Jackson Bond Enterprises, LLC

Jackson Bond Enterprises, LLC, a small business aerospace manufacturer based in Dover, New Hampshire, designs, manufactures, and tests inflatable aerodynamic decelerators, flexible thermal protection systems, and high-temperature seals for NASA and the Department of Defense as a prime contractor (95% of recent awards), with a concentrated footprint on two multi-year IDIQs supporting NASA's entry, descent, and landing program and defense thermal-seal innovation.

Jackson Bond competes predominantly under total small business set-asides. The company holds two master IDIQs from NASA Langley Research Center awarded October 1, 2022 — a $91.975 million small-business-set-aside vehicle (Track B) for flexible thermal protection systems design, manufacturing, and testing, and a $139.925 million unrestricted vehicle (Track A) for inflatable structures design and testing — both running through September 30, 2027. Recent delivery orders under these vehicles include a $582,993 Track B order (October 1, 2026) for aeroshell integration and testing, a $1.009 million Track A order (September 25, 2025) for inflatable structure design and manufacturing, and a $970,465 cost-plus-fixed-fee Track B order (September 15, 2025) for flexible thermal protection system design and testing. Beyond the Langley vehicles, Jackson Bond has been awarded Small Business Innovation Research Phase II contracts from NASA and the Air Force Research Laboratory for specialized capabilities: a $1.249 million SBIR Phase II contract (April 1, 2026) from AFRL for enhanced fiber rope seals for extreme combustion environments, an $881,238 Phase II contract (August 8, 2025) from NASA's Shared Services Center for high-temperature inflation hoses and ports, and a matching $1.249 million Phase II contract (September 13, 2023) from AFRL for advanced high-temperature seal performance. The company also performs Phase I SBIR work, including a $156,280 phase-one award (August 7, 2024) for hose and port development.

Customer concentration is extreme and NASA-centric. NASA Langley Research Center dominates the portfolio with 11 awards carrying $237.9 million combined potential value—97% of the company's total potential value. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) ranks second with 4 awards valued at $3.4 million, and NASA Shared Services Center places 11 awards at $2.4 million, driven by SBIR Phase I and Phase II actions. Together, these three customers account for 26 of 37 named awards (84% coverage by award count) and approximately 100% of combined potential value. Glenn Research Center and Ames Research Center round out the agency roster with minor exposure.

The recompete cliff presents material runway risk: eight awards (combined potential value $6.5 million) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, including the $1.754 million Langley delivery order (June 19, 2026) and multiple $300,000–$500,000 orders expiring in early 2026 and mid-2027. The two master IDIQs themselves expire September 30, 2027, and their renewal or loss will determine Jackson Bond's capacity to absorb task orders in FY2028 and beyond.

Activity trajectory has contracted recently. The company secured six awards in 2022, but subsequent years show marked decline: four awards in 2023, three in 2024, five in 2025, and three in the first quarter of 2026 (through October). Over the same period, the vendor has obligated only $12.2 million of its $244.5 million combined potential value—a 5% realization rate typical of early-stage IDIQs with multi-year task-order windows.

SCI-reported service-contract data shows minimal labor content. The vendor reported $920 thousand in invoiced prime labor in FY2025 across 1.0 FTE, with no service-contract labor reported in FY2022–FY2024. This reflects Jackson Bond's primary business model: goods manufacturing and testing rather than time-and-materials services. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, the vendor performed all labor in-house with 0% subcontractor hours, reinforcing a vertically integrated operational posture.

Jackson Bond subcontracts minimally: two sub-awards appear in the source portfolio, including a June 2022 subcontract to Southern Research Institute for hypersonic inflatable aerodynamic decelerator material fabrication and testing, and a September 2023 sub-award on the Orion Production and Operations Contract for docking hatch thermal seal work. The company's value proposition centers on organic design, manufacturing, and test capability rather than integration or prime management.

Work is performed entirely at the Dover facility. The NAICS coding reflects the mixed portfolio: 24 awards coded to R&D in Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (NAICS 541715), 15 to textile product mills (likely seals and thermal protection component classification quirks), and smaller populations under gasket/sealing device manufacturing and fabric coating. PSC coding aligns with the mission: Space R&D Services (13 awards) and Miscellaneous Fabricated Nonmetallic Materials (11 awards) dominate, with defense R&D services and general S&T R&D accounting for the balance.

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