CM Manufacturing Inc.

CM Manufacturing Inc., based in Missoula, Montana, manufactures precision-machined aerospace components and fasteners for the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) as a prime contractor (99% of awards) and subcontractor. The company is a for-profit small business that competes predominantly in full-and-open procurements without set-aside restrictions on the majority of its prime work, though a significant minority of awards carry Total Small Business set-aside designations. CM Manufacturing operates under NAICS 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing) and PSC 16-P (Aerospace Craft Components and Accessories), supplying high-precision hardware including pins, trunnions, bolts, bushings, bearings, nuts, shims, washers, dampers, actuator components, and spacer rings critical to military aviation platforms, rotorcraft engines, and ground support equipment.

Customer concentration is extreme and highly specialized. DLA Aviation dominates the portfolio at 1,838 awards carrying $70.4 million in combined potential value—94% of all recent awards funnel through this single customer. The second, third, and fourth largest customers—DLA Troop Support Hardware (461 awards, $22.8 million), DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment (346 awards, $13.7 million), and DLA Land and Maritime (127 awards, $3 million)—collectively account for less than 7% of dollars. This represents exceptionally narrow customer concentration; CM Manufacturing's federal footprint is effectively a DLA Aviation supply relationship.

The vendor places work primarily under DLA Aviation single-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts. Recent IDCs include a $2.0 million ceiling contract (SPE4A724D5616) awarded July 22, 2024, for Bolt, Actuator, Main components; a $1.999 million ceiling contract (SPE4A723D5444) from March 22, 2024, for lock pins for casters; and approximately twenty additional IDCs with ceilings between $150,000 and $350,000, many set aside for small business. Individual delivery orders against these vehicles range from under $1,000 to over $500,000 in ceiling value, with firm fixed-price pricing. Representative recent prime work includes a $335,280 purchase order for PIN, TRUNNION (September 2025, DLA Aviation), a $521,300 purchase order for plain round nuts under Total Small Business set-aside (February 2025, DLA Aviation), a $229,770 purchase order for piston heads (February 2025, DLA Aviation), and a $125,285 purchase order for cover sleeves under Total Small Business set-aside (May 2025, DLA Aviation).

Activity has declined modestly. Award volume peaked at 137 in 2023 and has trended downward—99 awards in 2025, 20 year-to-date in 2026 (as of mid-April). Combined potential value across the full portfolio is $116.4 million, with $82.3 million (71%) obligated. Across the next twenty-four months, 47 awards representing $2.1 million in combined potential value reach ultimate completion date, presenting moderate recompete exposure concentrated within DLA Aviation's existing single-award IDC relationship.

In its subcontractor role, CM Manufacturing supplies aerospace components and fasteners to The Boeing Company under multiple orders related to the C-17 Globemaster III sustainment program and Boeing's broader aerospace support contract vehicles. Subcontract work is sourced through pull orders tied to parent delivery orders or material requirement orders issued between November 2025 and October 2026 and similar ordering periods; no individual subcontract values are disclosed in the source material.

CM Manufacturing's capability portfolio is entirely defined by DLA Aviation's tactical requirements. The company manufactures to stock or build-to-order precision fasteners and machined components specified by National Stock Number; capability sits in production scheduling, tolerance holding, and on-time delivery of commodity aerospace hardware rather than design, engineering, or systems integration. The vendor has maintained SAM registration since November 2001 and occupies an established vendor position within DLA Aviation's supply chain for standard military aviation spare parts, competing on price and reliability rather than technical differentiation.

CM Manufacturing Inc. has been in business since 1984, Missoula since 1997. Owners, Richard Johnson and Ken Johnson have been in the Aerospace industry for over 20 years. CM Manufacturing, Inc. works on a daily basis with extensive non-destructive testing requirements, chrome plated, cadmium plated and painted parts, and we are accustomed to working with all the major aircraft manufactures specifications. You can count on CM Manufacturing for all of your precision machining needs.

CM is proud of the team of hard working employees and managers who are dedicated to manufacturing critical landing gear parts to our customers on time.