Loos & Co Inc.

Loos & Co Inc., doing business as Wire Rope DIV, manufactures military specification aircraft cable, wire rope assemblies, cable assemblies, and precision wire components for aerospace and defense applications as a foreign-owned, for-profit prime contractor based in Pomfret Center, Connecticut. The company is a small business that competes predominantly in full-and-open procurements, with recurring participation in total small business set-asides.

Loos & Co's federal customer base concentrates heavily on the Defense Logistics Agency, which accounts for approximately 92% of awards across its recent footprint. DLA Aviation dominates the portfolio with 3,301 awards valued at $73.9 million in combined potential value, followed by the broader Defense Logistics Agency with 216 awards at $38 million, and the Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard with 51 awards at $17.9 million. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Naval Sea Systems Command round out the active customer set, with the top five agencies representing 85% of combined potential value. DLA Aviation's concentration is both deep and broad—the vendor holds six active Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA Aviation, each with ceiling values near $250,000 and performance periods extending through 2028 or 2029.

Loos & Co's capability portfolio centers on wire rope, cable assemblies, and related aircraft components. Representative work includes a $127,595.60 purchase order from the U.S. Coast Guard for 94 cable assemblies (NSN 4010-01-HR1-1966) for MH-65 aircraft on June 1, 2026; a $240,371.16 purchase order from NOAA for 47 reels of galvanized steel wire for the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory's oceanographic buoy program on May 13, 2025; a $1.3 million fixed-price delivery order with economic price adjustment from the Coast Guard for wire rope supplies (total small business set-aside) on May 22, 2024; and a $99,344.07 delivery order from the Coast Guard for wire rope on September 16, 2024. The company's primary work streams support aircraft maintenance, maritime operations, and oceanographic research through supply of specialized wire products.

Loos & Co places the vast majority of its task orders under five parent Indefinite Delivery Contracts. IDC SPM40003D9436 accounts for 595 task orders valued at $11.5 million combined potential value, IDC SP040003D9436 carries 201 task orders at $37.9 million, IDC SPE4A614D0391 encompasses 447 task orders at $777 thousand, IDC SPE4A615D0078 holds 96 task orders at $267 thousand, and IDC SPM50005D0287 includes 73 task orders at $960 thousand. These vehicles are primarily DLA Aviation IDCs designated for wire rope assemblies, cable assemblies, and related wire-based products, some with total small business set-aside designations and others open to full-and-open competition.

Activity peaked in 2023 with 185 awards and has since declined—2024 showed 150 awards, 2025 recorded 86 awards, and year-to-date 2026 has produced only 9 awards through June. This downward trajectory reflects either contract consolidation, fewer but larger task orders, or potential recompete pressures. The recompete cliff is modest: only 10 awards valued at $270 thousand reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, suggesting limited near-term recompete risk relative to the vendor's overall portfolio exposure.

Loos & Co operates almost exclusively as a prime contractor—4,072 of 4,074 awards (100%) are prime contracts or IDVs, with only 2 subcontract awards identified in the source data. The single named subcontract relationship is with Derco Aerospace, Inc., for manufacturing of aircraft spares supporting U.S. government requirements (December 12, 2023).

The vendor's work concentration is high across specific commodity codes: 2,987 awards fall under Chain and Wire Rope (PSC code), 761 under Aircraft Control Cable Products, and 120 under Wire, Nonelectrical. NAICS concentration mirrors this—Other Fabricated Wire Product Manufacturing accounts for 1,489 awards, Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing for 1,169 awards, and All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing for 635 awards. The geographic footprint is tightly centered on the vendor's Pomfret Center, Connecticut manufacturing facility, where all identified performance takes place. The long SAM.gov registration history (dating to 2002) and sustained annual order volume from DLA Aviation underscore Loos & Co's position as an embedded, specialized supplier to the defense logistics supply chain for aerospace-grade wire products.

MANUFACTURER OF WIRE, WIRE ROPE AND ASSEMBLIES SERVING THE MILITARY, AEROSPACE AND COMMERCIAL MARKETS AS WELL AS EXPORTS.