Airex Rubber Products Corporation

Airex Rubber Products Corporation, a woman-owned small business manufacturer based in Portland, Connecticut, supplies custom rubber components and elastomeric products to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor on 397 purchase orders and indefinite delivery contracts (96% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor to major defense primes on aircraft parts and service programs. The company is a minority-owned, Subcontinent Asian American-owned for-profit corporation held by parent Airex Holding, LLC, also a woman-owned and self-certified small disadvantaged business. Airex competes in the full-and-open market and under Total Small Business set-asides; set-aside designations appear on roughly 8% of prime awards.

Airex's federal footprint concentrates overwhelmingly on Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, which accounts for 231 of 337 distinct prime awards (82% coverage) valued at $4.9 million combined potential value. The remaining customer base — Navy Supply Systems Command, DLA Land and Maritime, DLA Troop Support (Hardware and Construction and Equipment divisions), and Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex — collectively comprise 18% of awards but contribute minimal dollar value. This concentration is underscored by the top-parent-vehicles ranking: Airex holds positions on five DLA indefinite delivery contracts (SPE4A619D6032, SPE4A713D5036, SPE4A716D5125, SPE4A718D5124, SPE4A723D0374) carrying 54 task orders worth $320 thousand combined. The largest vehicle is a $2 million single-award IDC with DLA Aviation for engine bracket eyes, awarded September 28, 2023, running through September 27, 2028, which has generated seven delivery orders since award. A second $250 thousand single-award IDC with DLA Land and Maritime (Total Small Business set-aside, November 2021, expired November 2022) supplied battery vent elbows.

Airex's capability portfolio centers on precision-engineered rubber parts: engine bracket eyes, bushings and sleeves, bearing sleeves, battery vent elbows and fittings, dust and moisture protective boots, shock pad isolators, matched elastomeric sets, bellows protection, spindle isolators, and aircraft component boot assemblies. Recent representative awards include a $95,956 firm-fixed-price purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime (January 16, 2026, Total Small Business set-aside) for 2,086 units of dust and moisture protective boots with delivery to DLA Distribution Cherry Point; a $6,900 delivery order from DLA Aviation (February 19, 2026) for engine bracket eyes; an $85,000 firm-fixed-price purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime (August 28, 2025, Total Small Business set-aside) for 2,000 units of protective boots; and a $62,195.18 purchase order from Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex (January 25, 2024) for CBN grit cages. Top NAICS categories are Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing (160 awards), Ball and Roller Bearing Manufacturing (54 awards), and Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (40 awards). Top PSCs are Miscellaneous Engine Accessories, Aircraft (175 awards) and Bearings, Plain, Unmounted (64 awards).

Activity has grown modestly — nine awards in 2022 to nineteen in 2025 — with only two prime awards (combined potential value $97 thousand) reaching completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore facing immediate recompete exposure. Airex subcontracts to Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation and Lockheed Martin Corporation on aircraft parts and service programs, including CH-53K long-lead items, main rotor blades, and blade assemblies. The source documents more than a dozen sub-award modifications and parts updates issued by Sikorsky and Lockheed between June 2023 and January 2026, indicating sustained sub-engagement on defense platform sustainment, though no specific sub-award dollar values are provided in the source. All work is performed at Airex's Portland, Connecticut facility. The company's established track record with DLA since SAM registration in 2001 and its validated subcontract relationships with major aerospace defense contractors position it as a reliable supplier within the defense manufacturing supply chain for mission-critical elastomeric components.

DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE RUBBER AND RUBBER TO METAL FIXTURES, ETC. RUBBER AND METAL ASSEMBLIES SUCH AS SHOCK ABSORBERS, ISOLATORS, GROMMETS, ETC. DIAPHRAGMS, BELLOWS, BRIDGE PADS, CLAMP ASSEMBLIES. HIGH TEMP MASKING FOR FLAME AND PLASMA SPRAY.