LOC Performance Products LLC

LOC Performance Products LLC, doing business as American Rheinmetall, manufactures specialized military vehicular components—pivot arm assemblies, wheel hubs, track shoe pads, brake backing plates, spindles, and suspension assemblies—for ground vehicle platforms including Abrams tanks, Bradley Fighting Vehicles, Strykers, and Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicles, competing as a prime contractor on full-and-open procurements with no small-business set-aside posture.

The company is a for-profit manufacturer headquartered in Plymouth, Michigan, with primary NAICS concentration in military armored vehicle components (449 awards), motor vehicle steering and suspension parts (415 awards), and other automotive parts manufacturing (383 awards). LOC Performance Products holds 96% of its awards as prime contractor and 4% as subcontractor. The vendor competes consistently on unrestricted procurements across all customer agencies.

LOC Performance Products' customer concentration is heavily skewed toward Army contracting offices and the Defense Logistics Agency. By award count, the top five customers account for 91% of recent activity: the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime leads with 2,012 awards valued at $237.4 million; the Department of the Army Materiel Command Contracting Command Detroit Arsenal (likely supporting Abrams tank production) holds 268 awards worth $1.92 billion; the Department of the Army Acquisition Support Center PEO Ground Combat Systems owns 116 awards valued at $2.52 billion; the Department of the Army holds 361 smaller awards; and DLA across other divisions carries 176 awards at $2.9 million. By potential value, the concentration inverts: PEO Ground Combat Systems anchors $2.52 billion, followed by ACC Detroit Arsenal at $1.92 billion, PEO Missiles and Space at $641.4 million, and DLA Land and Maritime at $237.4 million. This divergence signals that while DLA places high-volume small orders for sustainment parts, Army production contracts (Abrams, Bradley, howitzer programs) drive the bulk of dollars.

LOC Performance Products holds multiple single-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA Land and Maritime, typically structured with $250,000 to $350,000 ceilings and one-year performance periods. Recent IDCs include contracts for housing components ($350,000), link track shoe connectors ($350,000), track guides ($350,000), spindle wheels ($250,000–$350,000), brake backing plates ($350,000), and hub cap wheels ($350,000). The vendor also holds larger multi-year agreements: a $25 million five-year IDIQ (February 2026 through February 2031) for suspension assemblies, hub assemblies, and pivot track arms awarded by DLA Land and Maritime; a $10.8 million five-year contract (November 2025 through November 2030) with Army Contracting Command Warren for final drive components; and a $1.1 million first-year delivery order with ACC Warren for solid rubber wheels (May 2025 through June 2026). The largest single delivery order in the source is $56.9 million from ACC Warren for Abrams FOV T158LL track components (June 2025, completion October 2026).

Activity has grown substantially. Awards per year increased from 79 in 2022 to 199 in 2024, with 187 in 2025 and 28 awarded in the first months of 2026 (reflecting partial-year capture). The combined potential value across all awards reaches $5.44 billion, with $1.56 billion obligated (29% realization). In the next twenty-four months, 37 awards reach ultimate completion and face recompete, carrying combined potential value of $119.9 million—modest relative to the overall portfolio but signals recompete activity across multiple DLA IDCs and Army vehicle production orders.

LOC Performance Products subcontracts to major defense primes on platform production. BAE Systems Land & Armaments appears as prime on 33 sub-awards spanning M109A7 self-propelled howitzer production, Bradley A4 follow-on manufacturing, AMPV early-order material (Ukraine support), M88A2 recovery vehicle production, and systems technical support for Bradley and MLRS carrier families. General Dynamics Land Systems names the vendor on four sub-awards for Abrams family vehicle work, Abrams requirements contract delivery orders, and SEPV3 upgrades. AMZ Alabama Inc. (likely a sub-supplier) appears on two rolling bearing supply orders. These relationships signal deep integration into Army vehicle production across multiple platforms and program phases.

The vendor holds one federal grant sub-recipient award through the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences Inc. (June 2024) focused on rapid redesign and manufacturing methods to sustain critical vehicle steering components—a capability-building initiative aligned with the vendor's core product line. Federal grant presence is minimal in the source; the bulk of the footprint is contract work.

On corporate structure, the source lists three entries for "LOC Performance Products LLC" as subsidiary entities under the parent, suggesting potential operational or tax structure layering, but all appear to carry identical names and no distinct subsidiary branding or separate CAGE codes are evident. The "American Rheinmetall" doing-business-as designation hints at possible German parent ownership or alignment (Rheinmetall AG is a major German defense contractor), but the source does not confirm a parent entity relationship.

LOC Performance Products operates in a consolidation-friendly segment: specialized military automotive component manufacturing with recurring, high-volume sustainment demand across established platforms (Abrams, Bradley, Stryker, AMPV fleets). The $5.4 billion portfolio, 96% prime win rate, and deep teaming with BAE Systems and General Dynamics position the vendor as a mid-tier supplier to both direct Army vehicle production and DLA supply-chain sustainment. Competitive posture is full-and-open; no set-aside categories recur in the award history, indicating the vendor does not hold small-business, disadvantaged-business, or veteran-owned designations and competes on capability and pricing against all eligible contractors.