Atec Inc.

Atec Inc., a for-profit precision manufacturing company headquartered in Stafford, Texas, operates as a prime contractor delivering aircraft engine test stand repair, airframe and power plant components, cable assemblies, electronic modules, and specialized aerospace equipment to the Department of Defense on a full-and-open basis—competing without set-aside designations across nearly all of its 1,480 prime awards.

Atec's customer concentration centers on Air Force logistics and test infrastructure. The top five funding agencies by award count account for 81% of recent awards, led by Defense Logistics Agency Aviation (480 awards, $12.8 million combined potential value), Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Lifecycle Management Center Robins Air Force Base (263 awards, $684.7 million), Department of the Air Force (229 awards, $37.4 million), Naval Supply Systems Command (133 awards, $11.1 million), and Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime (117 awards, $1.7 million). The dollars-by-agency split diverges sharply from the count distribution: Air Force Materiel Command alone accounts for $990.8 million in combined potential value across just 14 awards, reflecting Atec's dominance in large engine test stand repair contracts, while DLA Aviation's 480 awards carry only $12.8 million—a characteristic pattern of many small discrete component procurements versus fewer but much larger engine stand delivery orders.

Atec's primary capability portfolio anchors to aircraft engine test stand repair and sustainment, with a $240 million single-award IDIQ held with Air Force Materiel Command Lifecycle Management Center covering repair of over 150 T-20 and T-21 series aircraft engine test stands across multiple military installations (places of performance include Robins Air Force Base, Edwards Air Force Base, Tinker Air Force Base, Kadena Air Base in Japan, and Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska). Representative delivery orders under this vehicle include a $4.3 million cost-plus-fixed-fee order for engine test stand repairs at Osan Air Base, Korea (awarded February 2026), a $5.9 million firm fixed-price delivery order for FY24 long-lead engine test stand support (September 2024), and a $4.1 million order for engine test stand repairs and maintenance at Kadena Air Base, Japan (December 2024). Beyond engine stand work, Atec supplies cable assemblies, probe assemblies, thermocouples, coupling components, nozzle assemblies, electronic modules, and aircraft chassis through smaller transactional purchase orders (typically $5,000 to $300,000) from Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Naval Supply Systems Command, and other Navy and Air Force organizations. Representative work includes $132,909 for probe assemblies (vibration monitoring) to DLA Aviation (February 2025), a $114,000 definitive contract with Naval Supply Systems Command for aircraft cable assembly manufacturing (November 2025), and a $11.85 million definitive contract with Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex for F110 engine test cell equipment upgrade (September 2025). Atec also holds three other significant IDVs: a $980 million single-award IDIQ with Air Force Materiel Command for Automatic Test Systems Acquisition-I (ATSA-I) at Warner Robins and Robins facilities (awarded September 2025, with an initial $1,000 delivery order), a $14.85 million single-award vehicle with Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex for F110 engine stands and support equipment (awarded March 2024, with a $13.6 million delivery order in that same month), and a $46 billion multiple-award position on the Eglin Wide Agile Acquisition Contract (EWAAC) from Air Force Lifecycle Management Center at Eglin (fourth on-ramp, awarded March 2025, with initial $1,000 task order).

Atec operates across a broad government customer base—34 distinct agencies—but Air Force programs dominate both award count and dollar concentration. The top three parent vehicles (two indefinite delivery contracts and one basic ordering agreement) account for 294 task orders with $384.1 million in combined potential value. Atec competes predominantly in full-and-open, non-set-aside procurements; only two awards in the source carry set-aside designations (both Total Small Business set-asides for minor component purchases in 2024 and 2025), reflecting the company's scale and competitiveness in unrestricted federal markets.

Activity trends show volatility across the past five years: 102 awards in 2022, declining to 59 in 2023, recovering to 86 in 2024 and 82 in 2025, with 12 awards recorded through early 2026. The recompete cliff presents moderate near-term exposure: 54 awards with ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $111.4 million, including several large engine test stand repair delivery orders due to close by end of FY2026 and FY2027. Top NAICS categories reflect aerospace manufacturing depth: Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (429 awards), Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals (156 awards), and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing (101 awards).

Atec operates as a pure prime contractor on the federal side—98% of awards are prime, 2% subcontract. Across SCI-reported service contracts (a subset capturing federal services above the $150,000 threshold), Atec invoiced $5.5 million between FY2022 and FY2024, with workforce trajectory climbing from 0.1 FTEs in FY2022 to 9.2 FTEs in FY2024. On SCI-reportable work, median government-paid hourly rates run around $131.81/hr, with 90th percentile rates reaching $3,931.76/hr, reflecting a mix of routine component labor and high-skill technical engineering work. Atec does not employ subcontractors on SCI-captured work; it delivers the entire scope internally.

In its subcontractor role, Atec supplies aerospace components and engine support services to The Boeing Company (Space Launch System stages production, F-15 repair support for Royal Saudi Air Force foreign military sales), RTX Corporation (F119 and F135 engine sustainment, aircraft engine parts), and Aerojet Rocketdyne (RS-25 rocket engine production restart for Space Launch System, check valve hardface processing). Recent sub awards include work on F119 CY25-CY27 engine sustainment (November 2025), RS-25 production restart hardface qualification (August 2024), and F-15 repair support services (multiple awards through mid-2026).

Atec Inc. operates through three named subsidiaries: Celtech Corp, Celtech Corporation, and Vital Link, Inc.—each also registered as a for-profit manufacturer of goods. The parent and subsidiary structure carries no indicated SBA certification (8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, or other set-aside posture). Atec's competitive position rests on scale in precision aerospace manufacturing, established relationships with Air Force Materiel Command spanning multiple decades and multibillion-dollar vehicle positions, and demonstrated technical depth in engine test stand operations across geographically distributed installations and allied nations' programs.

Atec provides Electrical/Mechanical/Aerospace design of instrumentation, equipment, facilities and resolution of component obsolescence including field and facility services for complex equipment and facilities. We specialize in Space-flight quality precision machining and electronic assembly services. We have a 24/7 hotline for immediate technical support.