Kearfott Corp

Kearfott Corp (Kearfott Corporation Division), a subsidiary of Astronautics Corporation of America headquartered in Black Mountain, North Carolina, manufactures specialized electromechanical components, sensors, servo assemblies, and guidance and navigation systems for military aviation and ground vehicle platforms as a prime contractor (86% of recent awards) operating in full-and-open competition with no small business set-aside designations.

The company's federal footprint spans 741 awards with $328.8 million in combined potential value, placing it as a significant OEM and sole-source supplier across Army Aviation, Navy, Coast Guard, and Defense Logistics Agency customer bases. Kearfott competes predominantly as a major defense supplier rather than as a subcontractor; the 14% sub-award share reflects work delivered to Honeywell International, The Boeing Company, General Dynamics Land Systems, Lockheed Martin, Bell Boeing Joint Project Office, BAE Systems Land & Armaments, Bell Textron, Raytheon, and General Electric on platforms including the AH-64 Apache, F/A-18 Super Hornet, F-15 Eagle variants, CMV-22 Osprey, Bradley and Abrams tank systems, and SLAM ER missiles.

Army Aviation customer concentration dominates dollar value. The Department of the Army Materiel Command Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command accounts for 74 awards worth $170.1 million combined potential value, anchored by UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter actuator overhauls and electromechanical component supply across the vendor's core product line. The Department of the Army Contracting Command Detroit Arsenal ranks second with 47 awards valued at $73.8 million, focused on Abrams tank circuit card assemblies and rate sensors. Defense Logistics Agency Aviation (46 awards, $30.2 million), DLA Land and Maritime (71 awards, $12.3 million), and Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (13 awards, $19.1 million) round out the top five by dollars. Naval Supply Systems Command places 78 awards for trim servo assemblies and motors ($7 million combined value). The Coast Guard has awarded multiple single-award indefinite delivery contracts to Kearfott for MH-60T yaw trim and collective trim servo overhauls, with three IDIQs totaling approximately $2.8 million in ceiling value and recent delivery orders placed in 2025 and 2026.

Kearfott holds substantial single-award IDIQ positions anchoring its prime portfolio. DLA Land and Maritime awarded a $30.825 million three-year IDIQ (May 30, 2024, through May 30, 2027) for Abrams circuit card assemblies and rate sensors with three delivery orders issued to date totaling $12.4 million. Army Contracting Command Warren holds two single-award IDIQs: a $30.825 million vehicle for the same Abrams components and a $12.246 million IDIQ for circuit card assemblies (NSN 5998-01-674-7136) through September 1, 2027, with two delivery orders obligating $2.42 million. The Coast Guard awarded three single-award IDIQs: $966.24 million for yaw trim servo overhauls (December 17, 2024, through December 16, 2027, with three delivery orders placed), $830.90 million for collective trim servo overhauls (May 22, 2025, through May 21, 2028, with two delivery orders to date), and the Air Force Sustainment Center awarded a $433.32 million IDIQ for HH-60G collective trim servo repair (December 12, 2022, through December 12, 2027). The top IDIQ vehicle by task order count is W56HZV20D0062, with 30 task orders across Kearfott's portfolio.

Award activity has accelerated significantly — seven awards in 2022 grew to 81 in 2024, with 41 in 2025 and 16 year-to-date in 2026. Twenty-one awards carrying $21.9 million in combined potential value reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing near-term recompete exposure across Navy, Army, and DLA customer bases. Recent representative prime work includes a $6.377 million Army Aviation delivery order for UH-60A/L Black Hawk electromechanical actuators (June 26, 2023, completion December 31, 2026), a $6.024 million Army Contracting Command Warren delivery order for Abrams tank circuit card assemblies and rate sensors (September 19, 2024, completion March 22, 2027), a $3.344 million TACOM delivery order for Abrams sustainment components (May 30, 2024, completion July 30, 2026), a $3 million Army Contracting Command Warren delivery order for electromechanical components (May 29, 2025, completion September 26, 2027), a $1.631 million Army Aviation delivery order for UH-60M Black Hawk actuator overhaul (September 19, 2023, completion September 30, 2026), and recurring Coast Guard delivery orders for MH-60T servo overhauls ranging from $73,600 to $159,700 issued through August 2026. DLA Land and Maritime purchase orders for vehicle motion sensors supporting Abrams tank applications carry individual values from $380,400 to $751,900, with delivery windows extending to 2028.

Kearfott's capability portfolio centers on electromechanical sensors, motors, servo assemblies, and navigation control components manufactured to OEM specifications and sole-source standards across military rotorcraft (UH-60, HH-60G, MH-60T), fighter aircraft (F-15, F/A-18), transport (C-130T), maritime patrol (P-8A Poseidon), ground platforms (Abrams M1A2 tank, Bradley vehicle), and support equipment. The company occupies primary NAICS classifications in Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (157 awards), Motor and Generator Manufacturing (118 awards), and Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (51 awards), reflecting its role as a specialized component manufacturer rather than a systems integrator. PSC coding shows 169 awards for Motors, Electrical; 132 for Miscellaneous Aircraft Accessories and Components; and 90 for Synchros and Resolvers. Service Contract Inventory records are minimal (0.3 FTEs in FY2022), indicating Kearfott's business is product supply and component overhaul rather than labor-based federal services.

Kearfott competes as an established major defense supplier without reliance on set-aside vehicles, positioning it as a formidable prime contractor on Army and Navy platforms where it holds sole-source or original-equipment-manufacturer (OEM) supplier status for critical flight-control and electromechanical components.