DLA Aviation has announced that they would like to see more competition on this gear used in the F-16 engine. This 45 tooth gear, NSN 3020-00-320-5179 is made from E9310 steel. It has a diameter of 2.6 inches. It is managed through Tinker and Robins air force bases.
It was most recently sold to the military by Raytheon for $912 each in quantity of 139. The only other recent supplier was United Technologies. DLA purchases 1,727 of these gears each year for an annual estimated value of $1.5 Million.
There is no current solicitation for this item, but DLA is announcing that they would like to see more companies compete to supply this item. Technical data is available and DLA is even making samples available for potential suppliers to reverse engineer.
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