Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation headquartered in Stratford, Connecticut, is a prime contractor for military rotary-wing aircraft components and sustainment services across the Department of Defense, U.S. Coast Guard, and other federal agencies. Sikorsky competes exclusively in full-and-open procurements with no small business set-asides, operating as a large established aerospace manufacturer specializing in Original Equipment Manufacturer supply and logistics support for helicopter platforms including the MH-60T, UH-60M, H-60, and H-53E series.

Sikorsky's federal footprint is dominated by component procurement: aircraft structural parts (airframe skins, door assemblies, closures, window panels), rotary-wing subassemblies (blade rack assemblies, spindle assemblies, hub sub-assemblies, control panels), fasteners and hardware (bolts, nuts, rivets, brackets), and gearbox components account for the majority of recent awards. Representative work includes a $2.83 million U.S. Coast Guard delivery order (June 2026) for various MH-60T components, a $1.79 million Coast Guard order (June 2026) for spindle and hub sub-assembly overhaul, an $8.18 million Army indefinite delivery order (June 2026) for a UH-60M Blackhawk Total Assurance Package, and a $65 million Army definitive contract (April 2026) for undefinitized contract action funding supporting up to ten UH-60M aircraft. Sikorsky also holds a Naval Supply Systems Command Basic Ordering Agreement (established December 2026) covering H-60, H-53E, and Foreign Military Sales requirements with recent ordering activity spanning 2025 through 2026 for stabilator assemblies, servocylinder assemblies, blower units, and accessory gearboxes.

Customer concentration is extreme and tilted toward Defense Logistics Agency and Navy logistics activities. The top five funding agencies account for 97% of recent award count, dominated by Defense Logistics Agency Aviation (331,996 orders, $6.25 billion combined potential value) and the Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command (6,104 orders, $21.06 billion combined potential value). However, the dollar ranking diverges significantly: the Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command (704 awards, $28.59 billion combined potential value) and the Department of the Army Acquisition Support Center PEO Aviation (394 awards, $23.83 billion combined potential value) anchor the largest dollar positions despite far fewer order counts. This split reflects Sikorsky's role as a high-volume component supplier feeding DLA distribution to field units while also serving as prime integrator on larger Army and Navy platform contracts.

Sikorsky places task orders under five primary parent vehicles: Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE4A515D0018 (224,638 task orders, $507.5 million), Basic Ordering Agreement SPRPA117GC101 (14,477 task orders, $605 million), Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE4AX14D9421 (13,506 task orders, $16.9 million), Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE4A515D0019 (12,024 task orders, $50.4 million), and Indefinite Delivery Contract SPM4AX09D9404 (9,779 task orders, $122.9 million). All vehicles carry Department of Defense or Defense Logistics Agency framing and support rotary-wing aircraft sustainment across multiple service branches.

Recent activity has contracted sharply: annual award counts declined from 29,017 in 2022 to 4,580 in 2026 (most recent year data spans only through mid-July). This decline reflects the nature of Sikorsky's customer base — DLA and Navy supply operations characteristically drive high-volume transactional ordering that can shift year to year. The recompete cliff is substantial: 2,766 awards with combined potential value of $14.87 billion reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating both recompete exposure and opportunity for competing vendors.

SCI-reported federal service contract invoicing of $542.2 million across FY2022–FY2024 masks significant year-to-year volatility: FY2022 generated $538.7 million across 481 FTEs, while FY2023 and FY2024 fell to $1.8 million and $1.7 million respectively (4.2 and 5.8 FTEs). This collapse in SCI-reportable service work reflects Sikorsky's portfolio shift toward goods and component procurement, which falls outside SCI's $150,000-and-above service-contract reporting threshold. The FTE figures and rate posture ($178.75/hr at the 10th percentile, $202.39/hr median, $600.10/hr at the 90th percentile) are therefore not representative of Sikorsky's overall federal staffing or total cost structure; SCI captures only a small slice of the company's federal services activity. Sikorsky operates as a prime-focused delivery organization across all work, with zero subcontractor hours reported across SCI prime contracts.

Sikorsky maintains three named subsidiaries: Sikorsky Support Services Inc. (supporting logistics and field maintenance), Helicopter Support, Inc., and Polskie Zaklady Lotnicze SP. Z O.O. (Polish operations entity). Recent subcontract work includes participation in a $450,000 Missouri Science and Technology additive friction stir deposition program (sub-recipient to University of Missouri System, February 2024) and technical support to Advanced Technology International's Center for Naval Metalworking industry survey task order (March 2026).