Bradley-Thompson Tool Company

Bradley-Thompson Tool Company, doing business as BT Aerospace, is a small business precision manufacturer of aerospace and maritime components that operates exclusively as a prime contractor to Defense Logistics Agency divisions through discrete purchase orders and single-award indefinite delivery contracts, with no subcontractor relationships or parent vehicle positions. The company competes predominantly full-and-open and under the Total Small Business set-aside category, which accounts for roughly 60% of recent awards; it holds no 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, or other federal socioeconomic designation beyond small business status.

Headquartered in Livonia, Michigan, BT Aerospace manufactures mechanical and structural assemblies—bearing units, couplings, fairings, cylinders, gearboxes, manifolds, brackets, fasteners, and specialized components for aircraft, maritime, and ground vehicle platforms. The firm is registered under primary NAICS categories 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing), 333613 (Mechanical Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing), and 332919 (Hardware Manufacturing), with PSC coding in mechanical power transmission, aircraft accessories, and hardware. Recent representative work includes a $420,000 Total Small Business purchase order from DLA Aviation for boom and hoist support components (June 2026), a $237,500 DLA Land and Maritime order for gear mechanism assemblies (November 2025), a $101,150 Total Small Business award for ammunition storage racks (January 2026), and a $97,650 Total Small Business contract for fluid cooling manifolds (September 2025). All work is performed at the company's Livonia facility on firm fixed-price terms.

Customer concentration sits entirely within Defense Logistics Agency. The top five funding agencies account for 96% of awards and 99% of combined potential value, with DLA Land and Maritime dominating at 601 awards valued at $18.7 million (59% of the portfolio by value), followed by DLA Aviation with 334 awards valued at $8.9 million (28%), DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment with 122 awards for $2.1 million, Defense Contract Management Agency with 51 awards for $1.2 million, and DLA Troop Support Hardware with 42 awards for $391 thousand. The two rankings track closely—no portfolio tension between volume and dollars.

BT Aerospace holds four active single-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts, each with $350,000 ceilings and Total Small Business set-aside designation, running through early 2027 with one-year terms: one with DLA Land and Maritime for bearing carriers (awarded February 18, 2026), one for mechanical actuators and connecting links (February 13, 2026), one for connecting link rigs (February 2, 2026), and one with DLA Aviation for guided missile launcher fairings (January 21, 2026). All four carry guaranteed minimums of one to five units and estimated procurement frequencies of three to four orders annually. Beyond these four IDCs, BT Aerospace operates through discrete purchase and delivery orders against no parent GWACs or agency-wide vehicles.

Activity has grown substantially year-over-year—136 awards in 2022 to 252 in 2024—but moderated to 231 in 2025 and 129 in the first seven months of 2026. One hundred eighteen awards (combined potential value $4.2 million) reach ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, representing a material recompete cliff where the company will need to pursue renewal or new orders to sustain activity. The company has issued no subcontracts; it operates as a 100 percent prime manufacturer with no teaming relationships in its federal footprint.

Total awards in the source number 1,197 across more than four decades, with cumulative potential value of $31.7 million and $25.8 million obligated (81% burn rate). The portfolio reflects a high-volume, low-value-per-order model: the median award size runs several thousand to low tens of thousands of dollars, though the largest individual contract noted reached $420,000. BT Aerospace's mission is straightforward—supply DLA divisions with precision-engineered mechanical and structural assemblies on firm fixed-price terms under small business set-aside authority, with no ambition to pursue parent vehicles, teaming, or agencies outside Defense Logistics Agency.