Aviation Specialties Unlimited, Inc.

Aviation Specialties Unlimited, Inc., a woman-owned small business headquartered in Boise, Idaho, manufactures and supplies night vision equipment and delivers specialized pilot qualification training to federal civilian and defense agencies as a prime contractor (99% of recent awards) and occasionally as a subcontractor. The company competes across both set-aside and full-and-open vehicles; roughly half of recent dollar volume flows through total small business set-asides, with the remainder competed openly on commercial-item or brand-name procurement grounds.

Aviation Specialties Unlimited operates as a Subchapter S corporation with a 27-year federal contracting tenure dating to March 2002. The company's core capability footprint divides into three concrete service lines: night vision goggle equipment and accessories (AN/AVS-9 goggles, battery packs, helmet mounts, carrying cases, quick disconnects); pilot qualification and recurrent training in rotary-wing and fixed-wing night vision operations; and aircraft fleet maintenance support. The portfolio is heavily weighted toward night vision equipment and training — NAICS 339500 (Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing) accounts for 321 of 516 total awards, with flight training (NAICS 611512) at 94 awards. Representative prime work includes a $9.999 million full-rate-production contract with U.S. Special Operations Command for WFOVAG systems (awarded September 2022, completion December 2025); a $30 million multiple-award indefinite-delivery contract with the Department of the Interior for aircraft fleet maintenance across the lower 48 states under total small business set-aside (awarded December 2022, running through November 2027, with recent delivery orders of $36,972 and $25,366); a $649,220 single-award FAA indefinite-delivery contract for rotary-wing night vision goggle pilot qualification training in Oklahoma City under total small business set-aside (awarded September 2022, running through January 2028, with twelve delivery orders issued to date ranging from $4,400 to $28,600 each); a $197,000 FAA single-award IDIQ for fixed-wing night vision goggle recurrent and flight test engineer training in Boise through June 2027; a $175,265 FAA single-award IDIQ for Bell 505 pilot qualification training under total small business set-aside (awarded July 2025); and a $153,000 Coast Guard purchase order for night vision goggle mounts and battery packs (awarded December 2022).

Customer concentration by dollar value diverges sharply from volume. The Department of the Interior Departmental Offices (66% of combined potential value, 19 awards) anchors the dollars through the $30 million aircraft fleet maintenance vehicle. By award count, however, the Federal Aviation Administration Headquarters leads at 70 awards (3.3% of combined potential value), followed by the Department of the Air Force at 52 awards ($793 thousand), and the Army Materiel Command Communications Electronics Command at 44 awards ($23.6 million). The Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement rounds the top five with 21 awards ($5.3 million). Top five customers together account for 42% of awards but 66% of combined potential value — a signal that DOI's large contract vehicles and the SOCOM full-rate-production award drive the revenue concentration while smaller federal aviation and defense customers drive volume.

Aviation Specialties Unlimited holds four named federal indefinite-delivery prime vehicles: the $30 million Department of the Interior aircraft fleet maintenance multiple-award IDIQ (total small business set-aside, running through November 2027); the $649,220 FAA rotary-wing NVG training single-award IDIQ (total small business set-aside, running through January 2028); the $197,000 FAA fixed-wing NVG training single-award IDIQ (no set-aside, running through June 2027); and the $175,265 FAA Bell 505 pilot qualification training single-award IDIQ (total small business set-aside, running through November 2027). Beyond those named vehicles, the vendor also operates under the Law Enforcement & Security Services GSA Schedule (FSS-84), which alone carries 254 task orders worth $21.3 million in combined potential value. The vendor sits on the FAA's Franchise Acquisition Services vehicle and multiple Army and Navy indefinite-delivery contracts (DTFAAC16D00053 with 38 task orders at $393 thousand; W15P7T12DD053 with 16 task orders at $2.2 million; W91CRB16D5009 with 16 task orders at $955 thousand).

Activity has remained steady at 11 awards per year in 2023–2025, with only 5 awards recorded in the first nine months of 2026 (a partial-year snapshot). The recompete cliff is minimal — only 6 awards with combined potential value of $185 thousand complete within the next 24 months, indicating stable renewal of the named IDIQs post-award. The vendor's subcontractor footprint is negligible (1% of recent awards, 3 sub-awards total) routed through Atlantic Diving Supply for helmet mount assemblies and night vision goggle equipment. Obligated dollars stand at $53.1 million (41% of combined potential value), suggesting approximately $78 million in unfunded orders or option periods outstanding across the IDIQs and schedule vehicles. Performance occurs primarily in Boise, Idaho (administrative and aircraft maintenance) and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (pilot training), with subordinate execution at customer sites including Elizabeth City, North Carolina and Dover, Delaware for equipment deliveries.

NIGHT VISION GOGGLE SALES, TRAINING, MAINTENANCE, TESTING, AIRCRAFT NIGHT VISION COCKPIT MODIFICATIONS, INSTALLATION OF SENSOR ARRAYS FOR AIRBORNE SECURITY AND SURVEILLANCE APPLICATIONS