CEF Industries, LLC

CEF Industries, LLC, doing business as CEF Industries Inc., is a for-profit aerospace manufacturing company headquartered in Addison, Illinois, that manufactures and supplies mechanical and electro-mechanical actuators, ballscrew assemblies, aircraft landing lights, gearboxes, and related flight-critical aerospace components to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor (94% of recent awards) and subcontractor. The company is a subsidiary of TransDigm Group Incorporated and competes in full-and-open procurements without set-aside designations across its prime footprint.

CEF Industries operates primarily as a specialized supplier within the defense supply chain, with concrete capability focus on precision aerospace hardware essential to military aircraft operations and equipment sustainment. Representative prime awards include a $2.644 million definitive contract from Defense Logistics Agency Aviation in September 2023 for aircraft landing light manufacturing, a $1.672 million sole-source definitive contract from DLA TACOM Life Cycle Management Command in August 2025 for 62 linear actuator rammer units (NSN 3040-01-652-9227), a $1.687 million purchase order from DLA Aviation in March 2024 for aircraft landing lights (NSN 6220-014377640), and a $931 thousand definitive contract from Naval Supply Systems Command in July 2025 for electro-mechanical actuators. The company also holds a $7.016 million single-award indefinite delivery vehicle with DLA Aviation for ballscrew assemblies (valid through February 2026) and a $250 thousand single-award IDV with DLA Aviation for landing aircraft lights (ultimate completion August 2023).

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward DLA Aviation. The top five funding agencies account for 73% of recent awards by count and 89% of combined potential value, led by DLA Aviation (321 awards, $58.3 million combined potential value). The second and third largest customers by potential value are the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Air Force Sustainment Center (27 awards, $31.6 million) and DLA Ogden Air Logistics Complex (19 awards, $6.7 million), indicating that while DLA Aviation dominates volume, Air Force sustainment work anchors a substantial portion of dollars. Naval Supply Systems Command ranks fourth by potential value (36 awards, $5.8 million).

CEF Industries operates on five primary parent vehicle IDCs: Indefinite Delivery Contract FA862520D3000 (35 task orders), Indefinite Delivery Contract SP040004D9418 (24 task orders), Indefinite Delivery Contract SPRWA111D0019 (14 task orders, $11.8 million combined potential value), Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE4A716D0341 (14 task orders, $4.7 million combined potential value), and Indefinite Delivery Contract FA862516D6458 (13 task orders). These vehicles enable recurring delivery orders for ballscrew assemblies, actuators, landing lights, and gearbox components across DLA and Air Force customer bases.

Activity has grown substantially over five years—from 15 awards in 2022 to a peak of 54 in 2024, with 42 awards in 2025 and one award in 2026 year-to-date. The company faces nine awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $9.2 million) entering recompete; the near-term recompete exposure is moderate relative to the $118.2 million combined potential value across the broader portfolio.

In its subcontractor role, CEF Industries supplies electro-mechanical and mechanical actuators, ballscrew assemblies, gearboxes, and structural assemblies (beam assemblies, support assemblies, conveyors, landing lights) to Lockheed Martin on C-130J and related aircraft programs, to Boeing on C-17 Globemaster III sustainment and P-8A FRP II long-lead material work, and to BAE Systems Land & Armaments on self-propelled howitzer system vehicle sets and other Army platforms. Across both prime and sub work, CEF Industries' portfolio concentrates on Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (427 awards in the category concentration data), with secondary strength in Aircraft Manufacturing (81 awards) and miscellaneous aircraft accessories and components (443 awards by PSC code).