Eaton Aerospace LLC

Eaton Aerospace LLC's Fluid And Electrical Distribution Division, a foreign-owned manufacturer and subsidiary of Eaton Corporation, supplies metallic particle detectors, fluid distribution components, and related aerospace parts to the Defense Logistics Agency as a prime contractor (90% of awards) and as a subcontractor to major defense primes, competing in full-and-open procurements without set-aside designation. The division operates from Glenolden, Pennsylvania under NAICS 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing).

The company's federal footprint centers on DLA component supply. Eaton Aerospace's top three customer agencies account for 91% of recent awards: the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation (433 awards, $72.7 million combined potential value) and the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime (367 awards, $22.3 million combined potential value) dominate both volume and dollars, with the Defense Logistics Agency parent agency adding 85 awards. The two rankings track closely — DLA Aviation and Land and Maritime leadership is consistent across both award count and potential value. As of December 2024, the division holds a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with DLA Land and Maritime valued up to $7.5 million through December 2026; nineteen task orders totaling approximately $4.1 million have been issued to date, representing roughly 55 percent contract utilization. Representative delivery orders include a $682,500 metallic particle detector order from DLA Land and Maritime (January 2025), a $496,860 metallic particle detector order (August 2025), and a $491,249 detector order (January 2025). The division also places work under DLA Aviation IDCs SPE4AX18D9434 (348 task orders, $10.5 million combined potential value), SPM44004D0833 (119 task orders, $4.3 million), and SPE4AX13D9410 (109 task orders, $10.6 million), which account for the majority of its DLA work.

Capability concentration is heavy in aircraft component manufacturing. The top five NAICS categories in the award portfolio — Hardware Manufacturing, Aircraft Manufacturing, Bolt/Nut/Screw/Rivet/Washer Manufacturing, Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing, and Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing — comprise 942 of 1,018 awards. Metallic particle detectors represent the single dominant product line across the prime footprint, cited in over 350 delivery orders; liquid indicators, sight glass plugs, filter breathers, drain valves, chip detectors, solenoid cutoff valves, and strainers round out the core component portfolio. Activity has been uneven: 113 awards in 2022, declining to 46 in 2023, rebounding to 64 in 2024, declining again to 46 in 2025. Thirteen awards (combined potential value $1.8 million) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and face recompete exposure.

In its subcontractor role, Eaton Aerospace delivers electro-optic sensors, solenoid cutoff valves, chip detectors, strainers, drain valves, and related aircraft components to The Boeing Company (helicopter and attack aircraft programs including CH-47F and AH-64 Apache platforms), Honeywell International (TIGER III engine revitalization program), RTX Corporation (tooling and PBL support), Sikorsky Aircraft (replenishment spares and aircraft parts), Lockheed Martin (electro-optic sensors for naval combat systems), Bell Boeing Joint Project Office (V-22 Osprey drain valves, oil level switches, and desiccant filters), and General Electric (T408 engine hardware). The subcontract portfolio totals 106 awards (10% of all awards) across these and additional primes, with recent sub-awards spanning fluid distribution and electrical system components for military rotorcraft and fixed-wing platforms.