Foreign Military Sales Small Arms Protective Inserts

The Department of the Army Materiel Command Security Assistance Command established a Master IDIQ for Foreign Military Sales Small Arms Protective Inserts on June 23, 2020, with a five-year ordering period that closed on June 22, 2025. This vehicle is no longer active; no new orders may be placed against it.

The IDIQ contracted ballistic protective inserts for placement in tactical vests and body armor systems (Outer Tactical Vest, Improved Outer Tactical Vest, Soldier Plate Carrier System, and related platforms), with sizes ranging from extra small through extra large, designed to protect against 5.56 millimeter and 7.62 millimeter rounds and subject to ballistic resistance testing, First Article Testing, Production Lot Testing, and Quality Assurance protocols. All products must comply with the Berry Amendment, with components grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States.

The vehicle was awarded to three prime contractors and has generated 61 delivery orders totaling $22.2 million in combined potential value, with 100 percent of that value obligated. Hardwire LLC dominates the vehicle, holding 55 orders worth $18.4 million combined potential value (83 percent of activity). Point Blank Enterprises, Inc. holds 4 orders for $3.6 million, and Leading Technology Composites Inc. holds 2 orders for $318 thousand. All orders are unrestricted, with no set-aside designations. All 61 orders fund the Department of the Army Materiel Command Security Assistance Command; the vehicle supports Foreign Military Sales cases exclusively.

Delivery order values ranged from approximately $7,049 to approximately $2.9 million. The vehicle experienced steady ordering momentum through 2023 (11 orders annually), declining to 7 orders in 2024 before rising to 14 orders in 2025 as the ordering period closed. Two orders were issued after the vehicle closed (in February 2026), suggesting late-cycle modifications or administrative transactions under prior authority. Recent orders through early 2026 include a $2,999,993 order for Foreign Military Sales case LE-B-WCM and a $1,964,830 order for case UW-B-AAS, both with completion dates in late January 2027.

Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Small Arms Protective Inserts (SAPI)