Kearfott Corp

Kearfott Corporation, a subsidiary of Astronautics Corporation of America headquartered in Black Mountain, North Carolina, manufactures specialized electromechanical components, sensors, motors, servo assemblies, and guidance and navigation systems for military aircraft, ground vehicles, and defense platforms as a prime contractor across 86 percent of its recent award portfolio. The company competes exclusively in full-and-open procurements with no set-aside designations, positioning itself as an established major defense supplier rather than a small-business competitor.

Kearfott's customer concentration runs heavily toward Army and Defense Logistics Agency acquisition commands. The Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command anchors the portfolio with 74 awards valued at $170.1 million combined potential value, followed by the Army Contracting Command Detroit Arsenal (48 awards, $52.9 million), DLA Land and Maritime (71 awards, $43.1 million), DLA Aviation (46 awards, $30.2 million), and Naval Supply Systems Command (78 awards, $7 million combined potential value). These five customer agencies account for 93 percent of the combined potential value across all awards. The concentration by agency reveals a heavy Army sustainment footprint — particularly for UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter component overhauls and Abrams tank electromechanical systems — paired with significant DLA spares and inventory management work.

Kearfott's capability portfolio centers on four concrete product and service domains grounded in the named awards. First, it manufactures and supplies vehicle motion sensors, electrical resolvers, and circuit card assemblies for military ground vehicles (primarily Abrams tanks). Representative awards include a $6.024 million delivery order from Army Contracting Command Warren for 179 units of circuit card assemblies and rate sensors (ultimate completion March 22, 2027), a $30.825 million single-award IDIQ from DLA Land and Maritime for Abrams circuit card assemblies and rate sensors (three-year performance through May 30, 2027), and a $477,684 DLA Land and Maritime purchase order for 54 vehicle motion sensors (completion March 17, 2028). Second, Kearfott overhauls and manufactures electromechanical actuators, servo assemblies, and flight control components for military rotorcraft, particularly the UH-60M Black Hawk and Coast Guard MH-60T platforms. A $6.377 million DLA delivery order for electromechanical actuators supporting the Black Hawk program (completion December 31, 2026), a $1.808 million Army Aviation and Missile Command delivery order for UH-60M Black Hawk actuator overhauls (completion November 29, 2024), and a $830,904.90 Coast Guard single-award IDIQ for MH-60T collective trim servo overhauls (completion May 21, 2028, with two delivery orders issued totaling $165,561.95) exemplify this line of work. Third, Kearfott manufactures alternating current motors, tachometer generators, and related electrical rotating machinery components. Naval Supply Systems Command awards for AC motors ($456,939 and $334,272 in recent purchases), motors for aircraft launch systems ($804,272 from DoD Aviation), and similar components demonstrate this capability. Fourth, the company provides specialized electrical and electromechanical parts — synchros, transmitters, resolvers, and repair kits — across multiple platforms. A $121,759 DLA Land and Maritime purchase order for 11 electrical resolvers (completion October 13, 2026) and $56,810 for a synchro transmitter (completion October 19, 2026) illustrate the scope.

The portfolio shows significant growth in award volume, rising from 7 awards in 2022 to 81 in 2024, then moderating to 40 in 2025 and 11 in the first five months of 2026. This trajectory reflects strong sustained demand from Army helicopter and tank programs, though the recent slowdown may signal seasonal or customer-driven variability. Twenty-three awards with combined potential value of $28 million complete within the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete exposure concentrated on Coast Guard MH-60T overhaul contracts and DLA vehicle motion sensor procurements.

Kearfott's prime contract IDVs include five active indefinite delivery vehicles anchoring recurring work. The $30.825 million DLA Land and Maritime IDIQ for Abrams circuit card assemblies and rate sensors (single-award, three-year term through May 30, 2027, with three delivery orders issued to date) and the $12.246 million Army Contracting Command Warren IDIQ for circuit card assemblies NSN 5998-01-674-7136 (single-award, three-year term through September 1, 2027, with two delivery orders totaling $2.42 million obligated) represent the largest standing vehicles. Additional IDIQs include a $966,238.60 Coast Guard single-award indefinite delivery contract for MH-60T yaw trim servo overhauls (through December 16, 2027, with one delivery order issued), an $830,904.90 Coast Guard single-award indefinite delivery contract for MH-60T collective trim servo overhauls (through May 21, 2028, with two delivery orders), and a $433,319.60 Air Force Sustainment Center single-award indefinite delivery contract for HH-60G collective trim servo repair (through December 12, 2027). All IDIQs are sole-source or single-award vehicles, reflecting Kearfott's status as the original equipment manufacturer or sole approved source for specialized aviation and ground vehicle components.

Kearfott operates as a subcontractor to large defense primes on roughly 14 percent of recent awards, supplying electromechanical sensors, motors, transformers, lever assemblies, and specialized components to The Boeing Company (including work on F/A-18 production, AH-64 Apache attacks helicopters, and SLAM ER missiles), Honeywell International (TIGER III platform components), General Dynamics Land Systems (Abrams tank systems, Bradley vehicle upgrades), Lockheed Martin (TADS/PNVS sensor systems), Bell Boeing Joint Project Office (CMV-22 osprey production), Raytheon Company (ASARS radar systems and aerial sensors), and BAE Systems Land & Armaments (Bradley A4 production). This sub footprint spans aviation, ground vehicle, and precision guidance platforms and reflects Kearfott's role as a critical component supplier into larger prime-contractor supply chains.

SCI-reported service contract activity is minimal — only one record across the five-year SCI window (FY2022), with negligible FTE headcount (0.3 FTEs in FY2022 across sub-contract labor). This reflects Kearfott's business model as a manufacturer of goods and components rather than a services provider; the vast bulk of federal work is purchase orders and delivery orders for parts, assemblies, and repairs, not labor-hour service contracts. The company's federal revenue is captured as product sales and manufacturing volume under the prime and sub awards listed above, not in SCI reporting.