Apex Manufacturing Company, Inc.

Apex Manufacturing Company, Inc., doing business as Apex Manufacturing Co, manufactures specialized aircraft and aerospace components for the Department of Defense as a small business prime contractor, with 100 percent of recent awards at the prime level and heavy concentration in Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Aviation procurement. The company is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation headquartered in Sun Valley, California, competing across both total small business set-asides and full-and-open competitions in NAICS 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing) and related fastener categories. Apex Manufacturing operates approximately 20 active Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDCs) with DLA Aviation and Army Aviation and Missile Command, with ceiling values ranging from $250,000 to $4.0 million, established through at least 2030.

Apex Manufacturing delivers mission-critical aviation hardware and structural components—anti-flap cams, bolts and fasteners (shoulder bolts, shear bolts, internally released bolts, downlock main bolts, special bolts), clevis rod ends, detent assemblies, latching mechanisms, pins and shafts, torque arm components, structural elements (beam hangers, engine hangers), seals, valve pistons and actuators, hinge assemblies, adapter and support hardware—primarily for military helicopter and fighter platforms including the UH-60 Black Hawk, CH-47 Chinook, and F-18 fighter jet. All work is performed at the company's Sun Valley facility under firm fixed-price terms. Representative prime awards include a $730,760 anti-flap cam purchase order (August 2025, DLA Aviation, Total Small Business set-aside), a $217,488 clevis rod end purchase order (October 2025, DLA Aviation, Total Small Business set-aside), a $1.231 million delivery order for UH-60M Black Hawk support components (September 2022, Army Aviation and Missile Command, no set-aside), and a $1.999 million Indefinite Delivery Contract for H-60 Seahawk anti-flap cam components (August 2025, DLA Aviation, Total Small Business set-aside, ceiling through August 2030).

Customer concentration is pronounced: DLA Aviation dominates with 419 awards and $61.2 million combined potential value (68 percent of the total portfolio), followed distantly by Army Materiel Command Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command (20 awards, $8.1 million), DLA Troop Support Hardware (93 awards, $6.2 million), and DLA Land and Maritime (58 awards, $3.1 million). The top five customers account for 79 percent of awards by count and 90 percent of combined potential value. DLA Aviation's outsized share reflects Apex's strategic positioning as a dedicated supplier of consumable aviation spare parts and structural hardware within the defense logistics supply chain.

Apex Manufacturing holds approximately 20 active Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA Aviation, DLA Land and Maritime, and Army Aviation and Missile Command. The largest disclosed parent vehicles by task-order volume include Indefinite Delivery Contract SPM4A510D0091 (12 task orders, $884 thousand), SPE4A719D0379 (13 task orders, $749 thousand), SPE4A715D0137 (12 task orders, $573 thousand), and SPE4A622D0017 (10 task orders, $577 thousand). Recent IDC awards under Total Small Business set-asides include a $2.0 million vehicle for H-60 Seahawk anti-flap cams (August 2025), a $1.999 million vehicle for CH-53 rotor head assemblies (June 2025), and a $2.0 million vehicle for mixed aviation components (May 2025). Non-set-aside IDCs include vehicles valued at $4.0 million for beam hangers and engine-related components (October 2022, now expired) and $577,280 for special bolts (October 2021, now expired).

Activity grew from 36 awards in 2022 to 57 in 2024, declining to 47 in 2025 and 5 in the first quarter of 2026; the source carries only three months of 2026 data. Fifty-seven awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $2.9 million and face recompete exposure. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint in the source data. Set-aside posture is split: roughly half of recent awards are designated Total Small Business set-asides, and half are full-and-open competitions without set-aside. The portfolio is concentrated in aircraft parts and fastener NAICS (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing, Bolt/Nut/Screw/Rivet/Washer Manufacturing) and Product Service Codes (Bolts, Aircraft Landing Gear Components, Helicopter Rotor Blades and Drive Mechanisms, Airframe Structural Components).