Amada America Inc.

Amada America Inc., a California-based subsidiary of the global Amada Group, sells precision metal fabrication equipment — press brakes, laser cutting systems, turret punch presses, and related installation, maintenance, and software support services — to the U.S. Department of Defense and federal prisons as a prime contractor operating full-and-open (no set-aside designations across the footprint).

Amada's customer base concentrates heavily on naval organizations. Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) anchors the footprint with 59 awards totaling $5 million in combined potential value, followed by Defense Logistics Agency Aviation (4 awards, $5.3 million) and Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (3 awards, $977 thousand). The top five customers by potential value account for 91% of recent dollars: DLA Aviation and NAVSEA together represent roughly $10.3 million in combined potential value, with the Army Communications Electronics Command, Naval Air Warfare Center, and NASA Ames Research Center filling out the active set. By award count, NAVSEA dominates with 59 purchase orders, many for routine parts, maintenance, and support ($310 to $244,300 per order), while DLA Aviation and Army CECOM anchor the highest-dollar single awards. The two rankings show tension: NAVSEA's volume-heavy profile generates $5 million across dozens of small purchases, while DLA Aviation's four awards carry more than that in total potential value because they include large equipment procurements.

Recent work reflects Amada's core capability mix. A $1.75 million Army CECOM definitive contract (September 2025) procured a 12-kilowatt fiber laser cutting machine with turnkey design, supply, delivery, installation, setup, and training — performance period 180 calendar days through May 2026. A $671,581 Naval Information Warfare Systems Command purchase order (September 2025) delivered a TURRET PUNCH PRESS T55, and a $299,594 NAVWAR order (May 2025) supplied a press brake including tooling, software, training, equipment disposal, and factory warranty extension. A $244,300 Naval Sea Systems Command maintenance agreement (September 2025) covers base year plus three option years of support for Amada laser/turret punch machines at Naval Base Kitsap through September 2029. A $2.356 million DLA Aviation purchase order (April 2024) delivered an ENSIS3015AJ CNC laser cutter machine with installation and training.

Activity has been modest and irregular. The past five years show ten awards in 2022, three in 2023, four in 2024, nine in 2025, and one in 2026 through late July — no consistent growth trajectory. Award potential value totals $14.8 million across 133 prime awards, but obligated dollars ($19.1 million, 129% of potential) suggest scope growth and modifications on active contracts. The 131 prime awards (98% of total) are almost entirely purchase orders; Amada operates two subcontracts under Lockheed Martin (USAF and HIMARS programs, April 2025 and March 2024) focused on laser cutter systems and support equipment. By capability category, Amada's awards cluster in maintenance and repair of equipment (33 awards), machine tool manufacturing (11 awards), machinery merchant wholesaling (11 awards), and software publishing (6 awards) — a narrow, equipment-centric posture aligned with its core business of selling and supporting fabrication machinery to defense industrial operations.