Grimes Aerospace Company

Grimes Aerospace Company, doing business as Honeywell, is a major aerospace systems and components manufacturer headquartered in Urbana, Ohio. As a for-profit, corporate entity registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), the company specializes in producing sophisticated aerospace components and parts primarily for military aviation platforms. Grimes Aerospace Company serves as a critical supplier to various federal agencies, with a particular focus on manufacturing high-precision electronic, optical, and mechanical assemblies that support the operational readiness of military aircraft.

Through its federal contract awards, Grimes Aerospace Company provides an extensive range of aerospace components and services, including searchlights, navigational lights, landing lights, circuit card assemblies, lenses, gears, transformers, housing units, and various electronic and mechanical systems. The company has received contract awards from multiple federal agencies, with the majority of contracts issued by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Aviation and the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM). These contracts predominantly support military aircraft platforms such as the UH-60 Blackhawk, C-130, F-15, F/A-18, B-52, C-5, E-3, P-3, and H-53. The company has also performed subcontract work for prime contractors like The Boeing Company, demonstrating its versatility in supporting complex aerospace programs. None of the company's federal contract awards have utilized small business set-aside designations, indicating its status as a large, established aerospace component manufacturer.

Grimes Aerospace Company holds two significant indefinite delivery contracts (IDVs): a $9,217,435.34 single-award contract with AMCOM for UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter searchlights and a $581,518.56 single-award contract with DLA Aviation for a comprehensive range of aircraft spare parts and components. The AMCOM contract covers the acquisition of 120-600 searchlights over five years, with a required delivery of 10 searchlights per month. The DLA Aviation IDV enables the agency to issue delivery orders for various aerospace parts supporting multiple military aircraft platforms. These IDVs demonstrate the company's strategic importance in maintaining the operational readiness of U.S. military aviation assets, with task orders consistently issued for critical components across different military aircraft systems.