Hydroair Hughes, LLC

Hydroair Hughes, LLC (operating as Hydro Air LLC through its Hydroair Dees Division) supplies hydraulic motors, fluid power components, and related mechanical equipment to the Department of Navy and Department of Homeland Security as a prime contractor on small-dollar purchase orders, competing full-and-open with no set-aside designations. The company is a Maryland-based subsidiary of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc., a Cleveland-headquartered industrial distributor specializing in maintenance, repair, and operating products for federal defense agencies.

Hydroair Hughes operates exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) on purchase orders averaging well under $100 thousand. The vendor's customer concentration is heavily skewed toward the Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Coast Guard, which accounts for 23 of 33 awards in the top-customer ranking (75% of all awards) with a combined potential value of $154 thousand. The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command anchors the dollar ranking with 5 awards worth $544 thousand combined potential value, while the Department of the Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) and Naval Supply Systems Command account for 4 awards worth $351 thousand combined. The Smithsonian Institution rounds out the named customer set with one $10 thousand award.

Recent concrete work includes a $60.5 thousand firm fixed-price purchase order from NAVSEA (awarded January 16, 2026) for Kawasaki hydraulic motors with performance through August 2026 in Newport, Rhode Island; a $18 thousand NAVSEA purchase order (April 25, 2025) for installation of a linear bi-axial shock machine power unit, control panel, and junction box assembly including eight hydraulic hose replacements and electrical wiring at Newport; and a $34.6 thousand Coast Guard purchase order (August 2021) for a hydraulic motor and gauge fitting. The vendor's NAICS footprint centers on fluid power equipment manufacturing and general purpose machinery manufacturing; PSC codes span power pumps, valves, hoists and cranes, and transmission components. Activity has been sparse in recent years (one award each in 2025 and 2026 after two awards in 2021) with only one award completing in the next twenty-four months. The parent company maintains a $59.6 million GSA Multiple Award Schedule contract and a $250 thousand Defense Logistics Agency IDC.