David Clark Company Incorporated

David Clark Company Incorporated manufactures specialized communication equipment, life support systems, and aerospace protective gear for the Department of Defense, the Air Force, and NASA as a prime contractor, with 99 percent of recent awards as prime work and a small footprint of subcontract engagement. The company is a for-profit manufacturer based in Worcester, Massachusetts, operating as a parent entity with subsidiary Air-Lock, Incorporated; David Clark competes predominantly in full-and-open solicitations across Defense Logistics Agency and Air Force platforms, with recurring Total Small Business set-asides on specific audio and microphone procurement lines.

David Clark's federal footprint centers on three core capability areas grounded in recent award work: audio and communication equipment (headsets, microphones, acoustic gear, adapters, cords), life support and spacesuit systems (Orion crew survival systems, XEMU training softgoods, U-2 life support), and specialized aerospace protective components (helmet assemblies, glove bladders, communications carrier assemblies). Representative prime work includes a $15 million single-award indefinite-delivery contract from NASA Johnson Space Center awarded September 2026 for manufacture and assembly of Orion crew survival systems suits for Artemis missions (place of performance Worcester, MA, running through September 2031); a $34.6 million single-award IDC from Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime awarded March 2026 for headset-microphone equipment supply (ceiling, five-year term); a $20.7 million delivery order from Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex awarded September 2024 for U-2 life support equipment; and a $2.96 million delivery order from NASA Johnson Space Center awarded September 2026 for manufacture and assembly of five Orion Crew Survival Systems suits for Artemis missions.

Customer concentration is extreme. Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime dominates the award count (3,737 awards, 88 percent coverage, $296.9 million combined potential value), driven by high-frequency, low-dollar purchase orders and delivery orders for headset-microphones, acoustic headsets, ear cushions, dynamic microphones, and adapter components under five primary indefinite-delivery vehicles. Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex and related Air Force Materiel Command entities anchor the dollar concentration: the Materiel Command Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex holds 55 awards with $307.5 million combined potential value (primarily U-2 life support); Robins Air Force Base Lifecycle Management Center holds 69 awards with $170.4 million. NASA Johnson Space Center represents the third-tier customer (40 awards, $33.1 million potential value) and is David Clark's spacesuit and life-support-systems anchor. Across the top five customers, 88 percent of awards and 89 percent of combined potential value concentrate in DLA Land and Maritime transactional volume paired with large-ceiling IDCs at Warner Robins, Robins, and JSC.

David Clark holds five active parent indefinite-delivery vehicles as prime: the NASA Johnson Space Center $15 million Orion crew survival systems IDC (single award, awarded September 2026, running through September 2031); the DLA Land and Maritime $34.6 million headset-microphone IDC (single award, awarded March 2026, five-year term); a $350,000 total small business IDC for capacitor microphones (single award, awarded December 2025, running through December 2026); a $350,000 total small business IDC for capacitor microphones (single award, awarded November 2025, running through November 2026); and a $250,000 total small business IDC for microphone shields (single award, awarded May 2026, running through May 2027). Under the DLA vehicles, the bulk of recent work flows through task orders: SPM92003DPV03 (985 task orders, $5.3 million), SPM7MX08D7062 (467 task orders, $6.2 million), SPM7MX07D7079 (283 task orders, $12 million), and SPM7MX13D0014 (273 task orders, $32.5 million) all sit beneath legacy DLA platforms and channel recurring headset-microphone and audio-component orders.

Activity declined modestly across the period: 136 awards in 2022 to 50 in 2026 (through September). Thirteen awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $24.8 million and face recompete risk; the largest near-term recompete exposure sits with the U-2 life support delivery order stream from Warner Robins. David Clark's subcontract footprint is minimal (1 percent of awards by count). Named sub-work includes engineering and scientific services to NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC Engineering and Exploration Integration directorates) for spacesuit components—specifically glove bladders, helmet assemblies, communications carrier assemblies, and labor hours—awarded across multiple sub-recipients between August 2025 and April 2026; and a C-130J headset subcertification to Lockheed Martin Corp awarded September 2025. The company operates as a first-tier supplier on spacesuit systems and life-support work, with minimal forward-engagement as a subcontractor to major defense primes.

David Clark's GSA Schedule footprint spans 27 labor categories ranging from $102.42 per hour (Link Net Gridder, high school, five years) to $345.14 per hour (Program Manager, bachelor's, fifteen years), with no cleared labor offered. Representative roles include Helmet Technician ($149.60/hr, high school, twenty years), Electrical Engineer ($240.44/hr, bachelor's, fifteen years), and Documentation Coordinator ($189.80/hr, bachelor's, five years). The company competes across full-and-open and Total Small Business set-aside platforms, with set-aside work concentrated on modular DLA Land and Maritime microphone and headset procurement lines under dedicated single-award IDCs.

SAFETY & PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT DESIGN & MANFACTURE. PATTERN DESIGN-GRADING, STITCHING, HEAT SEALING, MOLDING, MACHINING, ACOUSTICAL TESTING, CHEMICAL LABORATORY, SOLDERING, ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLE AND DESIGN