Spectrum Associates, Inc.

Spectrum Associates, Inc., doing business as Spectrum Associates Inc., manufactures aerospace and defense components—pressure switches, fuel system valves, breakaway valves, liquid indicators, and related mechanical assemblies—for military aviation logistics, delivered as a prime contractor (99% of awards) on full-and-open and small-business-set-aside bases to the Defense Logistics Agency and U.S. Coast Guard. The Connecticut-based for-profit corporation does not hold SBA certifications but competes across both reserved and unrestricted procurements, with modest recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months.

Spectrum Associates' customer concentration is extreme and deliberate. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation and DLA Land and Maritime together account for 88 percent of awards by count and 78 percent of combined potential value across the portfolio. DLA Land and Maritime leads in award volume with 1,621 awards carrying $47.6 million combined potential value, while DLA Aviation carries fewer awards (725) but higher aggregate value ($60 million), reflecting larger delivery orders for specialized components like liquid quantity indicators. The Department of the Army, U.S. Coast Guard, and Defense Contract Management Agency round out the active customer set. This concentration reflects the vendor's specialization: discrete aerospace components for military rotorcraft platforms including the UH-60 Black Hawk, MH-65, CH-53 Sea Stallion, and next-generation platforms under development.

Spectrum Associates holds a portfolio of single-award indefinite-delivery contracts anchoring recurring work. Five named IDIQs with DLA Aviation range from $250,000 to $6.5 million in ceiling value, with the largest—a $6.5 million Total Small Business set-aside awarded January 21, 2026, for liquid quantity indicator components—extending through January 20, 2031. A $2.5 million DLA Aviation small-business IDIQ effective May 20, 2026, through May 20, 2031, supports general aircraft component procurement. DLA Land and Maritime holds multiple lower-ceiling vehicles: a $500,535 U.S. Coast Guard contract for MH-65 pressure switches (April 3, 2026–April 2, 2029); a $250,000 DLA Land and Maritime vehicle (July 21, 2025–July 21, 2026) for pressure switches; and a $250,000 wiper-ring contract running through February 28, 2026. The top five parent vehicles by task-order activity include an Indefinite Delivery Contract (SPE7LX18D0143) with 127 task orders and $2.3 million combined value and an SPE7MX17D0127 vehicle with 55 task orders worth $925 thousand. These vehicles enable flexible procurement of specialized components on an as-needed basis through firm fixed-price orders.

Recent activity shows declining award volume: 166 awards in 2022 declining to 37 awards in 2026 (partial year). However, total portfolio value remains substantial at $149.8 million combined potential value across 3,082 awards since 1982, with $109.6 million (73 percent) already obligated. Awards completing in the next twenty-four months total only 28 with combined potential value of $1.4 million, indicating modest recompete risk and suggesting that most active Spectrum Associates work remains in performance or early-stage order placement phases.

The vendor's subcontract footprint is small (1 percent of awards by count, 23 sub-awards) but strategically positioned. Named primes include Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Combat Rescue Helicopter and CH-53K airframes), Bell Textron Inc. (Future Vertical Lift FLRAA program breakaway valves), Bell Boeing Joint Project Office (CMV-22 production breakaway valves), and Moog Military Aircraft LLC (MH-60T servocylinder overhaul). These relationships anchor Spectrum Associates' position in next-generation rotorcraft development, where OEM component control and supply-chain qualification provide competitive insulation from commodity competition.

The vendor's product-line depth centers on electrical and mechanical switching devices (1,597 awards under PSC 16—Switches), followed by engine fuel system components (509 awards), valves and nonpowered flow components (321 awards), bushings and spacers (105 awards), and measuring instruments (104 awards). NAICS concentration reflects this: Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing (465 awards), Switchgear and Switchboard Apparatus Manufacturing (373 awards), and Industrial Valve Manufacturing (288 awards) dominate the category distribution. This focused capability set limits addressable market scope but creates switching costs for customers dependent on OEM-validated components and source-controlled drawings—a structural advantage evident in the Coast Guard's sole-source MH-65 pressure-switch contract and recurring small-business set-aside vehicle awards.

SPECTRUM IS A PRIVATELY OWNED SMALL BUSINESS ENGAGED IN THE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE OF AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS. THESE INCLUDE PRESSURE SWITCHES, CRASH RESISTANT BREAKAWAY FUEL VALVES, HYDRAULIC MANIFOLDS, GUN MOUNTS AND HELICOPTER FUEL SPONSON ASSEMBLIES. SPECTRUM HAS ITS OWN PROVEN ENGINEERING DEPT. AND WE WORK CLOSELY WITH BOTH OEM'S AND THE ARMED SERVICES TO PROVIDE QUALITY HARDWARE ON TIME, TO CUSTOMER SPECIFICATIONS.

PRODUCTS ARE CURRENTLY UTILIZED ON VIRTUALLY ALL MILITARY AIRCRAFT PLATFORMS PLUS THE MAJORITY OF COMMERCIAL AEROSPACE. QUALITY SYSTEM IS CERTIFIED TO AS9100 REV. C