SSK Military Industries Inc.

SSK Military Industries Inc., a Lebanon, Ohio-based manufacturer of parachute systems and automatic activation devices, operates as a prime contractor (100% of awards) supplying specialized parachuting equipment to the Department of Defense across 58 customer agencies on a full-and-open competition basis with no SBA set-aside certifications. The company is a for-profit manufacturer of goods registered as a federal contractor since February 2003.

SSK's federal work concentrates on CYPRES-2 (Cybernetic Parachute Release System) automatic activation devices, electronic automatic activation devices (EAAD), parachute cutters, release and reefing line components, and maintenance and repair services for these critical safety systems. Representative prime contracts include a $12.6 million Indefinite Delivery Contract with the Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC) for Electronic Automatic Activation Device CYPRES-2 systems running through October 2026, a $4 million Blanket Purchase Agreement with U.S. Special Operations Command for CYPRES-2 equipment valid through September 2026, a $350,000 Indefinite Delivery Contract with Air Combat Command for CYPRES-2 maintenance at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base running through October 2026, and a $250,000 single-award BPA with the Marine Corps for CYPRES-2 AAD maintenance through March 2030. Recent purchase orders and delivery orders include a $307,500 order from Army Research, Development and Engineering Command for parachute AADS (February 2026), a $667,706 Naval Sea Systems Command BPA call for CYPRES-2 equipment (September 2025), a $665,219 U.S. Special Operations Command BPA call for military CYPRES-2 AADs (August 2024), a $562,466 Naval Air Warfare Center delivery order for CYPRES-2 units (September 2024), and a $1.1 million Defense Logistics Agency Aviation definitive contract for auto activation devices (September 2022).

Customer concentration is split between volume and dollars. The top five funding agencies by award count account for 46% of recent awards, led by U.S. Special Operations Command (96 awards, $21.8 million combined potential value) and Air Combat Command (66 awards, $4.3 million). By dollar potential, the ranking shifts: Army Materiel Command TACOM Life Cycle Management Command anchors the top position ($30.3 million across 11 awards), followed by USSOCOM ($21.8 million), Army RDECOM ($7 million), DLA Aviation ($4.6 million), and Naval Sea Systems Command ($4.4 million). These five customers represent 58% of combined potential value. Across all 557 awards tracked, obligated dollars total $94.9 million (81% of potential value), indicating strong execution.

SSK places the majority of work through the Federal Supply Schedule GS07F0572N, with 236 task orders worth $15.4 million combined potential value, and maintains active positions on several prime IDVs and BPAs: BPA H9224016A0001 (28 task orders, $5.2 million), IDC W56HZV16D0059 (5 task orders, $11.2 million), BPA H9224021A0013 (7 task orders, $3 million), and IDC AG0343C170001 (8 task orders, $1.4 million). Award volume has grown from 11 awards in 2022 to a peak of 22 in 2024, with 16 awards placed in 2025 and 2 in the first quarter of 2026. The award portfolio is dominated by PSC Parachutes; Aerial Pick Up, Delivery, Recovery Systems; And Cargo Tie Down Equipment (214 awards) and Safety And Rescue Equipment (75 awards), reflecting SSK's specialization. The company also serves as a subcontractor to Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc., supplying CYPRES-2 components and automatic activation devices on at least two sub-awards (March and May 2024). Performance locations include Lebanon, Ohio (manufacturing and primary operations), Albuquerque, New Mexico, Camp Lejeune and Jacksonville, North Carolina, and Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona.