SKF USA Inc.

SKF USA Inc., doing business as SKF Precision Technologies, manufactures high-precision cylindrical roller bearings, annular ball bearings, duplex bearings, and specialized aerospace bearing components for the Department of Defense as a prime contractor competing full-and-open with no SBA set-aside designations. The vendor is a foreign-owned for-profit manufacturer headquartered in the United States, with primary manufacturing in Falconer, New York and secondary operations in Sumter, South Carolina, classified under NAICS 332991 (Ball and Roller Bearing Manufacturing) and PSC 3110 (Antifriction Unmounted Bearings).

SKF's federal footprint concentrates overwhelmingly on bearing procurement for military aircraft systems and engines. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation dominates the customer base, accounting for 2,262 awards valued at $249.9 million combined potential value—representing 59% of all awards and 66% of total dollars. The second-largest customer, the Defense Logistics Agency (non-Aviation), accounts for 820 awards and $42.2 million. Together, DLA organizations represent 80% of recent awards and 76% of potential value. The Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command ($19.7 million across 119 awards), the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command ($10.8 million, 115 awards), and the Air Force Sustainment Center ($9.1 million, 54 awards) complete the top-five customer set. The concentration is characteristic of SKF's role: the vendor supplies bearing components for CH-47 Chinook helicopters, AH-1Z attack helicopters, V-22 Osprey, T-38 Talon jet trainers, and J85 engine systems almost exclusively through DLA Aviation's logistics pipeline for military aircraft sustainment.

Recent prime activity has grown from 61 awards in 2022 to 135 in 2025, though 2026 figures are partial (70 awards year-to-date). The vendor holds seven active single-award indefinite delivery contracts with DLA Aviation, awarded between February 2026 and June 2026, with individual ceilings ranging from $454 thousand to $2.1 million and performance periods through 2030–2031. These IDCs enable task-order issuance on an as-needed basis; representative recent awards include a $1.8 million IDC for annular ball bearings (awarded April 17, 2026, completion April 16, 2031), a $2.1 million IDC for cylindrical roller bearings (February 24, 2026, completion February 23, 2031), and a $1.8 million IDC for cylindrical roller bearings (June 26, 2026, completion June 25, 2031). Task orders under these vehicles span firm fixed-price purchase orders and delivery orders ranging from roughly $14 thousand to $657 thousand. Seventy awards are due to complete in the next twenty-four months with combined potential value of $10 million, presenting a recompete obligation for the vendor.

SKF is a significant subcontractor to major defense primes. The vendor subcontracts to The Boeing Company (CH-47 and AH-64 global material support and common aerospace commodities), Bell Textron Inc. (H-1 platform bearing life, AH-1Z Nigerian foreign military sales, and Future Vertical Lift FLRAA development bearings), Honeywell International Inc. (T55-GA-714A engines and CH-47 engine kits supporting Germany, Spain, and Greece), Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (H-53 Phase III aircraft parts), Bell Boeing Joint Project Office (V-22 and CMV-22 production bearing assemblies), and Rolls-Royce Corporation (C-130 MissionCare support). Subcontract activity has grown materially—the source lists 154 sub-awards spanning 2025–2026, ranging from bearing components for rotorcraft transmission systems and gearboxes to spherical and planetary roller sets for next-generation vertical lift platforms. This positions SKF as a critical Tier 2 supplier within the aerospace primes' supply chains as well as the government's direct logistics network.

The vendor's federal work is monolithic in scope: 3,013 awards (79% of all awards) fall under Ball and Roller Bearing Manufacturing, and 3,609 awards (94%) carry PSC 3110 (Bearings, Antifriction, Unmounted). Secondary categories include Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing (331 awards) and Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (116 awards), reflecting SKF's role as a supplier of engine-mounted and airframe-integral bearing components. Combined obligated dollars across all awards total $390.8 million, exceeding the combined potential value of $380 million by approximately 3 percent, indicating active execution and drawdown of existing task orders and contracts.