Spectrum Associates Inc.

Spectrum Associates Inc., a small business manufacturer based in Milford, Connecticut, designs, manufactures, and overhauls Stability Augmentation System (SAS) actuator assemblies and related helicopter flight safety components for the U.S. Army, Coast Guard, and Navy as a prime contractor (67% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor to Sikorsky Aircraft and Lockheed Martin. The vendor competes predominantly full-and-open with no set-aside designation on its prime IDIQ and delivery-order work, though one sourced solicitation from 2022 was posted as a competitive 8(a) opportunity before award on a non-set-aside basis.

Spectrum Associates holds a dominant position on the Army Aviation and Missile Command's UH-60 Black Hawk program. The Army has awarded the vendor a single-award indefinite delivery contract with a $6.5 million ceiling running through July 2029, under which delivery orders have been issued for maintenance and overhaul of SAS actuator assemblies at rates reaching $2.2 million per order. A second Army IDC carries an $885 thousand ceiling. Across recent prime work, the Army accounts for 18 awards representing $29.2 million of the vendor's combined $29.6 million potential value (97% of awards coverage), with the remaining exposure split across Coast Guard (two purchase orders for MH-60T helicopter SAS assemblies, $445 thousand combined), Navy Supply Systems Command (four awards), Navy Air Systems Command (three awards), and Air Force (two awards). The two largest Army delivery orders were issued on July 16, 2024 ($1.26 million, completion April 2027) and August 22, 2024 ($2.2 million, completion August 2028), both for UH-60M Black Hawk SAS actuator maintenance and overhaul. A Coast Guard total small-business-set-aside purchase order from August 2025 valued at $219 thousand covered 27 SAS actuator assemblies for the MH-60T fleet.

Sources sought announcements specify that only Sikorsky Aircraft and Spectrum Associates are currently approved sources for UH-60 SAS actuator assembly overhaul work, establishing a duopoly position on the Army's critical safety-item requirement. Activity has accelerated from two awards in 2023 to eight in 2025, with only one award recorded in 2026 to date. Two awards totaling $3.5 million reach ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months and face recompete risk. On the sub side, Spectrum subcontracts to Sikorsky on Combat Rescue Helicopter aircraft parts and SAS actuator assemblies (multiple awards September 2025 onward) and to Lockheed Martin on helicopter modification work. The vendor's NAICS profile centers on Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing, with airframe structural components as the dominant PSC category. With over eighteen years of continuous federal contracting experience, Spectrum operates from its manufacturing facility in Milford, Connecticut, where all Army and Coast Guard work is performed.