FTG Aerospace Inc.

FTG Aerospace Inc. FTG Aerospace Chatsworth Division manufactures aerospace and defense electronics components and assemblies for the Defense Department as a prime contractor (96% of recent awards) on open-market, full-and-open procurements with no small business set-asides on the vast majority of work. FTG Aerospace is a for-profit manufacturer based in Chatsworth, California and a subsidiary of Canadian-headquartered Firan Technology Group Corporation. The division competes across multiple NAICS codes, with primary concentration in fabricated metal products (49 awards), motor vehicle electrical and electronic equipment manufacturing (37 awards), and aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment manufacturing (32 awards); PSC framing centers on signs and identification plates (67 awards), electric vehicular lights and fixtures (54 awards), cable assemblies (27 awards), and aircraft alarm and signal systems (23 awards).

FTG Aerospace Chatsworth's concrete capability is the design and manufacture of military-grade electronic components and assemblies for aviation platforms: cable assemblies (printed, flexible, and standard), circuit card assemblies, annunciators, indicator panels, insulator plates, electrical switch covers, control panels, and identification plates. Representative named work includes a $209,961.60 delivery order from DLA Aviation (October 2025) for cable assemblies under the existing $2.96 million indefinite delivery contract; a $68,264 purchase order from DLA Aviation (November 2025) for operation indicators; a $106,283 purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime (January 2025) for circuit card assemblies (23 units); a $316,831 purchase order from Army CECOM (April 2022) for audio flex assemblies; and multiple GSA Federal Acquisition Service awards (27 orders totaling approximately $267 thousand, March 2022 through March 2024) for identification plates.

Customer concentration is extreme and defense-focused. DLA Aviation accounts for 104 of 227 prime awards (46% of prime count) and $13.5 million of combined potential value (76% of total), dominating both volume and dollars. GSA Federal Acquisition Service follows with 54 awards ($948 thousand), DLA Land and Maritime with 26 awards ($1.4 million), and DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment with 23 awards ($549 thousand). The top five customer agencies account for 90% of all awards and 95% of combined potential value. Activity was highest in 2024 (35 awards) and has declined to seven awards year-to-date in 2026, though the most recent award is dated March 30, 2026.

FTG Aerospace Chatsworth holds four named indefinite delivery contracts with DLA Aviation. The largest is a $2.96 million non-set-aside single-award IDC (August 2021 through August 2026) for cable assemblies, printed circuit boards, and other electronic components, which has generated twelve delivery orders ranging from $39,581 to $368,474 since award. A second IDC valued at $5.5 million under a Total Small Business set-aside (October 2025 through October 2030) specifically targets F/A-18 A-D, E/F, and G aircraft cable assemblies and electronic components; this contract emerged from a sources-sought notice posted in November 2024 and represents a material expansion of the vendor's DLA Aviation ceiling. A third IDC valued at $350,000 (February 2026 through February 2027) covers annunciators and related electronic components. A fourth $250,000 Total Small Business IDC (April 2023 through April 2024, expired) supplied insulator plates. In addition to these IDCs, FTG Aerospace Chatsworth uses five blanket purchase agreements under GSA schedules (GS07FGA238, GS07FGA239, GS07FGA240, GS07FGA241, and related instruments), which generated 43 task orders combined and minimal dollar volume ($241 thousand total). Only one prime award ($203 thousand combined potential value) is scheduled for completion in the next twenty-four months, indicating light recompete exposure near-term, though the October 2025 $5.5 million IDC and August 2026 completion of the existing $2.96 million cable assembly IDC signal material recompete activity beginning in late 2026.

FTG Aerospace Chatsworth subcontracts primarily to aerospace primes on aircraft modernization and trainer programs. Named prime relationships include CAE USA Inc. (F-16 simulator control panels, C-130H aircrew training system panels, F-16 UHF radio control panels, 2023–2025), The Boeing Company (C-17 RHUD kit material and spares retrofit work, June 2025), Derco Aerospace (aircraft intercom controls and spares, 2024), Raytheon Company (contractor logistics support for tube-launched optically-tracked wireless-guided improved target acquisition system backplanes, June 2024), and Honeywell International Inc. (instrument bezels, March 2026). These subcontract relationships account for eleven awards (4% of total) and demonstrate FTG Aerospace Chatsworth's integration into major primes' supply chains for aircraft sustainment and training system manufacturing.

The vendor competes full-and-open on the majority of DLA Aviation work (most orders carry no set-aside designation) but recently secured its first material Total Small Business set-aside, the $5.5 million F/A-18 cable assembly IDC awarded in October 2025. Prior small-business set-aside work is limited to three historical DLA Aviation awards ($175,814 cable assembly purchase order December 2021, $10,692 cable assembly purchase order September 2023, and the expired $250,000 insulator plate IDC). GSA Federal Acquisition Service work is entirely open-market, firm fixed-price purchase orders for identification plates at low unit prices. The shift toward set-aside participation, evidenced by the recent $5.5 million F/A-18 contract, may reflect either the vendor's intentional cultivation of small-business vehicle access or DLA Aviation's deliberate use of set-asides to broaden the supplier base for aviation-critical components.