Askew Industrial Corporation

Askew Industrial Corporation Aerospace And Defense Division, a small business subchapter S corporation based in Santa Fe Springs, California, manufactures high-precision fasteners, bolts, nuts, screws, washers, and specialized hardware components for naval shipbuilding, maintenance, and repair operations as a prime contractor (82% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor to major shipyard primes. The division is a subsidiary of AFC Industries Inc. and competes predominantly under Total Small Business set-asides on Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) purchase orders, with recurring work across destroyer, guided-missile cruiser, and amphibious transport platforms.

Askew's customer concentration is extreme and Navy-anchored. The top five funding agencies account for 98% of recent awards, led entirely by Department of the Navy entities: NAVSEA dominates with 248 awards and $5.4 million in combined potential value, followed by Naval Supply Systems Command (14 awards, $255 thousand), US Fleet Forces Command Atlantic (6 awards), US Pacific Fleet Forces (6 awards, $79 thousand), and Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Hardware (6 awards, $10 thousand). A single Coast Guard award for $141 thousand completes the portfolio. NAVSEA represents 92% of the vendor's combined potential value and is effectively the sole customer of consequence. Representative NAVSEA prime awards include a $994.9 thousand total small business set-aside for DDG fastener hardware (May 2024), a $425.4 thousand USS Green Bay amphibious transport dock ship materials procurement for docking selected restricted availability work (July 2024), a $294.5 thousand total small business set-aside for USS Oscar Austin bolts, nuts, and washers (August 2024), a $161.2 thousand USS Green Bay ship repair and maintenance materials contract (September 2024), and a $120.3 thousand USS Momsen destroyer propulsion port shaft bolts and nuts procurement (June 2023).

The capability portfolio centers narrowly on fastener and hardware manufacturing: 209 of 285 total awards (73%) fall under NAICS 332722 (Bolt, Nut, Screw, Rivet, and Washer Manufacturing), with PSC codes dominated by screws (134 awards), nuts and washers (36 awards), bolts (24 awards), and studs (22 awards). Recent named work reflects standardized naval specifications — Inconel 718 and stainless steel hex head cap screws per MIL-DTL-1222, flexible lock nuts, flat washers, and mission-specific fastener sets for named vessels (USS Green Bay, USS Oscar Austin, USS Stout DDG-55, USS Porter DDG-78, USS Gridley DDG-101, USS Momsen DDG-92, USS San Antonio, USS Arlington). The division also carries 50 subcontract awards under major shipyard primes, primarily BAE Systems Maritime Solutions Norfolk (multiple FY23–FY25 direct ship repair availabilities for USS Kearsarge, USS Carter Hall, USS Stout, USS Laboon, USS Ramage), Vigor Marine LLC (TYCOM base work and depot modernization support for USS Kidd, USS John S McCain), Metro Machine Corp. (USS Bataan and USS Porter availabilities), Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (DDG 1000 build-your-own-maintenance-period execution), and National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (T-AO 208 material transfer).

Activity has grown sharply year over year — five awards in 2022 to 38 in 2024 — but has contracted to two awards through March 2026, signaling pipeline or scheduling volatility. The combined potential value of $5.9 million against combined obligated dollars of $8.3 million (140% ratio) indicates historical invoicing in excess of stated ceiling values, typical of firm fixed-price purchase order procurement where scope adjustments and change orders inflate realized value. The source does not identify recompete windows or IDV parent vehicles beyond three named primes (Indefinite Delivery Contract N0002420D4306 and two specialized ship-maintenance vehicle references). Askew holds no seats on government-wide acquisition contracts; all work flows through direct NAVSEA purchase order solicitations or subcontracts to prime maintenance and construction contractors. The vendor's entire business model rests on recurring NAVSEA demand for replacement and maintenance fasteners across active naval platforms, with secondary exposure through subcontracting relationships to BAE Systems, Vigor Marine, Metro Machine, and Huntington Ingalls.