Intertrade LIMITED

Intertrade LIMITED, operating as the Collins Aerospace - Aftermarket Division of RTX Corporation (formerly Raytheon Technologies), supplies precision aerospace components and aftermarket spare parts to the Department of Defense as a large-business prime contractor on full-and-open competition, with no small-business set-asides across its portfolio. The company competes exclusively in unrestricted procurements and holds a single-award indefinite delivery contract valued at $3.9 million with the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation through April 2028.

Intertrade's core capability is manufacturing original equipment and aftermarket mechanical and hydraulic components for military aircraft sustainment — differential gears converting variable input speeds to constant output, constant speed drives, hydraulic pumps and cylinders, generator control units and stators, bearing assemblies, spur gearshafts, and related precision parts serving F-15, F-16, P-8A Poseidon, E-3 AWACS, and Coast Guard helicopter platforms. Recent prime work includes a $23.95 million definitive contract from the Air Force Sustainment Center (September 2025) for 191 constant speed drive units (NSN 1650-01-228-9276) for F-16 aircraft with delivery through June 2034; a $30.1 million contract (September 2025) for F-15E constant speed drives (242 units, Memphis, Tennessee delivery through January 2033); a $9.27 million generator control unit contract for F-16 support (December 2025, through December 2029); and a $6.6 million AC generator contract for F-16 aircraft (July 2025, through June 2032). Smaller representative task orders under the DLA Aviation IDC include a $4.87 million cylinder block unit (March 2025), a $791,677 cylinder block delivery order (September 2025), and dozens of sub-million-dollar orders for gaskets, spur gearshafts, retainer bearings, and fastening hardware issued between 2025 and 2026.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward Air Force Sustainment Center and Defense Logistics Agency. The Air Force Sustainment Center anchors the dollar value — 66 awards carrying $117.9 million in combined potential value represent 77% of Intertrade's recent dollar exposure — while DLA Aviation drives volume with 300 awards (39% of all awards) but carries only $21.6 million in combined potential value, reflecting the high frequency of smaller component task orders. DLA Land and Maritime, Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command, and U.S. Coast Guard together account for roughly $10.3 million. The Air Force's dominance creates recompete exposure: 214 awards with ultimate completion in the next 24 months carry $12.3 million in combined potential value, a material cliff risk concentrated in the Air Force Sustainment Center's large definitive contracts maturing between now and mid-2034.

Intertrade operates under its single-award IDC with DLA Aviation (SPE4AX24D9404, $3.9 million ceiling, April 2028 expiration) as the primary parent vehicle, with 168 task orders carrying $11 million in combined potential value. The IDC framework allows rapid firm-fixed-price procurement of F-15/F-16 constant speed drive components and related aviation spare parts across Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Memphis, Tennessee performance locations without competitive restrictions. Individual task order values have ranged from under $100 to over $4.8 million.

Intertrade subcontracts to Boeing (UH-1N replacement helicopter aerospace support, multiple awards July 2024–June 2025), Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (contractor logistics support for special electronic mission aircraft, July 2025), L3Harris Technologies Integrated Systems (BIG SAFARI programs for aircraft parts and radio/communications equipment, multiple awards June 2024–April 2025), and AAR Government Services (aircraft maintenance material procurement, July 2025). Sub work is secondary to the prime footprint — only 38 of 579 awards (7%) are sub-awards — and focused on long-lead items, logistics support, and specialized components for rotorcraft and special missions platforms.

Intertrade's award portfolio is dominated by mechanical and hydraulic component manufacturing (NAICS 336413 — Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing — and ball and roller bearing manufacturing). Work spans PSC categories including Aircraft Hydraulic, Vacuum, and De-Icing System Components (104 awards), Miscellaneous Power Transmission Equipment (54 awards), Antennas and Waveguides (35 awards), Bearings (30 awards), and Generators (27 awards). Activity has grown sharply: 9 awards in 2022, 19 in 2023, 136 in 2024, 230 in 2025, and 52 through mid-2026, reflecting both the ramp-up of the Air Force's large-value definitive contracts and the high velocity of DLA Aviation task order issuance under the IDC mechanism. Combined potential value across 579 awards totals $153.3 million, with $157.8 million already obligated (103% of potential, indicating completion of some awards or volume overages).

Intertrade LIMITED operates as a subsidiary within RTX Corporation's Collins Aerospace portfolio, leveraging parent company resources while maintaining direct prime contracting relationships with DLA and the Air Force. The company is headquartered at 400 Collins Road NE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with major manufacturing and fulfillment operations in Memphis, Tennessee. As a large-business, non-set-aside contractor, Intertrade competes exclusively in full-and-open procurements and holds no 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or WOSB designations. The business model centers on sole-source or limited-source supply of highly specialized mechanical and hydraulic aerospace components where Collins Aerospace owns or controls manufacturing rights, enabling rapid task order issuance under the DLA IDC framework without competitive procurement delays.