Aviation Systems Engineering Company Inc.

Aviation Systems Engineering Company Inc., doing business as Asec, is a small business professional services contractor headquartered in Lexington Park, Maryland, that specializes in providing comprehensive technical support to the U.S. Department of Defense, particularly the Naval Air Systems Command and Naval Air Warfare Center. The company delivers engineering, testing, logistics, and program management services across the full lifecycle of naval aviation platforms and weapons systems, from research and development through sustainment and modernization. Asec has established itself as a key technical services provider for critical Navy aviation programs, leveraging deep expertise in supporting advanced fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft platforms and emerging unmanned systems.

Asec's contract portfolio demonstrates extensive engagement across multiple naval aviation programs and funding sources. The company has received numerous delivery orders and definitive contracts from the Naval Air Warfare Center, Naval Air Systems Command, Naval Supply Systems Command, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, and the Office of Naval Research, with contract values ranging from under $50,000 to over $89 million. Prime contract work has encompassed research and development support, human capital and systems training, maintenance and pilot training services for foreign military sales arrangements with Canada, South Korea, and Germany, test and evaluation services for platforms including the MH-60 helicopter, CMV-22 Osprey, P-8A Poseidon, E-2D Hawkeye, MQ-4C Triton, and MQ-25 unmanned systems, and labor support funded through Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Operations & Maintenance, Navy Working Capital Fund, and Procurement appropriations. Asec has received Small Business Innovation Research Phase II awards from both the Naval Air Warfare Center and Office of Naval Research, as well as an STTR Phase III contract for maritime multi-team human performance assessment research. The company has also served as a subcontractor to prime contractors including J.F. Taylor Inc., KBR Wyle Services, American Systems Corporation, Precise Systems Inc., Aptima Inc., Sigma Defense Systems LLC, and The Mil Corporation, providing engineering support, software development, program management, and cybersecurity and compliance services. Notable prime contract awards include a $48.3 million firm fixed-price contract for Canadian maintenance, aircrew, and pilot training support, a $21.7 million contract for Republic of Korea training support, a $36.6 million contract for German Navy maintenance and training, and a $10.4 million training curriculum development contract. While most Asec awards carry no set-aside designations, several of the company's core IDV contracts are designated as total small business set-asides, reflecting its qualification as a small business federal contractor.

Asec currently holds three significant Indefinite Delivery Contracts that serve as foundational vehicles for its federal work. The largest is a $294 million single-award IDC for Airborne Anti-Submarine Warfare Research & Development Support Services awarded by the Naval Air Warfare Center, with a period of performance through June 2030, which provides comprehensive engineering, sensor systems development, avionics support, and software sustainment across naval aviation platforms transitioning to the fleet and supported through a mix of Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Procurement, Operations & Maintenance, and Foreign Military Sales funding. A $25 million single-award small business set-aside IDC for VX-1 Test and Evaluation Services was awarded by the Naval Air Systems Command with performance extending through April 2027, enabling Asec to compete for firm fixed-price delivery orders supporting test planning, data analysis, documentation review, operations support, and program management assistance across multiple naval aviation platforms and fleet commands. Additionally, Asec was awarded a basic $1,000 IDC by the Naval Air Warfare Center in February 2025 for Sensitive Compartmented Information-level program management, engineering, logistics, analysis, and IT support services, which establishes terms and conditions for future planned competitive procedures for multiple award contract awardees. Beyond its primary Navy IDV vehicles, Asec has executed delivery orders valued at approximately $89.9 million under the Seaport Next Generation master contract vehicle for technical services supporting the P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft Program, demonstrating the company's ability to leverage government-wide acquisition vehicles alongside its Navy-specific IDV relationships to expand its technical support offerings across naval aviation modernization and sustainment priorities.

ASEC specializes in aviation system development, analysis, and test, providing engineering and technical expertise for technology assessment, systems engineering, hardware and software design and development, and laboratory and field-testing.