Airborne Industries Inc.

Airborne Industries Inc., a small business aviation components manufacturer based in Branford, Connecticut, operates as a prime contractor supplying aircraft hardware, structural panels, protective materials, and thermal insulation to the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), with no subcontract footprint and predominantly full-and-open competition positioning rather than set-aside concentration.

Airborne Industries manufactures discrete aviation components—structural panels, boot assemblies, seals, insulation blankets, protective covers, acoustic insulation, fasteners, and aircraft hardware—for military maintenance and logistics operations. Representative recent work includes a $71,211.90 Total Small Business delivery order from DLA Aviation (February 2026) for aircraft tool kits; a $130,366.45 Total Small Business purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime (May 2025) for dust and moisture boots; a $100,323.60 Total Small Business delivery order from DLA Aviation (April 2026) for acoustic insulation; and a $73,844.55 Total Small Business purchase order from DLA Aviation (July 2025) for 117 yards of acoustic insulation. Work is performed at the Branford facility with delivery to both CONUS and OCONUS DLA depots.

Customer concentration is extreme and single-threaded: DLA Aviation accounts for 1,847 of 2,490 prime awards (89% of tracked awards) worth $63.8 million combined potential value, followed distantly by DLA generics (304 awards, $4.8 million) and DLA Land and Maritime (132 awards, $3.5 million). Across all sources, the vendor serves 17 federal agencies, but DLA accounts for roughly 89% of award count and 87% of dollars.

Airborne Industries holds ten active Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA, ranging from $250,000 to $2.5 million in ceiling value. Five of the largest recent IDCs are set-aside vehicles: a $2.5 million Total Small Business contract with DLA Aviation for H-60 helicopter structural support components (awarded October 22, 2025, completing October 21, 2030); a $2.5 million Total Small Business contract with DLA Aviation for aircraft control stick boots (awarded May 29, 2026, completing May 28, 2031); a $350,000 Total Small Business contract with DLA Land and Maritime for nonmetallic seals (awarded June 15, 2026, completing June 15, 2027); a $350,000 Total Small Business contract with DLA Aviation for acoustic insulation (awarded December 9, 2025, completing December 8, 2030); and a $250,000 Total Small Business contract with DLA Aviation for structural panels (awarded June 13, 2025, completing June 12, 2030). Non-set-aside IDCs include a $350,000 contract with DLA Aviation (no set-aside, awarded March 10, 2026) and a $250,000 contract with DLA Land and Maritime for dust and moisture boots (no set-aside, awarded July 23, 2025).

Activity has remained stable year over year—126 awards in 2022 rising to 152 in 2024, then declining to 136 in 2025 and 60 through mid-2026. Twenty-nine awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months with combined potential value of $577 thousand, representing modest recompete exposure relative to the overall portfolio. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor; four sub-awards to S & K Logistics Services LLC for acoustic and structural panels represent less than one-half percent of tracked activity.

Top NAICS codes are 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing; 1,851 awards) and 336411 (Aircraft Manufacturing; 245 awards), with supporting categories in hardware and insulation manufacturing. Primary PSC alignment is 1680 (Airframe Structural Components; 1,535 awards) and 1691 (Miscellaneous Aircraft Accessories and Components; 494 awards). The vendor competes predominantly full-and-open rather than in set-aside vehicles, though roughly 30–40% of recent awards carry Total Small Business designations where the vendor qualifies.