East / West Industries, Inc.

East/West Industries, Inc., a Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) headquartered in Ronkonkoma, New York, manufactures aerospace and aviation components—aircraft seats, safety belts, life support systems, survival kits, valve assemblies, and structural fittings—as a prime contractor (97% of recent awards) and subcontractor to the Department of Defense and major defense primes. The company is a Subchapter S corporation and SBA-certified women-owned small business competing predominantly in full-and-open procurement, with occasional total small business set-aside awards.

East/West operates almost entirely as a supplier to the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Aviation and DLA Land and Maritime. DLA Aviation alone represents 783 awards totaling $36.9 million in combined potential value; DLA Land and Maritime accounts for 245 awards worth $10.1 million; Naval Air Warfare Center, Naval Air Systems Command represents 21 awards valued at $19.2 million; and Robins Air Force Base Lifecycle Management Center holds 14 awards worth $11 million. These five customer entities account for approximately 81% of recent awards by value. The concentration is pronounced and increasing: the most recent 104 awards indexed in the source cover January 2024 through April 2026, with 94% directed to DLA divisions.

East/West holds multiple single-award indefinite delivery contracts with DLA Aviation, the largest being a $750,000 IDC awarded December 19, 2025, extending through December 2030, and a $659,070.90 single-award IDC for aircraft safety belts (NSN 1680-014371180 and 1680-014371181, part 325E690-2) awarded June 3, 2025, through June 2030. Other active IDVs include a $249,999.99 DLA Aviation contract (July 30, 2025 through July 2030); a $250,000 total small business set-aside DLA Aviation IDC (December 5, 2024 through December 2029); a $249,999.99 DLA Aviation vehicle (October 31, 2024 through October 2029); a $250,000 DLA Aviation total small business set-aside IDC for roller assemblies (March 27, 2024 through March 2029); a $249,999.99 DLA Aviation total small business set-aside for aircraft safety belts (September 27, 2023 through September 2028); and a $249,999.99 DLA Aviation total small business set-aside for aircraft boss mounting components (April 5, 2023 through January 2028). The top five IDVs by task-order volume are SPE7MX23D0050 (25 task orders), SPE4A720D0258 (22 task orders), SPE4A717D5292 (17 task orders), SPE4A723D0180 (14 task orders), and SPM7MX12D5026 (14 task orders).

Award activity has grown modestly but steadily: 55 awards in 2022, 86 in 2023, 88 in 2024, and 90 in 2025, with 14 awards logged through April 2026. The company's NAICS footprint is dominated by Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (841 awards), followed by Aircraft Manufacturing (152), Fabricated Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing (78), Industrial Valve Manufacturing (70), and Hardware Manufacturing (64). PSC concentration aligns tightly: Miscellaneous Aircraft Accessories and Components (708 awards), Aircraft Air Conditioning, Heating, and Pressurizing Equipment (266), Valves, Nonpowered (156), Airframe Structural Components (119), and Hardware, Commercial (76).

As a subcontractor, East/West works on major defense platforms under primes including The Boeing Company (CH-47F aircraft procurement and long-lead aerospace support, six sub-awards documented from April 2024 onward), Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (CH-53K FRP lots, Combat Rescue Helicopter aircraft parts, three sub-awards from June 2024 onward), Bell Textron Inc. (Future Vertical Lift FLRAA development, two sub-awards May 2025), Lockheed Martin Corporation (infrastructure support, wire rope kits, two sub-awards from August 2024 onward), BAE Systems entities (F-16 support equipment, three sub-awards from June 2024 onward), and Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, one sub-award October 2025). Recent high-value Naval Air Warfare Center awards—including a $429,900 definitive contract for bail-out bottle test sets (February 2026) and a $281,318 purchase order for specialized aircraft cab components (November 2025)—signal emerging customer diversification beyond DLA. Recompete exposure within the next twenty-four months totals thirty-one awards valued at $3.1 million, concentrated in routine component resupply.

Manufacturer of life and ground support equipment for military aircraft including ejection seats and survival kits. Refurbish and/or repair ejection seats and survival kits. Mobile maintenance crane for servicing of aircraft. Helicopter Seats