Executive Instruments, Inc.

Executive Instruments, Inc., operating as Executive Technical Services, Inc. DBA Executive Instruments Inc., is a minority-owned, woman-owned, and Hispanic American-owned small business manufacturer of aircraft instrumentation, avionics, and lighting components that operates exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of awards) to the Department of Defense. Based in Hurst, Texas, and a subsidiary of parent company Ahlers Aerospace, Inc., Executive Instruments competes in full-and-open federal procurement with no set-aside designation applied to its recent delivery orders, though its underlying Indefinite Delivery Contracts are reserved for small business participation.

Executive Instruments' capability portfolio centers on magnetic compasses, indicator lights, spotlights, and avionics repair services, with particular focus on TH-1H helicopter components. Recent representative work includes a $28,633.50 firm-fixed-price delivery order from the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Aviation for spotlight equipment awarded November 2025, repair services on receiver transmitter and direction finder controller components for the Air Force Sustainment Center valued at $52,564.32 awarded June 2025, and $20,863.68 delivery orders from DLA Aviation for magnetic compasses awarded February 2025 and November 2024. The company has maintained consistent relationships with federal aviation and logistics agencies, performing all work at its Hurst, Texas facility.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward defense aviation logistics. DLA Aviation represents 61 awards carrying $3 million in combined potential value, while the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Air Force Sustainment Center accounts for 45 awards valued at $1.9 million combined potential value. These two customers comprise 87% of all awards by count. The Department of Homeland Security US Coast Guard, the Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command, and the Air Force Lifecycle Management Center round out the active customer set but represent substantially smaller order volumes and values. Dollar concentration tracks award count — DLA Aviation and Air Force Sustainment Center dominate both metrics.

Executive Instruments holds five active parent IDCs: a $424,859.20 single-award contract with DLA Aviation for magnetic compasses (awarded April 2024, running through April 2029), a $251,339.90 single-award contract with the Air Force Sustainment Center for TH-1H helicopter repair services (December 2021–December 2026), and three additional small-business-set-aside IDCs with DLA Aviation for indicator lights ($250,000, expired November 2024) and other aviation components. Task orders flow across these vehicles; the Air Force Sustainment Center IDC alone has generated delivery orders ranging from $3,433.10 to $61,514.86 since 2022. Combined with its parent Ahlers Aerospace's parallel DLA and Air Force holdings, the corporate group maintains broad access to defense aviation procurement.

Recent activity shows stability with modest contraction. Executive Instruments received four awards in 2025, down from ten in 2024 and 2023; over the past five years the firm averaged roughly ten awards annually. Only five awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, carrying $144 thousand in combined potential value, presenting limited recompete cliff exposure for this vendor but creating modest pipeline risk.

The vendor operates entirely as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint. Corporate structure places Executive Instruments as a wholly owned subsidiary of Ahlers Aerospace, Inc., which is itself a minority-owned and woman-owned small business manufacturer. Ahlers Aerospace holds its own portfolio of federal aviation contracts and may provide back-office or manufacturing support to Executive Instruments' fulfillment, though the source does not specify operational consolidation or shared contracting strategies between the two entities.

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