Defense Technology Equipment, Inc.

Defense Technology Equipment, Inc., a minority-owned, woman-owned small business based in Sterling, Virginia, manufactures and supplies specialized aviation components and spare parts to the federal government as a prime contractor (98% of recent awards), with work concentrated in aircraft maintenance, logistics support, and rapid component procurement across the Department of Defense and Coast Guard. The company operates as a Subchapter S Corporation under primary NAICS 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing) and competes predominantly in full-and-open procurements — no set-aside designations appear on 73% of recent prime awards, though the vendor's WOSB and minority-owned designations enable participation in set-aside competitions when available.

Defense Technology Equipment's customer concentration is highly concentrated with the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard, which accounts for 73% of all awards (294 of 401 tracked) and 55% of combined potential value ($9.8 million of $17.7 million). This dramatic concentration reflects the vendor's specialized niche supplying maintenance spares for Coast Guard rotorcraft, particularly MH-65 Dolphin and MH-60T helicopters — thermostat switches, torque shafts, bearings, shock mounts, window panels, and landing gear assemblies represent the bulk of Coast Guard call orders. The Army Contracting Command and Army Materiel Command Contracting Command Detroit Arsenal together represent 37 awards and $5 million in potential value (28% of the portfolio), while Defense Logistics Agency Aviation contributes 32 awards and $961 thousand. The remaining 20% of customer agencies and dollars disperses across NASA, the Navy, and the Air Force.

Defense Technology Equipment holds a multi-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Department of the Army Contracting Command (W56HZV21AJ004) valued at $3 million through November 2026, from which 27 task orders have been placed at $1.9 million combined potential value. The BPA enables call orders for miscellaneous aviation components and technology equipment, with historical calls ranging from $248 to over $350,000. Secondary IDVs include Coast Guard indefinite delivery contracts (HSCG3812D202059 and HSCG3812D505044) aggregating 16 task orders at $219 thousand, and an Army BPA (W51B2824AJ009) with seven task orders at $134 thousand. Firm fixed-price purchase orders under these vehicles typically close within one to three months.

Representative prime work includes a $205 thousand Defense Logistics Agency Aviation delivery order for aviation coils and housings (August 2024), a $94.5 thousand DLA purchase order for fuel filter kits (July 2023), a $63.3 thousand Coast Guard procurement of spare torque shafts for MH-65 aircraft (May 2023), a $70.4 thousand Department of Defense delivery of structural support products (July 2024), and a $43.8 thousand Coast Guard total-small-business-set-aside for MH-65 thermostat switches (July 2023). Most recent awards cluster in aircraft tie-down assemblies ($16.1 thousand to Coast Guard, July 2026), a groove clamp coupling to DoD Aviation ($49.8 thousand, July 2026), and routine electrostatic dischargers, spacer sleeves, mounting brackets, and lamp-aerial refuel components to DoD Aviation (February through July 2026, each valued between $3.2 thousand and $39.9 thousand). The vendor also supplied a $39.6 thousand landing gear axle to NASA Shared Services Center for the X-59 aircraft (July 2025).

Activity has remained relatively flat across the sourced period — 14 awards in 2022, 14 in 2023, 19 in 2024, declining to 12 in 2025 and 7 through mid-2026 — suggesting stable order flow without growth momentum. The recompete cliff is minimal: only one award ($16 thousand) reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating Defense Technology Equipment faces negligible near-term recompete pressure in its prime footprint. In its subcontractor role, Defense Technology Equipment supplies aircraft components and spare parts to Amentum Services, Inc. (backshop aircraft maintenance work including speed brakes, rudders, and turbine controllers), Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc. (ant couplers, wiring harnesses, and displacement gyroscopes), S & K Logistics Services LLC (hydraulic ground support assemblies), and AAR Government Services, Inc. (F-16 depot and SLEP aircraft parts for U.S. Air Force Europe). Sub work totals 12 awards (2% of recent activity) and reflects Defense Technology Equipment's role as a secondary supplier of manufactured components to larger logistics and maintenance primes rather than as a systems integrator or program manager.

Defense Technology Equipment's federal footprint is narrow and specialized: 401 of 513 awards (78%) fall under NAICS 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing), with PSC concentration in miscellaneous aircraft accessories and components (65 awards), switches (34), screws (26), and airframe structural components (39). The vendor does not appear on government-wide contract vehicles such as GWACs or GSA Schedules. Long-standing federal procurement history since 2001 anchors the vendor's positioning as a reliable sole-source or low-bid supplier for routine maintenance spares within the tight Army and Coast Guard vendor networks, but the absence of growth, set-aside specialization, or teaming with systems integrators signals a mature niche player without visible expansion trajectory.

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