Orkal Industries LLC

Orkal Industries LLC, a Carle Place, New York-based subsidiary of Future Metals LLC (itself owned by Berkshire Hathaway's Turtle Top division), supplies fluid conveyance products, aircraft maintenance components, and defense logistics equipment to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor on 89% of its recent awards, with no SBA set-aside certifications and no set-aside designation on any contract in the source.

Orkal competes predominantly full-and-open in the defense supply base. The company holds no small business, women-owned, HUBZone, SDVOSB, or 8(a) designations; all recent awards carry "No Set-Aside Used" language. This competitive posture reflects established market position rather than set-aside eligibility.

The capability portfolio centers on stocking distribution and supply of specialized aircraft components and fluid conveyance hardware. Representative prime work includes a $1.95 million definitive contract with the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime (awarded August 2024) for nonmetallic hose assemblies critical to military applications; a $564 thousand delivery order with DLA Aviation (January 2022) for fuel hose kits; a $368 thousand definitive contract with Air Force Materiel Command (August 2022) for Permaswage tube swaging kits for C-17 aircraft maintenance; a $342 thousand purchase order with DLA Land and Maritime (October 2021) for hose assemblies; and a $188 thousand purchase order with Air Education and Training Command (September 2024) for aircraft tubing repair kits. Beyond DLA, Orkal won a $79 thousand sole-source purchase order from the U.S. Coast Guard (July 2021) for Permaswage kits for C-27 aircraft, and a $139 thousand purchase order from the Navy's Pacific Fleet Forces (September 2021) for swage kits. Across all awards, the vendor supplies pressure dial gauges, loop clamps, reciprocating pumps, metallic tubes, couplings, washers, elbows, and technical manuals—the steady-state inventory of military aviation and vehicle maintenance logistics.

Customer concentration sits with defense logistics. The top five customer organizations account for 88% of recent awards. Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime leads by volume (124 awards, $6.4 million combined potential value), followed closely by DLA Troop Support Hardware (116 awards, $6.6 million), then Naval Air Systems Command (30 awards), DLA Aviation (24 awards, $3.2 million), and the Coast Guard (8 awards, $301 thousand). The rankings by potential value shift the picture: Army Materiel Command Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command anchors $8 million on only 2 awards, signaling occasional large platform-specific buys; DLA Troop Support holds $6.6 million across 116 awards; DLA Land and Maritime $6.4 million across 124; and DLA Aviation $3.2 million across 24. This split signals that Orkal's volume comes from routine DLA task orders (sub-$50 thousand each), while strategic dollars flow through Army and Navy requirements for specialized components or long-lead aircraft parts.

Orkal's prime footprint operates almost entirely through Defense Logistics Agency indefinite delivery contracts. The two largest IDVs are SPE5EY18D0506 (111 task orders, $494 thousand combined potential value) and SPE4A722D0060 (3 task orders, $942 thousand combined potential value). Two single-award IDVs directly held by Orkal carry ceiling values of $534 thousand (DLA Land and Maritime for reciprocating pumps, awarded April 2022, expiring April 2027) and $2 million (DLA Aviation for fuel hose kits, awarded December 2021, expiring December 2023—now expired). Task orders against these vehicles historically range from under $1,000 to over $375 thousand, with most clustering below $30 thousand.

Activity has remained moderately steady over the past five years — 42 awards in 2022, declining to 27 in 2023, rising to 47 in 2024, dropping to 19 in 2025, and 1 award recorded in 2026 year-to-date. Combined potential value across all 343 awards totals $28.6 million, with $17.6 million obligated (61%). Only three awards face ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $2 million), indicating limited recompete exposure in the near term.

In its subcontractor role—11% of recent awards—Orkal supplies aircraft parts and maintenance components to Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation on CH-53K King Stallion helicopter fuselage repair program lots, long-lead items, and part-number updates; to Lockheed Martin on aircraft parts modifications; to Science and Engineering Services on Aviation Mission Systems and Architecture program battle damage assessment and repair kit materials; to BAE Systems on F-16 swaging tool kits for Ukraine support; to Textron Systems on scope-of-work increases for material purchases; to General Dynamics Land Systems on Abrams tank upgrade deliveries; and to Textron Aviation Defense on T-6C training aircraft foreign military sales support. This subcontractor work aligns with the prime portfolio—specialized aircraft components and fluid conveyance for major rotary- and fixed-wing platforms.

Orkal's hardware supply concentration is evident in NAICS and PSC coding. Hardware Manufacturing dominates (146 awards), followed by Aircraft Manufacturing (33), Bolt/Nut/Screw/Rivet/Washer Manufacturing (30), Fabricated Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing (22), and Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Products (21). By PSC, Commercial Hardware leads (174 awards), then Hose/Pipe/Tube/Lubrication/Railing Fittings (29), Power and Hand Pumps (25), Hose and Flexible Tubing (23), and Pressure/Temperature/Humidity Measuring Instruments (11). The portfolio is narrowly specialized: Orkal is a stocking distributor and occasional specialized manufacturer of the commoditized and application-specific components that sustain military aviation readiness.