Manufacture of Trailing Edge for the B-1 Aircraft.

The contract award is for the manufacture of the trailing edge component for the B-1 aircraft, issued under solicitation number SPRTA126D0005 with a posted date of June 17, 2026. This is a total small business set-aside as defined by FAR 19.5, meaning only small businesses are eligible to compete, and it falls under the NAICS code 336413 for aircraft manufacturing. The contracting office is the Department of Defense’s Defense Logistics Agency Aviation located at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with Dana Craun listed as the primary point of contact for inquiries. The work is to be performed in Dallas, North Carolina, despite the office being based in Oklahoma, indicating the physical location of production or delivery. The contract was awarded through a competitive process, indicating multiple vendors competed for the opportunity under the set-aside provisions designed to support small business participation in defense contracting.