Allied Defense Industries, LLC

Allied Defense Industries, LLC, doing business as AMS Distribution, is a small business prime contractor supplying mechanical and electromechanical components—fasteners, seals, valves, hose assemblies, cable assemblies, hydraulic systems, and aircraft-related hardware—to the Department of Defense through predominantly full-and-open purchase orders and task orders with the Defense Logistics Agency. The vendor operates from Kearneysville, West Virginia, and competes in full-and-open set categories; approximately 25 percent of recent awards carry Total Small Business set-aside designations, but the bulk of the portfolio reflects unrestricted procurements.

Over the past five years, Allied Defense Industries has accumulated 16,250 awards worth $314.5 million in combined potential value (with $252.2 million obligated as of the snapshot), with a sustained and deep concentration in DLA supply-chain work. The top five customers account for 94 percent of award count: Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime dominates with 7,517 awards and $103.5 million in potential value, followed by DLA Aviation with 3,530 awards and $94.4 million, DLA Troop Support Hardware with 2,402 awards and $6.7 million, DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment with 1,502 awards and $11.8 million, and Naval Supply Systems Command with 279 awards and $19.3 million. By potential value, the Army Materiel Command Contracting Command Detroit Arsenal ranks third with $32.4 million across 198 awards, reflecting a secondary but material customer base. The vendor's NAICS footprint is tightly specialized: Bolt, Nut, Screw, Rivet, and Washer Manufacturing (1,313 awards); Hardware Manufacturing (1,153 awards); Gasket, Packing, and Sealing Device Manufacturing (1,051 awards); and Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (851 awards). PSC categories are equally granular, with Hardware, Commercial (1,159 awards), Packing and Gasket Materials (882 awards), Valves, Nonpowered (636 awards), and Hose, Pipe, Tube, Lubrication, and Railing Fittings (588 awards) anchoring the portfolio.

Activity has contracted sharply: the vendor recorded 841 awards in 2022, peaked at 1,262 in 2023, declined to 1,065 in 2024, dropped to 536 in 2025, and shows only 77 awards year-to-date in 2026 (as of mid-April). This trajectory signals either a loss of market share within DLA or a shift toward larger task orders bundled under fewer awards—the source does not distinguish. The recompete cliff for the next twenty-four months carries 124 awards with $8.5 million in combined potential value, a modest exposure relative to the vendor's historical run rate but a signal of near-term renewal pressure.

The vendor holds five named single-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts awarded between December 2025 and April 2026: a $350,000 DLA Aviation IDV (no set-aside, expiring April 13, 2031); a $350,000 DLA Land and Maritime Frame Section structural components IDV (Total Small Business set-aside, one-year term expiring March 31, 2027); a $350,000 DLA Land and Maritime Control Assembly, HY IDV (Total Small Business set-aside, one-year term expiring January 26, 2027); a $350,000 DLA Land and Maritime antenna case IDV (Total Small Business set-aside, one-year term expiring January 23, 2027); and a $350,000 DLA Land and Maritime O-Ring IDV (no set-aside, one-year term expiring December 23, 2026). Additionally, the vendor places task orders under Army BPAs W56HZV13AJ009 (42 task orders, $3.7 million), W56HZV16AJ017 (37 task orders, $2.1 million), and W56HZV22AJ019 (36 task orders, $6.6 million). Representative recent awards include a $948,100 definitive contract for electronic parts kits to DLA Aviation (November 2025), a $702,867 quick-release manifold assembly contract to Army Contracting Command Warren (October 2025), a $642,075 antenna equipment award to Naval Supply Systems Command (November 2025), a $449,625 compressor assembly contract to DLA Land and Maritime (October 2025), and a $386,700 gauge assembly order to DLA Aviation (November 2025). Dozens of smaller purchase orders and delivery orders (ranging from sub-$1,000 fastener and gasket procurements to mid-five-figure assemblies) flow through DLA Land and Maritime and DLA Aviation on a monthly basis.

The vendor maintains a minimal subcontractor footprint: one sub-award to Amentum Services, Inc., for O-ring material supply in support of a Foreign Military Sales case for the Egyptian Navy (December 2025). Prime awards constitute 100 percent of the tracked portfolio; the vendor operates predominantly as a direct supplier into DLA supply chains.

Allied Defense Industries has established itself as a high-volume, low-unit-value component supplier to U.S. military logistics infrastructure. Competitively, the vendor does not control proprietary platforms or large-dollar systems contracts; instead, it competes on responsiveness, lead time, and compliance with military specifications across commodity and semi-custom mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic hardware. The recent sharp decline in awards-per-year and the concentration of recent IDV awards (all with one-year terms or less expiring in 2026 and early 2027) suggest potential vulnerability to consolidation or loss of task order flow if DLA shifts procurement patterns or if larger defense contractors acquire competing positions on broader vehicle contracts.

Spare parts support for aeropace, marine, and land systems.