Middletown Composites Inc.

Middletown Composites Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S corporation based in Berea, Kentucky, manufactures precision composite, machining, and aerospace components for the Department of the Navy and the Department of Homeland Security as a prime contractor (63% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor to major defense primes. The company competes across a mix of Total Small Business set-asides and full-and-open procurements, with recent prime work anchored to a $30 million, 10-year Naval Sea Systems Command IDIQ for machine shop and composite fabrication.

Middletown's customer concentration is heavily naval. The top five customer agencies by combined potential value account for 100% of documented awards: Naval Air Systems Command (5 awards, $35.2 million combined potential value) and Naval Sea Systems Command (6 awards, $30.2 million) together represent 99% of the portfolio's dollar value, while the Coast Guard dominates award volume (39 awards, $271 thousand combined potential value) on much smaller individual transactions. The company has also worked with the Army Acquisition Support Center and U.S. Special Operations Command on smaller volumes. This split between volume and dollars is a distinguishing feature—the company delivers high-value composite and machining work to Navy customers while simultaneously servicing Coast Guard inventory through numerous small purchase orders for aircraft fairings and components.

Recent prime awards include a $108,847 delivery order from Naval Air Systems Command (May 2026) for JTT-GL radomes under Total Small Business set-aside, with completion scheduled for December 23, 2026, and a $10,000 minimum-guarantee delivery order from Naval Sea Systems Command (April 2024) supporting EA-18G Growler production, performing through April 2029. A $64,815 purchase order from the Missouri Army National Guard (January 2024) supplied antenna bases for UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter MAGNA-F systems. Smaller transactions with the Coast Guard and Defense Logistics Agency (2023–2024) valued between $7,350 and $31,740 covered aircraft fairings, pilot hover covers for MH-65 aircraft, and antenna bases.

Middletown holds a seat on the Naval Sea Systems Command Indefinite Delivery Contract H9225417D0001 (16 task orders), which serves as its primary vehicle for Navy work. The company also places task orders under Defense Systems and Solutions' Apache helicopter modernization contract (W58RGZ18D0001, 7 task orders) and participates in the Aviation System Modification Support 2019 vehicle (7 task orders). Two additional Navy IDICs carry smaller volumes (3 and 2 task orders respectively).

Activity peaked in 2023 with 17 awards, then moderated to 11 in 2024, 10 in 2025, and 3 through mid-2026, signaling a potential slowdown or shift in ordering patterns. Only one award completes within the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $109 thousand), suggesting limited near-term recompete pressure. Combined potential value across all awards is $65.9 million, though obligated dollars total only $10.5 million (16% of potential), indicating many awards remain unfunded or partially funded.

Middletown's subcontractor footprint centers on three major primes: Lockheed Martin (H-47 and H-60 helicopter fairing, plenum, and structural component manufacturing and installation), Defense Systems and Solutions (Apache survivability kits, support materials, and spares for foreign military sales), and Science and Engineering Services (H-60 common infrared countermeasure A-kits and unscheduled maintenance materials). Across the prime portfolio, Middletown also subs to Boeing (AH-64E Apache production), Amentum Services (antenna mount support), and Tyonek Worldwide Services (CH-47F countermeasure kits). The subcontract work spans 2022 through mid-2026 and reflects consistent engagement with rotorcraft modernization and sustainment programs—specifically the Apache, Blackhawk, Chinook, MH-65, and EA-18G platforms. NAICS concentration reflects this profile: 53 awards fall under Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (NAICS 336413), with secondary activity in support services and aircraft manufacturing. PSC coding emphasizes Miscellaneous Aircraft Accessories and Components (17 awards) and Maintenance/Repair/Rebuild of Aircraft Components (11 awards), underscoring the company's role as a supplier and repair specialist rather than a systems integrator or full-scope sustainment contractor.

A full service advanced composites provider, we use many products of the modern composite art and can design, engineer, prototype, tool, and manufacture a wide array of products. CNC machining, 3-D CAD, complete machine shop capabilities as well.