V2X Aerospace LLC

V2X Aerospace LLC, doing business as L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC through its Vertex Aerospace division, is a large for-profit limited liability company and subsidiary of RTX Corporation that delivers aviation maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services, contractor-operated and maintained base supply (COMBS) logistics, training systems support, and defense technology integration across military platforms as a prime contractor (97% of recent awards) competing full-and-open with no SBA certifications.

V2X Aerospace operates from Madison, Mississippi, with subordinate performance sites spanning domestic installations (Sterling, Virginia; Indianapolis, Indiana; Corpus Christi, Texas; Albany, Georgia; Fort Bliss, Texas) and overseas locations including Kuwait, Iraq, Moldova, the Philippines, and Poland. The company's capability portfolio centers on organizational and intermediate-level aircraft maintenance for rotary-wing platforms (C-130J Hercules, KC-10, T-6 Texan II, C-12, F-5, T-1A Trainer, T-45 Goshawk) and specialized support including radar system operation and maintenance, carriage equipment production, engine and transmission rebuild, aircraft modification, and training infrastructure sustainment. Representative recent prime work includes a $260.9 million Eglin Wide Agile Acquisition Contract delivery order from the Nuclear Weapons Center (July 2026) for carriage equipment production at Indianapolis; a $4.32 billion single-award Air Force IDIQ (August 2025) for T-6 Texan II COMBS supply chain management across 739 aircraft at eleven operating locations; a $215.9 million Naval Air Systems Command delivery order (November 2022) under NAVAIR Strategic Sourcing for CMMARS for C-12 aircraft logistics support; and a $211.3 million Naval Air Warfare Center delivery order (November 2023) for F-5 aircraft maintenance at Madison, Mississippi.

Customer concentration reflects heavy naval and Air Force dependence. The top five customer agencies account for 78% of recent awards by count, led by Naval Air Systems Command (1,120 awards, $23.15 billion combined potential value), followed by the Department of the Navy ($12.6 million combined potential value across 360 awards), Naval Air Warfare Center (159 awards, $6.66 billion), the Department of the Army (149 awards, $38.2 million), and the Defense Contract Management Agency (122 awards, $816.6 million). By potential value, the Air Force dominates ($51.48 billion across 49 awards), driven by the T-6 COMBS IDIQ ceiling, followed by Naval Air Systems Command ($23.15 billion), Air Force Materiel Command's Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex ($14.96 billion), and Air Education and Training Command ($11 billion).

V2X Aerospace holds a deep portfolio of indefinite delivery vehicles spanning multiple agencies and platforms. Parent vehicles include a $4.32 billion single-award Air Force IDIQ for T-6 Texan II COMBS (August 2025, completion February 2035); a $500 million single-award Air Force IDIQ for C-12 contractor logistics support (July 2026, completion June 2036); a $500 million single-award Marine Corps IDIQ for Logistics Integration Support Program integrator repair-or-return services across approximately 1,000 National Stock Numbers (June 2026, completion January 2032); a $25.357 billion multiple-award Defense Microelectronics Activity Advanced Technology Support Program V for progressive microelectronics capability solutions (April 2026, completion December 2035); a $3.5 billion multiple-award Defense Threat Reduction Agency Cooperative Threat Reduction Integrating Contract IV for threat reduction logistics and project management worldwide (August 2025, completion August 2035); a $161.2 million single-award NASA IDIQ for Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory operations support at Johnson Space Center (October 2024, completion September 2033); a $779 million single-award Naval Air Warfare Center IDIQ for F-5 aircraft maintenance (November 2023, completion November 2031); a $100 million single-award FBI IDIQ for Aviation Mechanic Support Services (February 2025, completion February 2030); a $49.3 million single-award Air Force IDIQ for T-1A Trainer COMBS (May 2025, completion April 2027); a $921.2 million multiple-award Army IDIQ for Tactical Engagement Simulation Systems under the Bridge to Enduring Synthetic Training Environment (March 2025, completion March 2030); a $32.5 billion multiple-award Air Force Training Systems Acquisition IV vehicle (June 2023, completion May 2033); and a $46 billion multiple-award Air Force Eglin Wide Agile Acquisition Contract (February 2022, completion September 2031). Additional vehicle positions include a $62.8 million Naval Air Systems Command single-award IDIQ for C-130J aircraft and support equipment maintenance logistics in Kuwait (August 2022, completion August 2027), a $6.93 million Naval Air Systems Command Basic Ordering Agreement (September 2023), a $900 million Air Force Life Cycle Management Center multiple-award IDIQ for architecture and integration (December 2022), and the $151 billion multiple-award Missile Defense Agency Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ (December 2025).

Activity shows growth momentum: 77 awards in 2022 increased to 56 in 2024, then 51 in 2025, with 29 awards recorded through September 2026. Within the next twenty-four months, 26 awards (combined potential value $2.86 billion) reach ultimate completion, creating significant recompete exposure. The highest-volume parent vehicle is Naval Air Systems Command Indefinite Delivery Contract N0001914D0011 (377 task orders, $1.67 billion combined potential value), followed by N0001917D0088 (256 task orders, $155.6 million), and N0001908D0014 (88 task orders, $666.4 million). Top NAICS categories center on aircraft support activities (1,213 awards) and aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment manufacturing (101 awards). Top PSC codes reflect aircraft and airframe structural component maintenance and repair (1,484 awards) and miscellaneous aircraft accessories and components (203 awards).

SCI-reportable federal service contract invoicing reached $1.25 billion in FY2025 across 4,138 FTEs, up from $1.09 billion in FY2024 across 3,726 FTEs. FY2023 invoicing was $802.1 million across 3,244 FTEs, and FY2022 was $699.5 million across 2,454 FTEs. Government-paid hourly rates on prime contracts span a 10th percentile of $57.03 per hour, a median of $134.59 per hour, and a 90th percentile of $784.73 per hour, reflecting mixed labor pools from entry technicians through senior engineers. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors account for approximately 6% of contractor hours on average, with 83 named subcontractors reported. Named subs include Textron Aviation Inc. (aircraft parts and components), Collins Aerospace (avionics and aircraft systems), Vector Aerospace Engine Services-Atlantic (engine maintenance and repair), Moog Inc. (precision motion control and hydraulic systems), Ranger Aviation Enterprises (parts supply), Raytheon Company divisions (optical systems, radar), Duotech Services LLC (radar operation and maintenance on naval platforms), Cortina Solutions LLC (8(a)-certified, HUBZone, woman-owned small business providing systems engineering and technical services), and MTP Drivetrain Services, L.L.C. (HUBZone-certified small business for powertrain component remanufacturing). The company operates primarily as a self-performing prime, with subcontractors deployed on specialized scopes such as engine overhaul, avionics, and component manufacturing rather than as broad co-contractors. The corporate structure includes four named subsidiaries: Vertex Aircraft Integration And Sustainment LLC, Vertex Modernization And Sustainment LLC, V2X Modernization And Sustainment LLC, and Vertex Aerospace LLC, reflecting Vertex's modular organization across integration, sustainment, and modernization service lines.