Airborne Outfitters LLC

Airborne Outfitters LLC, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business based in Findlay, Ohio, supplies military and defense equipment—padlocks, hardware, lighting components, electrical equipment, vehicle parts, small arms maintenance gear, and specialized components—as a prime contractor to the Defense Logistics Agency and Department of Homeland Security. The company competes across a mix of set-aside and full-and-open procurements, with set-asides (SDVOSB, total small business) recurrent across approximately half its award footprint.

Airborne Outfitters is a sole proprietorship and self-certified small disadvantaged business holding active SBA certifications as a Veteran-Owned Small Business and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business through March 2028. The company operates from Findlay with secondary performance locations across Valencia, California; Hartford, Connecticut; Trussville, Alabama; and Fort Moore, Georgia. Recent capability work anchors to hardware manufacturing (NAICS 332510) and small arms, ordnance, and ordnance accessories manufacturing; work spans padlock procurement (the largest product category by award frequency), lighting equipment (bulbs, fixtures, lamps), vehicle support equipment (towbars, support stands, casters), electrical components (headsets, adapters, power supplies), small arms maintenance kits, and specialized defense components (circuit card assemblies, mechanical seals, sensing elements, antennas, filter elements). Representative recent awards include a $1.29 million total-small-business definitive contract with DLA Land and Maritime (September 2025) for padlock set sourcing under a Source Approval Request qualification, a $2.22 million firm fixed-price purchase order with DLA Land and Maritime (September 2024) for padlock sets, a $790 thousand total-small-business purchase order with DLA Land and Maritime (December 2023) for test set boresight equipment, and a $1.5 million SBIR Phase II research contract with the Office of Naval Research (February 2024) for Topic AF193-CS01 R&D work.

Customer concentration tilts heavily toward the Defense Logistics Agency: DLA Land and Maritime accounts for 132 awards (69% of recent volume) with $30 million combined potential value, DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment holds 31 awards ($2.7 million), and DLA Aviation carries 13 awards ($2.8 million). The top five customers account for 97% of awards by count but only about 1% by dollars—the exception being the Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command, which anchors 100% of potential-value concentration via two awards: a $4 billion multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (SeaPort Next Generation, awarded January 2, 2025, through January 1, 2029) and a $500 minimum-guarantee task order (March 2025). Immigration and Customs Enforcement (5 awards, $3.9 million combined value) provides the third-largest dollar customer through a $3.5 million Blanket Purchase Agreement for Colt firearms OEM replacement parts issued February 2024.

Vehicle position across the award portfolio spans predominantly single-award IDIQs with the Defense Logistics Agency. The vendor holds approximately fifteen active DLA Land and Maritime Indefinite Delivery Contracts, each carrying $250 thousand ceilings set aside for SDVOSB or total-small-business competition, covering padlocks, hardware, electrical components, vehicle parts, filter elements, circuit card assemblies, towbars, headsets, power supplies, and mechanical seals. A $1.43 million total-small-business IDC with DLA Aviation (November 2025) and a $11.43 million unrestricted DLA Land and Maritime IDC (December 2025) represent the vendor's largest current vehicle positions by ceiling. The SeaPort-NxG $4 billion multiple-award vehicle provides access to Navy Systems Command procurement across facilities support services and naval systems support activities. Representative task orders under DLA IDCs include a $167,771 law enforcement Colt replacement parts BPA call (Immigration and Customs Enforcement, May 2026), a $383 thousand SDVOSB-set-aside purchase order for sensing elements (DLA Aviation, May 2025), a $237 thousand SDVOSB-set-aside antenna procurement (DLA Land and Maritime, September 2025), and a $237 thousand motor vehicle towbar delivery order (DLA Land and Maritime, November 2025).

Activity trajectory shows steep growth: seven awards in 2020 to thirty-five by 2023, eighty in 2024, and sixty-six in 2025, with recent velocity moderating to seven awards year-to-date in 2026 through May. Three awards (combined potential value $321 thousand) face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting limited recompete exposure; the majority of the vendor's active IDCs carry performance periods through 2025–2026, with several newly awarded in late 2025 extending through 2029 (the SeaPort-NxG vehicle).

Airborne Outfitters operates as a 100% prime contractor footprint with no subcontract work in the source data. Subcontracting activity does not appear in the award record—all work is executed directly by the vendor.

The vendor's NAICS concentration mirrors its award portfolio: Hardware Manufacturing leads with fifty-five awards, followed by Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing (eighteen awards), Electric Lamp Bulb and Other Lighting Equipment Manufacturing (eleven awards), and Power, Distribution, and Specialty Transformer Manufacturing (eight awards). PSC concentration (Hardware, Commercial at fifty-six awards; Guns Through 30Mm at seventeen) reflects the core military supply and tactical equipment focus. Set-aside posture is recurrent but not dominant—approximately 50% of recent awards carry SDVOSB or small-business set-aside designations, while the remainder compete on unrestricted bases, indicating the vendor's dual capability to compete both within and outside socioeconomic vehicles.

Airborne Outfitters, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, provides innovative solutions & exceptional service to the US Government & partner nations. We specialize in designing & fabricating customized life-saving solutions & high-quality spare parts for military operations. Our expertise includes creative problem-solving, concept development, rapid prototyping, and manufacturing.

Our proprietary Graphene Antenna technology, including Barfite, along with advanced water filtration, dry bag, and desalination products, set us apart in the industry. As an authorized dealer for Colt Manufacturing (small arms), Pacific Lock (padlocks), and Energy Focus (LED lighting and lamps), we offer top-tier products with a proven history with DoD, DLA, DHS, and NPS. We have supplied a wide variety of products to the warfighters such as vehicle support stands, loudspeakers, fuel servicing units, optical instrument cases, swivel casters, headsets, battery boxes, power supply and adapters.