Arc Technologies LLC

Arc Technologies LLC, a subsidiary of Hexcel Corp, manufactures advanced composite materials, radar-absorbing materials (RAM), and specialized electronic covers for the U.S. Department of the Navy as a prime contractor and subcontractor to major defense primes. Operating from Amesbury, Massachusetts, Arc Technologies is structured as a limited liability company and competes in the full-and-open market without SBA set-aside designations across its recent prime awards. The vendor's footprint spans 985 recent federal awards with $36.5 million in combined potential value, split between 457 prime contracts and IDVs (46%) and 528 subcontracts (54%). Parent company Hexcel Corp is a global manufacturer of advanced composites technology serving aerospace and defense customers.

Arc Technologies' customer concentration centers overwhelmingly on the Department of the Navy. Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) anchors the portfolio with 299 awards carrying $21.8 million in combined potential value—92% of the vendor's top-customer coverage by count and 90% of potential value by the top-five ranking. The next tier includes Naval Air Systems Command (517 awards, $650 thousand potential value) and Naval Sea Systems Command (32 awards, $1.2 million). Non-Navy customers account for a small share: NASA Glenn Research Center (14 awards, $3.2 million), Defense Logistics Agency Document Services (18 awards, $5.3 million), and Defense Contract Management Agency (10 awards, $1.4 million). The concentration signal is stark—Navy awards account for the vast majority of recent activity by both count and dollars.

Prime work centers on firm-fixed-price purchase orders for specialized naval components. Representative examples include a $432,119.64 award from NAVSUP on September 12, 2024, for TY8 RCU barrel spare components (NSN 1HM 6625 013810121) with ultimate completion by May 22, 2026; a $392,424.72 award from NAVSUP on October 23, 2023, for blanket-type 6 products (NSN 7H-7025-016924379) with completion by March 31, 2025; and a $404,033.00 purchase order from Franchise Acquisition Services (civilian) on November 5, 2024, for RAM panels for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport with completion scheduled for March 1, 2027. NAVSUP consistently uses sole-source procurement under FAR 6.302-1 authority, citing Arc Technologies' exclusive source approval, technical data rights, and manufacturing knowledge. Arc also supplies specialized resin systems and composite materials to NASA Glenn Research Center ($35,736.96 award August 6, 2025) and holds a single-award indefinite delivery contract (IDC N6339499D1213 with ceiling $250,000) with Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime for radio frequency absorbers, expiring June 1, 2023. Work is performed at the Amesbury facility and subordinate locations including St. Inigoes, Maryland (Naval Air Warfare Center), Manchester, New Hampshire, and Defense Logistics Agency distribution hubs in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania and Tracy, California.

Arc Technologies' subcontractor role is substantial. The vendor supplies molded composite boot kits, tape gore kits, and radar-absorbing components to Lockheed Martin for F-35 Lightning II aircraft assembly and long-lead production, with dozens of modifications issued in late 2024 and early 2025 for boot-kit updates and FMS (Foreign Military Sales) support across F-35A, F-35B, and F-35C variants. Raytheon Company awards include radar-absorbing radomes for missile applications (SM-6, AIM-9X), Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) extruded rubber shapes, and fins/wings/boattails for missile production. Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation engages Arc for aircraft skin manufacturing (May 21, 2026). These subcontracts highlight Arc's role as a specialized supplier of composite absorber materials and molded components within the Hexcel ecosystem—the parent company's scale and aerospace-defense relationships feed significant downstream work to the subsidiary.

Activity has grown substantially over the past four years. Awards numbered 90 in 2022, increased to 189 in 2023, peaked at 257 in 2024, and moderated to 53 in 2025 and 5 year-to-date in 2026. Six awards (combined potential value $897 thousand) carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months and therefore face recompete exposure. The source reports combined dollars obligated of $71.2 million against combined potential value of $36.5 million—a 195% ratio suggesting Arc has drawn down existing ceiling or the awards include multiple delivery-order obligations against the same parent IDCs.

Arc Technologies' capability footprint concentrates heavily in aircraft manufacturing (514 awards) and search-detection-navigation-guidance system manufacturing (254 awards), with secondary work in electrical instruments and components. Top PSC (Product Service Code) categories are Radar Equipment except Airborne (276 awards) and Electrical and Electronic Properties Measuring and Testing Instruments (42 awards), reflecting the RAM and electronic-cover product portfolio. The vendor's parent-vehicle position shows concentration in two basic ordering agreements (BOAs): SPRMM112G0901 with 123 task orders ($5 million potential value) and SPRMM117GCA01 with 82 task orders ($6.8 million), both likely managed by Naval Supply Systems Command or related Navy commodity accounts.