Dynamic Air Engineering, Inc.

Dynamic Air Engineering, Inc. DAE Systems Division manufactures specialized aerospace and defense air moving systems—vaneaxial fans, centrifugal fans, alternating current motors, and related components—as a prime contractor to federal agencies, with a small business footprint dominated by Defense Logistics Agency awards on non-set-aside and Total Small Business set-aside purchase orders and delivery orders.

Dynamic Air Engineering is a for-profit manufacturer headquartered in Claremont, North Carolina, operating as a small business across a portfolio in which 97% of awards are prime contracts and only 3% are subcontract work. The company competes across both unrestricted and set-aside vehicles; Total Small Business set-asides appear on 9 of the 79 listed awards spanning 2021 to 2026, while the remaining awards carry no set-aside designation, reflecting a mixed posture. Primary NAICS categories center on Industrial and Commercial Fan and Blower Manufacturing (181 awards) and Motor and Generator Manufacturing (181 awards), with product specialization in fans (539 PSC awards), electrical motors (303 PSC awards), and related air-handling components.

Customer concentration is acute and skewed toward logistics supply. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Construction and Equipment division accounts for 262 awards and $36.9 million combined potential value—56% of the total. DLA Land and Maritime adds 231 awards and $6.1 million; DLA Aviation contributes 96 awards and $2.5 million. The Department of Homeland Security U.S. Secret Service holds a material position with 5 awards valued at $7.5 million combined. The top five customers represent 85% of combined potential value. This concentration reflects Dynamic Air Engineering's positioning as a repetitive supplier of replacement and maintenance components into DLA's distribution pipeline rather than as a systems integrator or platform contractor. Recent representative prime awards include a $1.2 million delivery order from DLA Construction and Equipment for ventilating fan equipment (January 2025), an $871,962 definitive contract from Naval Supply Systems Command for vaneaxial fans (May 2025), a $404,460 contract from Naval Supply Systems Command for vaneaxial fans (August 2025), and a $282,724 definitive contract from the Air Force Sustainment Center for C-130 vaneaxial fans (September 2025).

The vendor holds a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with DLA Aviation valued at $250,000 through December 2029 for fan parts kits, which has generated delivery orders including a $38,529 order (March 2025) and a $21,405 order (August 2025). The vendor also held a $5 million single-award IDC with the U.S. Secret Service for fan replacements (through April 2026), which generated a $1.1 million delivery order in July 2025, and maintains additional IDCs with DLA Land and Maritime and DLA Troop Support for motors and ventilating fans.

Subcontract work routes through major defense primes, with recent sub-awards from Raytheon (PATRIOT blowers and fans, engineering services), BAE Systems Land & Armaments (M109A7 and Bradley A4 production material), Lockheed Martin (C-130J fan vanes, Apache helicopter M-TADS/PNVS centrifugal fans), and Boeing (B-52 Radar Modernization common aerospace commodities, Apache full-rate production). These subs represent component supply into platforms rather than systems engineering or integration work.

Activity has remained stable in the 2021–2026 window, averaging 26 awards per year, with 34 awards in 2024, 39 in 2025, and 8 so far in 2026. The recompete cliff shows 10 awards (combined potential value $2 million) reaching completion within the next twenty-four months. Obligated dollars account for 98% of combined potential value, indicating strong cash conversion across the portfolio. The company has maintained federal contractor registration since at least 1981 and operates entirely from its Claremont facility with no named subcontractors on prime work, positioning it as a captive manufacturer of specialized air-handling components for military sustainment and federal facility operations.

Manufacturer of fans, blowers, and motors