Whitcraft LLC

Whitcraft LLC, doing business as Pursuit Aerospace, manufactures precision aerospace components and aircraft parts for the federal government as a prime contractor (96% of recent awards) on DLA supply contracts and IDCs, competing predominantly full-and-open without small-business set-asides on individual task orders while holding two DLA Aviation single-award IDCs set aside for small businesses. The company is a for-profit limited liability company headquartered in Eastford, Connecticut, with four named manufacturing subsidiaries: Multax LLC, Connecticut Tool & Manufacturing Company LLC, Dell Manufacturing Co. LLC, and Whitcraft South Windsor LLC.

Whitcraft's customer base is heavily concentrated with the Defense Logistics Agency. DLA Aviation accounts for 277 awards (55% of the portfolio by count) and $27.2 million in combined potential value (83% of dollars), with secondary volume at DLA Troop Support Hardware (48 awards, $2.4 million), DLA Land and Maritime (30 awards, $1 million), DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment (22 awards, $878 thousand), and the Defense Contract Management Agency (7 awards, $416 thousand). The top five customers represent 81% of award volume and 97% of combined potential value, reflecting extreme customer concentration. Whitcraft's capability portfolio centers on metallic aircraft seals, heat shields, engine support brackets, access covers, clevis assemblies, and structural support equipment for military aviation platforms, particularly F100-PW-100, 200, and 229 engines across fighter and rotary-wing aircraft. Representative prime work includes a $192,930 delivery order from DLA Aviation in January 2025 for metallic seals under IDC SPE4A723D0054, a $93,363 purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime in November 2025 for mounting brackets, a $64,380 delivery order from DLA Aviation in March 2024 for engine support brackets, and a $56,994 delivery order from DLA Aviation in December 2024 for metallic seals under the small-business set-aside IDC.

Whitcraft holds two primary DLA Aviation IDCs. The larger, SPE4A723D0054, is valued at $1.999 million as a single-award small-business set-aside running through November 2027, focused on metallic seals and related aircraft parts; it has generated 14 task orders under $857 thousand combined potential value. The second, SPE4A723D5579, is valued at $249,999.99 running through June 2026 for heat shields and related parts. Both vehicles are single-award, preventing recompete and anchoring recurring revenue. Whitcraft also performs under five other parent IDCs (SPE4A719D0110, SPE4A714D5545, SPM48004D5910, SPE4A713D5259), which collectively account for 46 task orders.

Activity has been relatively flat year over year — ranging from 12 to 21 awards annually over the past five years, with 16 awards in 2025 and 3 in early 2026. Only two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $111 thousand), presenting minimal recompete cliff exposure. The source reports $32.8 million in combined potential value across the portfolio, with $27.4 million already obligated (84% utilization rate), indicating stable execution and strong payment flow.

Whitcraft's subcontractor footprint is small (4% of awards by count, 19 sub-awards total) but concentrated on defense primes. RTX Corporation is the dominant sub relationship, with eighteen sub-awards spanning F-35 engine sustainment (F135 ECU Risk Reduction Design), F119 engine sustainment, and LOT 18/19 propulsion tooling and long-lead-time material work dated between February 2025 and April 2022. General Electric Company appears on two sub-awards for F110 Qatar II engines and HC-144 aircraft spares (both March 2026). The subcontract work mirrors the prime focus on aircraft engine parts and airframe structural components.

Whitcraft's award portfolio is dominated by two NAICS categories: Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing (258 awards) and Hardware Manufacturing (89 awards), with secondary volume in Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (36 awards) and Aircraft Manufacturing (18 awards). PSC codes track the same profile, anchored by Gas Turbines and Jet Engines (261 awards) and Hardware Commercial and Weapon System variants (93 and 39 awards respectively). The company has maintained SAM.gov registration since 2001 and serves as a critical supplier to major defense primes including RTX Corporation, Rolls-Royce Corporation, The Boeing Company, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and Sikorsky Aircraft, most often as a subcontractor rather than a prime to those firms.