Bwxt Ordnance Tennessee, Inc.

Bwxt Ordnance Tennessee, Inc., a subsidiary of L3Harris Technologies, manufactures high-purity depleted uranium penetrators, classified military ammunition components, and specialized ordnance products as a prime contractor to the Department of the Army and the Department of Energy, competing on a full-and-open basis with no set-aside designations. The Jonesborough, Tennessee-based manufacturer operates under parent Bwxt Nuclear Operations Group, Inc., and competes across ammunition manufacturing, ordnance accessories production, and advanced materials processing under primary NAICS codes 325992 (Ammunition except Small Arms Manufacturing), 332992 (Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing), and related foundry and powder-metallurgy categories.

Bwxt Ordnance Tennessee's recent award footprint is dominated by a single transformational contract: a $1.63 billion definitive contract awarded by the National Nuclear Security Administration on October 1, 2025, for high-purity depleted uranium production services through September 30, 2035. This contract alone represents 93% of the vendor's combined potential value across all recent awards. The remaining portfolio centers on Army ammunition and penetrator production. A $75.3 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with the Army's Program Executive Office Ammunition, awarded February 28, 2023, through February 1, 2028, procures approximately 2,000 depleted uranium penetrators annually for the 120-millimeter M829A4 tank cartridge, with three delivery orders issued to date: $11.5 million (February 2023), $7.2 million (February 2024), and $7.4 million (February 2025). A $267.2 million Other Transaction multiple-award IDV for classified depleted uranium penetrators under the "ROBUST 1" program, awarded August 1, 2024, establishes a task-order vehicle for design, engineering, and manufacture of kinetic penetrator technology. Recent delivery orders include a $7.4 million firm fixed-price order for depleted uranium and non-recurring engineering from PEO Ammunition on February 26, 2026.

Customer concentration is extreme: the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration alone anchors $1.63 billion (93% of combined potential value), while the Department of the Army accounts for 67 of 158 total awards with $115.1 million from PEO Ammunition specifically. The vendor serves 17 distinct federal agencies, but the top two customers cover 100% of potential-value exposure. Five parent indefinite delivery contracts hold the largest task-order pipelines: DAAE3000D1010 (17 task orders), DAAK1081C0097 (6 task orders), DAAK1084C0031 (6 task orders), W519TC24D0009 (6 task orders), and W52P1J22D0005 (5 task orders).

Activity has accelerated modestly — two awards in 2022, climbing to twelve in 2025 — with only one recompete exposure ($7.4 million) hitting the window in the next twenty-four months. In its subcontractor role, Bwxt Ordnance Tennessee delivers ammunition components, penetrator hardware, and ordnance engineering to General Dynamics Ordnance & Tactical Systems on multiple 25-millimeter and 20-millimeter cartridge programs, to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation on 20-millimeter multipurpose tracer-self-destruct and MK244 armor-piercing cartridge work, and to Consolidated Nuclear Security on Y-12 National Security Complex operations support. Across both prime and sub work, the vendor's portfolio concentrates on high-purity depleted uranium components, armor-piercing ammunition systems, and specialized metallurgical manufacturing for defense platforms.