Operations Center in Quincy, CA
AVA founded in 1989 is located in Quincy, CA which is the American Valley of the beautiful Sierra Nevada mountains. Our customers include all the branches of the US Armed Forces, US government agencies, major defense contractors, original equipment manufacutres (OEM) and foreign military sales (FMS).
AVA supplies new GSE on certain platforms and applications. The other option, when supplying new GSE may be cost prohibitive, is AVA's re-manufacturing to zero-time. This process conforms to industry standards and our warranty, one year minimum, meets and/or exceeds that of the OEM.
Our support equipment portfolio includes:
- Ground Power Units
- Hydraulic Test Stands
- Munitions Handling Trailers
- Engine Stands
- Radome Dollies
- Brake Bleed Kits
- Aircraft Tow Bars
- Air Conditioning Units
- Aircraft Jacks
- Munitions Loaders
- Aircraft Maintenance Slings
- Propeller Dollies
- Propeller Slings
- Aircraft Maintenance Stands
- Special Tooling
Resolving reliability, supportability, maintainability problem(s) is our specialty, particularly those related to obsolescence. AVA is designated the Lockheed Martin Design Engineering Cognizant licensee for Lockheed designed P-3/S-3 GSE. This license allows AVA to repair and manufacture all Lockheed designed P-3/S-3 GSE. Additionally, AVA is a Lockheed Martin Approved Supplier for Lockheed designed C-130 B-H ground support equipment.
Our facilities (cage code 0YBF0) provide:
- Full-Range of Ground Support Equipment (GSE)
- Engineering Support
- Spare Parts for Various Weapon Systems
- Remanufacture Products to Zero-Time Condition
- Manufacture Full-Range of GSE to Specification
- Manufacture Full-Range of GSE to Specification
- Obsolescence Solutions
- Component Parts Supplier
- Supply Chain Management (SCM)
- Qualified LM Aero Source for Structural Repair, Machining & Metal Fabrication