Associated Aircraft Supply CO. LLC

Associated Aircraft Supply Co. LLC, a woman-owned small business based in Grapevine, Texas, supplies electromechanical components — principally aircraft and aerospace switches, indicator lights, lighting assemblies, and related electrical elements — to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor through direct purchase orders and Indefinite Delivery Contracts. The company competes in both set-aside (Total Small Business) and full-and-open categories, with roughly 25 percent of recent prime awards designated as Total Small Business set-asides.

The vendor's customer base is heavily concentrated within the Defense Logistics Agency. DLA Land and Maritime accounts for 1,611 awards carrying $17.7 million in combined potential value, while DLA Aviation holds 379 awards valued at $4.1 million. Together these two DLA components represent approximately 64 percent of all award volume and 53 percent of total potential value across Associated Aircraft Supply's federal portfolio. The company also serves DLA's central organization (367 awards, $4 million), DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment (25 awards, $144 thousand), and the Department of the Air Force Air Education and Training Command (1 award, $52.7 thousand). Customer concentration is decision-relevant for competitors: DLA Land and Maritime dominates both award count and dollar value, indicating deep operational integration with a single federal buyer.

Associated Aircraft Supply operates primarily through direct purchase orders rather than major government-wide vehicles. The top parent IDCs are single-award indefinite delivery contracts: IDC SPM76006D7064 has generated 48 task orders worth $509 thousand; IDC SPM7M110D5L53 has produced 12 task orders for $66 thousand; and IDC SP093000DC104 has supported 9 task orders. Most of the company's work flows through dozens of smaller single-award DLA IDCs, each typically valued at $250,000, covering specific product categories such as light indicators, light-emitting diodes, push switches, toggle switches, and connectors. This vehicle architecture — many small single-award IDCs rather than large multi-award GWACs or agency-wide vehicles — reflects Associated Aircraft Supply's positioning as a specialized component supplier rather than a systems integrator or prime contractor on complex programs.

Representative recent work demonstrates the vendor's core capability portfolio. A $198.6 thousand DLA Land and Maritime award (February 2026) covered procurement and delivery of FUSE-LIGHT components; a $221.3 thousand DLA Aviation order (October 2025) called for T Handle Assembly Fire components; and a $142.6 thousand DLA Land and Maritime contract (May 2025) covered push switches under a Total Small Business set-aside. Smaller orders—ranging from several hundred to tens of thousands of dollars—constitute the bulk of volume and represent routine component fulfillment across indicator lights, switches, connectors, and related electromechanical items. The company holds historical indefinite delivery contracts with DLA Land and Maritime (ceiling $250,000, term through May 2025) and DLA Aviation (ceiling $250,000, term through June 2025), plus a recently awarded single-award IDC from DLA Land and Maritime (ceiling $350,000, term through December 2026) for Light Emitting Diodes. All IDC vehicles were set aside for Total Small Business with the exception of the most recent LED contract.

Subcontract activity is minimal—only 10 sub-awards out of 2,754 total awards. Named primes include The Boeing Company (F-15EX Lot 5 Advanced Procurement Common Aerospace Commodities, multiple sub-awards in 2025) and L3Harris Technologies Integrated Systems (BIG SAFARI Hardware Manufacturing, June 2025). This low sub-award share indicates Associated Aircraft Supply operates almost exclusively as a direct DLA supplier rather than embedded in defense prime supply chains.

Activity trajectory shows growth through 2024 (154 awards) followed by moderation in 2025 (138 awards) and limited data for 2026 (21 awards through early April). Eighty-six awards face ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months with combined potential value of $2.3 million, constituting a moderate recompete cliff. The company's award portfolio spans two decades of federal contracting history, with sustained volume from 2022 onward.

Associated Aircraft Supply operates under primary NAICS categories of Other Electronic Component Manufacturing (641 awards), All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing (493 awards), and Switchgear and Switchboard Apparatus Manufacturing (282 awards), with PSC codes weighted heavily toward Switches (1,840 awards) and Indoor and Outdoor Electric Lighting Fixtures (240 awards). This categorization reflects a pure component-supplier business model focused on electromechanical products for military aviation and land-maritime systems rather than platform integration or systems engineering.

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