Atlas Instrument Co Inc.

Atlas Instrument Co Inc., a small business manufacturer of precision optical instruments and navigational equipment based in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, operates as a prime contractor supplying specialized optical and navigational components directly to the Department of Defense and federal agencies, with no subcontract activity. The company competes predominantly full-and-open, though it holds two active Total Small Business set-aside IDIQs alongside non-set-aside contracts.

Atlas manufactures mission-critical optical and navigational components including prism assemblies, telescopic lenses, eyepiece assemblies, bearing circles, azimuth circles, binocular headrests, and specialized optical cells and housings. Recent representative work spans firm fixed-price purchase orders and delivery orders across DLA and Navy procurement: a $140,400 Total Small Business set-aside award from Naval Sea Systems Command on July 23, 2025 for telescopic alidades to Naval Station Kings Bay, Georgia; a $81,495 purchase order from the Bureau of Naval Personnel on August 23, 2021 for alidades telescopic; and a $60,000 Total Small Business set-aside from DLA Land and Maritime on April 28, 2025 for binocular carriages. The company also holds four active single-award indefinite delivery contracts with DLA, each valued up to $250,000 to $350,000, covering recurring procurement of eyepiece assemblies, binocular headrests, cell assemblies, and navigational components.

Customer concentration runs heavily to DLA and the Navy. The top five customers account for 85% of awards by count, with DLA Land and Maritime dominating at 144 awards ($3.9 million combined potential value) and DLA Aviation at 103 awards ($2.4 million), followed by Naval Sea Systems Command (55 awards, $817 thousand), Naval Supply Systems Command (33 awards, $1.1 million), and the U.S. Coast Guard (11 awards, $73 thousand). These rankings track closely between volume and dollars—DLA divisions anchor both metrics.

Atlas holds ten active indefinite delivery contracts with DLA Land and Maritime and DLA Aviation, including five single-award IDIQs established between November 2024 and March 2026. The IDICs supply eyepiece assemblies, binocular headrests, cell assemblies, telescopic lenses, optical lenses, and miscellaneous knobs and housing components, with two contracts designated as Total Small Business set-asides. The company has been registered in SAM since December 2001 and demonstrates consistent performance on firm fixed-price delivery orders, with historical contract values ranging from approximately $1,000 to $140,400.

Activity has remained modest but steady. Awards per year ran 15 in 2022, climbed to 31 in 2023, declined to 15 in 2024, rebounded to 30 in 2025, and returned to 11 through June 2026—the most recent award a $10,000 Coast Guard purchase order on June 15, 2026 for CGC Active Alidade reconditioning. Combined potential value across 405 prime awards totals $8.6 million, with $6.4 million obligated. Recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months is minimal—only two awards ($32 thousand combined) face ultimate completion inside that window, with the March 10, 2027 IDC ceiling representing the nearest material recompete date.

NAVIGATIONAL INSTRUMENTS, OPTICAL AND MECHANICAL: AZIMUTH CIRCLE, BEARING CIRCLE, TELESCOPIC ALIDADE, PELORUS, STADIMETER.