AKS Industries Inc.

AKS Industries Inc., doing business as Alaska Structures Inc., manufactures modular fabric-based shelter systems, environmental control units, and related expeditionary infrastructure equipment for the Department of Defense and other federal agencies as a prime contractor (94% of awards). The company is a for-profit manufacturer headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, with manufacturing operations in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and competes predominantly on full-and-open basis across all recent prime awards — no set-asides characterize its footprint, though Total Small Business designations appear on occasional Air Force and Coast Guard task orders.

AKS Industries' capability portfolio centers on modular shelters (tents, lightweight shelters, small shelters, medical shelters, clamshell structures), environmental control units ranging from 2.5-ton to 10-ton capacity, tent liners and fly systems, solar covers, and related fabric and HVAC components. The company also manufactures field hospitals at Role I and Role II specification, generators, and portable structures for civilian agencies. Representative prime work includes a $5.785 million U.S. Army Medical Command purchase order for a UN Level 2 Field Combat Hospital for the Republic of Croatia (September 2024), a $4.042 million Army purchase order for a Role II mobile field hospital and supporting equipment for Foreign Military Sales to Turkmenistan (June 2026), and a $5.364 million DLA Clothing and Textiles delivery order for small shelter units (October 2022). In its subcontractor role, AKS Industries supplies shelter systems, environmental control units, and related components to Lockheed Martin, Atlantic Diving Supply, Fluor Intercontinental, and V2X Systems under LOGCAP V and other prime task orders supporting AFRICOM, PACOM, and Special Operations Command.

Customer concentration is extreme and anchored by one vehicle. DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles accounts for 366 awards valued at $1.32 billion combined potential value — 83% of all dollars — and represents 24% of total award count. The Department of the Air Force (212 awards, $28.5 million) and Department of the Army (81 awards, $32.5 million) round out the top three by count, but dollars trail far behind DLA Troop Support. This split reflects the vendor's structural dependence on the single large DLA IDV and transactional ordering against it versus sporadic Air Force and Army task orders for field repair, replacement parts, and specialized shelters.

AKS Industries holds a $200 million indefinite delivery contract with DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles, awarded August 25, 2023, running through August 24, 2027, with a single-award designation and no set-aside. This vehicle covers commercial shelter systems and related equipment including modular, lightweight, water-resistant, and flame-resistant shelters supported by mobile trailer systems. Task orders under this IDV span environmental control units, tents, tent liners, lightweight shelters, air conditioners, and medical containers, placed firm fixed price with performance in Scottsdale, Arizona. The vendor also places task orders under Federal Supply Schedule GS07F0084K (535 task orders, $127.4 million combined value) and several other smaller DLA IDIQs including SPM10005D6064 (155 task orders, $21.8 million), SPE1C115D1060 (100 task orders, $56.6 million), and SPE1C119D1197 (78 task orders, $38.2 million), all for various clothing, textiles, and equipment categories.

Activity peaked in 2024 with 83 awards but has declined sharply — 29 awards in 2025 and 13 through mid-2026. The recompete cliff in the next twenty-four months carries only $7.7 million across two awards, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure. However, the broad DLA IDV vehicle itself faces potential recompete or modification after August 2027. The vendor's award count spans nearly four decades (first award in source data dated May 1989), with $1.59 billion combined potential value across 1,543 total awards and $572.1 million obligated (36% draw rate), indicating mature, established supply relationships with minimal recent growth trajectory.

Subcontractor work flows primarily through Atlantic Diving Supply, Lockheed Martin, Fluor Intercontinental, and V2X Systems, with AKS Industries supplying shelter systems, environmental control units, and shelter components for LOGCAP V operations, facility maintenance, and tactical operations support across Africa Command and Pacific Command. The vendor's NAICS concentration is in Canvas and Related Product Mills (822 awards) and Textile Bag and Canvas Mills (275 awards), with secondary exposure in Prefabricated Metal Building Manufacturing and HVAC Equipment Manufacturing, reflecting its core product mix of fabric structures and climate control systems.