Taylor Defense Products, LLC

Taylor Defense Products, LLC, a Louisville, Mississippi-based for-profit limited liability company and subsidiary of The Taylor Group Inc., manufactures specialized military equipment and precision defense components as a prime contractor (98% of recent awards), competing on the open market without small business set-asides. The vendor supplies cranes, rough terrain container handlers, hydraulic systems, wiring harnesses, fasteners, and ancillary equipment to the Department of Defense across multiple acquisition channels, with place of performance at its Louisville facility.

Taylor Defense Products holds two significant single-award indefinite delivery contracts anchoring its federal footprint. The first, a $178.8 million IDC awarded by the Army's Program Executive Office Combat Support and Combat Service Support (PEO CSCSS) on September 20, 2023, covers Rough Terrain Container Handler (RTCH) modernization through September 2028, including system upgrades, production, transportation, and logistics support. The second, a $262 million IDC also from PEO CSCSS awarded November 19, 2021, procures Type I Family of All Terrain Cranes (FOATC) capable of lifting 50,000 to 80,000 pounds, along with ancillary hardware, special tools, logistical data, and fielding services, extending through November 2026. As of June 2025, Taylor Defense has executed delivery orders totaling over $168 million under the FOATC vehicle alone, with recent notable awards including a $48.5 million delivery order for 50 cranes (March 25, 2026), a $24.4 million order for 26 cranes with ancillary hardware (August 8, 2024), and a $25.2 million order for FOATC production and storage (February 11, 2022). Under the RTCH vehicle, a $12.8 million delivery order procured 25 modernized systems (January 16, 2025), and a $12.6 million order addressed RTCH modernization with service life extension (September 20, 2023).

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward the Army's PEO CSCSS, which accounts for 21 awards (23% of total) and $699.5 million in combined potential value (73% of all dollars). The United States Marine Corps places the second-largest dollar concentration at $253.8 million across 13 awards, primarily through Aircraft Technical Support Life Extension Program (ATC SLEP) contracts valued between $1.5 million and $3.1 million each. The Defense Logistics Agency divisions—Land and Maritime (75 awards, $227 thousand), Aviation (41 awards, $89 thousand), and Construction and Equipment (24 awards, $46 thousand)—supply transactional purchase orders for individual components (proximity switches, wire rope, hydraulic pumps, hoses, fasteners, brackets) typically valued under $20,000 and awarded on firm fixed-price terms. The Army and Department of the Army account for two additional awards totaling $1.9 million, including a $1.9 million all-terrain crane purchase order (June 13, 2023).

Recent activity shows accelerating volume: 14 awards in 2022, 29 in 2023, 21 in 2024, and 62 in 2025, with 18 awards recorded through mid-2026. Taylor Defense faces a recompete cliff of 12 awards carrying $245.3 million in combined potential value set to complete within the next twenty-four months, anchored by the FOATC and RTCH delivery orders extending into 2027 and 2028. Combined potential value across all 177 awards (prime plus three subcontract placements) totals $955.5 million, with $331.2 million obligated (35% draw rate).

Taylor Defense subcontracts to Am General LLC on a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) Family of Vehicles delivery order (August 14, 2025) and to Sigmatech Inc. on Aviation and Missile Command technical and engineering support work (December 29, 2025 and May 5, 2025). The vendor's award portfolio spans construction machinery manufacturing (17 awards), fastener and component manufacturing (13 awards in bolts, nuts, screws; 11 in hoses and belting), and repair and maintenance services (13 awards), with the top PSC codes reflecting cranes (23 awards), hoses and flexible tubing (13 awards), and miscellaneous printed matter and components (14 and 9 awards respectively). All prime awards carry firm fixed-price terms and no set-aside designations, establishing Taylor Defense as a full-and-open market competitor anchored to two major Army modernization programs that generate the vast majority of its federal revenue.