The Carlyle Johnson Machine Co, LLC

The Carlyle Johnson Machine Co, LLC, a Bolton, Connecticut-based foreign-owned manufacturer of industrial brake, clutch, and power transmission components, operates as a prime contractor on 336 of its 342 recent federal awards (98% prime split) across defense logistics and Army vehicle modernization programs, competing predominantly full-and-open with no set-aside footprint. The company manufactures precision-engineered mechanical transmission assemblies, disc brakes, clutch systems, spring components, and related drivetrain parts for military ground vehicle and equipment maintenance. Carlyle Johnson is a subsidiary of parent company Ringfeder Power Transmission USA Corp, also foreign-owned and based at the same Bolton address, with a named subsidiary Artic Tool & Engineering Co., LLC.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward the Army. The Department of the Army Materiel Command Contracting Command Detroit Arsenal anchors the portfolio by potential value ($27.3 million across 49 awards, roughly 72% of combined potential value), driven by large indefinite delivery contracts for magnetic vehicle clutches supporting the M88 Recovery Vehicle and related platforms. The Department of the Army Materiel Command TACOM Life Cycle Management Command accounts for $5.9 million across 11 awards. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, while leading by award count (169 awards), carries only $2.5 million in combined potential value—a concentration pattern typical of high-volume, low-value replenishment orders for standard components like springs, seals, brakes, and clutches. The top five customers account for 85% of awards and 97% of potential value. Carlyle Johnson also holds task orders with the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration ($482 thousand to $525 thousand depending on ranking method), Naval Supply Systems Command, and the Military Sealift Command.

Carlyle Johnson operates under five major parent indefinite delivery contracts, the largest being Indefinite Delivery Contract SPRDL120D0101 with $3.4 million combined potential value across five task orders for drive components and related parts. Indefinite Delivery Contract W52H0907D0169 carries $1.7 million across four task orders. The company also holds dedicated single-award IDCs with DLA Land and Maritime valued at $250,000 each for single-disk brake and friction parts kit supply, with established quarterly replenishment patterns. Purchase orders and delivery orders under these vehicles typically run $1,000 to $100,000+ in value, with ultimate completion dates extending through 2026.

Activity has been volatile, rising from 21 awards in 2022 to a peak of 52 in 2023, then declining to 14 awards year-to-date through June 2026. Combined potential value across all recent awards is $37.9 million, with $25.2 million obligated to date (67% realization). The company has maintained SAM.gov registration since at least 2002 and holds a long history of defense supply work dating to at least 1998 in the source data.

Carlyle Johnson subcontracts on major defense vehicle platforms as a materials and component supplier. Named recent sub work includes brake assemblies for Lockheed Martin's M270A2 Multiple Launch Rocket System production (awarded December 2024), clutch assemblies for Lockheed Martin's MLRS work (February 2023), material supply for BAE Systems Land & Armaments' M88A2 production modification (March 2024), and material supply for BAE Systems' Bradley A4 follow-on production effort delivering M2A4 and M7A4 vehicles (December 2023 and March 2025). Carlyle Johnson also supplied brake assemblies to Mantech Advanced Systems International for underway replenishment engineering design and support services (August 2025). These six named sub awards represent less than 2% of recent activity and serve primarily as component suppliers to large prime integrators rather than as engineering subcontractors.

Carlyle Johnson's capability footprint is concentrated in motor vehicle transmission and power train parts manufacturing (55 awards), mechanical power transmission equipment manufacturing (48 awards), and speed changer/gear manufacturing (43 awards). The company manufactures across PSC codes covering vehicular power transmission components (75 awards), torque converters and speed changers (70 awards), and miscellaneous power transmission equipment (37 awards). The award portfolio reflects a business model centered on manufacturing and supplying standardized, high-volume mechanical components to defense logistics pipelines rather than custom engineering or system integration.

INDUSTRIAL CLUTHES, BRAKES, TORQUE, LIMITERS, MOTION CONTROL DEVICES, BALL REDUCERS, VALVES, NUTATING GEARS, PLANETARY GEAR BOXES.