 2025, run through 2028–2030 and cover motional transducers and magnetic pickups for aviation maintenance and supply chain support. One IDC (SPE4A620D5647) carries a total small business set-aside, while the other two are full-and-open. Top parent vehicles include five DLA Aviation IDCs (SPE4A615D5548, SPE4A613D5423, SPE4A620D5647, SPE4A619D5136, SPE4A618D5663) with combined task order volumes of 67 delivery orders and purchase orders.

Activity has been volatile: four awards in 2022, ten in 2023, eleven in 2024, seven in 2025, and one in the first four months of 2026, suggesting either seasonal procurement patterns or project completion cycles. The combined potential value across all 156 awards is $4.1 million, of which $3 million (71%) has been obligated. As a subcontractor, Ai-Tek supplies magnetic pickups and speed pickup components to Honeywell International under the Total Integrated Engine Revitalization Program (TIGER III), a multi-year defense engine overhaul and sustainment effort; five sub-awards between May 2024 and April 2025 appear to represent recurring hardware delivery orders under that program.

Ai-Tek's NAICS footprint reflects its product specialization: 68 awards under Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing, 44 under Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Industrial Process Variables, and 20 under Other Electronic Component Manufacturing. PSC coding aligns with this — 106 awards under Combination and Miscellaneous Instruments and 39 under Liquid and Gas Flow and Motion Measuring Instruments. The company operates from a single facility in Cheshire, Connecticut, where all performance occurs.