Gulf Aerospace Inc.

Gulf Aerospace Inc., a small business based in Oldsmar, Florida, manufactures and remanufactures precision aircraft mechanical components — valves, actuators, and control assemblies — for the Air Force Sustainment Center as a prime contractor (94% of recent awards), competing on full-and-open small business merit without set-aside designations.

Gulf Aerospace's customer base concentrates heavily on the Department of the Air Force. By award count, the top five customers account for 82% of recent awards, led by the Department of Homeland Security US Coast Guard (83 awards, $107 thousand combined potential value) and the Air Force Sustainment Center (43 awards, $3.6 million combined potential value), followed by the Department of the Air Force, the Air Force Materiel Command, and DHS Customs and Border Protection. By potential dollar value, however, the Department of the Army dominates with $6.1 million across four awards, anchoring 59% of the combined potential value across all customers — a significant divergence from the volume ranking that signals larger individual Army awards against smaller, more frequent Coast Guard purchases. The Air Force Sustainment Center still ranks second by dollars ($3.6 million across 43 awards).

Gulf Aerospace holds four active single-award indefinite delivery contracts with the Air Force Sustainment Center: a $504,073.68 IDC through May 2027 for remanufacture of linear direct valves for C-5 Galaxy and C-130 Hercules aircraft, a $422,415.50 IDC through September 2026 for E-3 Sentry electro-mechanical actuator remanufacturing (competed as Total Small Business set-asides), an $130,690.00 IDC through June 2029 for KC-135 valve assembly overhaul and B-1 solenoid valve work, and an $88,958.88 IDC through June 2025 for E-3 inboard aileron tab control mechanism assembly remanufacturing. The top five parent vehicles show task order velocity concentrated on these IDCs: F3460101D0336 generated 16 task orders, FA811811D0030 generated nine task orders valued at $474 thousand, and FA810307D0034 generated eight task orders valued at $884 thousand. Recent prime work includes a $46,979.20 delivery order issued April 2026 for KC-135 valve assembly overhaul through June 2029, a $43,228.50 delivery order issued September 2025 for C-5 and C-130 linear direct valve remanufacture through May 2027, and an $89,248.75 delivery order issued January 2025 for E-3 electro-mechanical actuator remanufacturing through August 2025.

Award volume has declined materially from prior years — 12 awards in 2023, nine in 2024, four in 2025, and one to date in 2026 — indicating either portfolio contraction or a shift toward larger task orders concentrated on fewer IDCs. Only four awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $125 thousand), a low recompete exposure signal relative to the vendor's active IDC ceiling value. Gulf Aerospace subcontracts to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation on P-3 aircraft maintenance and logistics support and integrated logistics support fleet repairs, with fourteen sub-awards dated between January 2023 and August 2025. The vendor's award portfolio spans 245 total actions with a combined potential value of $19.1 million and $11.5 million obligated (60%), concentrated in NAICS 334930 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing) and PSC codes for powered valves, aircraft hydraulic components, and aircraft component maintenance and repair.

Aircraft Accessory repair & overhaul, to include, but not limited to A.T.M., Actuators, Ball Screws, Boosters, Fans, Fuel Controls, Gearboxes, Generators, Lights, Motors, Oil Coolers, Pumps, Regulators, Starters, Turbines, Valves & Winches.