1670: Parachutes; Aerial Pick Up, Delivery, Recovery Systems; Cargo Tie Down Equipment
Sustainment S&E › Engines, Components & Spt Eq · Figures are FPDS award actions reporting this code.
Product code
Active
Overview
- FY2026 obligations
- $186.30M
- $186,300,649awarded under 1670
- FY2027 to date
- $0
- 1 awards · year to date
- FY2026 awards
- 2,093
- awards with an action under this code
Obligations by fiscal year of action
- FY2026: $186,300,649
- FY2025: $204,678,090
- FY2024: $170,209,190
- FY2023: $116,730,911
- FY2022: $138,358,807
Total across 5 fiscal years: $816,277,647
* Year to date.
Source: FPDS award actions reporting this PSC. Obligations are the sum of the obligation on each action (modifications included). Department of Defense actions appear about 90 days after they are signed.
Definition
- Official name
- Parachutes; Aerial Pick Up, Delivery, Recovery Systems; Cargo Tie Down Equipment
- Short name
- PARACHUTES; AERIAL PICK UP, DELIVERY, RECOVERY SYSTEMS; AND CARGO TIE DOWN EQUIPMENT
- Category
- Sustainment S&E › Engines, Components & Spt Eq
- Status
- Active since October 1, 2011
- Includes
- Fitting Assemblies built into the aircraft structure.
- Excludes
- Fitting Assemblies built into the aircraft structure.
- Note
- Includes specifically designed items, sets, and systems for air-to-air, air-to-surface, and surface-to-air delivery, pick up and recovery operations, unless parts, attachments, assemblies, for use in or on such systems (i.e. space vehicle aerial recovery systems) are specifically indexed to other classes of the FSC (i.e., transmitting radio buoys and direction finding subsystem components).
Top buying agencies
FY2024–FY2026 · awarding sub-tier agencies
| Rank | Agency | Obligated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department Of The Army | $235,151,582 | 41.9% |
| 2 | Defense Logistics Agency | $175,867,970 | 31.3% |
| 3 | Department Of The Air Force | $112,111,231 | 20.0% |
| 4 | Department Of The Navy | $27,286,064 | 4.9% |
| 5 | Forest Service | $3,974,331 | 0.7% |
| 6 | U.S. Special Operations Command | $2,772,609 | 0.5% |
| 7 | Federal Acquisition Service | $2,310,547 | 0.4% |
| 8 | U.S. Coast Guard | $1,365,772 | 0.2% |
| 9 | Bureau Of Land Management | $1,072,310 | 0.2% |
| 10 | U.S. Customs And Border Protection | $46,141 | <0.1% |
Top vendors
FY2024–FY2026
| Rank | Vendor | Obligated | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AIRBORNE SYSTEMS NORTH AMERICA OF CA INC. | $102,844,987 | 149 | 18.3% |
| 2 | AAR MANUFACTURING, INC. | $71,122,394 | 22 | 12.7% |
| 3 | MILLS MANUFACTURING CORPORATION | $62,085,294 | 64 | 11.1% |
| 4 | BUTLER PARACHUTE SYSTEMS, INC | $41,067,430 | 75 | 7.3% |
| 5 | COMPLETE PARACHUTE SOLUTIONS, INC. | $40,165,216 | 76 | 7.2% |
| 6 | TAC INDUSTRIES, INC. | $22,747,462 | 20 | 4.1% |
| 7 | ECI DEFENSE GROUP, INC. | $16,232,995 | 48 | 2.9% |
| 8 | COTTONWOOD INC | $13,670,419 | 2,370 | 2.4% |
| 9 | FXC CORPORATION | $12,861,677 | 34 | 2.3% |
| 10 | MORSECORP, INC | $12,670,532 | 3 | 2.3% |