V2X Aerospace LLC

Vertex Aerospace LLC, doing business as L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC, is a subsidiary of RTX Corporation headquartered in Madison, Mississippi, delivering aviation maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services, contractor-operated base supply (COMBS) logistics, and training systems support to the Department of Defense and federal civilian agencies as a large prime contractor (98% of recent awards). The company competes full-and-open across non-small-business contract vehicles and holds no SBA set-aside designations.

Vertex's capability portfolio centers on aircraft sustainment and logistics across military platforms including the C-130J, KC-10, T-6 Texan II, C-12, F-5, T-1A, T-45 Goshawk, and rotary-wing aircraft, with secondary capabilities in synthetic training systems, microelectronics engineering, and threat-reduction technical services. Recent representative work includes a $4.32 billion single-award IDIQ from the Air Force (August 2025) for T-6 Texan II COMBS supply chain management across 739 aircraft at eleven operating locations, a $943.8 million delivery order from Naval Air Warfare Center (May 2022) for Naval Test Wing Atlantic aircraft maintenance at Patuxent River, a $747 million single-award IDIQ from Naval Air Warfare Center for F-5 aircraft maintenance (November 2023) with a $182.9 million delivery order, a $171.6 million Air Force rotary-maintenance order at Barksdale for helicopter organizational and intermediate maintenance through 2027, and a $171.4 million Drug Enforcement Administration contract for total aviation support services at Fort Worth through 2029. Vertex also holds a $25.36 billion Advanced Technology Support Program V (ATSP V) indefinite delivery contract from the Defense Microelectronics Activity (April 2026) for progressive microelectronics capability solutions, a $3.5 billion Cooperative Threat Reduction Integrating Contract IV from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (August 2025), and a $151 billion Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) multiple-award IDIQ from the Missile Defense Agency (December 2025) for multi-domain defense systems and modernization.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward Navy programs. The top five funding agencies account for 79% of recent award count, with Naval Air Systems Command dominating at 1,114 awards and $23.19 billion combined potential value, followed by the Air Force Materiel Command's Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex ($14.89 billion), Air Education and Training Command ($11 billion), Naval Air Warfare Center ($6.55 billion), and the Air Force ($5.48 billion). The two top-customer rankings converge—Naval Air Systems Command leads in both volume and dollars—signaling concentrated dependency on Navy sustainment work. The 2,430 total awards carry $258.41 billion in combined potential value with $21.19 billion obligated to date (8% burn rate). Activity declined from 77 awards in 2022 to 13 in 2026 year-to-date but this reflects data cutoff timing; the recompete cliff shows 26 awards (combined potential value $3.01 billion) completing within the next twenty-four months.

Vertex places work across five major indefinite-delivery vehicles. The top parent vehicle is IDC N0001914D0011 (377 task orders, $1.69 billion), followed by N0001917D0088 (256 task orders, $155.6 million), N0001908D0014 (88 task orders, $666.4 million), N6852090D0057 (75 task orders, unspecified dollars), and N0001915D0022 (74 task orders, $68.4 million)—all Navy aircraft maintenance and support vehicles. The company also holds the Training Systems Acquisition IV multiple-award GWAC ($32.5 billion ceiling, June 2023), the NAVAIR Strategic Sourcing for CMMARS vehicle, Eglin Wide Agile Acquisition Contract (EWAAC), Enterprise Training Services Contract (ETSC), and single-award vehicles including the FBI's Aviation Mechanic Support Services IDIQ ($100 million, February 2025) and NASA Johnson Space Center's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory Operations contract ($161.2 million, October 2024).

SCI-reported federal service contract invoicing reached $1.09 billion in FY2024 across 3,726 FTEs (self-performed), up from $802.1 million in FY2023 across 3,244 FTEs and $699.5 million in FY2022 across 2,454 FTEs, showing year-over-year revenue and staffing growth. Government-paid hourly rates on prime contracts span a wide spectrum: median around $134.59 per hour, with senior labor reaching $675.57 per hour at the 90th percentile and entry-level work at $57.01 per hour. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors account for approximately 8% of contractor hours on average, with 67 named subcontractors appearing in SCI records. Notable subs include Textron Aviation Inc., Vector Aerospace Engine Services-Atlantic, Collins Aerospace, Ranger Aviation Enterprises, Broadwing Aviation, Standardaero Atlantic, and Sentinel Aerospace (woman-owned small business, HUBZone), indicating a mix of large aerospace primes and certified small businesses. Vertex builds its own delivery teams for core work while engaging specialized engine-overhaul and avionics subcontractors on targeted scopes; the 98% prime posture and 8% sub-hours share signal Vertex operates primarily as a prime and controls its labor force rather than functioning as a feeder vendor.

Vertex subcontracts to larger primes on select work. Recent sub-awards to S & K Federal Services LLC and S & K Logistics Services LLC cover Foreign Military Sales (FMS) repair-and-return tasks (aircraft engines, transmitter-receivers, propeller repairs) for Army Security Assistance Enterprise programs (2024–2026), KBR Services LLC contracts for LOGCAP V and National Training Center heavy equipment (2025), Lockheed Martin on Integrated Cyber Platform resident engineer support (2024), Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation on contractor logistics support for special electronic mission aircraft (C-12, RC-12, MC-12 variants), General Dynamics Global Force on Integrated Base Defense sustainment services, and General Dynamics Mission Systems on Combat Training Center exercise support. The subcontractor profile reflects Vertex's willingness to serve large-prime industrial bases on specialized repair, logistics, and engineering support across foreign military sales and Army training operations.

Corporate structure includes four named subsidiaries: Vertex Aircraft Integration And Sustainment LLC, Vertex Modernization And Sustainment LLC (appearing twice with distinct legal entities), and Vertex Aerospace LLC itself. Subsidiary names signal capability areas—aircraft integration, modernization, and sustainment focus—though the source does not detail subsidiary operational independence or business model separation from the parent.