FM AF, LLC

FM AF, LLC — doing business as American Fan Company — manufactures and sells vaneaxial fans, centrifugal fans, fan impellers, alternating current motors, and related mechanical components to the Department of Defense and civilian federal agencies as a prime contractor competing in full-and-open procurements. The company is a for-profit limited liability company and a child entity of Fairbanks Morse, LLC, headquartered in Fairfield, Ohio, with manufacturing operations in Hamilton, Ohio. American Fan Company competes predominantly without set-aside protections, though two recent awards carried Total Small Business set-aside designations.

American Fan Company's federal footprint consists almost entirely of firm fixed-price purchase orders issued by defense logistics and naval supply organizations. The top five customers account for 92 percent of awards by count: the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Construction and Equipment division leads with 103 awards valued at $13.6 million, followed by DLA Land and Maritime with 62 awards at $2.9 million, Naval Supply Systems Command with 14 awards at $1.9 million, Naval Sea Systems Command with 15 awards at $296 thousand, and DLA Aviation with 9 awards at $58 thousand. Representative prime work includes a $562,460 vaneaxial fan purchase order from Naval Supply Systems Command (April 2025); a $378,928 vaneaxial fan from Naval Supply Systems Command (July 2025); a $328,641 vaneaxial fan from DLA Construction and Equipment (December 2025); a $306,024 seven-unit vaneaxial fan order from the U.S. Coast Guard (May 2026); and a $234,568 Port Use Fan Variable Inlet Vane assembly order from Naval Sea Systems Command (August 2025). Individual contract values typically range from under $1,000 for fasteners and small components to over $600,000 for complete fan systems. The company's product portfolio is dominated by vaneaxial fans (128 awards under PSC 41 for fans and air circulators) and alternating current motors (57 awards under PSC 61 for electric motors), with secondary offerings in fan impellers, centrifugal fans, tubeaxial fans, and mechanical components such as bushings, gaskets, and seals. NAICS 333413 (Industrial and Commercial Fan and Blower Manufacturing) accounts for 119 awards; NAICS 335312 (Motor and Generator Manufacturing) accounts for 48 awards.

Activity has grown sharply. The company recorded 1 award in 2022, 7 in 2023, 13 in 2024, and 174 in 2025—a 12-fold year-over-year increase driven by sustained DLA and Navy procurement demand. Through mid-2026, the company holds 25 awards. Eighty-four awards with combined potential value of $9.4 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating significant recompete exposure. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $23.1 million, exceeding the combined potential value by 18 percent—indicating that invoiced revenue has exceeded contract ceilings on recent work, a signal of cost performance or customer modifications.

American Fan Company subcontracts to major shipbuilders and systems integrators. The company supplies vaneaxial fans and related equipment to Huntington Ingalls Inc. on CVN-75 and CVN-80 aircraft carrier programs (refueling and complex overhaul and new construction engineering); to Marinette Marine Corporation on FFG(X) guided-missile frigate construction (gas turbine fans and air handling equipment); to General Dynamics Information Technology on Naval Air Warfare Center C5ISR systems support; and to Vector Planning & Services on Coast Guard C5I systems engineering. Sub-award activity spans from January 2024 to April 2026 and typically involves fan systems or components for naval vessel construction and modernization.

American Fan Company is owned by Fairbanks Morse, LLC, a peer manufacturer of industrial equipment based in Beloit, Wisconsin. Fairbanks Morse holds its own federal prime contract portfolio and has awarded work to American Fan Company as a subsidiary. The relationship provides access to capital, design and engineering resources, and potentially cross-selling opportunities across Fairbanks Morse's broader federal customer base. American Fan Company itself holds no parent vehicles (GWACs, IDIQs, agency-wide BPAs), though the source identifies limited participation in Seaport Next Generation (1 task order) and One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services (3 task orders)—suggesting the company may hold vendor status on these vehicles but has generated minimal task order volume to date. The company competes primarily through individual firm fixed-price purchase orders issued against Requirements contracts, qualified products lists, and competitive requests for quotation rather than through standing delivery order vehicles.