Engineered Coil Company

Engineered Coil Company, operating as its DRS Marlo Coil Division, is a for-profit manufacturer of heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration equipment that competes as a prime contractor supplying the Defense Logistics Agency and the Navy without set-aside restrictions. The company is a subsidiary of Leonardo DRS, Inc., itself a subsidiary of Leonardo S.P.A., an Italian multinational aerospace and defense firm, and is headquartered in High Ridge, Missouri. Engineered Coil Company manufactures thermal management and mechanical components across primary NAICS categories 333415 (Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing), with secondary capabilities in gasket and sealing device manufacturing, industrial fans and blowers, and heating equipment. The company competes in full-and-open procurements and holds no small business set-asides; its foreign ownership does not impede its contracting activity as an established defense supplier.

Recent federal work spans cooling coils, air cooler units, evaporator coils, heater and ventilation equipment, fan assemblies, and specialized mechanical components for naval platforms and defense logistics. Representative prime awards include a $314.97 million purchase order from DLA Construction and Equipment for cooling coil air units (award date April 8, 2026), a $273.57 million order for six air cooler units from the same division (May 6, 2026), a $340.7 million cooling coil procurement (April 16, 2026), and a $7.19 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract from Naval Sea Systems Command (September 2024) for up to 49 modular refrigeration systems and spare parts to support U.S. Navy aircraft carriers CVN 75, 78, and 79. The company also holds delivery orders under DLA Aviation IDIQs for housing bearing units and HVAC components.

Customer concentration sits heavily with the Defense Logistics Agency's Construction and Equipment division, which accounts for 2,357 awards (roughly 49% of the total footprint) valued at $86.7 million in combined potential value. Naval Sea Systems Command provides the second-largest concentration by dollar value ($63.7 million across 343 awards), while DLA Land and Maritime follows with 1,058 awards and $13.4 million combined potential value. The top five customers represent 87% of the recent award count and 96% of combined potential value. The vendor's subcontract footprint includes work as a component supplier to Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (amphibious and destroyer construction), General Dynamics Information Technology (C5ISR systems support), Serco Inc. (naval platform hardware installation), and Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (block production), reflecting its role in the naval industrial base supply chain.

Engineered Coil Company holds two active parent IDIQs: the $7.19 million Naval Sea Systems Command refrigeration systems contract (through September 2029) and a $250,000 DLA Aviation contract for HVAC and bearing components. Activity has been consistent at 306 to 368 awards annually over the past five years, with 206 awards in 2026 year-to-date as of mid-October. Within the next twenty-four months, 126 awards totaling $11.2 million in combined potential value reach ultimate completion, creating recompete exposure. The vendor's award portfolio reflects mature, high-volume transactional relationships with DLA and the Navy rather than growth-oriented strategic contracts; order values typically range from sub-thousand-dollar component buys to mid-eight-figure platforms. As a wholly foreign-owned subsidiary of an Italian defense firm, Engineered Coil Company faces no domestic small business competition within its target market but competes directly against large integrated defense primes and specialized manufacturers in unrestricted full-and-open procurements.