Astrophysics Inc.

Astrophysics Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of x-ray inspection and security screening equipment headquartered in Walnut, California, operates as a prime contractor supplying specialized x-ray systems, baggage scanners, parcel and pallet scanners, checkpoint screening equipment, and associated maintenance and warranty services to federal agencies across defense and civilian customer bases. The company competes predominantly in full-and-open procurements with no material set-aside presence; across recent awards, Total Small Business designations appear on roughly 20% of orders, but Astrophysics does not hold SBA certifications and qualifies as a small business only by size standard in specific NAICS codes (primarily 334517 — Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing, and 811210 — Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance).

Astrophysics' federal footprint is driven by two dominant indefinite delivery vehicles held with the Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection: a $22.5 million multiple-award Blanket Purchase Agreement for x-ray baggage, parcel, and pallet scanning equipment awarded in February 2023 through January 2028, and a $390 million multiple-award Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contract titled "Low Energy Portals" for non-intrusive inspection scanning systems at U.S. land ports of entry, awarded in September 2021 through September 2026. These two vehicles alone represent 87% of the company's combined potential value across all recent awards. Under the Low Energy Portals IDIQ, Astrophysics received a $110.6 million delivery order in September 2021 for low-energy non-intrusive inspection systems with training and maintenance through April 2033. Under the baggage scanner BPA, representative calls include a $1.69 million order in September 2023 for baggage scanners and a $139 thousand order the same month, both performing at City of Industry, California. Beyond these anchor vehicles, Astrophysics holds a seat on the General Services Administration Multiple Award Schedule, against which 249 task orders valued at $31.6 million have been placed, spanning x-ray equipment delivery, installation, and maintenance across federal civilian and defense agencies.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward DHS CBP. Of 555 total prime awards across the source period, CBP accounts for 22 awards (4% of award count) but $573 million in combined potential value (87% of total portfolio). By award volume, the top five funding agencies account for 17% of awards but 90% of potential value: DHS CBP leads with $573 million across 22 awards, followed by the Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command ($6.3 million across 6 awards), the Department of the Army Headquarters Office of the Secretary ($4.4 million across 10 awards), the Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement ($4.3 million across 12 awards), and the Department of the Air Force ($3.8 million across 27 awards). The concentration reflects Astrophysics' role as a specialized equipment manufacturer rather than a service provider; dollars flow through large terminal equipment procurements and long-term maintenance agreements rather than high-frequency small orders. A secondary customer base of federal correctional facilities, law enforcement training centers, and civilian security operations (FBI, DEA, ATF, Bureau of Prisons facilities, and federal agencies like NIST and EPA) generates numerous smaller maintenance and warranty orders in the $5 thousand to $100 thousand range.

Activity has remained steady year over year across FY2022–2024 (25–31 awards annually) with a slight contraction in FY2025 (22 awards) and minimal activity year-to-date in FY2026 (2 awards as of late September 2026). Seventeen awards representing $18.3 million in combined potential value face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, generating recompete exposure primarily on maintenance contracts and smaller equipment orders. The vendor's SCI-reportable federal service invoicing (above the $150,000 threshold, excluding goods) totaled $1.3 million across FY2022–2024, with $774 thousand invoiced in FY2023 and $545 thousand in FY2024 against a single large SCI-reportable contract. This figure represents only maintenance and support labor on federal service contracts captured in the SCI dataset and does not reflect the company's substantial equipment sales or total federal revenue — the Low Energy Portals and baggage scanner vehicles, which dominate the portfolio, are goods and equipment procurements that fall outside SCI scope.

Astrophysics operates as a 100% prime contractor; the source identifies only two sub-award relationships, both as a subcontractor to Amentum Technology, Inc. on a $1.4 million pre-excavation remediation task (August 2025) and a $1.1 million high-hazard processing building components task (awarded February 2024, repositioned via modification August 2025), representing equipment supply for hazardous-waste remediation. These sub relationships are not material to the vendor's federal posture. The vendor's primary teaming pattern is self-delivery: Astrophysics manufactures its x-ray systems and provides direct maintenance and warranty support. Maintenance is characterized by low reported hourly rates (median $1.00/hr derived from SCI invoicing, an artifact of how SCI reports prepaid or milestone-based maintenance contracts), and across SCI-reportable prime contracts, Astrophysics performed 0% of hours through named subcontractors, indicating vertically integrated operations.

The vendor's product portfolio centers on proprietary x-ray inspection technology differentiated by energy level (low-energy portals for vehicle inspection, higher-energy systems for baggage and parcel screening), resolution, throughput, and operator interface. Representative named awards include a $9.55 million CBP delivery order (April 2026) for non-intrusive inspection equipment sustainment services through April 2028; a $206 thousand Air Force purchase order (September 2024) for a single x-ray machine with total small business set-aside; a $199.96 thousand Navy delivery order (September 2023) for x-ray machines; a $119 thousand FBI maintenance agreement (August 2023) for preventative and corrective maintenance on x-ray units at multiple FBI locations; and a $1.01 million Bureau of Engraving and Printing purchase order (December 2022, total small business set-aside) for 13 x-ray machines through June 2028. Maintenance, warranty, and repair services span extended warranty plans (typically 1–5 years, often proprietary "Silver" or "Platinum" plans with specific response-time guarantees), preventive maintenance agreements, radiation surveys, spare parts, and technician dispatch. The vendor also performs equipment relocation, installation, operator training, and equipment removal and disposal as ancillary services.

Place of performance is predominantly City of Industry, California (Astrophysics' manufacturing facility) and Walnut, California (headquarters), with subordinate performance locations including Wichita, Kansas and Tampa, Florida for specific Air Force and Air Mobility Command maintenance agreements. Recent awards indicate sustained federal demand for x-ray inspection capability across ports of entry, military installations, civilian federal facilities, and correctional institutions, with Astrophysics positioned as the incumbent prime supplier on the two largest indefinite delivery vehicles serving this market.

Manufacturing of x-ray equipment for security applications.(e.g. airports,federal buildings, courthouses, schools,etc.) Research & development of x-ray imaging/detection instruments.