MSP Aviation, Inc.

MSP Aviation, Inc., doing business as MSP Manufacturing, is a small business precision machining and aerospace component manufacturer based in Bloomington, Indiana, that competes full-and-open (no set-aside posture) and operates exclusively as a prime contractor on Department of Defense and civilian federal contracts, with the vast majority of work supporting U.S. Navy aircraft and electronic warfare programs.

The company is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation structured as a corporate entity. MSP Aviation holds ISO 9001 and AS9100D certifications and specializes in build-to-print precision machined parts, fabrication, welding, assembly, cold plate assemblies, shock mount enclosures, composite tubes, and countermeasures system components for defense-critical aerospace platforms. Recent representative work includes a $708,123 delivery order from Naval Air Systems Command (April 2026) for external skins and ribs supporting ALQ-218 wing tip pod production at NSWC Crane; a $672,450 delivery order from Naval Sea Systems Command (November 2025) for machined assets supporting the AN/ALQ-99(V) Airborne Electronic Countermeasures Program; a $1.2 million delivery order from Naval Air Systems Command (May 2023) for WRA shipping container assemblies in support of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet program; and a $291,044 delivery order from Naval Air Systems Command (July 2023) for SLQ-32(V)6 gable covers under the Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures MDAP.

Customer concentration is acute and Navy-centric. The top three customer agencies account for approximately 92% of awards by count and 92% of combined potential value. Naval Sea Systems Command leads by dollar value at 89 awards worth $201.4 million; Naval Air Systems Command follows with 104 awards worth $84.9 million; and NASA Glenn Research Center contributes one award worth $5 million. The Navy's dominance reflects MSP Aviation's entrenched position in EA-18G Growler and F/A-18E/F Super Hornet component supply chains, with secondary exposure to electronic warfare countermeasures systems (ALE-47, ALQ-99(V), SLQ-32), P-8A Poseidon, and Ship Self Defense System programs.

MSP Aviation holds a $30 million Indefinite Delivery Contract (N0016424DWS80) jointly awarded by Naval Air Systems Command and Naval Sea Systems Command on September 3, 2024, extending through April 1, 2034, with seventeen task orders totaling $2.6 million in combined potential value issued to date. This contract anchors work on ALE-47 and SLQ-32 countermeasures systems and EA-18G and F/A-18E/F aircraft programs. Older legacy IDCs — N0016411DWS42 (60 task orders, $5.5 million) and N0016408DWS04 (36 task orders, $3.8 million) — remain active but appear to be in sustainment or wind-down. The company also holds a $5 million Blanket Purchase Agreement with NASA Glenn Research Center (awarded August 2022, terminating April 2025) covering machining, fabrication, welding, instrumentation, inspection, and non-destructive testing services. Defense Logistics Agency awards (57 purchase orders totaling $129 thousand) represent low-dollar, high-frequency hardware component supply — primarily fasteners and clamps — across DLA Troop Support Hardware and Land and Maritime.

Award activity has been steady and growing modestly — ten awards in 2022, nine in 2023, twelve in 2024, and fourteen in 2025, with four awards recorded through early April 2026. The combined potential value across all 321 prime awards is $319.3 million, with only $18.8 million obligated to date (6% of potential), reflecting the backlog nature of IDC task-order work. Recompete risk over the next twenty-four months is minimal — only three awards valued at approximately $1 million reach ultimate completion by mid-2028. The 321 awards span machine shops (169 awards), hardware manufacturing (73), and aircraft parts and components manufacturing (38), with the bulk of the activity concentrated under NAICS codes for machine shops and miscellaneous aircraft accessories and components.

MSP Aviation has no subcontractor footprint in the source data — all 321 awards are prime positions, indicating the company performs the manufacturing work in-house at its Bloomington, Indiana facility. The vendor's federal contracting tenure spans from its SAM.gov registration in 2006 through continuous contract awards without observed gaps, positioning it as an established tier-two aerospace supplier deeply embedded in Navy electronic warfare supply chains rather than a recent market entrant or generalist manufacturer.

MSP Aviation, Inc. manufactures precision machined assemblies and sheet metal fabrications such as electronic and avionic boxes, housings, enclosures, vessels, mounts and brackets. With multi-axis CNC mills, CNC lathes and a plethora of 'high tech' complementary machining and fabrication equipment, MSP offers its customers a wide range of machining and sheet metal fabrication capability. From short run prototypes to large quantity production runs, MSP is a highly versatile and highly efficient organization.