Robrad Tool & Engineering, Inc.

Robrad Tool & Engineering, Inc., a veteran-owned manufacturer of precision machined components and aircraft parts, operates as a subcontractor to prime aerospace and defense primes, with 70% of recent awards held as prime contracts to federal agencies and 30% as subcontract work. The company is structured as a for-profit corporate entity and holds veteran-owned business designation.

Robrad's capability portfolio centers on precision machine shop work, metal fabrication, and specialized aerospace component manufacturing. Recent work includes small-precision machining and metal parts production under the Space Launch System (SLS) Booster Production and Operations Contract (BPOC) for NASA, housing positioner assemblies for Honeywell International, and cutting tools and machine tool accessories supplied to defense logistics and Air Force customers. The company's activity is sparse across the source window — ten total awards spanning 2005 to 2026 with awards clustered in individual years rather than sustained volume — but obligated dollars ($168 thousand) significantly exceed combined potential value ($14 thousand), indicating that much of the source's award record reflects completed or heavily-invoiced subcontract work rather than open opportunity.

Customer concentration is distributed across space and defense primes rather than a single agency. NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, the Department of the Air Force Pacific Air Forces, and the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation each account for two awards; the Department of the Air Force Air National Guard, Air Combat Command, and the Department of the Army Vermont Army National Guard round out the customer set. Top product categories include other aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment manufacturing (six awards), fabricated pipe and pipe fitting manufacturing (two awards), and guided missile and space vehicle propulsion unit parts manufacturing (two awards). Robrad subcontracts primarily to Honeywell International and holds one task order position under a Basic Ordering Agreement with the Defense Logistics Agency. The vendor's posture is as a specialized machine-shop supplier in the aerospace industrial base, serving primes on long-duration production contracts rather than as a prime to federal agencies.