Capital Aviation Inc.

Capital Aviation Inc., a for-profit aerospace component manufacturer based in Bethany, Oklahoma, supplies electronic panels, aircraft components, labels, and specialized aviation services to the Department of the Air Force, the Defense Logistics Agency, and the Federal Aviation Administration as a prime contractor across 110 awards with no subcontractor footprint. The vendor competes predominantly in full-and-open procurements and has recurring Total Small Business set-asides on Air Force and FAA work.

Capital Aviation's federal portfolio centers on E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) electronic panel manufacturing and delivery against an Air Force Materiel Command indefinite delivery contract valued at $1,192,656.25 running through September 2025, which generates steady delivery orders ranging from roughly $3,600 to $32,000 per order. The vendor also manufactures labels (National Stock Number 7690015751522) for the Defense Logistics Agency across dozens of purchase orders, and holds a $784,000 firm fixed-price contract with the Federal Aviation Administration to strip, prime, and paint up to four Bombardier CL-605 and CL-650 series aircraft for the FAA's Flight Program Operations fleet over four years, awarded April 2022 and set for completion in April 2027. A $153,780 Total Small Business set-aside from Air Mobility Command for KC-46 flight deck seat reupholstering services at Wichita, Kansas, with ultimate completion in September 2030, represents Capital Aviation's diversification into aircraft interior refurbishment.

The vendor's customer concentration is heavily weighted to defense sustainment and logistics. The top five customer agencies, tracked by award count and dollar value, include the Air Force Materiel Command Air Force Sustainment Center (22 awards, $773 thousand), the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Construction and Equipment division (21 awards, $933 thousand), Air Force Materiel Command proper (20 awards, $1.5 million), the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation portfolio (15 awards, $765 thousand), and the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration (1 award, $784 thousand). These customers collectively represent roughly 90 percent of all awards and combined potential value; the concentration spans both volume (DLA label purchase orders) and single high-value outliers (FAA Challenger aircraft paint). Capital Aviation derives its largest dollar share from the Air Force Materiel Command's E-3 Sentry panel IDC and the FAA's Challenger paint contract, while DLA label orders, though numerous, are individually modest in value.

Activity has plateaued at roughly eight awards per year through 2024, declining to four awards in 2025 and two in 2026 (the source snapshot captures only the January 2026 delivery order to date). One award faces recompete exposure inside the next twenty-four months: the $784,000 FAA Challenger aircraft paint contract reaches ultimate completion in April 2027, placing it outside the twenty-four-month window but nearing renewal discussion phase. The indefinite delivery contract with Air Force Materiel Command, which anchors roughly $268 thousand in combined potential value across 18 task orders, also expires in September 2025, creating near-term recompete risk for the vendor's largest customer relationship.

Capital Aviation operates as a 100 percent prime contractor with zero subcontractor engagement across its award footprint. Service Contract Inventory reporting, which covers federal service contracts above $150,000, shows minimal activity: $125 thousand in SCI-reportable invoiced revenue in FY2022 against 0.6 FTEs at a median government-paid rate of $95.06 per hour, with zero SCI-reported activity in FY2023 and FY2024, indicating that Capital Aviation's federal revenue is dominated by goods procurement (labels, panels, aircraft painting, components) rather than labor-hour service delivery. The vendor's award portfolio spans commercial printing (29 awards, chiefly labels), aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment manufacturing (27 awards), and support activities for air transportation (24 awards, including the FAA painting contract and Air Force panel work).

Full Paint, Interior, and Avionics on Aircraft KingAir 90 to Gulfstream 550 in size. Capabilities for redesigning aircraft's interior and avionics. Drafting, schematics, and DER / DAR engineering using Auto-Cad and Solidworks designers. 3-D print items that may be needed for a modification. Installed full Glass Cockpits with FANS, ADS-B, Wifi capabilities along with Entire Cabin Management / Entertainment Systems. We have Past Performance with the USAF supplying items for the KC-135 and AWACS aircraft and the President's AirForce One VC-25. We have built the entire interior items for the 40 feet long module that is carried inside of a C-17 Globemaster for SelectTech's ROCC program. We have painted and repaired aircraft, parts, and large airport antennas for the FAA. We have worked with all the major aircraft OEMs, Boeing, Bombardier, Dassault, Embraer, Gulfstream, and Textron. We have been certified by Rockwell Collins to upholster ERDA/Collins & BE Aerospace/Collins 16g seats.