SKF USA Inc.

SKF USA Inc., operating as SKF Aerospace Sealing Solutions, is a foreign-owned manufacturer of precision aerospace components headquartered in Elgin, Illinois, that serves the Department of Defense as a prime contractor supplying bearings, seals, resilient mounts, and related aircraft components to the Defense Logistics Agency and Naval Supply Systems Command without set-aside restrictions.

The company is a subsidiary of the global SKF Group and competes in full-and-open procurements across a portfolio dominated by gasket, packing, and sealing device manufacturing (NAICS 326290) and other aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment manufacturing (NAICS 336413). SKF USA holds a 91% prime share of recent awards, with 9% flowing through subcontract arrangements with major aerospace primes including Sikorsky Aircraft, Bell Textron, Lockheed Martin, The Boeing Company, and Bell Boeing Joint Project Office. Customer concentration is acute: DLA Aviation accounts for 304 awards worth $62.5 million in combined potential value, representing the overwhelming majority of the $96.3 million portfolio. The next-largest customer, Naval Supply Systems Command, carries 71 awards for $9.6 million. DLA Land and Maritime, DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment, and DLA Troop Support Hardware round out the top five by potential value. The top five customers represent 86% of combined potential value and 78% of award count.

Recent prime activity shows substantial growth. Awards per year rose from 5 in 2022 to 65 in 2024, with 64 awards issued in 2025. The most recent award dated April 16, 2026. SKF USA holds five principal IDV vehicles: a $1,728,062 DLA Land and Maritime contract (SPE7LX24D5006) for plain seals and resilient mounts running through November 2028 with 20 task orders; a $750,000 DLA Aviation contract (SPE4A724D0061) for aircraft component boots through January 2029; a $249,999.99 DLA Aviation contract (SPE4A724D5026) for sleeve housing heads through May 2026 with nine delivery orders; a $250,000 DLA Land and Maritime contract (SPE7L325D3525) for plain encased seals through April 2025; and a $1,590,730.80 DLA Aviation contract (SPE4A622D0221) for resilient mounts that concluded in January 2025. Work is performed at the Elgin, Illinois facility and at overseas locations including Great Britain and the United Kingdom, where SKF operates manufacturing and distribution operations supporting DLA requirements. All prime awards carry firm fixed-price structures and no set-aside designations.

Representative prime work includes a $2,853,321 DLA Aviation purchase order for aircraft bearings (NSN 3110015106694, awarded April 27, 2023), a $452,463.84 DLA Aviation purchase order for resilient mounts (NSN 8510985752, awarded October 30, 2024), a $270,144 DLA Aviation purchase order for plain self-aligning bearings (awarded March 19, 2025), a $1,045,827.80 Naval Supply Systems Command definitive contract for bearing and spring set repair (awarded February 26, 2024, completion April 20, 2026), and a $837,696.60 Naval Supply Systems Command definitive contract for a latch assembly (awarded August 14, 2024, completion August 14, 2025). DLA Aviation has issued continuous delivery orders under the SPE7LX24D5006 IDV for plain seals, resilient mounts, and aircraft component boots ranging from $12,938 to $249,647.86 throughout 2024 and 2025.

In its subcontractor role, SKF USA supplies bearings, seals, shear restraints, wear sleeves, liners, and gearbox assemblies to Sikorsky on H-53 helicopter performance-based logistics contracts, to Bell Textron on AH-1Z and UH-1Y helicopter programs and the Future Vertical Lift FLRAA capability set, to The Boeing Company on Apache AH-64E and CH-47F helicopter programs, and to Bell Boeing on V-22 Osprey production and performance-based logistics. Recent sub awards span aircraft parts and service delivery orders issued between February and December 2025. The company has maintained an active federal supply chain role since at least 2002, positioning it as an approved manufacturing source across multiple military aviation platforms. Only 2 awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, carrying combined potential value of $605 thousand, indicating minimal recompete exposure in the near term.