Air Force Test Center

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Test Center is a defense contracting organization under the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) that procures test, evaluation, and operational support services across Air Force test facilities including Edwards Air Force Base, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, and Eglin Air Force Base.

The agency maintains a substantial contract footprint with 24,771 federal contract awards totaling $19.63 billion in combined potential value since 1996, with $18.19 billion obligated across the portfolio. Recent activity shows 391 awards in 2022, 407 in 2023, 316 in 2024, 267 in 2025, and 142 year-to-date in 2026. The contracting base is highly fragmented across 6,117 distinct prime contractors. Over the last five years, HPI Federal LLC leads by award count with 35 awards, followed by Dawson Enterprises Inc. with 28 and Data Monitor Systems Inc. with 25. By potential value over the same window, Data Monitor Systems Inc. ranks first with $20 million combined value, though these top contractors collectively represent only 9 percent of recent awards by count and 0 percent of combined potential value, indicating that most award values are either unreported or fall below reporting thresholds—a structural signal that the agency transacts heavily through Schedule task orders, BPA calls, and below-threshold purchase orders.

Set-aside activity is dominated by open competition: 72 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation. Small business set-asides account for 19 percent of total awards, with 8(a) sole-source designations at 5 percent and competitive 8(a) at 2 percent. HUBZone, SDVOSB, and WOSB set-asides are negligible, collectively representing less than 1 percent of awards.

Grant activity is minimal. The agency has issued three cooperative agreements totaling $680 thousand in federal obligations since July 2023. Tennessee Technological University received two awards ($452 thousand), and the University of Illinois received one ($227 thousand). Grant making is not a primary mission.

Current contract opportunities span test infrastructure modernization, commercial services, and supplies. A request for whitepapers posted October 17 seeks proposals to modernize Test Site 2 at the Aerospace Vehicle Survivability Facility at Wright-Patterson, targeting live-fire test and evaluation capability for current and future aerospace systems against advanced kinetic threats (due November 16). A Request for Quotation posted October 19 solicits breathing air systems maintenance and emergency repair services for fire emergency operations at Edwards AFB and Air Force Plant 42 (due November 18). Numerous small-business set-aside RFQs posted in late September target commercial equipment including Radar Absorbent Material relocation services, holiday lighting installation, electrical equipment, and furnace systems. A Broad Agency Announcement call posted October 1 (HERMES BAA, FA9300-20-S-0001-CALL-RDRE-CC) targets research and development for Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine-Combined Cycle flight demonstration from TRL 3 to TRL 6 over 36 to 48 months, with white-paper step one due November 16. Multiple presolicitation notices signal upcoming sole-source actions for specialized equipment including anthropomorphic test device sustainment parts and commercial internet services.