Altex Technologies Corporation

Altex Technologies Corporation, a for-profit Subchapter S corporation headquartered in San Jose, California, manufactures specialized equipment and delivers research and development services to the federal government as a prime contractor (93% of recent awards) and occasional subcontractor. The company competes predominantly in full-and-open procurements without set-aside designations, though it holds Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) awards and qualifies as a small business concern across its federal footprint.

Altex's capability portfolio spans two distinct domains. On the equipment side, the company manufactures engine cooling radiators for military vehicle platforms, with demonstrated expertise serving the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Land and Maritime as an approved source for National Stock Number 2930-01-677-5370 radiators supplying Army ground-vehicle fleets. Recent radiator supply work includes a $728,980 purchase order from DLA (awarded November 2023, completed May 2024), a $364,000 purchase order (awarded October 2024, completed March 2025), and three delivery orders placed in 2025 and 2026 ranging from $53,400 to $106,800 each. Altex also holds a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with DLA Land and Maritime (ceiling $250,000, awarded September 2025, running through September 2026) for radiator procurement at approximately four orders per year. On the research side, the company pursues SBIR Phase I awards and federal grants focused on advanced materials, renewable energy, and environmental remediation. Recent research awards include a $259,494 Army SBIR Phase I contract (awarded June 2022, completed February 2023) for technology research; a $239,849 Naval Facilities Engineering Command SBIR Phase I award (February 2025) for research and development in renewable energy and materials science; and federal grants from the Department of Energy's Office of Science for battery-grade graphite production from biomass, compact thermal management for heavy-duty vehicle fuel cells, and critical materials recovery from produced water, as well as a Department of Agriculture grant recipient award for biofertilizer development through anaerobic digesters (awarded September 2025, completing April 2027).

Customer concentration disperses across research agencies and logistics commands. The top five customer organizations account for 44% of awards by count but 84% of combined potential value, revealing a dollars-heavy concentration in a small number of agencies. The Army Materiel Command Contracting Command Detroit Arsenal leads by potential value with four awards worth $26.1 million combined, while the Department of the Navy Secretary of the Navy Office of Naval Research places ten awards worth $6.8 million combined. The Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command leads by award count with thirteen awards totaling $4.6 million. The Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, and Naval Air Systems Command round out active customers. NAICS concentration reflects this split: 34 awards fall under research and development services (physical, engineering, and life sciences), nine under military armored vehicle and tank manufacturing, and seven under other engine equipment manufacturing.

Altex operates under two named indefinite-delivery parent vehicles: the IDC W56HZV22D0083 with four task orders and IDC SPE7LX25D61HW with three task orders worth $214 thousand combined potential value. The company's subcontract footprint centers on BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P., where Altex supplies materials and components in support of Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) production and Bradley A4 follow-on production efforts, with nine sub awards dated between December 2023 and October 2025 supporting both legacy Bradley modernization and new AMPV builds including Ukraine-support initiatives. Activity has grown modestly — three awards in 2022 to eight in 2025 — with only two awards (combined potential value not specified in the source's recompete window) reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months.

Altex pursues the development of novel thermal management, power systems and logistics fuels technologies, including heat exchanger components and systems and burners, fuel cell systems, combustion, gas turbines, biomass conversion to biofuels and bioplastics, pollution abatement, such as carbon sequestration and conversion, as well as systems that increase natural resource conservation.