Avans Machine, Inc.

Avans Machine, Inc., a minority-owned, SBA 8(a)-certified small disadvantaged business based in Scottsboro, Alabama, manufactures precision-machined aerospace and defense components as a prime contractor (77% of recent awards) and subcontractor to major defense primes. The company operates a 50,000 square-foot manufacturing facility specializing in guided-missile hardware, fastener systems, and aircraft sustainment components, with over 30 years of operational history.

Avans Machine's customer base concentrates heavily on DoD logistics and Army missile programs. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation leads by volume and dollars, accounting for 90 awards worth $10.9 million in combined potential value—roughly 41% of the vendor's total prime footprint. The Department of the Army Acquisition Support Center (PEO Missiles and Space) follows with 27 awards valued at $5.5 million, while the Army Materiel Command Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command contributes 15 awards worth $4.2 million. Together, these three customers represent 86% of Avans Machine's award count and 97% of combined potential value across its customer base. The Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command rounds out the top four with three awards valued at $4 million, anchored by an $839,284 8(a) sole-source definitive contract for MRG hub trailer adapter modification kits awarded in September 2021.

Avans Machine's prime capability portfolio centers on guided-missile launcher components, ejector foot units, anti-vibration snubbers, fasteners, and aircraft latch assemblies. Representative prime work includes a $123,500 firm fixed-price purchase order from DLA Aviation (awarded March 18, 2026) for 10 dampener assembly units under a Total Small Business set-aside, with delivery to DLA Distribution facility W1A8 due February 1, 2027; an $82,500 purchase order from the Navy for guided missile launcher components (August 8, 2025) with performance through March 31, 2027; and a $109,133 delivery order from the Army Aviation and Missile Command (August 28, 2023) for UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter installation and equipment components with completion June 25, 2025. Avans Machine holds three significant Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA Aviation—a $1.88 million total small business set-aside for ejector foot units (awarded May 23, 2023, through May 2028), a $250,000 total small business set-aside for G-type fastener launchers (awarded May 31, 2023, through May 2028), and a recently awarded $350,000 total small business set-aside for fastener launchers (February 10, 2026, through February 2031). These IDVs enable the government to place delivery orders on an as-needed basis for mission-critical aerospace components supporting aircraft sustainment across DoD programs.

Activity peaked in 2024 with 38 awards but has moderated to 18 in 2025 and 5 through mid-2026. Six awards with combined potential value of $381,000 face completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete exposure for the vendor. Avans Machine's award portfolio maps to NAICS codes centered on guided-missile and space vehicle propulsion units (52 awards), other guided-missile and space vehicle parts manufacturing (40 awards), and hardware manufacturing (23 awards), with PSC codes dominated by guided-missile launchers (76 awards). The company's firm fixed-price posture and nearly 80% obligated rate across the portfolio signal consistent order execution against its defense customer base.

In its subcontractor role, Avans Machine supplies precision-machined components and fabricated fastener assemblies to Aerojet Rocketdyne and Lockheed Martin. Under Aerojet Rocketdyne, Avans has delivered consumable inserts, nuts and bolts, and flanges for RS-25 engine production restart in support of the Space Launch System, with sub-awards dating from January 2024 through June 2026. Under Lockheed Martin, Avans manufactures cover assemblies, brackets, fastener clamps, shafts, and structural components for the Air-to-Ground Missile System (AGMS), Hellfire II, MLRS variants, and JASSM production programs, with over 30 named sub-awards spanning July 2022 through January 2025. The subcontract work extends Avans Machine's footprint into space and air-to-ground missile platforms while the prime work anchors to DLA Aviation's aircraft sustainment mission and Army missile development.

A precision machine shop that specializes in CNC lathe/4th axis & 5th axis milling/3D machining and all types of general machining.