Clayton International, Inc.

Clayton International, Inc., a veteran-owned small business manufacturer based in Peachtree City, Georgia, delivers specialized aviation components and aircraft parts to the federal government as a prime contractor (97% of recent awards), with a focused customer base anchored by the U.S. Coast Guard and the Department of the Navy. The company competes predominantly in full-and-open and total small business set-aside procurements, with no characteristic reliance on socioeconomic set-aside categories; recent awards split between unrestricted and small business set-aside designations.

Clayton International operates as NAICS 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing), with a primary business focus on precision-manufactured components for rotary-wing aircraft. The company has delivered over ninety federal prime contract awards spanning more than two decades, concentrated in aircraft structural components, helicopter rotor assemblies, avionics equipment, modification kits, and depot-level maintenance services. Representative recent work includes a $1.12 billion firm fixed-price delivery order from the Coast Guard (September 2023) for various aircraft components for MH-60T helicopters, a $10.2 million definitive contract from the Naval Air Warfare Center (October 2022) for Egyptian Depot Level Maintenance, a $359.6 thousand purchase order from the Coast Guard (December 2023) for extended avionics racks for MH-60T helicopters, and a $235 thousand purchase order (April 2025) for AVI rack installation kits for MH-60T helicopters.

Customer concentration is extreme. The Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Coast Guard dominates activity volume—118 awards accounting for $15.4 million combined potential value (15% of total dollars despite 47% of award count)—while the Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command and the Naval Air Warfare Center together anchor the majority of dollar value at $85.3 million across 34 awards. The split reveals Clayton's dual posture: the Coast Guard relationship is a high-volume, moderate-dollar business centered on individual component orders and modifications delivered under standing indefinite delivery contracts; the Naval Air Systems Command and Naval Air Warfare Center engagements are lower-volume, high-dollar affairs, including the Egyptian Depot Level Maintenance contract and other major platform support vehicles. The Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command and the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation round out the top five, with smaller dollar volumes and transaction counts.

Clayton International holds a position on three active indefinite delivery contracts. The Coast Guard awarded a $3.2 million single-award, total small business set-aside IDC (March 2022, completion March 2025) for manufacturing various components for MH-60T aircraft, under which over 45 task orders have been issued for relay switches, shelf assemblies, antenna kits, circuit breakers, CDU mounts, bulkhead kits, and related items. A second Coast Guard IDC valued at $292.8 thousand (August 2023, completion August 2024, total small business set-aside) covers first-article and production-run aircraft formation lights for MH-65 helicopters. The Defense Logistics Agency awarded a third, newer $250 thousand single-award IDC (May 2025, completion May 2030) for aviation parts and components—primarily machine thread plugs—with delivery orders issued starting August 2025. Under parent vehicle IDC 70Z03822DJ0000007, Clayton has placed 45 task orders worth $6.2 million combined potential value. Other vehicles listed include Navy IDCs N0038399G011N (23 task orders), N0038304G037N (16 task orders, $1.3 million), and Basic Ordering Agreement N0001911G0008 (9 task orders, $20.2 million).

Activity has remained steady over the past five years—22 awards in 2022, growing to 32 in 2023, declining to 21 in 2024, rebounding to 27 in 2025, and 16 awards recorded to date in 2026—reflecting consistent demand from standing customer relationships. Within the next twenty-four months, eight awards with combined potential value of $481 thousand face ultimate completion and therefore recompete exposure. The source carries no SCI (Service Contract Inventory) revenue above the $150,000 reporting threshold, indicating Clayton's federal footprint is composed almost entirely of goods and component procurement rather than reportable service contracts.

In its subcontractor role, Clayton delivers aircraft parts and services to Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation on H-53 and Combat Rescue Helicopter component work (most recent awards in 2025) and to Lockheed Martin Corporation on related aircraft parts and service modifications (March 2024). The sub-award footprint is minimal—seven total subcontract awards compared to 242 prime awards—positioning Clayton as a feeder to larger primes rather than as a diversified builder of subcontracting networks. Across both prime and sub postures, the company maintains ISO 9001-2000 Quality Management System certification, Defense Logistics Agency Joint Certification Program registration, and carries OEM authorization for manufacturing of specialized helicopter components, particularly for Sikorsky-designed platforms including the MH-60T and MH-65.