Schaeffler Aerospace Canada Inc.

Schaeffler Aerospace Canada Inc., a foreign-owned bearing manufacturer based in Stratford, Ontario, sells cylindrical roller bearings, ball bearings, ball thrust bearings, and inner bearing rings to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor (87% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor to major defense primes. The company competes full-and-open with no set-aside designations across its prime portfolio.

Schaeffler's customer footprint is heavily concentrated in Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, which accounts for 343 awards (79% of all recent awards) and $20.7 million of the $24.3 million combined potential value across the portfolio. The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command's Air Force Sustainment Center ranks second with 21 awards valued at $1.7 million, followed by the Naval Supply Systems Command with 29 awards worth $995 thousand. This concentration reflects Schaeffler's role as a specialized bearing component supplier to military aviation and ground vehicle maintenance operations across all military services.

Recent prime awards demonstrate the vendor's core capability: a $414,035 definitive contract from the Air Force Sustainment Center in September 2025 for ball annular bearings supporting the F-100 engine; a $172,154.64 purchase order from DLA Aviation in August 2024 for cylindrical roller bearings; and a $166,441.36 order from DLA Aviation in August 2025 for ball thrust bearings under National Stock Number 3110011474491. Schaeffler places work under five active indefinite delivery contracts with DLA Aviation (IDCs SPE4A615D5265, SPE4A617D6811, SPE4A617D6818, SPE4A617D7084, and SPE4A619D5620), which collectively anchored 44 task orders worth approximately $1.4 million in recent years. The vendor also holds a single-award IDC with DLA Aviation (awarded July 2023, ceiling $99,603.90) for cylindrical roller bearing supply through July 2028.

Prime award activity has grown from 22 awards in 2022 to 42 in 2025, with a sharper rise in 2024–2025 reflecting increased DLA Aviation ordering. Nineteen awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $1.5 million and face recompete exposure. Schaeffler's NAICS footprint is dominated by Ball and Roller Bearing Manufacturing (324 awards), with secondary exposure in Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing (40 awards) and Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (32 awards), reflecting the vendor's role supplying bearing components across military aviation platforms.

In its subcontractor capacity, Schaeffler supplies bearing components to Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation on multiple aircraft part and service sub-awards, including gearbox assemblies and replenishment spares for the CH-53K and Presidential helicopter replacement program; to Bell Boeing Joint Project Office on V-22 and CMV-22 long-lead bearing components and performance-based logistics sub-orders; to General Electric Company on aviation engine hardware for T408 and F110 engines and F110 foreign military sales; to Rolls-Royce Corporation on T56 and aircraft turbine engine production stock under basic ordering agreements; and to RTX Corporation on FY21 performance-based logistics and mainshaft bearing overhaul work. Canadian Commercial Corporation also routes Schaeffler bearing sub-work for F100-PW-220 and F100-PW-229 mainshaft bearing repair and overhaul. Across 57 recent sub-awards, the vendor primarily delivers source-controlled bearing components and bearing repair services for legacy and next-generation military rotorcraft and fixed-wing aircraft engine systems.

All prime awards are registered in the System for Award Management and carry no small business set-asides, reflecting Schaeffler's status as a qualified source on competitively awarded full-and-open procurements. The vendor's foreign ownership and location in Canada position it as a cross-border supplier filling specialized bearing niches within DLA Aviation's supply chain and major defense prime subcontracting networks.