Large federal prime contractors must adopt a small-business subcontracting plan on contracts above $900,000 ($2 million for construction) under FAR 19.702, with goals for small, women-owned, HUBZone, veteran-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned businesses. SBA's directory lists 22 primes with such plans on 85 contracts in NAICS 325920 (FY2023 and FY2024), 9 of them still active, with $1,745,998,514 in total contract value. These are the companies to approach about subcontracting work in this industry.
| Prime contractor | Location | Contracts (active) | Contract value | Main agencies | Latest end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemring Ordnance, Inc. | Perry, Florida | 3 (1) | $960,000,000 | Dept of the Army | Apr 30, 2027 |
| Nammo Defense Systems Inc. | Mesa, Arizona | 6 (2) | $34,896,233 | Dept of the Navy; Dept of the Air Force | Apr 24, 2028 |
| Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company | Simsbury, Connecticut | 14 (2) | $385,034,503 | Dept of the Army; Dept of the Navy | Jul 31, 2027 |
| General Dynamics Ots (Aerospace), Inc. | Bothell, Washington | 2 (2) | $6,973,452 | Dept of the Navy | May 20, 2027 |
| Rockwell Collins, Inc. | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | 4 (1) | $21,815,599 | Dept of the Navy; Dept of the Air Force | May 18, 2028 |
| Eaglepicher Technologies, LLC | Joplin, Missouri | 5 (1) | $16,901,606 | Dept of the Navy | Nov 30, 2026 |
| Bae Systems Ordnance Systems Inc. | Kingsport, Tennessee | 3 (0) | $97,176,512 | Dept of the Army | Mar 31, 2026 |
| Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company (California LLC) | Hollister, California | 10 (0) | $66,140,380 | Dept of the Air Force; Dept of the Navy | Aug 30, 2026 |
| Alloy Surfaces Co Inc | Aston, Pennsylvania | 2 (0) | $33,004,332 | Dept of the Navy | Sep 23, 2024 |
| Armtec Countermeasures Co | Coachella, California | 6 (0) | $27,271,324 | Dept of the Air Force; Dept of the Navy | Oct 31, 2025 |
| Chemring Energetic Devices Inc | Downers Grove, Illinois | 10 (0) | $27,139,741 | Dept of the Air Force; Dept of the Navy | May 29, 2026 |
| Kilgore Flares Company LLC | Toone, Tennessee | 1 (0) | $16,526,436 | Dept of the Air Force | Nov 29, 2024 |
| Rockwell Collins Inc | Fairfield, California | 3 (0) | $15,078,768 | Dept of the Air Force; Dept of the Navy | May 31, 2026 |
| Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC | Plymouth, Minnesota | 2 (0) | $8,864,492 | Dept of the Army | Jul 31, 2025 |
| Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | Corinne, Utah | 1 (0) | $8,704,643 | Dept of the Air Force | Jan 28, 2025 |
| Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Co California LLC | Chandler, Arizona | 4 (0) | $6,806,631 | Dept of the Navy; Dept of the Air Force | Sep 8, 2026 |
| Kidde Technologies Inc. | Wilson, North Carolina | 3 (0) | $3,667,746 | Dept of the Air Force | Dec 15, 2025 |
| Mission Systems Davenport Inc. | Davenport, Iowa | 1 (0) | $3,333,352 | Dept of the Navy | Apr 8, 2026 |
| St. Marks Powder, Inc. | Crawfordville, Florida | 2 (0) | $2,708,688 | Dept of the Army | May 31, 2025 |
| Breeze-Eastern LLC | Whippany, New Jersey | 1 (0) | $2,140,072 | Dept of the Navy | Apr 9, 2026 |
| Ametek Ameron, LLC | Baldwin Park, California | 1 (0) | $954,030 | Dept of the Navy | Sep 6, 2024 |
| Cartridge Actuated Devices, Inc | Fairfield, New Jersey | 1 (0) | $859,974 | Dept of the Navy | Aug 30, 2024 |
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