RBC Aircraft Products, Inc.

RBC Aircraft Products, Inc., doing business as RBC Aircraft Products Inc., manufactures precision aerospace bearings—ball, roller, needle, annular, and duplex types for airframe and military aircraft applications—and supplies these components to the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation as a prime contractor on full-and-open federal contracts, competing without set-aside designations. Based in Torrington, Connecticut, RBC is a for-profit manufacturer of goods (NAICS 332991, Ball and Roller Bearing Manufacturing; PSC 4610, Bearings) and operates predominantly as a prime contractor, with subcontract activity representing less than 1% of its recent award footprint.

RBC's federal customer base is heavily concentrated on a single agency: the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation accounts for 1,682 of the vendor's 1,761 awards (approximately 95% of activity) and $63.1 million of the $69.7 million combined potential value. The Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command, Defense Contract Management Agency, and Army Acquisition Support Center represent minimal secondary customers. This concentration is matched by deep focus on a single product category—bearing components dominate, with 1,728 of 1,761 awards classified under PSC 4610 (Bearings, Antifriction, Unmounted).

RBC holds seven active single-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA Aviation, with ceiling values ranging from $250,000 to $1.27 million and performance periods extending through 2028, 2029, and 2030. The largest IDC, awarded April 16, 2024, carries a $1.27 million ceiling for duplex ball bearings through April 15, 2029; a recent July 2, 2025 IDC for airframe ball bearings carries a $520,589.80 ceiling through July 1, 2030; and four additional IDVs each carry $250,000 to $350,000 ceilings. RBC places the majority of its task orders against these parent vehicles—the top five IDCs generated 372 task orders collectively—enabling streamlined procurement of bearing components across variable military aircraft maintenance requirements. Representative prime work includes a $336,788.44 purchase order from DLA Aviation for annular ball bearings (awarded January 29, 2025), a $288,886.08 delivery order for roller needle bearings (January 14, 2026), and a $216,243.02 purchase order for aircraft ball bearings (July 31, 2025), all firm fixed-price awards with completion dates through 2027.

Activity has remained relatively stable over the past five years, ranging from 80 to 117 awards annually, with 92 awards in 2025 and 17 recorded in 2026 year-to-date. Sixty-five awards (combined potential value $1.9 million) carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, representing modest recompete exposure for the vendor's existing IDC portfolio. The vendor holds no parent contract vehicles at the GWAC, NASA SEWP, or GSA AAS level; its entire federal footprint operates through direct DLA Aviation single-award IDCs and delivery orders issued against them.

RBC's subcontract presence is minimal and recent. Four Boeing subcontract awards, all dated December 17, 2024, relate to CH-47 Chinook common aerospace commodities and engineering change proposals; these represent the vendor's only visible defense prime teaming activity in the source data. The vendor's award portfolio carries no indication of teaming with major systems integrators beyond Boeing engagement.

RBC competes entirely in the full-and-open federal marketplace, holding no 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, or other set-aside certifications. The vendor has maintained SAM.gov registration since September 2006, demonstrating a twenty-year presence as a federal supplier. All work is performed at its Torrington, Connecticut facility. The vendor's strategy is narrowly focused—a single agency customer, a single product category, and a single contracting approach through indefinite delivery vehicles—positioning it as a specialized supplier embedded in DLA Aviation's bearing procurement ecosystem rather than a diversified federal contractor.