Acme Solutions LLC

Acme Solutions LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, operates as a prime contractor on defense research and development contracts (30% of recent awards) and subcontractor on federal research and aerospace engineering programs (70%), with a nascent federal footprint anchored to directed-energy and machine-learning capabilities.

Acme is a for-profit limited liability partnership classified under self-certified small disadvantaged business status, competing predominantly full-and-open rather than under set-aside vehicles. The vendor's recent award activity spans three federal agencies: the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory (7 awards, $1.2 million combined potential value), the DOD Missile Defense Agency (2 awards, $500 combined potential value), and the Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration (1 award). The Air Force concentration reflects Acme's primary capability footprint in directed-energy systems development and machine-learning integration for defense applications.

Acme's prime contract work includes a $1.24 million Air Force Research Laboratory SBIR Phase II purchase order awarded in July 2025 for development of Multi-Role Tactical Laser-3, a tactical directed-energy advancement program with completion in April 2027. More significantly, Acme holds a position on the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) multiple-award IDIQ awarded by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, with a ceiling of $151 billion and term running through December 2035. The initial delivery order under SHIELD, issued simultaneously, carries a $500 firm fixed-price ceiling with place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama, and supports multi-domain defense system capabilities spanning research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, and test and evaluation across ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise-missile threat domains.

In its subcontractor role, Acme delivers LaserComm integration support and machine-learning toolset development to the University of New Mexico's COSMIAC program (a recurring sub-award stream from March 2024 through May 2025) for satellite-navigation countermeasure response-acceleration work. Acme also subcontracts to Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies on battery test and refurbishment under the national security campus operations contract.

Activity has accelerated from three awards in 2024 to seven in 2025. One award — the SBIR Phase II contract valued at $1.24 million — reaches ultimate completion in April 2027 and faces recompete within the next twenty-four months. The vendor's narrow customer base and early-stage footprint position Acme as an emerging player in defense directed-energy and machine-learning research, with significant growth opportunity anchored to the SHIELD IDIQ's multi-billion-dollar potential.