FDH Defense Aftermarket, LLC

FDH Defense Aftermarket, LLC, a small business based in Commerce, California, supplies aircraft, maritime, and electronic components and hardware to federal defense agencies as a prime contractor through full-and-open competition, with no set-aside designations across its recent award portfolio. The company is a child of Fastener Distribution Holdings, LLC, and operates under the alternate business name Unical Defense, specializing in defense aftermarket parts distribution across multiple Defense Logistics Agency divisions and the U.S. Coast Guard.

FDH Defense Aftermarket's customer concentration is heavily weighted toward the Defense Logistics Agency. The top five funding agencies account for 98% of recent awards by count: Defense Logistics Agency Aviation (3,900 awards, $51.9 million combined potential value) dominates both volume and dollars, followed by Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime (2,021 awards, $13 million), Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Hardware (863 awards, $3.6 million), the Department of Homeland Security US Coast Guard (101 awards, $6.9 million), and the Department of the Army (36 awards, $6.3 million). When ranked by potential value, the Coast Guard ranks third at $6.9 million, above Troop Support Hardware. Recent representative work includes a $350,000 Indefinite Delivery Contract with DLA Aviation for spring washers (awarded March 2026, running through March 2027); a $161,435.60 purchase order from DLA Aviation for roller bearings (December 2025); a $134,731.73 delivery order from DLA Land and Maritime for mechanical housing components (February 2026); an $84,590.94 purchase order from Naval Supply Systems Command for a chiller (February 2026); and a $50,000 purchase order from the Coast Guard for Voice Data Recorder repair services for HC-130J aircraft, performed at FDH's facility in Grapevine, Texas (February 2026).

FDH Defense Aftermarket holds two Blanket Purchase Agreements with the Department of the Army: a $3 million multiple-award BPA (W51B2823AJ024) with 33 task orders generating $3.9 million in combined potential value, and a second Army BPA (W56HZV20AJ015) with 26 task orders valued at $1.3 million combined. An additional Indefinite Delivery Contract (SPE4A618D5431) with DLA carries 13 task orders. The vendor also participates in the One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services vehicle with 12 task orders. Within the 24-month recompete window, 18 awards with combined potential value of $1.2 million face ultimate completion dates.

Activity has grown consistently year over year from 516 awards in 2022 to 696 in 2024 and 736 in 2025, with 158 awards recorded in 2026 through May. The award portfolio spans a narrow but deep capability set: the top five NAICS codes by award count are Hardware Manufacturing (1,190 awards), Bolt, Nut, Screw, Rivet, and Washer Manufacturing (1,127 awards), Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (495 awards), Gasket, Packing, and Sealing Device Manufacturing (434 awards), and Capacitor, Resistor, Coil, Transformer, and Other Inductor Manufacturing (353 awards). By PSC, the leading categories are Bushings, Rings, Shims, and Spacers (494 awards); Nuts and Washers (461 awards); Hardware, Commercial (455 awards); Packing and Gasket Materials (432 awards); and Connectors, Electrical (367 awards). The vendor competes almost exclusively without set-asides across a portfolio of 7,066 prime awards spanning 22 distinct federal agencies. Two subcontract awards to Amentum Services, Inc., in October 2025 for T-44/T-54 aircraft maintenance thermocouples represent the company's limited subcontracting footprint. Combined potential value across all awards is $86.9 million, with $80.8 million obligated (93% realization rate).