American Fuel Cell And Coated Fabrics Company, LLC

American Fuel Cell And Coated Fabrics Company, LLC, doing business as Amfuel, manufactures aircraft fuel system components—fuel cells, fuel tanks, baffles, backing boards, gaskets, and related aerospace parts—and sells them exclusively to federal defense agencies as a prime contractor on full-and-open competitions, with no SBA set-aside activity despite holding a small business designation. Amfuel is a wholly owned subsidiary of French aerospace manufacturer Zodiac SA, headquartered in Magnolia, Arkansas.

Amfuel's federal customer base is heavily concentrated in defense logistics: the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation accounts for 614 awards and $518.6 million in combined potential value across the entire vendor portfolio, representing approximately 73% of all prime awards. The Air Force Sustainment Center (part of Air Force Materiel Command) is the second-largest customer by dollar value, with 79 awards worth $106.5 million. Naval Supply Systems Command, Ogden Air Logistics Complex, and the Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command round out the top five by potential value. Activity has grown consistently—from 42 awards in 2022 to 87 in 2025—with 40 awards reaching completion in the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $34.6 million), creating recompete exposure across multiple vehicles.

Amfuel operates almost entirely as a prime contractor on direct government awards (99% of recent awards). A small subcontract footprint includes work under Bell Textron for AH-1ZS helicopter fuel tanks and cell components, The Boeing Company for F-15EX long-lead mechanical and fuel system items, Bell Boeing Joint Project Office for CMV-22 fuel system components, and Sikorsky Aircraft for helicopter parts. These subcontracts represent fuel system component supply to major aerospace primes, not a core business line.

The vendor's product portfolio centers on specialized aircraft fuel system manufacturing. Recent prime work includes a $775,728 purchase order from DLA Aviation for aircraft fuel cells (December 2025), a $3.75 million delivery order for aircraft fuel tanks extending to October 2033, and multiple KC-135 aircraft fuel cell contracts with the Air Force Sustainment Center, including a $2.98 million definitive contract and several single-award IDCs valued between $4.6 million and $17.1 million. Amfuel also holds a $15 million cooperative agreement from the Office of the Secretary of Defense to expand domestic production capacity for crash-resistant, self-sealing fuel bladders—recognition of Amfuel's role as a critical domestic supplier for specialized aviation fuel system components where technical data rights and manufacturing constraints limit qualified sources. Navy emergency procurement orders for aircraft fuel cells ($661,479 and $595,386.75 in June 2025) underscore the vendor's position as an approved, qualified source for mission-critical components.

The vendor's parent-vehicle position is dominated by single-award indefinite delivery contracts with DLA Aviation and the Air Force Sustainment Center. Amfuel holds multiple IDCs with DLA Aviation with ceiling values reaching $31.6 million (awarded December 2024 for aircraft fuel tanks, extending through 2029) and $18.3 million (for mixed fuel system components, extending through March 2028). Air Force Sustainment Center awards include seven single-award IDCs awarded in March–April 2025, each valued between $4.6 million and $17.1 million, all for KC-135 fuel cell procurement and extending through 2028. These contracts consistently reflect limited-source or single-source procurements; the source material notes that only Amfuel and Meggitt (Rockmart) are identified as qualified sources for most KC-135 and specialized military aircraft fuel cell requirements due to technical data rights constraints. Amfuel also places work through General Services Administration Blanket Purchase Agreements (GS06FAMF4N carries 89 task orders across the portfolio).

Amfuel competes exclusively on full-and-open, non-set-aside contracts despite its small business designation. The source contains no evidence of 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or WOSB set-aside awards in recent activity. All 1,980 awards in the portfolio carry "No Set-Aside Used" designations with rare exceptions (a handful of total small business set-asides on DLA aviation fuel cell and fuel tank procurements). This posture reflects the vendor's market position: as the incumbent qualified supplier for highly specialized, technically controlled aircraft fuel system components, Amfuel wins on capability and technical data rights access rather than competition restricted by business designation.

The recompete profile for the next twenty-four months ($34.6 million across 40 awards) is substantial but concentrated: most exposure ties to DLA Aviation's existing IDC portfolio and Air Force Sustainment Center's 2025-vintage KC-135 fuel cell contracts, where Amfuel's limited-source status provides significant incumbent advantage. Amfuel's federal contracting history extends to at least 1983 (earliest award in source data), and the vendor has maintained continuous registration in SAM since August 2001, indicating decades of established federal compliance and performance relationships.