{"id":4618,"date":"2026-07-24T19:00:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T19:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/?p=4618"},"modified":"2026-07-24T19:00:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T19:00:56","slug":"military-uses-commercial-style-aircraft-life-preservers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/2026\/07\/military-uses-commercial-style-aircraft-life-preservers\/","title":{"rendered":"Military uses commercial style Aircraft Life Preservers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/A-A-50652_Life_Preserver_Vest.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"492\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/A-A-50652_Life_Preserver_Vest.jpg\" alt=\"Aircraft Life Preserver Vest 4220-01-113-8665 Commercial Spec A-A-50652\" class=\"wp-image-4619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/A-A-50652_Life_Preserver_Vest.jpg 492w, https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/A-A-50652_Life_Preserver_Vest-300x263.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>An Aircraft Life Preserver Vest being tested <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bidlink.net\">NSN 4220-01-113-8665<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Military buys these commercial style Aircraft Life Preservers all the time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment division regularly posts a new open government solicitation every few months.\u00a0 DLA Troop Support C&amp;E has been buying on-average a quantity of 2,400 each time, prices ranging from $125-$150.00 each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This commercial style Airline Life Preserver, Vest NSN 4220-01-113-8665 is again open for bid.\u00a0 The estimated contract value is around this time is $333,500.00 for this order alone.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This Life Preserver, Vest NSN 4220-01-113-8665 is built to the Commercial Specification A-A-50652.\u00a0 Only one company has won all of the past awards for many years and they are \u00a0NOT a manufacturer.\u00a0 Since the commercial government specification is available it\u2019s open to any manufacturer or new awardee that\u2019s a small business. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a note for New Companies looking to sell to the Defense Department, keep in mind that DoD never wants only one source, they are always looking for new suppliers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bidlink.net\">To see this government solicitation or past procurement history for Life Preservers and many others simply search on \u201cLife Preserver\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tired of DIBBS \/ SAM and bid services that don\u2019t understand defense contracting? Want to discover new manufacturing opportunities, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/\">Try BidLink for free at www.bidlink.net.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Aircraft Life Preserver Vest being tested NSN 4220-01-113-8665 The Military buys these commercial style Aircraft Life Preservers all the time. DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment division regularly posts a new open government solicitation every few months.\u00a0 DLA Troop Support C&amp;E has been buying on-average a quantity of 2,400 each time, prices ranging from &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/2026\/07\/military-uses-commercial-style-aircraft-life-preservers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Military uses commercial style Aircraft Life Preservers&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-industry_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4618"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4632,"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4618\/revisions\/4632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}