FM AF, LLC

FM AF, LLC, doing business as American Fan Company, manufactures and delivers vaneaxial fans, centrifugal fans, fan impellers, alternating current motors, and related mechanical components to the Department of Defense and federal logistics agencies as a prime contractor on firm fixed-price purchase orders. The company is a for-profit limited liability company subsidiary of Fairbanks Morse, LLC, headquartered in Fairfield, Ohio, with manufacturing operations in Hamilton, Ohio, competing predominantly in full-and-open procurements without reliance on small business set-asides.

American Fan Company's recent federal work centers on defense logistics and naval support. The top customer by volume and dollars is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Construction and Equipment organization, which issued 106 awards worth $13.9 million in combined potential value, anchoring 54% of total prime awards. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime placed 63 awards worth $2.9 million, Naval Supply Systems Command 21 awards worth $2.7 million, and the U.S. Coast Guard 9 awards worth $734 thousand. These five customers account for 91% of recent awards. Representative prime work includes a $378,928 Naval Supply Systems Command vaneaxial fan repair and maintenance order (ultimate completion February 2027), a $328,641 DLA Troop Support centrifugal fan procurement (January 2027), a $315,462 DLA centrifugal fan order (January 2027), a $306,024 Coast Guard vaneaxial fan award (February 2027), and a $409,650 Naval Supply Systems Command electro-mechanical actuator order (March 2027). Contract values typically range from under $1,000 for fasteners or small components to over $400,000 for multi-unit fan systems or repair services. Primary NAICS alignment is 333413 (Industrial and Commercial Fan and Blower Manufacturing), with secondary alignment to 335312 (Motor and Generator Manufacturing).

Activity has accelerated sharply. The company received one award in 2022, seven in 2023, thirteen in 2024, and 178 in 2025—a 13-fold jump year over year. The first ten months of 2026 carry 36 awards. Forty-seven awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months represent $6.6 million in recompete exposure.

American Fan Company also operates as a subcontractor to major shipbuilders and integrators. Named primes include Huntington Ingalls on CVN 75 and CVN 80 aircraft carrier work (vaneaxial fans), Marinette Marine Corporation on FFG(X) guided-missile frigate detail design and construction (gas turbine fans and gas handling equipment), General Dynamics Information Technology on NAWCAD C5ISR systems support task orders, and Vector Planning & Services on Coast Guard shipboard C5I systems engineering and integration (marine duty axial fans). Sub work spans naval platform modernization, new ship construction, and systems integration roles.

The company's corporate structure reflects its position as a Fairbanks Morse subsidiary, a heritage manufacturer of prime movers and mechanical systems. American Fan Company leverages that parent relationship and maintains no identified federal vehicles such as GWACs or IDIQs; instead, it competes task by task in open federal procurements—primarily Defense Logistics Agency and Navy supply requests for quotation, with individual purchase orders as the transactional norm. The one Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services (OASIS+) appearance and single SeaPort Next Generation reference suggest minimal vehicle footprint outside direct DLA and Navy channels.