Schaeffler Aerospace USA Corp

Schaeffler Aerospace USA Corp, a foreign-owned manufacturer of precision bearings and aerospace components headquartered in Danbury, Connecticut, sells ball and annular bearings, thrust bearings, and related mechanical components to the federal government exclusively as a prime contractor on delivery orders and indefinite delivery contracts—no set-asides. The company operates across the defense industrial base with zero small business certifications, competing in full-and-open procurements for specialized bearing components essential to military aviation, ground vehicles, naval vessels, and associated platforms.

Schaeffler Aerospace's federal footprint centers almost entirely on bearing supply to the Department of Defense. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation dominates the relationship, accounting for 1,912 of 3,716 prime awards (51%) and $76.6 million of $128.7 million in combined potential value. The Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) follows at 377 awards, $32.3 million potential value. These two customers alone represent 86% of award count and 93% of dollars. Remaining customers—Defense Logistics Agency (628 awards, $2.4 million), the Department of the Air Force (162 awards), and the Department of the Navy (128 awards)—account for much smaller volumes. Recent representative work includes a $754,984.80 single-award IDC awarded by DLA Aviation in April 2026 for annular ball bearings (NSN 3110-01-126-7590); a $710,358.36 single-award IDC from DLA Aviation in September 2025 for annular ball bearings (NSN 3110-00-227-4676); and a $253,750 definitive contract from the Air Force Sustainment Center in August 2025 for annular ball bearings supporting the J85 platform.

The company holds seven active indefinite delivery contracts with DLA Aviation, each a single-award vehicle with no set-aside designation, collectively valued at approximately $3.1 million through 2031. These include a $754,984.80 IDC (expires April 2031), a $710,358.36 IDC (expires September 2030), a $682,634.68 IDC (expires February 2030), and four additional vehicles at $350,000, $350,000, $250,000, and $250,000 ceilings respectively (expires ranging July 2029 to February 2031). Delivery orders flow against these IDCs regularly, with individual task orders ranging from several thousand to over $100,000. NAVSUP issues direct purchase orders without IDC wrapping, often for large quantities of specialized bearing assemblies (e.g., $673,518.75 for SEPA bearings in September 2024; $402,339 for annular ball bearings in September 2025).

Activity has remained steady across the past five years—60 awards in 2022, 89 in 2023, 80 in 2024, 80 in 2025, and 14 year-to-date in 2026. Fifty-seven awards (combined potential value $6 million) complete within the next twenty-four months, representing modest recompete exposure. The vendor's award footprint is almost entirely prime (3,716 prime vs. 16 sub, reflecting 100% prime concentration), with minimal subcontract engagement; named sub work includes bearing unit and assembly supply to Honeywell International and Rolls-Royce Corporation on engine and turbine platforms.

NAICS 332991 (Ball and Roller Bearing Manufacturing) covers 2,469 of the vendor's 3,732 awards. PSC 5305 (Bearings, Antifriction, Unmounted) dominates at 3,424 awards. All work is performed at Schaeffler's Danbury, Connecticut facility, with secondary manufacturing at locations in Connecticut (Torrington, Griswold, Jewett City). The vendor's award portfolio reflects no involvement in IT services, logistics, or non-bearing defense work—the footprint is singularly focused on precision bearing component supply to military sustainment operations.