DLA Aviation is looking for more companies to supply this 3,000 PSI hydraulic actuator used on the C-5 Aircraft. There is currently only one supplier for this item. Arkwin Industries has been the only supplier of this item p/n 12A049-1D over the past 18 years. The price has risen steadily over the past 10 years to $6,186. Lockheed Martin is the OEM with part number 4H90233-101D.
The military is so interested in finding more suppliers for this item that they are making samples available for vendors to reverse engineer. Currently there is no technical data package available.
At an annual demand of 57 units, DLA estimates spending $477,399 each year on this actuator.
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