Aircraft Covers, Inc.

Aircraft Covers, Inc., doing business as Bruce's Custom Covers, manufactures specialized aircraft protective covers, engine covers, exhaust cover assemblies, ground shields, nose covers, and solar shields for the Department of Defense as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards). Aircraft Covers, Inc. is a woman-owned small business headquartered in Morgan Hill, California. The company does not hold a parent federal contract vehicle but receives purchase orders directly from federal agencies and through two active GSA Federal Supply Schedules.

Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Construction and Equipment drives the majority of activity. The top five customer agencies account for 57% of recent awards by count and 49% by potential value. DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment leads on both metrics with 96 awards valued at $5.7 million combined; the Department of the Air Force Air National Guard follows with 35 awards at $1.3 million; DLA Aviation contributes 35 awards at $538 thousand; the Department of the Army has 31 awards at $136 thousand; and the Department of the Air Force carries 29 awards at $509 thousand. Customer concentration is moderate — the top customer accounts for slightly over 30% of combined potential value across the portfolio.

Aircraft Covers, Inc. holds two active GSA Federal Supply Schedules generating the largest transaction volume. Federal Supply Schedule GS07F5768R has placed 96 task orders valued at $1.9 million combined; Federal Supply Schedule GS07F5777R has placed 9 task orders at $28 thousand combined. The company also operates under a single-award indefinite delivery contract with DLA Land and Maritime valued at $250,000 for protective dust plugs (awarded December 18, 2025, through December 18, 2026) and previously held a single-award indefinite delivery contract with DLA Aviation valued at $250,000 for exhaust cover assemblies (awarded April 25, 2022, through April 25, 2023, which generated approximately $42,625 in task orders). Representative recent awards include a $235.6 thousand DLA Troop Support purchase order for 95 KC-135 aircraft engine covers (September 2, 2025), a $164.4 thousand Air Combat Command total small business set-aside for B-2 bomber inlet and exhaust covers (September 21, 2024), a $173.625 thousand Naval Air Warfare Center sole-source purchase order for E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aerial refueling water intrusion covers (September 26, 2024), and a $104.085 thousand Air National Guard total small business set-aside for nine sets of KC-135 engine intake covers (September 30, 2025).

Award activity has been consistent year over year — 22 awards in 2022, 28 in 2023, 24 in 2024, and 22 in 2025 — with 395 total awards in the source data spanning from September 1999 through March 30, 2026. Combined potential value across all awards is $17.9 million, with $13.1 million (73%) obligated to date. The vendor competes across both set-aside and full-and-open purchase orders; recent awards split between Total Small Business set-asides, Woman-Owned Small Business designations, and open competition without set-aside. No NAICS or PSC framing dominates — the portfolio spans Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (159 awards), Plastics Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing (97 awards), Textile Bag and Canvas Mills (44 awards), and related classifications, reflecting the breadth of protective equipment types the vendor manufactures. Aircraft Covers, Inc. appears once in the source as a subcontractor to Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc. on an August 19, 2024 equipment preservation cover procurement; the bulk of the vendor's federal footprint is prime contract work. Customer agencies span 53 distinct federal entities, with heavy concentration in defense logistics and Air Force operations.

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