Executive Instruments, Inc.

Executive Instruments, Inc., operating as Executive Technical Services, Inc. DBA, is a minority-owned, woman-owned, and Hispanic American-owned small business manufacturer of aircraft instrumentation, avionics, and lighting components that serves as a prime contractor (99% of recent awards) to the Department of Defense, competing on full-and-open (non-set-aside) delivery orders and indefinite delivery contracts. The company is based in Hurst, Texas and operates as a subsidiary of Ahlers Aerospace, Inc., itself a minority and woman-owned small business.

Executive Instruments' federal footprint centers on two primary customers accounting for 87% of award count by volume and 99% of combined potential value. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation leads with 61 awards totaling $3 million in combined potential value, focused on procurement of magnetic compasses, indicator lights, and spotlight equipment. The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Air Force Sustainment Center accounts for 47 awards worth $2.4 million combined potential value, concentrated on repair services for TH-1H helicopter avionics components — specifically receiver transmitters, transponder control units, and direction finder controllers. The Department of Homeland Security US Coast Guard, Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command, and the Defense Logistics Agency round out the active customer set at smaller scale.

Representative prime work includes a $27,883.78 firm-fixed-price purchase order from the Air Force Sustainment Center (awarded July 2026) for a Direction Control Finder used on TH-1H helicopter navigation systems, with ultimate completion in June 2027; a $61,514.86 delivery order from the Air Force Sustainment Center (July 2024) for repair of receiver transmitter, transponder control unit, and direction finder controller components applicable to the TH-1H; and multiple DLA Aviation delivery orders for magnetic compasses and indicator lights valued between $2,438 and $39,288.

Executive Instruments holds five active indefinite delivery contracts anchoring its business. The largest is a $424,859.20 single-award IDC with DLA Aviation (awarded April 2024, expiring April 2029) for procurement of magnetic compasses; a $251,339.90 single-award IDC with the Air Force Sustainment Center (December 2021–December 2026) for TH-1H helicopter component repair; a $250,000 single-award IDC with DLA Aviation (November 2021–November 2024, now expired) for indicator lights; and a recently awarded $478,272.55 single-award IDC with the Air Force Sustainment Center (December 2026–December 2031) for direction finder control, transponder control, and receiver transmitter repair on the TH-1H. Task orders under these vehicles range from firm-fixed-price delivery orders of $2,500 to $62,000, issued without set-aside designation despite the contractor's small business status.

Activity has averaged roughly 9.6 awards per year over the past five years (2022–2026), with 11 awards in 2022, 10 in 2023, 10 in 2024, 5 in 2025, and 2 through December 2026. Combined potential value across all 159 recent awards is $5.6 million, with $2.4 million obligated (43% execution rate). Five awards totaling $153 thousand in combined potential value reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure on those vehicles.

Product and service scope aligns with NAICS 338411 (Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing) and NAICS 336320 (Motor Vehicle Electrical and Electronic Equipment Manufacturing), with secondary concentration in equipment repair (NAICS 811310). PSC coding reflects navigational instruments (36 awards), electric vehicular lights and fixtures (37 awards), and aircraft component maintenance and repair (36 awards).

Executive Instruments recorded one subcontract award under Lockheed Martin in June 2025 for C-130J compass procurement, representing less than 1% of total award volume. The parent company, Ahlers Aerospace, Inc., also located in Hurst, Texas, holds independent prime contract awards and may provide material subcontract support or integration services on Executive Instruments tasks, though the source does not detail that relationship beyond corporate structure.

Executive Technical Services repairs and overhauls aircraft instruments and avionics for aircraft and helicopters; designs and manufactures replacement instruments using current and compatible parts; manufacturers night vision components; converts aircraft and helicopters; and serves the aviation community worldwide.

OUR SERVICES INCLUDE:

24-hour AOG service

Automatic notification of customer shipments

Exchange pool of avionics and instruments

FAA DER-approved Night Vision Lighting conversions

FAA-certified instrument and avionics repair

Loaner program for certain units during repairs

Repairs and overhaul services warranty

Shockwatch packaging protection for sensitive shipments

System troubleshooting help

Total teardown overhauls