FDH Aero, LLC

FDH Aero, LLC, a for-profit aerospace and defense supplier based in Commerce, California, operates as a prime contractor delivering specialized aviation hardware, fasteners, and mechanical components to the Department of Defense through purchase orders and indefinite delivery contracts, competing predominantly in open markets without set-aside designations. The company is a subsidiary of Fastener Distribution Holdings, LLC, a parent entity that also owns Arlington International Aviation Products, LLC.

FDH Aero's federal work centers entirely on aerospace and defense hardware supply. The vendor delivers socket head cap screws, self-locking nuts, blind rivets, close-tolerance bolts, pin-rivets, tube couplings, adapters, and related fastening components to support military aviation logistics and maintenance operations. Recent representative work includes a $193.5 million purchase order (December 2025) from Defense Logistics Agency Aviation for close tolerance bolts with delivery through November 2027; a $139.9 million order (October 2025) for self-locking nuts with completion by December 2027; and a $76.2 million order (February 2026) from DLA Land and Maritime for loop clamps, among hundreds of smaller recurring procurements ranging from several hundred dollars to tens of thousands per order.

Customer concentration sits heavily with Defense Logistics Agency components. Across the vendor's 3,517 prime awards, DLA Aviation leads with 1,149 awards valued at $11.4 million combined potential value, followed by DLA Troop Support Hardware (1,665 awards, $3.8 million), DLA Land and Maritime (366 awards, $4.3 million), and DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment (81 awards, $646 thousand). The top five customer agencies account for 95% of recent awards, and when ranked by dollar value, DLA Aviation and DLA Land and Maritime anchor the vendor's portfolio—a pattern consistent across both metrics. Department of Homeland Security US Coast Guard and Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command represent smaller but recurring customer bases. The vendor serves 23 distinct customer agencies overall.

FDH Aero holds multiple single-award indefinite delivery contracts with DLA components. Current active IDCs include a $250,000 ceiling with DLA Land and Maritime for self-locking nuts (NSN 5310009748637) awarded March 26, 2025, running through March 26, 2026; a $250,000 contract with DLA Aviation for turnlock receptacles (NSN 8511261807) awarded March 19, 2025, through March 18, 2028; and a $249,999.99 contract with DLA Aviation for panel fasteners (NSN 4610105081) awarded August 28, 2023, through August 27, 2028. Task orders against these IDCs and other DLA vehicles (SPE4A622DC002, SPM5AY10D0021, SPE4A723D0113, SPE7MX22D5016, SPE4A623D0140) constitute the majority of the vendor's purchase order activity, with 31 to 30 task orders per vehicle carrying five-figure to low six-figure combined potential values.

Activity has remained volatile but substantial. Awards per calendar year ranged from 190 (2024) to 281 (2023), with 271 awards in 2025 and 50 so far in 2026 (through mid-July). Across the entire source data span (3,517 awards, 2003 to present), combined potential value totals $1.08 billion, though only $15.5 million (1%) has been obligated to date—a pattern consistent with indefinite delivery vehicles where ceiling values exceed near-term spend. Sixty-five awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months with combined potential value of $1.2 million, representing moderate recompete exposure in that window.

The vendor's category concentration reflects its core business: Bolt, Nut, Screw, Rivet, and Washer Manufacturing (NAICS 332722) accounts for 2,097 of 3,517 awards; Hardware Manufacturing, 564 awards; Fabricated Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing, 198 awards; and Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing, 170 awards. By PSC code, Bolts (1,025 awards), Rivets (769), Screws (658), Nuts and Washers (301), and Hose/Pipe/Tube Fittings (299) dominate the portfolio.

FDH Aero operates as a prime in 100% of its recent award footprint; the vendor holds only 12 sub-award relationships, including subcontractor roles on a Space Launch System Booster Production and Operations Contract (bolt, nut, screw, rivet, and washer manufacturing work, awarded January 6, 2025) and a Three Future LCAC 100 Class Craft Long Lead Time Material order under Textron Systems Corp (July 11, 2025). Service Contract Inventory reporting captures negligible SCI activity—one FY2022 record as a named subcontractor with 0.2 FTEs—reflecting the vendor's focus on goods and product supply rather than service-based contracts above the SCI reporting threshold. The vendor competes across all its prime work without small business set-asides, positioning itself as a competitive open-market supplier in the aerospace fastener and hardware space rather than relying on preferential designations.