Ontic Engineering & Manufacturing, Inc.

Ontic Engineering & Manufacturing, Inc., doing business as Ontic US, manufactures aerospace components and provides maintenance, repair, and overhaul services to the Department of Defense and federal aviation agencies as a prime contractor (95% of recent awards), competing on full-and-open competitive basis with no SBA set-asides. The company is a for-profit manufacturer headquartered in Chatsworth, California, with a parent structure encompassing six subsidiaries including Centroid, Inc., Aircraft Belts, Inc., and Ontic MRO, Inc., several of which carry foreign ownership designations; Ontic holds no federal certifications as a prime and operates across primary NAICS codes 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing), 335312 (Motor and Generator Manufacturing), and related manufacturing classifications.

Ontic's federal work centers on supplying aircraft landing gear components, engine fuel system parts, fasteners, electrical assemblies, and specialized hardware to military aviation sustainment operations. Representative recent prime awards include a $3.57 million definitive contract from the Department of Defense Aviation for aircraft control surface parts kits (awarded April 28, 2026), a $2.34 million delivery order from the U.S. Coast Guard for MH-60T helicopter struts (December 18, 2025), a $1.19 million definitive contract from DoD Aviation for parts kit control components (May 18, 2026), and multiple six-figure purchase orders from the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation for electromechanical parts kits, signal lights, indicator lights, and specialized actuator assemblies across 2025 and 2026. Work is performed at the Chatsworth, California facility (with one noted delivery order performance location in Medford, New York, and another in Denton, Texas).

Customer concentration is extreme and persistent. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation accounts for 4,444 awards (63% of the prime footprint) worth $726.1 million combined potential value — a dominant share that reflects Ontic's role as a critical spare-parts supplier within DLA's logistics network. The top five customers (DLA Aviation, Naval Supply Systems Command, Army Materiel Command Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command, Air Force Sustainment Center, and DLA Land and Maritime) cover 93% of combined potential value, with the five-customer concentration driven almost entirely by DLA Aviation's volume. This heavy skew creates recompete exposure: 166 awards (combined potential value $44.5 million) reach ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months.

Ontic's vehicle position centers on a constellation of DLA-issued basic ordering agreements and indefinite delivery contracts. The company places work under BOA SPRPA114G003X (590 task orders, $44.9 million combined potential value), IDC SPE4AX16D9471 (330 task orders, $46.7 million combined potential value), IDC FA852621D0001 (251 task orders), IDC N0038308G005B (242 task orders, $35 million combined potential value), and BOA SPE4A120G0005 (160 task orders, $18.3 million combined potential value). Additionally, the company holds a $10 million basic ordering agreement with Defense Aviation (awarded November 1, 2025, extending through October 31, 2030), a $357,556 single-award indefinite delivery contract with the Air Force Sustainment Center for TH-1H helicopter receiver-transmitter repair (awarded July 10, 2025, completing July 9, 2026), and a $1.02 million Air Force Sustainment Center contract for KC-135 centrifugal clutch assembly overhauls extending through April 2030. The Coast Guard maintains a $3.8 million indefinite delivery vehicle for MH-60T aircraft struts (noted in awards as generating delivery orders).

Activity has grown materially year over year — 246 awards in 2022 to 476 in 2025 — with 131 awards in the first eight months of 2026. Combined potential value across all awards totals $972.6 million, with $653.4 million obligated to date (67% realization).

Ontic subcontracts to major defense primes as a component and assembly supplier. Named sub-relationships include The Boeing Company (multiple sub-awards under C-17 Globemaster III sustainment and virtual fleet material orders spanning 2025–2026), Bell Textron Inc. (AH-1Z helicopter platform work and performance-based logistics orders), Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (heat exchanger supply), Rolls-Royce Corporation (engine parts depot work), and General Electric Company (engine parts BOA). The sub-footprint (349 awards, 5% of total) reflects Ontic's secondary role as a lower-tier supplier to primes building and sustaining military platforms.

The award portfolio composition reinforces a narrow specialization: 2,069 awards fall under NAICS 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing); 789 under 336412 (Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing); 434 under 336411 (Aircraft Manufacturing); and 791 under hardware manufacturing. Top product service code concentration includes 828 awards for aircraft landing gear components, 584 for engine fuel system components, 445 for miscellaneous aircraft accessories and components, and 351 for nuts and washers. This concentration reflects Ontic's function within the defense supply chain: a high-velocity component provider to DLA Aviation's spare-parts logistics system serving aging military platforms including the KC-135, MH-60T, C-17, and B-52.