Starlight Corp

Starlight Corp, a woman-owned small business based in Carlsbad, California, operates as a prime contractor delivering aircraft maintenance, cleaning, and corrosion control services to the U.S. Air Force across multiple commands and installations. Starlight competes predominantly under set-asides: 65% of awards across the prime footprint are set-aside awards (Total Small Business and Competitive Small Business designations), with the remainder issued full-and-open, and the company holds a Subchapter S Corporation structure registered in the federal contracting system since 2002.

Starlight's capability portfolio centers on aircraft wash, aerospace ground equipment (AGE) maintenance, corrosion prevention, and specialized facility cleaning. Representative prime work includes a $3.29 billion indefinite delivery contract (single-award, Total Small Business set-aside) awarded by Air Mobility Command on March 26, 2026, for aircraft wash services at Tampa, Florida and other AMC installations, with a first delivery order of $723,500 for aircraft wash services at the 6th Maintenance Group; a $3.84 million single-award indefinite delivery contract (Total Small Business set-aside) from Pacific Air Forces on August 31, 2022, for AGE and aircraft wash services at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, which has generated five delivery orders totaling approximately $3.31 million since award; a $2.27 million definitive contract (Total Small Business set-aside) from Air Mobility Command on May 26, 2022, for aircraft wash and corrosion control services at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, running through September 30, 2027; and a $1.675 million definitive contract (Total Small Business set-aside) from Air Force Materiel Command on September 15, 2023, for aircraft fleet services and corrosion control at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, extending through September 14, 2028. Secondary work includes janitorial and facility cleaning—a $159,738 purchase order from Air Force Reserve Command on February 1, 2023, for indoor firing range hazardous cleanup and lead abatement at March Air Reserve Base, California, and a $117,894 purchase order from Air Force Materiel Command on September 29, 2024, for Combat Arms Training Maneuver range cleaning at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base with performance through September 28, 2029.

Air Force commands dominate customer concentration. The top five customers account for 65% of awards by count: Air National Guard leads with 56 awards ($3.8 million combined potential value), Air Mobility Command follows with 33 awards ($34 million combined potential value), the Air Force (generic) holds 20 awards ($4.9 million combined potential value), the Army accounts for 18 awards, and Air Force Materiel Command represents 11 awards ($3 million combined potential value). By potential-value ranking, Air Mobility Command anchors the portfolio at $34 million across 33 awards (39% of total potential value), Pacific Air Forces adds $7 million across 5 awards, and the four other top-tier customers add $17.9 million. Starlight serves 21 distinct federal agencies overall, but 62% of combined potential value concentrates with Air Force organizations.

Starlight holds four active indefinite delivery vehicles: a $3.29 million single-award IDC with Air Mobility Command (awarded March 2026, Total Small Business set-aside, for aircraft wash at Tampa and other AMC installations); a $3.84 million single-award IDC with Pacific Air Forces (awarded August 2022, Total Small Business set-aside, for AGE and aircraft wash at Andersen AFB, Guam); a $200,000 single-award BPA with the Air Force at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland (awarded October 2022, no set-aside, for aircraft wash and corrosion prevention); and a $245,000 single-award BPA with Air Force Reserve Command (awarded October 2021, for aircraft wash). The largest parent vehicle by task-order count is an indefinite delivery contract (DAHA3302A0010) with 24 task orders, followed by Army contract W912QG07A0003 with 19 task orders and Air Force contract FA481420D0004 with 9 task orders generating $3.1 million combined potential value. Recent activity trends downward: six awards in 2022, five in 2023, five in 2024, seven in 2025, and three in the first quarter of 2026, indicating slower placement velocity in recent months. Six awards with combined potential value of $6.4 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete exposure concentrated in aircraft wash and maintenance work at AMC, Air National Guard, and Air Force Reserve Command installations.

Starlight operates entirely as a prime contractor across its footprint (100% of awards), with no subcontractor role recorded in the source. The company's work concentrates in NAICS 488190 (Other Support Activities for Air Transportation) across 140 awards and janitorial services (34 awards), with PSC framing dominated by maintenance and repair of aircraft and airframe structural components (145 awards) and miscellaneous equipment maintenance (22 awards).

AIRCRAFT SERVICES, AIRPORT SERVICES, AIRCRAFT WASHING, AIRCRAFT FLEET SERVICES, AIRCRAFT LAVATORY SERVICES

General Contracting