General Electric Company

General Electric Company, doing business as Colibrium Additive, supplies additive manufacturing equipment, metal alloy powders, engineering services, and maintenance support to defense and civilian federal agencies as a prime contractor (92% of recent awards) under full-and-open competitive procedures with no small business set-asides. The vendor is a child entity of General Electric Company, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, and competes as a large manufacturer of goods across additive manufacturing, aerospace, and advanced materials sectors.

Colibrium Additive's federal work centers on metal additive manufacturing systems, laser powder bed fusion and directed energy deposition capabilities, titanium and nickel-based superalloy powders, and associated technical support for defense aircraft maintenance and sustainment. Representative prime contracts include a $30.99 million delivery order from Department of Defense Aviation for MLINE Series 1 IN718 nickel-based superalloy powder production through January 2029, a $6.30 million Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office contract for additive manufacturing research and development of jet engine and aircraft heat exchangers, a $4.10 million Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex delivery order for additive manufacturing capability and capacity development, and a $2.79 million Office of Naval Research cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to develop a closed-cycle engine power generation system for unmanned surface vessels. The vendor also holds a federal grant from the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (awarded October 2022, completed September 2023) for development of a photopolymerization additive manufacturing process for fiber-reinforced silicon carbide composite heat exchangers for nuclear energy applications.

Customer concentration is dominated by defense logistics and aviation agencies. The top five customers by potential value account for 97% of combined potential value: Defense Logistics Agency Aviation leads with 5 awards totaling $483.5 million in combined potential value, followed by the Department of the Air Force (4 awards, $18.7 million), Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex (3 awards, $8.1 million), Office of Naval Research (5 awards, $3 million), and Army Materiel Command Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command (1 award, $1.7 million). By award count, the top customers diverge: NASA Shared Services Center places 11 awards ($1.7 million combined potential value), Naval Sea Systems Command places 8 awards ($491 thousand), and DLA Aviation places 5 awards representing the lion's share of dollars—this split reflects Colibrium Additive's role as both equipment supplier (numerous smaller NASA, Navy, and Army support orders) and prime contractor on major DLA aviation system contracts.

Colibrium Additive holds two major indefinite delivery contracts: a $150 million single-award IDV with Defense Logistics Agency Aviation awarded September 2023 (ultimate completion July 2033) for engineering services and additive manufacturing capabilities across military branches, and a $9.8 million single-award IDIQ with DLA Troop Support awarded February 2026 (through February 2031) for the Joint Additive Manufacturing Acceptability (JAMA) IV Pilot Parts Program, which establishes production of military parts using laser powder bed fusion, directed energy deposition, material extrusion, cold spray, and binder jetting. Additional vehicles include a $3.99 million Air Force Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex contract (August 2021 through August 2026) and a $150 million DLA Aviation IDV running through June 2027 for Army additive manufacturing services supporting the UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopter program.

Activity has remained relatively steady over the past five years (ten awards in 2022, eight each in 2023, 2024, and 2025, with three awards so far in 2026). Six awards with combined potential value of $11.3 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and face recompete. Combined potential value across all sixty-five prime and sub awards totals $531.1 million, with $69.7 million obligated to date (13% of potential value).

In its subcontractor role, Colibrium Additive performs additive manufacturing and engineering support under prime contractors including HII Mission Technologies Corp (research, development, test and evaluation work for Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division), Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies (powder supply for the National Security Campus), and the University of Oklahoma (sustainment modernization research and development on operationalizing additive manufacturing, with delivered engineering hours totaling $223.5 thousand from 2023 through 2026). Waygate Technologies USA LP, operating as GE Inspection Technologies LP, performs CT scanning and nondestructive testing as a subcontractor to Colibrium Additive on select Air Force additive manufacturing projects.

Top procurement categories reflect the vendor's equipment and materials portfolio: Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance (9 awards), Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (6 awards), and Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing (5 awards). Primary PSC coding centers on maintenance and repair of special industry machinery (7 awards) and instruments and laboratory equipment (5 awards).