Adams Communication & Engineering Technology, Inc.

Adams Communication & Engineering Technology, Inc., operating through its Federal Government Division as a veteran-owned small business headquartered in California, Maryland, is a prime contractor delivering aircraft modification and depot-level maintenance services, engineering support, and component procurement for Naval Air Systems Command and the Defense Logistics Agency, with a portfolio dominated by emergent modification installations, H-53 and CH-53K aircraft retrofit kits, integrated maintenance data system installations, and specialized aviation components across multiple delivery orders and indefinite-delivery vehicles.

The vendor is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation and veteran-owned business with no recorded SBA 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, or disadvantaged-business certifications in the source, though it holds multiple small-business set-asides on active Naval Air Systems Command delivery orders. Its business model rests on prime contracting (93% of awards) rather than subcontracting (7%), though recent sub work under Defense Systems and Solutions involves H-1 helicopter modernization, attack-helicopter kit integration, and aircraft survivability equipment for the Marine Corps and Navy.

ACET's customer concentration is heavily skewed toward Naval Air Systems Command, which accounts for 51 awards representing $20.6 billion in combined potential value — nearly all of ACET's active delivery-order footprint. However, the top-customers-by-potential-value ranking reveals a different story: while NAVAIR dominates by award count, the Army Materiel Command's Aberdeen Proving Ground anchors $69.79 billion in combined potential value across 10 awards, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense carries $48.05 billion across 2 awards, with the Air Force's Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex contributing $14.02 billion across 4 awards. This divergence signals that ACET holds several large indefinite-delivery ceiling vehicles for non-NAVAIR customers that have generated significant potential-value listings but comparatively fewer executed task orders; in contrast, NAVAIR has issued 30+ smaller delivery orders against a single indefinite-delivery contract (N0001923D0009) totaling $8 million. The top five funding agencies account for 68% of awards and 88% of combined potential value.

ACET's parent vehicle portfolio centers on the Naval Air Systems Command indefinite-delivery contract (N0001923D0009) for depot-level H-53 aircraft modifications and emergent installations, which generated 30 task orders totaling $8 million in combined potential value; recent performance spans emergent modification installations, aircraft retrofit kit production, fire suppression system installations (AFC-629), integrated maintenance data system installations (AFC-519 PT3), nacelle installations (AFC-586), and electronic glass instrument installations (AFC-591). A single-award indefinite-delivery contract from NAVAIR dated November 18, 2022 (ceiling $39.9 million, completion November 17, 2027) carries the same scope. ACET also holds a $7.009 billion ceiling indefinite-delivery contract awarded by the Air Force's Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex (CFT Labor Augmentation Support Requirement LASR MAC IDIQ, awarded February 1, 2026, completion January 31, 2036), a $69.79 billion capacity from the Army's Aberdeen Proving Ground (Materiel Command Army Contracting Command), a $48.05 billion capacity from the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and a $5.1 billion capacity from the Army's PEO Command Control Communications-Tactical — all carrying no small-business set-aside designation. ACET also holds a GSA Federal Supply Schedule position (47QTCA25D0055, $750,000 ceiling, completion February 13, 2030) offering labor categories ranging from administrative and clerical support through senior systems engineer roles at hourly rates from $46.64 to $203.18, and limited positions on two FEDSIM ASTRO GWAC vehicles (ceiling $3,500 each, completion November 14, 2031).

Representative prime work includes a $49.7 million delivery order from Naval Air Systems Command issued June 11, 2024, under the Responsive Strategic Sourcing for Services (RS3) IDIQ for Multi-Mission Helicopter Program Office support services involving aircraft modifications and component procurement (invoiced $4.8 million in FY2025 with 33.8 FTEs); a $40.6 million delivery order under the KRACEn contract from Naval Air Warfare Center issued August 15, 2023, for CH-53K contractor maintenance support running through August 14, 2028; multiple delivery orders from Naval Air Systems Command for emergent modification installations and H-53 depot modifications (e.g., $493.3 million ceiling issued April 2, 2025; $405.8 million ceiling issued February 25, 2025; $667.6 million ceiling issued November 15, 2023); aircraft retrofit kit production orders (e.g., $86 thousand ceiling issued October 18, 2024); purchase orders from the Defense Logistics Agency for special-purpose computers and interface units (e.g., $218.5 thousand awarded November 1, 2024; $1.059 million awarded October 26, 2023; $239.5 thousand awarded November 29, 2022); and a $1.058 million firm-fixed-price purchase order from the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Construction and Equipment awarded October 26, 2023, for interface unit data procurement.

Activity has accelerated markedly in recent years — 4 awards in 2022 to 31 awards in 2025 — with 11 awards (combined potential value $95.3 million) reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months and therefore facing recompete exposure. SCI-reported invoicing across prime contracts totaled $20.3 million over FY2022–FY2025, with $8.9 million invoiced in FY2022 (46.7 FTEs) and $11.3 million invoiced in FY2025 (78.1 FTEs); FY2023 and FY2024 carried no SCI-reportable invoiced activity, reflecting a gap in federal service contract reporting during those fiscal years. Government-paid hourly rates on federal services contracts captured in SCI ran at a median of $91.90/hr across all percentiles, indicating uniform labor pricing. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, the vendor self-performed 100% of contract hours, with no named subcontractor share reported.

Subcontractor engagement is light. Named subcontractors on prime awards include M & S Machining Inc., a woman-owned small business, which manufactured H-53 pallet cover assemblies (16 units on one order, 12 units on another) under NAVAIR delivery orders for aircraft retrofit kit production issued October 18, 2024; Baker & Associates Inc., a women-owned small business providing gaskets and radomes; Phillips Corporation providing CNC machining equipment; and Powell Electronics, Inc. providing electrical components, all supporting the $49.7 million RS3 IDIQ delivery order from June 2024. ACET also subcontracted with American Circuits, Inc., a minority-owned and small disadvantaged business, on Defense Logistics Agency interface unit data purchase orders in 2022 and 2023. As a subcontractor, ACET has supported Defense Systems and Solutions on H-1 helicopter modernization (PMA-276 integration of attack-helicopter kits, multiple awards from February 2024 through August 2026); Science and Engineering Services, LLC on unscheduled maintenance for rescue hoist panel assemblies (May 2025); CACI Inc. Federal on advanced product innovation for NAVALX (June 2025); and Precise Systems, Inc. on PMA-209 production labor support (December 2021). ACET's award history spans 28 distinct customer agencies, with leading concentrations in aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment manufacturing (47 awards), engineering services (31 awards), and computer systems design services (24 awards).

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