Textron Aviation Inc.

Textron Aviation Inc., a Kansas-based subsidiary of aerospace and defense conglomerate Textron Inc., sells general aviation aircraft, aircraft components, and full-service maintenance and sustainment support to federal agencies as both a prime contractor (21% of recent awards) and subcontractor (79%), competing full-and-open with no SBA set-asides. The company holds a large-business posture and manufactures Cessna, Beechcraft, and Citation platforms alongside engineering data support and aircraft logistics services spanning the Department of Defense, civilian agencies, and Federal Aviation Administration divisions.

Textron Aviation's customer footprint concentrates heavily on defense aviation platforms. The Department of the Air Force accounts for the largest share of recent awards by count (531 awards), though dollar concentration sits with the Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command (52 awards, $1.03 billion combined potential value) and the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Franchise Acquisition Services (11 awards, $664.6 million), which together anchor the majority of potential value. The Department of the Army Acquisition Support Center PEO Aviation (58 awards, $567.4 million) and the Department of Agriculture National Interagency Fire Center (10 awards, $178.5 million) round out the top five funders. NOAA (46 awards, $43.2 million) sustains a significant fleet of King Air aircraft through a $7.5 million single-award IDIQ running through August 2029 that Textron Aviation holds as a prime contractor, with multiple delivery orders issued annually for phase inspections, engine maintenance, avionics support, and emergency repairs.

Textron Aviation's prime work reflects both aircraft procurement and fleet sustainment. Recent major prime awards include a $208.4 million delivery order from the Franchise Acquisition Services (on behalf of Naval Air Systems Command) for procurement of modified commercial King Air 360ER aircraft with ultimate completion in May 2028; a $49.9 million Navy delivery order for modified King Air 360ER aircraft (April 2028 completion); a $9 million purchase order from USDA APHIS for three factory-new fixed-wing turboprop utility aircraft for sterile insect dispersal operations (April 2027 completion); a $2.55 million delivery order from Franchise Acquisition Services for components to support King Air 360ER modification (March 2028 completion); and recurring small-dollar NOAA delivery orders for King Air maintenance ($45 thousand to $220 thousand per order). The company also holds two prime IDVs: a single-award indefinite-delivery contract with Naval Air Systems Command valued at $1.62 million (ceiling through March 2031) for T34/T44 engineering data support, and a $2.5 million single-award blanket purchase agreement designated the Textron Aviation Part BPA through December 2030 for aircraft parts and components.

On the subcontractor side, Textron Aviation supplies components and sustainment engineering to prime contractors across transport and special electronic mission aircraft (SEMA). The company regularly subcontracts under Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation on contractor logistics support for government-owned fixed-wing SEMA fleet missions (MC-12, C-12, RC-12, EO-5, B300 variants) dating from September 2025 onward; under JPATS Logistics Services on Contractor Operated and Maintained Base Supply (COMBS III) parts and materials for trainer aircraft sustainment with awards spanning July 2025 through June 2026; under Amentum Services on aircraft maintenance and logistics support services for phase inspections and T-44/T-54 trainer maintenance; and under Textron Aviation Defense LLC (a named subsidiary) on sustainment engineering and program management for T-6 aircraft, T-1A trainer support, and foreign military sales ferrying operations. A smaller volume of sub-awards flow through Vertex Aerospace, L3Harris Technologies Integrated Systems, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, and Science and Engineering Services for aircraft parts, avionics hardware, propeller spares, and specialty materials.

Activity has grown sharply across the five-year window — from 19 awards in 2022 to 363 in 2025 — driven primarily by growth in small-dollar maintenance and sustainment task orders under larger indefinite-delivery vehicles. The largest parent vehicle by task-order volume is Indefinite Delivery Contract FA861718D6213, which carries 501 task orders and appears to anchor Air Force trainer and transport sustainment work. NAVAIR Strategic Sourcing for CMMARS carries 37 task orders, followed by several other Air Force IDIQs. Nine awards (combined potential value $1.05 billion) face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, exposing Textron Aviation to significant recompete opportunity on large-dollar Navy and FAA aircraft procurement vehicles.

The corporate structure includes a named subsidiary, Textron Aviation Defense LLC, which holds a visible subcontract footprint in T-6, T-1A, and Foreign Military Sales sustainment work, and Able Aerospace Services Inc., also listed as a subsidiary. The award portfolio concentrates in two NAICS categories — Other Support Activities for Air Transportation (711 awards) and Aircraft Manufacturing (76 awards) — with narrower presence in aircraft parts manufacturing, engineering services, and avionics/navigation systems. This framing and the scale of subcontract work through Air Force logistics vehicle task orders indicates Textron Aviation operates as both an original equipment manufacturer and a dominant parts and support supplier for federal trainer, transport, and special missions fleets.