Hutchinson Awarded $191.6 Million Army Contract for Wheel and Tire Assemblies
The Trenton, New Jersey, mobility supplier secured a five-year, firm-fixed-price deal from the Defense Logistics Agency, prevailing over 13 other bidders for the Army requirements award.
TRENTON, NEW JERSEY — Hutchinson Industries Inc., the Trenton, New Jersey, maker of engineered mobility components for military vehicles, received a maximum $191.6 million Army contract for wheel and tire assemblies, as announced on war.gov.
The firm-fixed-price, requirements contract runs five years with no option periods and closes its ordering window on Aug. 2, 2031. Fourteen firms competed for the award, funded through fiscal 2026 to 2031 Army working capital funds, according to war.gov. The deal marks the first federal contract recorded for Hutchinson this year and ranks as the eighth Department of Defense contract awarded in New Jersey during 2026.
“Hutchinson protects some of the most important vehicles in the world,” the company said on its website, describing troop carriers, fuel delivery trucks and security vehicles that rely on its runflat inserts and lightweight wheels, according to hutchinsoninc.com.
Hutchinson employs roughly 185 people and traces its founding to 1981, according to highperformr.ai. The company operates as a subsidiary of Hutchinson, a unit of TotalEnergies, with additional operations in Buffalo, New York, and Châlette-sur-Loing, France, according to highperformr.ai. It registers with the U.S. Department of State Directorate of Defense Trade Controls as a manufacturer of defense articles under ITAR, according to hutchinsoninc.com.
The stakes fall squarely on the Army’s mobility supply chain. A requirements contract commits the government to buy its needed wheel and tire assemblies from Hutchinson through 2031, giving the company a steady revenue base while locking in a single qualified source. Rival bidders that lost the competition forgo that guaranteed order flow.
For the average reader, the award funds the unglamorous parts that keep military trucks rolling. Wheel and tire assemblies, runflats and beadlocks allow vehicles to keep moving after damage, a factor in crew safety on hostile terrain, according to hutchinsoninc.com.
Defense supply deals of this scale routinely pass through the Defense Logistics Agency, which manages sourcing for parts across the armed services. This award sits at the smaller end of the agency’s overall spending, yet it dominated Hutchinson’s own 2026 tally, accounting for its full contract value of $191.6 million for the year.
Competitive contract awards like this one have happened before. The Defense Logistics Agency regularly issues multiyear requirements contracts for vehicle components, and this one drew fourteen responses, according to war.gov. The strong bidder turnout signals a mature market for military wheel and tire assemblies.
The Defense Logistics Agency Weapons Support office in Warren, Michigan, will manage delivery orders under the contract. A date for the first order has not been announced.
Military mobility work has anchored Hutchinson for decades, as has happened before with the company’s runflat lines. Hutchinson developed run-flat tire technologies including the VFI and Rodgard systems that armed forces adopted worldwide, according to highperformr.ai. Those products carried the firm into defense markets across numerous countries, cementing a supplier role that a single five-year Army contract now extends toward the next decade.
This contract represents the 1st contract awarded to Hutchinson Industries Inc., in 2026, bringing the company’s total contract value for the year to $191,574,900. It is also the 8th Department of Defense contract awarded in New Jersey during 2026. Because this is the first award to Hutchinson Industries Inc. recorded in the database, it establishes the company’s initial benchmark within the Defense Logistics Agency portfolio. Specifically, it is both the largest and smallest Defense Logistics Agency contract awarded in 2026, at $191,574,900. Overall, this award was announced among 5 Department of Defense contracts issued nationwide on August 3, 2026.
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