Vermont Aerospace Industries, LLC

Vermont Aerospace Industries, LLC, a small business manufacturer based in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, supplies precision-machined ordnance and mechanical components to the Defense Logistics Agency and Department of Defense as a prime contractor on 95% of its federal awards, competing predominantly without set-asides on full-and-open procurements while holding recurring Total Small Business set-aside awards.

Vermont Aerospace is a for-profit limited liability company headquartered in St. Johnsbury with production facilities in Waterford and Lyndonville, Vermont. The vendor operates primarily under NAICS 332994 (Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing) and NAICS 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing), delivering precision-machined components, mechanical assemblies, and hardware items classified under PSC codes for guns, gears, sprockets, transmission equipment, and aircraft support hardware. The company maintains no formal SBA certifications visible in the source; its small-business status is self-reported through System for Award Management registration dating to January 2017.

Vermont Aerospace' customer concentration is extreme and sole-agency dependent. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime division accounts for 454 of 546 total awards (83% of prime award count) and $25 million of $25.7 million combined potential value across the entire portfolio — 97% of dollars. DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment places 33 awards for $538 thousand, DLA Aviation places 26 awards for $114 thousand, and DLA Troop Support Hardware places 12 awards for $40 thousand. These five DLA subdivisions and the Department of the Army Acquisition Support Center together cover 98% of all awards. The vendor has no civilian agency customer presence and minimal diversification beyond DLA.

Vermont Aerospace' capability portfolio centers on production of precision-machined ordnance-related components and mechanical parts. Representative prime awards include a $485 thousand Total Small Business set-aside purchase order for exit units (gun system components, NSN 1005010502735) awarded by DLA Land and Maritime on January 8, 2026; a $498 thousand Total Small Business set-aside for exit units by the same division on June 24, 2024; a $139 thousand Total Small Business set-aside for housing access components (NSN 1005010553373) awarded July 30, 2024; and a $117 thousand Total Small Business set-aside for automatic lubricators (NSN 1005012344080) awarded July 18, 2023. Smaller routine orders span cartridge guides, sprocket wheels, housing assemblies, scoops (front and rear), shafts, followers, pins, and spacers — all components supporting small arms, ammunition handling, and military vehicle systems. The vendor also holds single-award indefinite delivery contracts with DLA Land and Maritime: a $250 thousand ceiling IDC for sprocket wheels (NSN 3020010556469) awarded December 1, 2025 with no set-aside; a $250 thousand Total Small Business IDC for breech bolt bodies (NSN 1005010388888) awarded April 15, 2025; a $250 thousand Total Small Business IDC for housing assembly feeders (NSN 1005013568214) awarded February 14, 2025; and a $250 thousand unset-aside IDC for fixed front scoop components (NSN 1005010613788) awarded August 23, 2024. These IDCs typically carry one-year terms, $250 thousand ceilings, and estimated order frequencies ranging from 3 to 12 units per year, enabling DLA to issue firm fixed-price delivery orders on an as-needed basis for recurring spare-parts requirements.

Activity has been relatively flat: 46 awards in 2022, climbing to 61 in 2024, then declining to 52 in 2025 and 15 year-to-date in 2026. The vendor faces minimal recompete exposure — only 15 awards with ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $1.1 million, suggesting a mature, stable customer base with low churn. Recent obligated dollars (81% of potential value across the portfolio) indicate consistent invoice-to-award conversion.

Vermont Aerospace subcontracts as a precision-machining supplier to larger defense primes, particularly General Dynamics-Ots, Inc., which has placed multiple sub-awards for guided missile director components, rotor subassemblies, and housing transfers; Renk America LLC for UCA hardware and THOR III hydromechanical transmission support; and General Dynamics Mission Systems for fire control system consolidation and follow-on work. Sub work typically involves machining services and parts production under cost-plus-fixed-fee or parts-and-services delivery models, with sub-award count at 27 awards (5% of the portfolio) and dollar magnitude substantially lower than prime work.

Vermont Aerospace competes in full-and-open procurement across most of its prime portfolio but receives multiple recurring Total Small Business set-aside awards, particularly for larger housing and lubricator components. The vendor holds no multi-agency vehicles (GWACs, BPAs, or governmentwide IDIQs) and operates entirely through DLA single-award IDCs and transactional purchase orders, making the company's competitive reach and teaming leverage narrow and DLA-specific.