Windcrest LLC

Windcrest LLC Advanced Training Systems Division, doing business as Advanced Training Systems, manufactures and delivers specialized training equipment—armament training devices, turning target systems, portable steel targets, robotic targets, and range-upgrade components—to federal law enforcement, correctional, and military customers as a prime contractor exclusively (100% of awards). The company is a woman-owned small business and self-certified small disadvantaged business headquartered in Norwood Young America, Minnesota, operating as a for-profit limited liability company and goods manufacturer.

The vendor's customer base spans 59 federal agencies but concentrates heavily on Department of Defense training programs and the General Services Administration. By award count, the Department of the Army leads with 41 awards, the Department of the Air Force with 30, and United States Special Operations Command with 29, accounting for 48% of recent awards combined. However, the dollar concentration diverges sharply: GSA Federal Acquisition Service anchors 96% of combined potential value ($100.3 million across just 5 awards), driven by Windcrest's seat on the Federal Supply Schedule GS02F0404D contract, which carries 152 task orders valued at $7.4 million combined. The top five customers by potential value account for 96% of the company's total award portfolio. Recent representative work includes a $113 thousand Woman-Owned Small Business delivery order to install a 360-degree fully electronic turning target system at Federal Correctional Institution Berlin (awarded September 2024), a $45.9 thousand delivery order from the Federal Correctional Institution Schuylkill for 16 Flexi HD pneumatic system components (September 2023), and a $51.3 thousand Total Small Business purchase order from Air Force Materiel Command for service targets (August 2022).

Windcrest's NAICS footprint reflects manufacturing and distribution: 153 awards carry "All Other Publishers" classification (a legacy categorization that captures training-device vendors on federal supply schedules), with secondary codes spanning machinery manufacturing and merchant wholesaling. PSC concentration aligns tightly: 83 awards under Armament Training Devices, 75 under Training Aids, 28 under Installation of Equipment–Training Aids and Devices, and 24 under Operation Training Devices. Activity has declined sharply in recent years—four awards in 2021, two in 2022, four in 2023, one in 2024, and one in 2026 to date—with only $16.9 million obligated against $111.4 million combined potential value (15% execution rate), indicating significant backlog. The vendor maintains no subcontractor footprint; all work is performed in-house from facilities in Waconia and Norwood Young America, Minnesota, and subordinate sites in Indian Head, Maryland, and Sudley Springs, Virginia. Place of performance spans multiple federal correctional facilities, military ranges, and law enforcement training sites.

For more than 45 years, Advanced Training Systems (ATS Targets) has been building live fire shooting ranges for military, law enforcement and civilian security agencies. Known for its product quality, ATS has developed an enviable reputation for corporate integrity and product innovation.

ATS offers three major classes of products: qualification shooting ranges; tactical (or dynamic) target systems; and, modular live fire shoot houses. In addition, ATS backs up its product offerings with a nationwide sales and service organization. To assist government purchasers ATS offers all products and services under its GSA contract (#47QREA19D0009) to help expedite government purchasing.