Arinc Incorporated

Arinc Incorporated, operating through its Connected Aviation Solutions Division and doing business as Arinc Inc., is a subsidiary of RTX Corporation (formerly Raytheon Technologies Corporation) that provides aviation communications, datalink engineering, meteorological data collection and reporting, flight operations support, and specialized aerospace systems to federal agencies primarily as a large-business prime contractor competing full-and-open, without SBA set-aside designations.

The company holds a sprawling portfolio of 1,995 federal awards spanning roughly four decades, with recent activity accelerating sharply — four awards in 2022 rising to 42 in 2025 and 17 through July 2026 — and carrying a combined potential value of $64.96 billion. Prime contracts account for 97% of awards; subs represent 3%, with most subcontract work flowing through L3Harris Technologies Integrated Systems (BIG SAFARI programs), PAE Government Services (international aviation operations), and The Boeing Company (beyond-line-of-sight aerospace support). Across SCI-reportable service contracts, Arinc invoiced $104.8 million over FY2022–FY2024, with government-paid hourly rates clustering at a median of $1,551.56 per hour and ranging from $119.85 at the 10th percentile to $42,639.49 at the 90th percentile, reflecting a high-variance labor mix spanning entry-level technical work and senior aerospace engineering.

Customer concentration tracks heavily to the Department of Defense and civilian aviation agencies. Navy customers (Department of the Navy across all commands) account for 552 awards, the Air Force 351 awards, and the Army 233 awards; together these three DoD branches represent 75% of award count. On dollar value, concentration narrows sharply to four mega-customers: the Defense Information Systems Agency (8 awards, $13 billion combined potential value, nearly all from a $13 billion PLEO satellite-based services IDIQ awarded July 2025), the Federal Aviation Administration (87 awards, $864.2 million), Air Mobility Command (25 orders, $351.8 million), and the Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (10 awards, $101 million). The FAA anchor reflects Arinc's dominance in cockpit access security systems (CASS), air traffic control communications testing, and mandatory oceanic high-frequency voice communications — a $273.7 million definitive contract awarded August 2023 for HF voice services in FAA oceanic airspace runs through 2029 and has absorbed $3.2 million (FY2023) and $41.7 million (FY2024) in government-invoiced labor.

Arinc's vehicle portfolio centers on a handful of high-leverage indefinite delivery contracts. The $205 million single-award Air Mobility Command datalink IDIQ (October 2021 through September 2031) has generated 179 task orders across Scott AFB, Edwards AFB, Joint Base Andrews, Wright-Patterson AFB, and subordinate Air Force installations nationwide, plus overseas airlift-mission locations; recent orders include $72.7 million for AMC operations and maintenance at Scott, $8.63 million for base period funding, and $5.17 million for data link services at Edwards (September 2022). The $13 billion Defense Information Systems Agency PLEO satellite IDIQ (awarded July 2025, replacing an earlier July 2023 award) anchors roughly 20% of all potential contract value in the portfolio. The FAA CASS contract ($461.6 thousand IDC ceiling through September 2027) has supported five task orders ranging from $87,000 to $97.8 thousand annually for Option Year 4. NOAA holds two single-award IDCs for meteorological and water-vapor-sensor observational data ($7.9 million and $3.8 million respectively, both through February 2028), with recent task orders valued at $1.85 million and $766.9 thousand. The Air Force Test Center operates a $420 thousand IDC for ACTFAST (Air Traffic Control Communications Testing Facility and Avionics System Test) software licenses and sustainment. Five Navy IDCs (N6133100D0019, N6133197D0031, N6133101D0025, and two others) together have generated 627 task orders, though the source identifies only 18 thousand in combined potential value across these vehicles, suggesting either micro-buys or data-reporting gaps.

Place of performance is concentrated at Arinc's headquarters facility in Cape St. Claire, Maryland, with subordinate performance at Scott AFB Illinois, Edwards AFB California, Joint Base Andrews Maryland, Wright-Patterson AFB Ohio, Hickam AFB Hawaii, and Anchorage Alaska for datalink and air mobility work; overseas locations supporting airlift missions and international FMS partner nations (Japan, Argentina, Kosovo, Somalia, Cabo Verde); and distributed Navy shipyard and logistics-complex locations nationwide for carrier and surface-combatant support. Within the next twenty-four months, eleven awards reaching ultimate completion carry combined potential value of $7.7 million, representing a modest recompete exposure relative to the portfolio's scale.

The top service categories by award count center on engineering (482 awards spanning R&D systems development, operational systems development, and technical assistance) and telecommunications resellers (56 awards), with smaller concentrations in computer systems design (43) and satellite telecommunications (30). PSC coding reflects this: R&D Other (464 awards), Support Professional Engineering/Technical (371 awards), Systems Engineering (103 awards), and Technical Assistance (76 awards) dominate. The portfolio's breadth — 69 distinct federal agencies — masks heavy reliance on aviation-specific customers and a long tail of transactional contracts with Army logistics commands, Navy shipyards, and smaller Air Force special operations and test centers.

Arinc operates entirely as a large-business prime under its parent RTX structure, competing unrestricted across full-and-open solicitations and leveraging RTX's scale and technology portfolio for systems integration, satellite communications, and aerospace platforms. Recent SCI filings show minimal subcontractor engagement (2% average sub-hours share), indicating Arinc self-performs core delivery across meteorological data, communications infrastructure, engineering sustainment, and flight operations services. The subsidiary structure — positioned within RTX's defense and commercial-aerospace footprint — enables Arinc to anchor long-term IDVCs and win sole-source awards (such as the $163.6 thousand National Transportation Safety Board CASS procurement awarded July 2025 under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), citing Collins Aerospace's exclusive provision of the CASS database). Annual award volume momentum and dollar concentration on DISA's PLEO contract suggest Arinc is positioned to grow its federal services footprint through FY2027, though elevated concentration in a single $13 billion vehicle and reliance on recurring AMC and FAA orders present both opportunity and risk if those vehicles recompete or reallocate funding.