The Department of Defense, and its entire fleet of aircraft, use all kinds of Ground Support Equipment (GSE). Today, we’ve decided to look at a few currently open government solicitations for GSE; items that DOD has drawings for, but perhaps haven’t been noticed by other than their current manufacturers. We quickly found four items within the Ordnance Handling Equipment (OHE) sub-category of GSE. All these items are relatively simple mechanical assemblies; things small machine shops or fabricators could manufacture. (In an article posted yesterday we discussed types of Ground Support Equipment used by the Department of Defense.)
Open Government Solicitations for Ordnance Handling Equipment
The first item we found was a Brake Cam, a replacement spare part used with the MHU-191 Munitions Handling Unit. This specific part NSN 1740-01-151-0775 has been purchased for many years. Drawings are available.
The second item we found by the same manufacturer was a Weapon Cradle Adapter Retractor Assembly, NSN 1740-01-140-7583. Drawings are available.
The third item we found, NSN 2540-01-155-3653, is a Motor Vehicle Towbar used with the MHU-185/M Munitions Trailer supporting the the F/A-18. Drawings are available.
The fourth one is NSN 1450-00-089-4366, Small Track, which is part of the Sidewinder Missile Cradle MHU/61-E. Drawings are available.
All of the above NSNs currently have open government solicitations as of the writing of this article. These four are a small sampling of the kinds of items purchased by the Department of Defense within the GSE / OHE sub-category. We’ve listed them to give you a sense of the numerous government contracting opportunities available in BidLink.net. Set up a free trial at BidLink today to see these and many more contracting opportunities.
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