Performance Aircraft Services, Inc.

Performance Aircraft Services, Inc., doing business as Performance Aircraft Fuel Systems, is a woman-owned small business based in Grapevine, Texas, that manufactures and repairs aircraft fuel system components and delivers fuel tank maintenance and sealant services to the U.S. Navy as a prime contractor (91% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor to defense primes. The company competes predominantly full-and-open, with no set-aside posture across its prime footprint despite its WOSB certification.

The vendor's capability portfolio centers on specialized aircraft fuel system maintenance, repair, and overhaul. Core work includes sealant removal and reapplication on fuel tanks and fuel cells, primer application, pressure checking, fuel leak detection and repair, fuel bladder overhauls, and delivery of repaired or new fuel tank and cell components. Representative prime contracts include a $88.8 million definitive contract awarded by Naval Air Systems Command in May 2026 for E-6B sealant removal and application services running through December 2032 at Tinker Air Force Base; a $7.9 million delivery order from Naval Air Systems Command in April 2023 for sealing the Fuel Tank Service Unit center tank at Tinker; and a $4.15 million delivery order from Naval Air Systems Command in August 2022 for stripping and sealing Aircraft 162784. The vendor also holds a $6.9 million indefinite delivery contract with Naval Supply Systems Command (March 2024 through March 2027) for F/A-18 fuel cell repair and maintenance supporting U.S. Navy and Foreign Military Sales requirements. The vendor manufactures adhesive products and supplies them through a secondary revenue stream of approximately 25 awards to the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support and other federal agencies.

Customer concentration is severe and Navy-dominated. The top five funding agencies by potential value account for 95% of recent combined potential value. Naval Air Systems Command dominates dollar exposure: 28 awards worth $200.7 million in combined potential value. Naval Supply Systems Command contributes 32 awards with $8.9 million combined potential value, and the broader Department of the Navy (across multiple commands) accounts for additional tranches totaling $10.6 million and $2.5 million. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support and Aviation programs contribute minimal dollar volume ($127 thousand and $71 thousand respectively across 39 awards) through adhesive supply contracts. The U.S. Coast Guard holds 13 awards worth $1 million combined potential value for fuel tank repair services on MH-65, HC-130J, and C-130H aircraft. This concentration reflects Performance Aircraft Services' specialization in Navy aviation fuel systems: the vendor competes rarely outside the Department of the Navy and Coast Guard.

The vendor holds position on five named parent indefinite delivery contracts. The largest vehicle by task order volume is Naval Supply Systems Command IDC N0038324DB901, which generated 30 task orders worth $1.9 million in combined potential value for fuel cell procurement and repair. Naval Air Systems Command IDC N0014006G0001 generated 20 task orders worth $19.1 million for aircraft fuel tank services. Naval Air Systems Command IDC N0001918D0118 generated 12 task orders worth $35.7 million. A fixed-price IDC (FA850421D0001) from an Air Force entity generated 10 task orders. The vendor also appears on the P-8A Airframe Depot Maintenance and Repair vehicle with 3 task orders. These IDCs are the primary bid vehicles; the vendor does not appear on government-wide acquisition contracts or GSA Schedules.

Activity has grown significantly but is decelerating. The vendor delivered four awards in 2022, 29 in 2023, 37 in 2024, and 19 in 2025, with two awards year-to-date through May 2026. The trajectory shows rapid growth from 2022 through 2024, followed by a sharp decline in 2025 despite recent large awards in May and June 2026. Eight awards with combined potential value of $1.4 million reach ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, representing modest recompete exposure relative to the vendor's large, long-duration prime contracts (the E-6B contract runs through December 2032; the Fuel Tank Service Unit center tank work through January 2026).

Performance Aircraft Services subcontracts primarily to L3Harris Technologies Integrated Systems L.P. on aircraft maintenance and modification work. Named sub awards under L3Harris include C-130 Hercules heavy maintenance support (multiple 2024 awards), C-130 unscheduled depot-level maintenance and programmed depot maintenance, P-8A Poseidon airframe depot maintenance and repair, and incorporation of configuration-changing service bulletins into P-8A aircraft. The vendor also subcontracts to Boeing (FY23 maintenance and modifications order technology work, May 2025). Across the sub footprint, Performance Aircraft Services delivers fuel system component repair and aircraft maintenance support as a specialized component of larger platform sustainment efforts led by the primes.

The vendor's NAICS concentration underscores its dual-capability posture: 60 awards fall under Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (494130), 27 under Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance (811310), 26 under Other Support Activities for Air Transportation (488190), and 25 under Adhesive Manufacturing (325520). PSC codes track this split: 63 awards carry Airframe Structural Components (1680), 33 carry Maint/Repair/Rebuild of Equipment–Aircraft and Airframe Structural Components (1681), and 25 carry Adhesives (2310).

Aircraft fuel leak detection, analysis, and repair utilizing state of the art procedures. FAA approved structural repairs & mods. Certified fuel bladder repair. Fleet wide custom fuel tank preventive maintenance & extensive reliability tracking systems. Aircraft fuel tank sealant removal and reseal. AquaStripping.