PCX Aerosystems-Manchester, LLC

PCX Aerosystems-Manchester, LLC manufactures precision aerospace components and helicopter spare parts for the U.S. Army and Defense Logistics Agency as a prime contractor (56% of recent awards) and subcontractor on Boeing, Sikorsky, and Lockheed Martin defense aircraft programs. The company is a subsidiary of PCX Aerostructures, LLC, a Connecticut-based manufacturer headquartered in Newington, Connecticut, with operations in Manchester, Connecticut. PCX Aerosystems-Manchester competes full-and-open with no set-aside designation across its recent federal award footprint.

The company's customer concentration is extreme and defense-focused. The Department of the Army Materiel Command Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command dominates the portfolio with 152 awards totaling $319.3 million in combined potential value (56% of the $567.8 million combined portfolio), followed by the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation with 69 awards worth $237.6 million. Together, these two customers account for 90% of the award count and approximately 98% of combined potential value. Recent prime work includes a $1.4 million firm-fixed-price delivery order from Army Aviation and Missile Command on April 13, 2026, for the Connect Link Rig supporting the UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter (completion April 1, 2029), a $2.4 million Indefinite Delivery Contract delivery order for UH-60M Black Hawk spare parts awarded March 11, 2024 (completion November 30, 2026), and a $1.0 million delivery order for UH-60M spares awarded August 7, 2023 (completion December 15, 2026). The company also holds a $9.0 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract awarded April 13, 2026, for Connect Link Rig acquisition through April 12, 2031, and a $22.1 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract awarded March 6, 2024, for UH-60 main extension assembly components through March 30, 2029.

PCX Aerosystems-Manchester's prime vehicle footprint centers on Army-controlled IDIQs. The Indefinite Delivery Contract W58RGZ04D0298 carries 25 task orders worth $16.7 million; W58RGZ15D0089 carries 7 task orders worth $43.5 million; SPRRA112D0061 carries 6 task orders worth $7.0 million; and SPRRA112D0144 carries 5 task orders worth $8.9 million. These vehicles support rotorcraft sustainment and production across Army and DLA customers. The company's primary NAICS footprint is Aircraft Manufacturing (119 awards) and Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (115 awards), with secondary categories in Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing (30 awards) and Mechanical Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing (28 awards). PSC concentration aligns: Helicopter Rotor Blades, Drive Mechanisms and Components (89 awards), Miscellaneous Power Transmission Equipment (34 awards), and Gears, Pulleys, Sprockets, and Transmission Chain (14 awards).

Activity has grown substantially since 2023, moving from a single award in 2021 to 83 awards in 2024 and 41 in 2025, with 8 awards year-to-date in 2026. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $319.7 million (56% of combined potential value). Only 2 awards with combined potential value of $3.4 million face ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, indicating limited near-term recompete exposure. In its subcontractor role, PCX Aerosystems-Manchester supplies components and assemblies to Boeing on AH-64 Apache full-rate production, Apache Performance Based Logistics, and CH-47 Chinook programs; to Sikorsky on CH-53K King Stallion long-lead items, Black Hawk production, and Coast Guard MH-60T helicopter components; to Lockheed Martin on helicopter modernization and USCG aircraft modifications; and to Aerojet Rocketdyne on RS-25 engine production restart for the Space Launch System. The sub footprint spans Apache airframe production lots 7–15 (most dense), CH-47F procurement, Black Hawk MY X aircraft production, and supporting logistics initiatives.