Charles Reed Knight JR

Charles Reed Knight JR, doing business as Knight's Armament Company, manufactures specialized firearms components and complete small arms systems for federal defense and law enforcement agencies as a veteran-owned sole proprietor operating from Titusville, Florida. The company competes predominantly on a full-and-open basis, holding no set-aside certifications, and operates as a prime contractor on 99% of its federal awards.

Knight's Armament delivers concrete, specialized firearms manufacturing and supply: precision barrels, gas blocks, bolt carriers, receivers, compensators, suppressors, magazine systems, sight assemblies, and complete weapon platforms including the M110 and M110A2 Semi-Automatic Sniper Systems. The company also manufactures tactical accessories such as bipod adapters, swivel slings, buttstock assemblies, and maintenance components, along with night vision clip-on optical devices marketed under its own UNS LR brand. Recent representative work includes a $21.2 million Army foreign military sales definitive contract modification (awarded September 2025, completion January 2027) for unspecified firearm components; a $30.8 million Communications Electronics Command definitive contract for UNS LR A3 night vision equipment and training services supporting Swedish military operations (awarded September 2024, completion December 2026); and a $1.97 million Marine Corps delivery order in support of stock replenishment (awarded December 2024, completion July 2025).

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward DoD logistics and acquisition organizations. The top five customers by award count account for 88% of recent awards: Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime dominates with 175 awards valued at $13.4 million combined potential, followed by DLA Aviation (35 awards, $790 thousand), DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment (31 awards, $101 thousand), the Department of the Army (26 awards, $36.6 million), and the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Secret Service (10 awards, $15.9 million). The award rankings by count and dollar value diverge sharply—DLA Land and Maritime leads in transaction volume but the Army (including Acquisition Support Center PEO Soldier and Materiel Command CEC) anchors the dollar potential with approximately $86.4 million across separate organizational entities. The company also holds smaller awards from the Air Force, Navy, Naval Supply Systems Command, Naval Special Warfare Command, and USDA Wildlife Services.

Knight's Armament holds or operates under a substantial parent-vehicle footprint. The largest is a $28 million Indefinite Delivery Contract (W15QKN20D0044) with the Department of the Army for M110 systems and related components, generating 39 task orders. Additional significant IDVs include a $8.9 million Army contract (70US0918D70090004) with 9 task orders and a DLA Land and Maritime contract (SPE7LX24D5017) with 7 task orders valued at $643 thousand. The company also holds 28 smaller DLA Land and Maritime Indefinite Delivery Contracts ranging from $250,000 to $350,000 each, issued between August 2024 and March 2026, covering specific components such as barrels, gas blocks, compensators, breech bolts, magazines, sights, sling swivels, cleaning brushes, dust covers, and fasteners. These smaller IDVs enable efficient recurring procurement of standardized small arms components across DLA depot operations.

Activity has grown substantially in recent years—55 awards in 2022, 56 in 2023, 85 in 2024, and 80 in 2025—though 2026 is not yet complete (14 awards through April). Six awards with combined potential value of $52.1 million face ultimate completion within the next 24 months, presenting a recompete exposure window centered on Army and DLA contracts for foreign military sales deliveries and component stock replenishment. The company obligated $102.3 million (59% of combined potential value) across all awards as of the source date, indicating substantial execution and invoicing momentum.

Knight's Armament operates as a prime on essentially all federal work; subcontract exposure is minimal and immaterial. The company is recorded on three sub-awards to Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc., for Knight Armament brand clip-on magnifiers and PVS-30 night vision equipment (awarded August and December 2024), representing ancillary optical product sales rather than significant subcontract work.

Across both DLA and Army work, the company's capability portfolio centers on small arms ordnance and accessories manufacturing (NAICS 332994), with secondary exposure in hardware and fastener manufacturing. Award content reflects PSC code concentration in Guns Through 30mm (213 awards) and Guns Over 30mm Up To 75mm (10 awards), with supporting volume in specialized containers, hand tools, and fasteners. The company is the approved manufacturing source for specific National Stock Numbers across DLA's small arms inventory, enabling efficient call-order procurement without recompete.

Charles Reed Knight JR dba Knight's Armament Company is a manufacturer of Small Arms, to include Machine Guns, Sound Suppressors, Small Arms Accessories and In Line Night Vision Devices. KAC has an in house Research, Development and prototyping department that is responsible for continued development of new products and capabilities.