PCX Aerostructures, LLC

PCX Aerostructures, LLC, doing business as PCX, manufactures and overhauls helicopter rotor components, airframe structures, and critical aerostructure parts as a prime contractor (81% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor to Boeing, Sikorsky Aircraft, and Lockheed Martin on Department of Defense helicopter production and sustainment programs. The company is a for-profit manufacturer headquartered in Newington, Connecticut, competing under full-and-open procurement with no SBA set-aside designations across its federal footprint.

PCX's capability portfolio centers on maintenance, overhaul, and manufacturing of rotary-wing components for legacy and modernized platforms. Primary work includes maintenance and overhaul of AH-64 Apache rotary-wing heads (NSN 1615-01-512-0889), CH-47 Chinook hollow-pin components (NSN 5315-01-295-7008), and supply of aircraft structural and transmission components supporting Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command programs. Representative recent work includes a $16.1 million delivery order awarded May 4, 2026, by Aviation and Missile Command for AH-64 Apache head maintenance and overhaul extending through May 5, 2028, performed in Newington; a single-award indefinite delivery contract valued at $105 million (ceiling) also awarded May 4, 2026, for Apache rotary-wing head sustainment through April 30, 2031; a $1.4 million delivery order for CH-47 hollow-pin overhaul under the CH-47F Block II modernization program (August 19, 2024); and a $10.7 million delivery order for Apache main rotor head maintenance supporting the AH-64E Apache Remanufacture major defense program (February 15, 2022, completion August 30, 2023).

Customer concentration is extreme. The Department of the Army Materiel Command Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command accounts for 238 awards (35% of total) and $936.3 million in combined potential value (83% of the portfolio). The Department of the Army proper holds 133 awards for $96.1 million, and the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation rounds the top three with 38 awards for $49.8 million. Together, these three customer entities account for 76% of awards and 96% of combined potential value. PCX's sole two-customer concentration — Army aviator platforms and supporting logistics agencies — leaves the vendor entirely dependent on Army helicopter production and sustainment cycles with minimal diversification into other defense sectors or civilian agencies.

PCX holds positions on five named indefinite-delivery contracts, with the two largest carrying the heaviest traffic. IDC W58RGZ18D0082 carries 21 task orders with undisclosed individual values; IDC W58RGZ04D0227 has generated 18 task orders valued at $10.3 million combined; IDC W58RGZ21D0094 has produced 16 task orders; IDC W58RGZ10D0127 carries 7 task orders worth $35.3 million combined; and IDC SPRPA118D002U has issued 7 task orders. All are Army IDCs tied to Apache or Chinook sustainment and procurement.

Activity has grown sharply — two awards in 2022 to fifty-three in 2024, then moderating to forty-five in 2025 and thirty-one in 2026 (through August). Recompete exposure is minimal: only two awards are scheduled for ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, carrying combined potential value of $17.6 million. The portfolio's $1.13 billion ceiling value reflects $780.3 million in obligated dollars (69% utilization).

PCX operates a corporate group encompassing seven subsidiaries including PCX Aerosystems-Manchester, PCX Aerosystems Enfield, Integral Aerospace, Honematic Machine Corporation, and Alken Industries. These entities operate as manufacturer and servicer entities across multiple facility locations, though award details do not distinguish subsidiary-specific performance.

In subcontractor roles, PCX supplies rotor hubs, swashplate assemblies, and helicopter components to Boeing under AH-64E Apache new-build programs for foreign military sale customers (Poland 96 aircraft, Egypt 2, Kuwait 8) and CH-47F Chinook aircraft procurement; the vendor also supplies helicopter components and long-lead items to Sikorsky Aircraft under CH-53K production and H-53 Phase III programs, and executes technical modifications under Lockheed Martin Black Hawk production and Combat Rescue Helicopter programs. These subcontracts reflect PCX's position as a critical component supplier embedded in major airframe prime production streams rather than standalone component work.

The portfolio clusters heavily in aerostructure manufacturing (NAICS 481112 — Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing accounts for 281 awards; Aircraft Manufacturing 83 awards) and correspondingly in PSC codes for helicopter rotor components (318 awards), airframe structures (41 awards), and miscellaneous aircraft accessories (22 awards). This concentration signal — both in customer and capability — positions PCX as a single-platform specialist vulnerable to production cycles and modernization timing on two aircraft types (Apache and Chinook) rather than as a diversified supplier.