AR1

AR1, a for-profit partnership or limited liability partnership headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, manufactures advanced military electronic and mechanical components—bracket mounts, circuit card assemblies, rotary compressors, power supply systems, wiring harness assemblies, hydraulic and pneumatic components, and related C5ISR sustainment hardware—for the U.S. Army as a prime contractor competing full-and-open (no set-asides) on defense IT and logistics vehicles. AR1 operates entirely as a prime on the C5ISR Gateway to Sustainment (G2S) IDIQ, with no subcontractor footprint in the source data.

AR1's customer base is heavily concentrated in Army sustainment and logistics. The Department of the Army's Communications Electronics Command (CECOM) dominates the portfolio by volume and value—11 of 16 awards with $3.22 billion combined potential value, driven by AR1's position as a holder on the $3.2 billion, ten-year G2S master IDIQ awarded August 9, 2023. CECOM and Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) use G2S to procure sustainment solutions for over 263 Army command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems. The Navy's NAVSUP has issued 3 delivery orders totaling $14.9 million; the Defense Logistics Agency and Army Materiel Command TACOM each account for under $1 million. The portfolio contains no civilian agency work.

AR1 has received 15 task orders under G2S totaling $32.1 million in combined potential value across 15 delivery orders. Representative work includes a $14.4 million rotary compressor delivery (Jan 2025, NAVSUP, ultimate completion Oct 2027), a $6.3 million bracket mount delivery for Advanced Combat Helmets (June 2024, CECOM, ultimate completion Jan 2028), a $6.2 million multi-NIIN order for hydraulic and pneumatic components (May 2025, CECOM, ultimate completion May 2026), and a $2.2 million modification covering three NIINs (June 2025, CECOM, ultimate completion March 2026). All work flows through G2S at firm fixed-price with full-and-open competition and no set-aside designation. Component categories span PSC codes for electrical and electronic assemblies (9 awards), antennas and waveguides (2 awards), compressors and pumps (1 award), and related hardware; NAICS coding is dominated by Other Electronic Component Manufacturing.

Activity has accelerated sharply—four awards in 2023, two in 2024, nine in 2025, and one through February 2026. The source notes AR1 has received fourteen delivery orders totaling approximately $31.6 million through August 2025 under G2S. Combined potential value across all 16 awards reaches $3.23 billion, but obligated dollars total only $46.8 million (1% of potential value), reflecting the IDIQ holder-position structure where ceiling values are large and task orders draw down incrementally. Six awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry $21.1 million in combined potential value and face recompete risk. Performance locations include facilities in Goleta and Santa Barbara, California; Troy and St. Clair Shores, Michigan; San Diego, California; Plano, Texas; and Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. G2S is AR1's sole identified vehicle; all work is Army C5ISR sustainment.