Pinnacle Research And Aviation, LLC

Pinnacle Research And Aviation, LLC, a foreign-owned subsidiary of Intermetra Corporation headquartered in Medley, Florida, supplies hard-to-locate aviation and mechanical components to the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) as a prime contractor on a high-volume purchase-order basis, competing predominantly full-and-open with selective use of total small business set-asides. The vendor is a for-profit limited liability partnership that does not hold SBA certifications and operates across 2,250 federal awards (all prime, 100% of footprint) valued at $19.9 million combined potential, with $19.4 million already obligated. Activity has declined year over year—131 awards in 2022 down to nine in 2026 to date—reflecting a shift from transactional purchase orders to consolidation under a single-award indefinite delivery contract.

Pinnacle's capability portfolio centers on procurement and delivery of specialized replacement parts for aging military aircraft, vehicles, and defense systems. Representative work includes a $95,200 erector assembly delivered to DLA Aviation in January 2026; a $78,000 collapsible yoke (NSN 4920008870461) under a total small business set-aside completed in May 2026; a $54,087 axial fan impeller under total small business set-aside in March 2025; a $49,798 pair of Landi control panels in November 2025; and a $41,000 cab shell for DLA Land and Maritime in March 2024. The vendor sources and delivers electrical components (relays, switches, circuit breakers, indicator lights, transformers, connectors), mechanical assemblies (rod end assemblies, bearings, bushings, seals, bellows), hydraulic system parts (pumps, valves, pressure gages, flow controls), structural aircraft components (fairings, ducts, covers, access panels), and miscellaneous hardware (bolts, nuts, pins, rivets, washers, springs) in quantities ranging from single units to batches of sixteen units per order.

Customer concentration sits entirely with the Defense Logistics Agency across three divisions. DLA Aviation accounts for 1,327 awards ($12.4 million combined potential value, 62% of the footprint), DLA Land and Maritime for 633 awards ($5.3 million, 27%), DLA Troop Support Hardware for 179 awards ($628 thousand, 3%), and DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment for 42 awards ($321 thousand, 2%). Outside DLA, the Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command placed 19 awards ($602 thousand). The portfolio is heavily concentrated in DLA Aviation: 59% of all awards by count and 62% of all potential value flow through that single customer.

Pinnacle holds a single active indefinite delivery contract with DLA Land and Maritime—a total small business set-aside IDC awarded March 16, 2026, with a $350,000 ceiling and completion date of March 15, 2027, for Cylinder Assembly A (NSN 3040013292189) under NAICS 333613 (Mechanical Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing). This vehicle represents a strategic consolidation: the historical purchase-order footprint (averaging eight orders per year across DLA) now channels through a single vehicle with guaranteed minimum quantity of seven units and estimated eight orders annually. Prior to this award, the vendor operated under a $250,000 indefinite delivery contract with DLA Land and Maritime for pump parts and components (cited repeatedly in award descriptions as the vehicle enabling rapid procurement of hard-to-source parts), though that vehicle does not appear in the current top-vehicles block, suggesting it may have completed or been superseded.

Recompete and activity signals show contraction. The most recent award (March 24, 2026) was a $5,367 compressor drive shaft purchase order to DLA Aviation—consistent with the historical transactional pattern but approaching completion. Award velocity dropped sharply: 59 awards in 2024, 86 in 2025, and only nine in 2026 year-to-date through March. This decline aligns with the shift to the single $350,000 IDC vehicle awarded in March 2026, which consolidates procurement into a streamlined mechanism rather than continuous spot purchases. The $350,000 ceiling on the new IDC represents the company's near-term recompete exposure; once that vehicle completes in March 2027, Pinnacle must secure successor awards to maintain the revenue base that historically averaged $3.98 million per year across 2022–2025.

The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint in the source data. Pinnacle is capitalized as a wholly owned subsidiary of Intermetra Corporation, also foreign-owned and for-profit, sharing the same Medley, Florida address. The parent company structure does not carry visible DLA contracts itself; Pinnacle Research And Aviation operates as the dedicated federal contracting entity. Across 2,250 awards, the vendor demonstrates sustained capability in sourcing and delivering specialized aviation and mechanical components within DLA's compressed timelines—typical order completions range from one to four months—supporting the agency's global logistics mission to maintain equipment readiness for aging military aircraft and vehicle fleets.