Astrophysics Inc.

Astrophysics Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of x-ray inspection and security screening equipment headquartered in Walnut, California, serves federal agencies primarily as a prime contractor (99% of recent awards) supplying purpose-built x-ray systems, field deployment and testing services, and integrated maintenance and warranty support across civilian and defense customers. The company competes full-and-open with no set-aside posture; roughly 30% of recent prime awards carry Total Small Business set-asides, but Astrophysics does not hold SBA certifications and competes across both set-aside and unrestricted work.

Astrophysics' concrete capability footprint centers on manufacturing and deploying x-ray baggage scanners, parcel and pallet scanners, checkpoint screening equipment, low-energy portal systems for non-intrusive vehicle inspection at ports of entry, and integrated field maintenance encompassing preventive maintenance agreements, extended warranty plans with guaranteed response times (typically 72 hours on-site), radiation surveys, spare parts fulfillment, technician dispatch, operator training, and equipment removal and disposal. Representative prime work includes a $9.5 million delivery order from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (April 2026) for non-intrusive inspection equipment sustainment services covering maintenance, warranty, and repair on large-scale x-ray equipment at U.S. land ports of entry; a $3.66 million firm fixed-price definitive contract from DHS Science and Technology Directorate (August 2026) for field deployment and testing of a low-energy portal x-ray interference prototype; and a $1.1 million purchase order from Air Force Pacific Air Forces (May 2022) for eleven passenger luggage x-ray machines (five baggage check-in and six carry-on) for Air Mobility Command terminals in Japan and Singapore.

Customer concentration by potential value is heavily skewed. DHS Customs and Border Protection dominates, accounting for 22 awards worth $681 million combined potential value (87% of the company's active portfolio), anchored by a $390 million Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contract (Low Energy Portals program) for non-intrusive inspection scanning systems at U.S. ports of entry and a $22.5 million blanket purchase agreement for x-ray baggage, parcel, and pallet scanning equipment. The top five customers by dollar value (CBP, Army, State Department Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement, Air Force, and Air Mobility Command) account for 89% of combined potential value across all awards. By award count, Air Force leads with 27 awards but carries only $3.8 million in potential value — a pattern reflecting many small purchase orders ($50k–$150k) for equipment delivery and maintenance against full-and-open buys and the GSA Multiple Award Schedule. FBI, Navy Installations Command, and ATF each hold 14–15 awards in the $500k–$2.1 million range for maintenance and warranty support at federal facilities.

Astrophysics holds a multi-agency General Services Administration Federal Supply Schedule contract (awarded August 2026, ceiling $10 million, through July 2031) with 249 task orders valued at $31.6 million placed to date. The company also holds multiple single-agency BPAs and delivery vehicles, including agreements with the Army, Navy, and Air Force for equipment and maintenance. The vast majority of work flows through task orders against these vehicles or through direct purchase orders; no other notable IDIQs appear in the source. The parent-vehicle breakdown shows 251 task orders against GSA Multiple Award Schedule, ten against Baggage Scanner X-ray Systems (likely a CBP vehicle), four against a CBP blanket purchase agreement, and scattered single-agency vehicles.

Activity declined sharply in recent years — 31 awards in 2024, 22 in 2025, 15 in 2026, and one to date in 2027 — a trajectory that suggests either reduced agency demand or competitive losses on renewal buys. Seventeen awards valued at $19.9 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating material recompete exposure for the vendor, particularly across CBP sustainment work and Air Force and Army maintenance agreements. The company's combined potential value of $780 million rests almost entirely on the CBP IDIQ and BPA ceilings; obligated dollars total $219.7 million (28% of potential), indicating that most value remains unfunded task-order authority.

Astrophysics operates predominantly as a prime and manufactures x-ray equipment in-house; SCI reporting shows minimal subcontractor engagement (0% sub-hours share), FTEs concentrated in a single large FY2024 contract (262 FTEs), and invoiced revenue on SCI-reportable service contracts of only $3.2 million across FY2023–FY2025. This low SCI footprint reflects the vendor's business model: the vast majority of awards are goods purchases and delivery orders for manufactured equipment, not labor-intensive services. Hourly rates on the single large SCI contract reported at $1/hr, likely a billing artifact or partial cost allocation on a mixed equipment-and-service delivery order rather than a meaningful labor rate posture.

Astrophysics subcontracts minimally. The source names three sub-awards, all to Amentum Technology as prime for pre-excavation remediation activities on a Shallow Land Disposal Area project (Corps of Engineers), where Astrophysics supplied x-ray scanning units for soil and debris analysis — equipment supply embedded in a larger environmental remediation prime contract, not a service sub relationship. No teaming primes or subs characterize the vendor's footprint; Astrophysics maintains exclusive manufacturing and field-service delivery with vertically integrated operations.

The source does not name formal small-business certifications (8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, etc.). The company competes across both set-aside and full-and-open work without restriction.

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