Airborne Supply Inc.

Airborne Supply Inc., a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business headquartered in Binghamton, New York, supplies military-grade electrical equipment, mechanical components, fasteners, and specialized hardware to the Defense Logistics Agency as a prime contractor, competing predominantly under SDVOSB set-asides across 890 recent federal awards worth $57 million in combined potential value.

Airborne Supply Inc. is organized as a for-profit corporation and holds active SBA certifications as both a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business and Veteran-Owned Small Business through May 28, 2028. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor—100% of awards are prime contracts—with no subcontract footprint. Its primary business involves supplying spare parts and components directly to DLA divisions, spanning electrical/electronic assemblies (cable harnesses, connectors, insulators, capacitors), mechanical hardware (fasteners, bolts, nuts, washers, bearings), vehicular components (clutches, tailgates, winches, transmission parts), and specialized aerospace and ordnance items. Representative work includes a $336,050 purchase order from DLA Aviation for wiring harnesses, a $180,928 purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime for water separators, a $151,580 purchase order from DLA Troop Support for fire extinguishers, and a $324,700 purchase order from DLA Troop Support for chemical pill replacements—all awarded on firm fixed-price terms in 2026.

Customer concentration is nearly absolute: DLA divisions account for 100% of reported awards, with DLA Land and Maritime leading at 438 awards and $31 million combined potential value, followed by DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment at 195 awards and $13.7 million, and DLA Aviation at 236 awards and $11.1 million. This concentration reflects the vendor's narrow vertical specialization as a direct-supply vendor for military logistics.

Airborne Supply Inc. holds multiple single-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA divisions, each carrying ceilings of $250,000 to $350,000 and structured as automated procurement vehicles for recurring supply requirements. Named vehicles include IDCs for electrical connectors, marine yoke components, cable assemblies, wiring harnesses, mounting plates, fasteners, and equipment accessories—vehicles set aside for SDVOSB or Total Small Business competition. The vendor places task orders directly against these IDCs; top parent vehicle SPE7L425D62YT generated 10 task orders worth $180 thousand combined. Award pace has accelerated: 102 awards in 2022 grew to 223 in 2025 and 186 in 2026 year-to-date, indicating sustained DLA procurement volume.

Set-aside posture is SDVOSB-dominant. Of awards with explicit set-aside designation in the source, the majority carry SDVOSB set-aside, with a secondary cohort of Total Small Business set-asides. Many individual purchase orders are issued without a named set-aside but originate from SDVOSB-reserved solicitations. This posture structures the vendor's competitive advantage: Airborne Supply Inc. qualifies for 8(a)-equivalent federal procurement preference and is restricted to competing against other small businesses in most DLA procurements, limiting direct competition with large contractors.

The vendor's capability footprint spans electrical/electronics (cable assemblies, wiring harnesses, connectors, insulators, capacitors, switches, amplifiers, antennas), mechanical hardware (fasteners, bolts, nuts, washers, bearings, bushings, gears, shafts), aviation components (landing gear axles, aircraft doors, structural fittings, thrust pins), marine equipment (fenders, yoke assemblies, valves, separators), vehicular parts (tailgates, clutches, winches, transmission components), ordnance items (cannon tubes, gun mounts, bomb rack housings, adapter rails), and consumables (chemical pills, fire extinguishers, rope assemblies, safety equipment). Geographic spread across performance locations—Binghamton and multiple supplier facilities nationwide—suggests a supply-aggregation model where Airborne Supply Inc. sources and consolidates components from upstream suppliers for DLA delivery.

Within the next twenty-four months, 178 awards with ultimate completion dates totaling $8.8 million in combined potential value face recompete or contract expiration, representing a material recompete cliff for the vendor. IDC expirations will require rebid to retain the automated procurement vehicles that anchor the vendor's DLA relationship. The vendor's award distribution across hardware, fasteners, electronics, aerospace parts, and ordnance categories reflects DLA's fragmented supply base for niche military components rather than a concentrated platform or system integration role.