Survival Systems International, Inc.

Survival Systems International, Inc., doing business as SSI, manufactures foam insulation, structural supports, and airframe components for defense aircraft platforms, operating as a prime contractor (70% of recent awards) and subcontractor on major rotorcraft and fixed-wing programs. SSI is a small business manufacturer based in Valley Center, California, registered in the System for Award Management since 2002, with award activity centered on urethane foam products and composite airframe structural components under NAICS categories for aircraft parts manufacturing and foam product fabrication.

SSI's customer base concentrates on Army and Navy supply chains. The top five funding agencies by award count account for 72% of recent awards, led by the Department of the Army Materiel Command Contracting Command at Redstone Arsenal (12 awards, $216 thousand combined potential value) and the Department of the Army broadly (11 awards), with the Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command (10 awards, $38 thousand), the Department of the Navy Military Sealift Command (6 awards, $267 thousand), and the Department of the Army Acquisition Support Center PEO Aviation (5 awards) rounding out the set. The potential-value ranking diverges from award count — the Navy Military Sealift Command ranks first by dollars despite ranking fourth by volume, reflecting higher-value platform support commitments. SSI places small-dollar task orders under two named IDCs: N0038322DZV01 (2 task orders) and FA820219D0004 (1 task order). Recent prime work includes a $30,940 total small business set-aside purchase order from Defense Logistics Agency Aviation in January 2026 for 52 units of foam insulation (NSN 1680014633310) with delivery to DLA Distribution in Valley Center and a $20,230 firm fixed-price purchase order from DLA Aviation awarded December 2025 for foam insulation components, both reflecting routine inventory replenishment.

SSI's subcontractor footprint anchors on major rotorcraft and fixed-wing platforms. Bell Textron represents the largest sub engagement, with multiple awards across the Future Vertical Lift FLRAA program spanning structural components including nose blocks, midspan blocks, and bracket assemblies (awards from June to October 2025). The Boeing Company carries significant sub volume on Apache AH-64E full-rate production and A-10 Thunderbolt II advanced-wing programs (March 2024 through February 2026), and the Bell Boeing Joint Project Office engages SSI on V-22 Osprey program-specific engineering and inertia weight components (November 2025). Combined potential value across all 61 recent awards stands at $565 thousand against $4.8 million in obligated dollars, reflecting a highly active procurement base with small individual order values. Activity has accelerated materially — one award in 2016, two in 2019, seven in 2024, and ten in 2025 — signaling deepening integration into Army aviation and Navy maritime supply chains.