Applied Composite Structures, Inc.

Applied Composite Structures, Inc., a Brea, California-based manufacturer of high-precision composite and structural aircraft components, operates as a prime contractor (93% of recent awards) on Defense Logistics Agency Aviation purchase orders and delivery orders, with no SBA set-aside designations across its footprint. Applied Composite Structures is a for-profit subsidiary of Applied Composites Holdings, LLC, which itself is owned by BAE Systems PLC, a foreign-owned international defense contractor. The vendor competes exclusively full-and-open and manufactures discrete aerospace components—structural brackets, trailing assemblies, nacelle assemblies, stiffeners, seals, grommets, plates, and insulators—in support of military aviation logistics and maintenance operations.

Customer concentration centers heavily on Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, which accounts for 194 awards (combined potential value $16.3 million) and drives 59% of the vendor's award volume. The Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command ranks second with 53 awards ($16 million combined potential value), followed by Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Hardware (19 awards, $145 thousand), the Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command (8 awards, $131 thousand), and seven additional customer agencies. Applied Composite Structures served 11 distinct agencies over the award history, with the top five agencies comprising 89% of awards and 100% of combined potential value. The split between DLA Aviation (194 awards) and Navy NAVSEA (53 awards) reflects a dual-track customer base, both anchored in aviation maintenance logistics.

The vendor holds a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with DLA Aviation valued at $1,999,999.99 through September 2028, which generates the majority of recent work through firm-fixed-price purchase orders and delivery orders ranging from $1,310 to $939,736 in individual ceiling value. Representative prime work includes a $939,736 definitive contract (December 2024) for IRS shell assemblies for aircraft, a $626,250 purchase order (September 2025) for aft nacelle assemblies under the IDC, a $496,575 purchase order (January 2025) for aft nacelle assemblies, a $4,857,777.96 definitive contract (July 2022) for tooling, and a $3,095,220 definitive contract (May 2023) for aircraft interior shell assemblies. Activity has grown in 2025 to 42 awards (compared to 16 in 2024 and 14 in 2023), signaling increased order flow. The next twenty-four months include only 2 awards (combined potential value $647 thousand) reaching ultimate completion, indicating minimal recompete pressure near term.

Applied Composite Structures subcontracts to Bell Boeing Joint Project Office, BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P., and Bell Textron Inc. on rotorcraft and fixed-wing aircraft production, including V-22 Osprey trailing-assembly and flap-seal work (Bell Boeing), munitions canister production (BAE Systems), and Future Vertical Lift driveshaft components (Bell Textron). The vendor's primary NAICS concentration is Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (199 awards), with secondary exposure in Bolt, Nut, Screw, Rivet, and Washer Manufacturing (25 awards). Top Product Service Code categories align with the award portfolio: Miscellaneous Aircraft Accessories and Components (161 awards) and Airframe Structural Components (46 awards). Awards obligated ($44.3 million) exceed combined potential value ($32.7 million) by 36%, a signature of the vendor's high order velocity and frequent price-adjustment modifications on smaller high-volume purchase orders under the DLA Aviation IDC and Navy single-award vehicles.

Designing and manufacturing(via:autoclave/vacuum molding,filament winding,tape/tow placement,RTM,Tube wrapping,compression molding),high quality, engineered products using advanced materials in their construction.