Ta Aerospace Co

Ta Aerospace Co, operating as Ta Division, manufactures aerospace fastening and attachment hardware—clamps, loop clamps, grommets, cable collars, and related mechanical components—serving the Department of Defense as a prime contractor on small-value purchase orders and indefinite-delivery contracts with the Defense Logistics Agency, and as a subcontractor to Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman on major airframe and missile programs. The vendor is a for-profit manufacturer based in Valencia, California, and operates as a subsidiary of Esterline Technologies Corporation. Ta Division competes full-and-open; no small business set-asides apply to its recent award footprint.

Ta Division's prime work anchors to DLA supply contracts. Three single-award IDIQs awarded June and July 2026 carry $350,000 ceilings each and procure CLAMP, LOOP components (NSN 5340012903489, NSN 5340013709839, and NSN 5340015019487) for delivery to CONUS and OCONUS DLA depots via consolidation and containerization points, running through mid-2027 with guaranteed minimum annual quantities and estimated one to four orders per year. Purchase orders issued by DLA Land and Maritime and DLA Aviation across May and July 2026 total approximately $60,000 in combined ceiling value and cover loop clamps, cable collars, nonmetallic grommets, and clamp blocks with performance in Valencia and completion dates between late July and early October 2026. Work falls under NAICS 332510 (Hardware Manufacturing) and PSC 53 (Hardware and Abrasives).

Customer concentration sits heavily with the Defense Logistics Agency across three sub-organizations. DLA Aviation ranks first by potential value at 25 awards and $1.9 million combined ceiling; DLA Land and Maritime follows at 17 awards and $1.1 million; DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment carries 31 awards but only $342,000 in combined ceiling, reflecting high-volume, low-value supply orders. These three DLA units account for roughly 68% of awards and 99% of combined potential value. The Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command and Naval Supply Systems Command together represent 50 awards but carry minimal combined ceiling, indicating routine small buys. Ta Division serves 18 distinct federal agencies across the dataset but concentrates operationally on DLA hardware procurement.

Ta Division's subcontractor footprint anchors to three major defense primes. Boeing receives the highest volume of sub-awards, engaging Ta Division on Apache AH-64E attack helicopter programs (new build for Poland, Egypt, and Kuwait foreign military sales, plus full-rate production lots), C-17 Globemaster III sustainment, MQ-25 naval unmanned systems, Presidential Aircraft Recapitalization, Space Launch System stages production, and CH-47 Chinook helicopter long-lead items. Lockheed Martin places recurring orders for grommets, seals, and fireseals on F-35 fighter jet long-lead and sustainment work across multiple procurement lots. Northrop Grumman engages Ta Division on Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) engineering, manufacturing development, early production and deployment hardware, and Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared polar space vehicle components. Ta Division also subcontracts to NASA contractors on the Orion Production and Operations Contract, supplying clamp loops for the crewed lunar vehicle.

Activity has remained steady, ranging from 11 to 23 awards annually over the past five years, with 2024 and 2025 each placing 23 awards and 2026 tracking at 17 awards year-to-date. Across all 180 awards in the dataset, combined potential value totals $3.4 million, but combined dollars obligated reach $8.4 million, indicating that invoiced work substantially exceeds stated ceilings—a signal of frequent and heavy utilization of DLA supply contracts. The prime versus sub split runs 60% prime (108 awards) and 40% sub (72 awards), with primes dominated by small DLA purchase orders and three newly awarded single-award IDIQs, and subs concentrated on multi-year production and development work under the largest aerospace primes.