Western Airparts Corporation

Western Airparts Corporation, a veteran-owned small business based in Valencia, California, supplies precision aerospace and military equipment components to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor on firm fixed-price purchase orders, with 100 percent of recent awards flowing directly to the vendor without subcontracting.

The company is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation that manufactures and delivers mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic assemblies critical to military aircraft and ground vehicle operations. Recent representative work includes a $107,200 firm fixed-price purchase order from the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation for a main drive spline (awarded April 7, 2026), a $63,450 delivery order for a fuel pump valve (awarded December 9, 2024), a $47,800 valve assembly contract (awarded April 20, 2026), and numerous smaller component procurements ranging from a few hundred to tens of thousands of dollars. All work is performed in-house at the Valencia facility; Western Airparts operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no documented subcontracting relationships.

Customer concentration is heavy within the Defense Logistics Agency. DLA Aviation accounts for 237 awards (53 percent of total awards) worth $2.1 million in combined potential value, while DLA Land and Maritime holds 104 awards (24 percent) worth $600 thousand. The remaining top-tier customers—the Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command, the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command, and the Naval Air Systems Command—together represent roughly 20 percent of award count but less than 5 percent of dollar value. The vendor serves 14 distinct federal agencies overall.

Award volume has declined sharply in recent years: 130 purchase orders in 2022, 111 in 2023, 27 in 2024, 23 in 2025, and 11 so far in 2026. Over the past 27 years, Western Airparts has accumulated 442 prime awards with a combined potential value of $3.4 million and combined dollars obligated of $3.5 million, indicating the vendor executes small purchase orders regularly to specification. Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal near-term recompete exposure for the vendor.

The capability portfolio skews heavily toward engine fuel system components (64 awards), aircraft hydraulic and pneumatic system components (27 awards), valves and nonpowered components (21 awards), and miscellaneous aircraft accessories (18 awards). Manufacturing NAICS codes dominate: Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (99 awards), Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing (75 awards), and Hardware Manufacturing (26 awards) form the core footprint. Western Airparts competes full-and-open on these purchase orders with no set-aside designation on the majority of awards, though a small subset carry Total Small Business set-aside marks. The vendor maintains SAM registration dating to July 2001 and has held continuous federal contracting relationships with DLA branches for over two decades, positioning itself as a dependable source for time-sensitive component deliveries supporting defense logistics supply chain operations.