Inflation Systems, Inc.

Inflation Systems, Inc., operating as Inflation Systems Inc., manufactures and sells compressed gas equipment, pneumatic valves, fire extinguishers, cylinders, and related components to the Defense Logistics Agency and the Department of the Army as a prime contractor. The company is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation headquartered in Mamaroneck, New York, registered in the System for Award Management since May 2001. Inflation Systems competes predominantly in full-and-open competition across small business set-asides and unrestricted procurements with no dominant set-aside posture; recent awards are split across total small business set-asides and non-set-aside transactions.

Customer concentration is extreme and concentrated within defense logistics. The top five funding agencies account for 87% of recent awards and 93% of combined potential value, anchored by the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Construction and Equipment (317 awards, $19.3 million combined potential value) and the Department of the Army Materiel Command Contracting Command Detroit Arsenal (28 awards, $8.4 million combined potential value). DLA Land and Maritime places a secondary stream of work (211 awards, $5 million combined potential value). Inflation Systems receives no significant volume from civilian agencies; the entire footprint is defense logistics and defense industrial base work. Recent representative prime awards include a $298 thousand DLA purchase order for 200 units of fire extinguishers (NSN 4210010488646) awarded April 3, 2026 for delivery to DLA Distribution Red River, a $321,750 total small business set-aside for an inflation assembly awarded March 10, 2026, and a $214.5 thousand total small business set-aside for 300 units of inflation assemblies (NSN 4220009203651) awarded August 5, 2025 for delivery to DLA Distribution San Joaquin.

Inflation Systems holds a single-award indefinite delivery vehicle contract with DLA Land and Maritime valued at $250 thousand for valve parts kits, established June 2, 2021, which anchors its repeat order stream. The company places task orders under five named IDIQs (W56HZV12D0060 with 9 task orders totaling $1.2 million, DAAE0703DN070 with 7 task orders and $1 million combined potential value, SP075094D4003 with 6 task orders, W56HZV06D0049 with 6 task orders and $708 thousand combined potential value, and SP075002D7856 with 5 task orders). These are army and DLA vehicles; the company does not hold positions on government-wide acquisition contracts or GSA Schedules.

Activity has declined year over year from 33 awards in 2022 to 6 awards in 2026 (through early April). The vendor's award footprint spans from February 1982 to April 2026; 812 total awards with combined potential value of $37.6 million and combined obligated dollars of $43.4 million suggest a mature, long-standing supplier relationship. Seven awards (combined potential value $1.1 million) reach ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, representing modest recompete exposure. Inflation Systems' subcontractor footprint is negligible; recent sub work includes compressed gas cylinder production under Lockheed Martin Corporation for the M270A2 Multiple Launch Rocket System (May 2023) and systems technical support and sustainment for the Bradley Fighting Vehicle and MLRS carrier families under BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P. (April 2025). The company's capability portfolio centers on industrial-grade pneumatic and compressed gas manufacturing — valves, cylinders, fire extinguishers, safety relief assemblies, coupling components, and specialty chemicals — with top NAICS categories reflecting industrial valve manufacturing (128 awards) and fabricated pipe and pipe fitting manufacturing (66 awards), and top PSC categories dominated by marine lifesaving and diving equipment (257 awards), nonpowered valves (173 awards), and fire fighting equipment (153 awards). This posture and concentration indicate Inflation Systems operates as a specialized, lower-volume defense logistics supplier with direct relationships anchored to DLA replenishment cycles rather than as a broad systems integrator or prime defense contractor.

Manufacturer of High Pressure Gas Valves, Inflation Systems for Life Saving Equipment, Specialty Fire Extinguishing Systems, & Impregnation of Porous Castings