Desser Holding Company, LLC

Desser Holding Company, LLC, operating through its Desser Tire & Rubber Co., LLC division and doing business as Desser Tire & Rubber CO., is a specialized aerospace maintenance and overhaul provider that delivers wheel, tire, nose assembly, and landing gear maintenance and repair services to NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center as a single-award IDIQ prime contractor, with all work performed at its Montebello, California facility and no set-aside designations across its federal footprint.

Desser Holding is a for-profit limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of VSE Aviation, Inc., which itself is a subsidiary of publicly traded VSE Corporation, an Alexandria, Virginia-based engineering and technical services firm. The vendor competes exclusively under full-and-open procurement with no SBA set-aside utilization. Primary NAICS 332311 (Tire Manufacturing, Except Retreading) and PSC Aircraft Wheel and Brake Systems (59 of 63 awards) characterize the capability portfolio, which centers on overhaul, repair, inspection, and component replacement for landing gear and wheel assemblies across NASA's diverse research aircraft fleet.

Desser's customer concentration is extreme and deliberate. Armstrong Flight Research Center accounts for 62 of 63 awards (98% of footprint) totaling $3.2 million in combined potential value, with one ancillary award from NASA Glenn Research Center for $7 thousand. The vendor does not serve other federal agencies. All work flows through a single $2.5 million single-award indefinite delivery contract (IDIQ 80AFRC22DA005, effective October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2026) that generated 61 task orders over the source period. Recent representative delivery orders include a $14,758.59 Gulfstream III wheel assembly overhaul (April 2, 2026), a $6,257.76 ER-2 wheel assembly overhaul (April 7, 2026), and a $20,428.57 C-20 wheel and nose assembly overhaul (December 14, 2023). Desser maintains and repairs wheels, tires, nose assemblies, and landing gears across Armstrong's research aircraft fleet—the DC-8, Boeing 747-SP (SOFIA), Gulfstream III, C-20, Global Hawk, ER-2, and King Air platforms—all on firm fixed-price, competitively awarded task orders.

Activity has declined sharply over the source period. Awards peaked at 25 in 2022, then fell to 11 in 2023, 7 in 2024, 7 in 2025, and 4 through June 2026. Only four awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months and total $24 thousand in combined potential value, indicating minimal recompete exposure in the near term. The vendor does not subcontract; all 63 awards are prime. Desser operates as a single-customer, single-contract shop with specialized expertise in complex aircraft component maintenance for NASA's aeronautical research and Earth science missions. The concentration risk is evident: loss of task order flow from Armstrong Flight Research Center would eliminate the vendor's federal footprint.