Amcan Instruments, Inc.

Amcan Instruments, Inc., a woman-owned aerospace and aviation components manufacturer based in North Hollywood, California, supplies precision aviation instruments, flight indicators, engine instruments, and mechanical/electronic subassemblies to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor competing in full-and-open procurements without set-aside designations. The company operates across two production facilities in the Los Angeles area (North Hollywood and Toluca Terrace, California) and has maintained federal registration with the System for Award Management since September 2001.

Amcan's federal customer base concentrates heavily on military aviation logistics. The top five funding agencies account for 67% of recent awards by count and 92% by combined potential value, dominated by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Aviation (47 awards, $258 thousand combined potential value), the Air Force Materiel Command Air Force Sustainment Center (44 awards, $225 thousand combined potential value), and the Naval Supply Systems Command (14 awards, $126 thousand combined potential value). DLA Aviation and DLA Land and Maritime divisions anchor the portfolio, with the Air Force Sustainment Center and Ogden Air Logistics Complex rounding out the core set. This concentration reflects Amcan's specialized role as a component supplier to military aircraft maintenance and operational readiness programs.

The capability portfolio centers on precision instruments and subassemblies indexed to PSC 6625 (Engine Instruments, 85 awards) and PSC 6630 (Flight Instruments, 31 awards), with NAICS 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing, 61 awards) as the primary categorization. Representative recent work includes a $35,250 DLA Aviation delivery order for six vertical indicators (awarded September 8, 2025), a $16,802 Air Force Sustainment Center purchase order for a fuel flow rate indicator and totalizer system (awarded September 30, 2025), and a $13,200 DLA Aviation delivery order for temperature indicators under Total Small Business set-aside (awarded August 26, 2025). The portfolio extends across electromagnetic relays, radio frequency filters, gyroscope frame assemblies, load meters, calibrated valves, heating elements, and other navigation and flight control subassemblies. Contract values typically range from $375 to $87,300, with firm fixed-price pricing across all awards.

Activity has grown steadily — four awards in 2022 to twenty in 2025 — with eight awards issued year-to-date in 2026. The combined potential value across 282 prime awards stands at $769 thousand; however, the combined dollars obligated total $3.2 million, reflecting prior-year funding draws that exceed the stated potential-value ceiling. This discrepancy signals either conservative potential-value estimates at award or significant follow-on funding activity not captured in the potential-value figures. Multiple orders reach completion dates within the next twelve months, creating recompete opportunity for DLA Aviation and Air Force customers. Amcan does not subcontract; it operates as a 100% prime contractor. The top parent vehicles are five indefinite-delivery contracts and basic ordering agreements spanning DLA Aviation and Air Force acquisition offices, with two task orders per vehicle typical of the company's fragmented purchase-order posture — characteristic of defense logistics component procurement, where DLA and Air Force place frequent small orders for maintenance and spare-parts replenishment rather than consolidating demand into larger indefinite-delivery vehicles.