Martin-Baker America Inc.
Johnstown, PA
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Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
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Its parent company, Martin-Baker Aircraft Company Limited, ranks:
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 169 Jari Dr, Johnstown, PA 15904, USA
- Website
- martin-baker.com
- Founded
- 1934
- Employees
- 1K-5K
- Estimated annual revenue
- $250M-$500M
- Industry
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- Industrials
- Capital Goods
- Aerospace & Defense
- SIC code
- 37 Transportation Equipment
- Profiles
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $36,467,051 |
| FY2025 | $18,376,818 |
| FY2024 | $26,009,784 |
| FY2023 | $15,050,335 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of the Navy | $23,012,422 | |
| 2 | Defense Logistics Agency | $10,595,718 | |
| 3 | Department of the Army | $2,140,765 | |
| 4 | Air Force | $718,146 |
Contract awards
| Award | Agency | Obligated | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8512232455 | Aviation (DLA) | $680 | |
| Garter assembly, leg | Aviation (DLA) | $3,543 | |
| Garter assembly, leg | Aviation (DLA) | $3,543 | |
| Strap, webbing | Aviation (DLA) | $304 | |
| Cover, seat cushion | Aviation (DLA) | $1,438 |
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Contract subawards
| Prime contractor | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defense Systems And Solutions | W58RGZ26F0135 | $1,418,103 | |
| Defense Systems And Solutions | W58RGZ26F0018 | $237,239 | |
| Defense Systems And Solutions | W58RGZ22F0274 | $195,756 | |
| Defense Systems And Solutions | W58RGZ25F0212 | $3,249,187 | |
| Defense Systems And Solutions | W58RGZ25F0185 | $758,916 |
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About the company
Martin-Baker America Inc., a foreign-owned manufacturer of aviation safety equipment, supplies ejection seat components, parachutes, harnesses, and related military aircraft safety systems to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor on full-and-open, firm fixed-price delivery orders with no set-aside designations. The company is a subsidiary of UK-based Martin-Baker Aircraft Company LIMITED and operates from Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
Martin-Baker's federal footprint is dominated by small-value, high-volume transactional work. The vendor has received 19,631 prime awards totaling $1.23 billion in combined potential value since 2008, with 99 percent of that value and 98.6 percent of all awards flowing from the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Aviation. Within the past five years, award volume has declined moderately—from 1,960 in 2022 to 399 through mid-2026—but the company remains a critical single-source supplier for specialized ejection seat repair and component manufacturing. The second and third largest customers, the Army Materiel Command Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command (167 awards, $60.4 million) and the Army Acquisition Support Center PEO Aviation (22 awards, $48 million), together account for less than six percent of the company's footprint.
The work is organized around five primary indefinite-delivery contracts (IDCs) with DLA Aviation, which collectively anchor 16,253 task orders valued at approximately $76 million. Contract SPE4AX22D9401 represents the largest vehicle, carrying 7,694 task orders and $38.4 million in combined potential value. The task orders themselves are small—median values in the thousands to tens of thousands of dollars—and cover a narrow component portfolio: seat back cushions, leg garter sets, parachute bridles, drogue canisters, harness assemblies, headpad assemblies, cable reels, personnel pack trays, aircraft safety belts, manual control handles, barostat assemblies, and related fasteners and mechanical subassemblies. Recent representative orders include a $2.86 million cable-reel delivery order (March 2026, due February 2027), a $692 thousand aircraft safety belt order (April 2026, due October 2027), a $305 thousand drogue canister order (March 2026, due April 2027), and a $129 thousand parachute bridle order (April 2026, due June 2027).
Beyond the DLA Aviation core, Martin-Baker holds a single-award indefinite-delivery contract (SPE4AX-24-D-XXXX) with the Air Force Sustainment Center valued at $4.1 million for repair of T-38C ejection seat components—automatic deployment units and powered inertia reel devices—through September 2026. Recent delivery orders under this vehicle include a $718 thousand repair order (January 2026, due September 2026) and a $660 thousand order completed August 2025.
The vendor's award portfolio is structured almost entirely around full-and-open prime awards to a single foreign-owned entity; subcontracting is negligible (22 sub-awards out of 19,631 total awards, or 0.1 percent). Of the minimal sub-work recorded, a May 2026 sub-award to Defense Systems and Solutions involved procurement of UH-60M aircraft components in support of Army work at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.
Martin-Baker faces modest recompete exposure: 1,110 awards valued at $20.6 million are set to complete within twenty-four months. The decline in annual award volume from prior years—2024 saw 1,999 awards versus 399 year-to-date in 2026—may reflect maturation of the DLA Aviation supply chain or a shift toward larger-value, longer-duration orders. The vendor competes exclusively in full-and-open, firm fixed-price delivery-order environments with no set-aside utilization, positioning it as a mainstream defense supplier rather than a preferred or designated contractor under any federal program.
Quick answers
Is Martin-Baker America Inc. registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Martin-Baker America Inc.'s SAM.gov registration is active through October 2, 2027.
How much has Martin-Baker America Inc. received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $18,376,818 to Martin-Baker America Inc. in fiscal year 2025 and $95,903,988 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does Martin-Baker America Inc. rank among federal contractors?
Martin-Baker America Inc.'s parent company, Martin-Baker Aircraft Company Limited, ranked #19 in PSC 1670, #38 in PSC 1680 and #39 in PSC 1377 in FY2025.
What is Martin-Baker America Inc.'s most recent federal award?
Martin-Baker America Inc.'s most recent federal contract award is 8512232455 (SPE4A226P0011), from Aviation (DLA), on July 13, 2026.
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