DLA Aviation is looking for companies to provide more competition for this wheel segment used in the F/A-18 and EA-18G Growler. Currently the only supplier has been Honeywell International with the most recent order for six units priced at $6,997 each.
DLA estimates annual demand at 58 units with an estimated cost of $569,002 each year.
The wheel segment has a national stock number of 1620-01-537-3055 and a manufacturer’s part number of 261208-1. A technical data package is available.
In order to encourage more companies to make this part, they are making samples available for vendors to either purchase or borrow in order to reverse engineer.
Companies interested in producing this item should contact DLA and request a sample. To learn more about this item, log into BidLink and put 1620-01-537-3055 in the “Search for Anything box”
