Brackett Aircraft Company, Inc.

Brackett Aircraft Company, Inc., a small aerospace manufacturer based in Kingman, Arizona, manufactures and supplies specialized aircraft ground support equipment and components to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor on full-and-open and small-business set-aside purchase orders and delivery orders, with no subcontracting footprint. The company competes predominantly under Total Small Business set-asides, which account for a significant share of its award portfolio, though it also wins unrestricted awards from the same customer base.

Brackett's capability portfolio centers on aircraft maintenance and logistics equipment: hydraulic hand jacks, aircraft wheels and tires, towbars, aircraft arm assemblies, bearing cones, fork assemblies, jack handle assemblies, and related fasteners and components classified under NAICS 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing) and PSC 17 (Aircraft ground servicing equipment). Recent representative contracts include a $172 thousand Total Small Business purchase order from Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Construction and Equipment for 40 wheel sets (April 2023), a $249,999.99 single-award indefinite-delivery contract with DLA Aviation for hydraulic hand jacks running through September 2027 (September 2022), a $154,875 Total Small Business purchase order for 25 transport wheel sets from DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment (May 2025), and a $112,875 Total Small Business purchase order for 25 aircraft towbars from DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment (December 2022). A newer contract vehicle is a $350 thousand single-award indefinite-delivery contract with DLA Land and Maritime for aircraft seals awarded April 2026 with a Total Small Business set-aside, running through April 2027.

Customer concentration is extreme and defensive. The top five customers account for 82% of awards, led by Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Construction and Equipment with 175 awards and $6.2 million combined potential value. DLA Aviation holds 111 awards worth $1.1 million, and DLA Land and Maritime holds 62 awards worth $590 thousand. Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command accounts for 34 awards with $3.7 million in combined potential value, and Naval Air Systems Command holds 19 awards worth $1.4 million. The dollar rankings diverge slightly — DLA Troop Support dominates both count and value, but Navy accounts for 30% of potential value despite holding only 11% of awards, driven by larger individual order values. Across the full portfolio, 497 awards span 37 distinct customer agencies, but 37 agencies receiving smaller order volumes.

Brackett holds two named indefinite-delivery contracts as primes. The DLA Aviation IDC for hydraulic hand jacks carries a $249,999.99 ceiling through September 2027 and has generated delivery orders from $13,803 to $23,754. The DLA Land and Maritime IDC for aircraft seals carries a $350 thousand ceiling through April 2027. Additional delivery orders flow through unnamed IDCs with the Defense Logistics Agency and Naval Supply Systems Command; the source names five parent vehicles by ID with combined task orders ranging from one to twelve orders per vehicle. Activity has remained relatively flat: 19 awards in 2022, 23 in 2023, 28 in 2024, 19 in 2025, and 16 in 2026 year-to-date. Only two awards (combined potential value $142 thousand) face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, reducing near-term recompete exposure.

Brackett has no subcontracting footprint across federal awards; all 497 awards are prime contracts. The company has been registered in SAM.gov and receiving federal awards since 1990, establishing over three decades of continuous engagement with defense logistics agencies. Obligated dollars ($14.2 million) have exceeded combined potential value ($13.6 million), indicating invoiced performance against contracts.

MANUFACTURER OF GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT SUCH AS GROUND HANDLING WHEELS FOR ALL SKID TYPE HELICOPTERS, TOWING EQUIPMENT FOR HELICOPTERS & FIXED WING AIRCRAFT.