Dumbo Defense Inc.

Dumbo Defense Inc., a small business manufacturer headquartered at 36 Bridge Street, Brooklyn, New York, supplies specialized military components and equipment to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor on 548 purchase orders, delivery orders, indefinite delivery contracts, and basic ordering agreements. The company is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation that competes across both full-and-open and small business set-aside procurement, with total awards reaching $4.03 billion in combined potential value—dominated overwhelmingly by a single $4 billion multiple-award SeaPort-NXG contract with Naval Sea Systems Command extending through January 2029.

Dumbo Defense manufactures concrete defense logistics products: hermetic sealing cans, shop maintenance trays, signal horns, liquid samplers, oil sampling kits, safety hooks, canvas tents, repair kits, tail rotor strips, fire control equipment, decontamination kits, maintenance kits, and related specialized components spanning laboratory, navigational, and mechanical systems. Recent representative awards include a $1,007,600 definitive contract from Naval Supply Systems Command for 458 units of seawater-activated batteries (TU44), a $315,080 purchase order from DLA Aviation for 7,877 units of tail rotor strips, a $213,750 purchase order from DLA Construction and Equipment for instruction card sets, a $148,584 small business set-aside purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime for radiators, and a $123,164.86 purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime for 217 aiming posts. Most task orders carry ceilings ranging from $3,000 to $50,000, reflecting the company's position as a high-volume supplier of standardized military inventory items.

Customer concentration sits almost entirely within the Defense Logistics Agency and Department of the Navy. The top five customer agencies—DLA Aviation, DLA Land and Maritime, DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment, DLA Troop Support Medical, and Naval Supply Systems Command—account for 96% of awards by count. By dollar value, the distribution is inverted: Naval Sea Systems Command's $4 billion SeaPort-NXG vehicle dominates (100% of combined potential value when isolated), while DLA Aviation ranks second with $10.1 million across 213 task orders, followed by DLA Land and Maritime with $6 million across 123 task orders. The dollar concentration on a single vehicle masks deep operational engagement across multiple DLA divisions through smaller single-award indefinite delivery contracts valued between $250,000 and $2 million—Dumbo Defense holds at least five active small business set-aside IDCs with DLA Aviation alone, plus additional vehicles with Naval Supply Systems Command ($1,489,400 ceiling), Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, and a new Basic Ordering Agreement under the BOAST Program with Army Contracting Command Warren established April 2026.

Activity has scaled steadily: 93 awards in 2022, 138 in 2023, 164 in 2024, declining slightly to 137 in 2025 through October. Only thirteen awards (combined potential value $581,000) face ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, suggesting limited near-term recompete exposure. The company operates with minimal cash obligation against potential value—only $14.5 million obligated across the full portfolio—reflecting the purchase-order-to-delivery-order execution model typical of DLA commodity supply.

Dumbo Defense competes predominantly under full-and-open procurements on non-set-aside vehicles, though total small business set-aside awards remain material: the company holds set-aside IDCs worth $1.999 billion (the tail rotor strip vehicle with DLA Aviation under SDVOSB restriction) plus multiple $250,000–$1.5 million small business set-aside single-award contracts across DLA Aviation and Naval Supply Systems Command. The vendor does not carry minority-owned, women-owned, 8(a), HUBZone, or other SBA designations beyond small business status.

Subcontract footprint is minimal (2% of awards, ten total sub-awards): Dumbo Defense supplies battle damage assessment and repair kit materials to Science and Engineering Services, LLC (two sub-awards in 2024–2025 for BDAR kits under the Aviation Mission Systems and Architecture International Program Office) and medical/surgical equipment components to Cardinal Health 200, LLC (two sub-awards in 2024 under TRBO Region 1). These represent pass-through supply relationships rather than engineering or integration roles.

The corporate structure includes one named subsidiary, Dresser-Argus, Inc., a for-profit manufacturer; the source does not describe its operational scope or current role. Place of performance for all named awards is Brooklyn Heights, New York, with some deliveries designated FOB Destination to DLA Distribution centers nationwide (San Joaquin, Puget Sound, Red River).