Aviation Systems Engineering Company Inc.

Aviation Systems Engineering Company Inc., doing business as Asec, a small business professional services contractor headquartered in Lexington Park, Maryland, delivers engineering, testing, logistics, and program management services to the Department of the Navy as a prime contractor (89% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor to defense primes. Asec competes predominantly in full-and-open procurements with no recurring set-aside posture across its prime footprint; however, the vendor holds multiple small business set-aside IDIQs and receives task orders under Total Small Business designations on select vehicles.

Asec's customer concentration is acute and narrow: the Naval Air Warfare Center and Naval Air Systems Command account for 264 of 300 total awards (88%), representing $2.56 billion of the $12.62 billion combined potential value across all awards. This concentration reflects Asec's specialization in naval aviation platforms across research, development, test, evaluation, and sustainment. The vendor's work spans the MH-60 helicopter, CMV-22 Osprey, P-8A Poseidon, E-2D Hawkeye, MQ-4C Triton, and MQ-25 unmanned aerial vehicle programs. Representative prime work includes a $294 million single-award IDC for Airborne Anti-Submarine Warfare Research & Development Support Services (awarded June 2025, performance through June 2030), a $25 million small business set-aside single-award IDC for VX-1 Test and Evaluation Services (Naval Air Systems Command, performance through April 2027), and an $89.9 million delivery order under Seaport Next Generation for P-8A Poseidon technical services. Asec also holds an $89.9 million Seaport-NXG delivery order for Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft Program support, an $56.1 million firm fixed-price contract for Royal Canadian Air Force maintenance and aircrew training (100% FMS), and a $37.1 million contract supporting German Navy training and maintenance (100% FMS). A $16.3 million firm fixed-price contract with the Naval Air Warfare Center covers P-8A Poseidon training curriculum development through May 2025.

Parent vehicle activity concentrates in Navy-specific IDIQs. The top five vehicles carry 207 task orders and $410.1 million in combined potential value: N0042120D0123 (74 task orders, $166.2 million), N0018911DZ040 (52 task orders, $29.6 million), N0018917DZ001 (50 task orders, $22 million), N0018922D0002 (17 task orders, $19.3 million), and N0042125D0082 (14 task orders, $172.7 million). Asec also holds a $1,000 basic IDC for Sensitive Compartmented Information-level program management and engineering support. The vendor does not appear on prominent government-wide vehicles such as Seaport-NXG or OASIS except in subcontractor roles.

Award activity has grown from 14 in 2022 to 37 in 2024, with a modest decline to 35 in 2025 and 15 in 2026 year-to-date (source coverage through mid-June 2026). The recompete cliff presents material risk: 25 awards carrying $164.3 million in combined potential value reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating competitive recompete exposure across Asec's core Navy programs.

Across SCI-reportable federal service contracts, Asec invoiced $132.6 million from FY2022 through FY2025, with FY2023 representing a peak ($37.6 million across 780 FTEs). FY2025 invoicing reached $43.8 million across 152 FTEs, reflecting both billable volume and pricing trajectory. Government-paid hourly rates on prime contracts ranged from a 10th percentile of $55.19 per hour to a median of $114.79 per hour and a 90th percentile of $164.12 per hour. Asec engages subcontractors for an average of 34 percent of contractor hours across SCI-reportable prime contracts, with 70 named subcontractors performing work. Named subs include J.F. Taylor Inc. (engineering support), Sigma Defense Systems LLC (software and cybersecurity for PMA-290), KBR Wyle Services (service delivery), Avian LLC (program support), and Precise Systems Inc. (project and acquisition management). Asec operates as a prime builder with meaningful subcontractor leverage rather than as a feeder or pure labor-services firm.

Recent delivery orders awarded in 2026 reflect sustained volume: a $42.5 million Airborne Anti-Submarine Warfare order (issued May 1, 2026, performance through April 30, 2031), a $20.5 million RDT&E labor order (April 13, 2026), a $16.2 million PMA-290 support order (April 17, 2026), a $12.9 million Operations & Maintenance order (August 28, 2025), and a $3.7 million Greece and Portugal P-3 support order (June 4, 2026). The vendor's footprint on Seaport-NXG as a prime demonstrates capability to compete on government-wide vehicles, though Navy-specific IDIQs dominate current revenue.

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.