Associated Aircraft Manufacturing & Sales, Inc.

Associated Aircraft Manufacturing & Sales, Inc., a small business aviati­on component manufacturer based in Oakland Park, Florida, operates as a prime contractor supplying specialized electrical, mechanical, and structural aircraft parts to the Department of Defense and Army National Guard through purchase orders and delivery orders issued against indefinite delivery contracts. The vendor is a subsidiary of First Aviation Services Inc., a Westport, Connecticut-based parent organization, and competes in full-and-open procurement without set-aside designations on most work, though it qualifies for and receives occasional Total Small Business set-aside awards.

Associated Aircraft Manufacturing's customer base concentrates heavily on Defense Logistics Agency components. The top five customer agencies by award count account for 82% of recent awards, led by DLA Aviation (1,085 awards, $57.1 million combined potential value) and DLA Land and Maritime (567 awards, $40.7 million combined potential value). By dollar value, DLA Aviation and DLA Land and Maritime together represent $97.8 million across 1,652 awards, followed at substantial distance by the Department of the Army Materiel Command Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command (9 awards, $16.9 million combined potential value), the Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command (472 awards, $13.9 million combined potential value), and DLA Troop Support Hardware (166 awards, $11.6 million combined potential value). These five entities account for 67% of combined potential value, signaling high customer concentration.

The vendor's capability portfolio centers on aviation component manufacturing and repair. Concrete work includes ground strap assemblies (electrical grounding components for military aircraft), circuit card assemblies, duct specialties, fuel probes, cable assemblies, warning streamer pins, frequency converters, hollow pins, and landing gear overhaul and upgrade services for the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. Recent representative awards include a $23.8 million Total Small Business set-aside Indefinite Delivery Contract from DLA Land and Maritime (awarded January 30, 2023, ultimate completion January 29, 2028) for circuit card assemblies with fifteen delivery orders issued to date totaling approximately $5.4 million; a $1.99 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract from DLA Aviation (awarded April 22, 2025, ultimate completion April 21, 2030) for ground strap assemblies; a $2.2 million five-year firm fixed-price Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract from the Army Aviation and Missile Command (awarded August 11, 2022, ultimate completion August 31, 2024) for maintenance and overhaul of UH-60 Black Hawk landing gear components; and a $999 thousand multiple-award Blanket Purchase Agreement from the Missouri National Guard (awarded November 1, 2025, ultimate completion October 31, 2030) for rotary wing aircraft parts and components supporting depot-level maintenance across Aviation Classification Repair Activity Depots.

Activity has declined moderately year over year—45 awards in 2022 to 30 in 2025 to 4 through February 2026—though this trajectory reflects the vendor's shift from numerous small purchase orders to larger delivery orders under established indefinite delivery vehicles rather than loss of standing. Nineteen awards with combined potential value of $6.6 million face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and present recompete exposure. The vendor holds positions on multiple single-award and limited-competition Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA Aviation and DLA Land and Maritime, the two anchors of its customer base, positioning it to sustain delivery order flow from these mature relationships. Concrete NAICS concentration reflects the parts-manufacturing footprint: Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (1,005 awards), Bolt, Nut, Screw, Rivet, and Washer Manufacturing (154 awards), Other Support Activities for Air Transportation (141 awards), and Mechanical Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing (140 awards). PSC concentration aligns with this: Airframe Structural Components (561 awards), Miscellaneous Aircraft Accessories and Components (170 awards), Miscellaneous Communication Equipment (166 awards), and Hardware, Commercial (165 awards).

The vendor subcontracts minimally. Five sub-awards in the source are all to Boeing for F-15 repair support services for the Royal Saudi Air Force under Foreign Military Sales arrangements (awarded between January and October 2024), indicating peripheral engagement in Boeing's foreign military support supply chain rather than a primary subcontracting channel. Most work flow originates from prime awards issued directly by DLA and Army components.

Repair and supply of avionics, electronics, military test equipment.

Manufacture of airframe, structural parts for C130, F-15, C-17. Stocking Excess US Goverment suprlus and OEM Residual Inventories. Ability to build to Print.