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 prime contractor (99% of recent awards), competing predominantly on a full-and-open basis without SBA certifications. A veteran-owned sole proprietor based in Titusville, Florida, the company operates under primary NAICS 332994 (Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing) and PSC code 10 (Weapons), with a footprint spanning precision barrels, gas blocks, bolt carriers, receivers, compensators, suppressors, magazine systems, sight assemblies, and night vision clip-on optical devices.

Knight's Armament's federal customer concentration is heavily anchored to defense logistics and Army acquisition organizations. The top five customers by award count—Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, DLA Aviation, DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment, Department of the Army, and Department of Homeland Security US Secret Service—account for 89% of recent awards. However, the dollar rankings diverge significantly: the Department of the Army commands the largest share by potential value ($36.6 million across 26 awards), driven by a $28.4 million Indefinite Delivery Vehicle (IDV) for the M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System and M110A2 (contract W15QKN20D0044, with 39 task orders valued at $28 million), a $30.8 million Communications Electronics Command foreign military sales contract for UNS LR A3 night vision equipment and training to Sweden (awarded September 2024), a $21.3 million Army definitive contract modification for foreign military sales firearm components (awarded September 2025), and a $21.2 million Army foreign military sales modification extending delivery dates (awarded September 2025). DLA Land and Maritime, despite 189 awards (the highest count), carries a combined potential value of only $14.9 million, reflecting a high volume of small individual component purchases (swivel slings, breech bolts, suppressors, clamp assemblies, sight components) sourced through DLA's automated Indefinite Delivery Vehicles. US Secret Service contributes $17 million across 13 awards, including two recent Total Small Business set-aside delivery orders ($202,998 and $146,250) under a $750,000 five-year IDIQ for rifle parts and accessories supporting the Rowley Training Center (awarded August 2026).

Knight's Armament holds a substantial portfolio of parent contract vehicles. The M110 IDV (W15QKN20D0044) with the Army is the largest, generating 39 task orders worth $28 million. A $350,000 single-award IDIQ with DLA Land and Maritime for barrel and gas block components (awarded May 2026) and another $350,000 DLA single-award IDIQ for clamp assemblies (awarded May 2026) represent two of many narrow-scope, capacity-based procurement vehicles. Recent awards include at least twenty DLA IDIQs, each capped at $250,000 to $350,000, covering specific National Stock Numbers (NSNs) for items such as suppressors, magazines, dust covers, swivel slings, firing pins, hand tools, and cleaning brushes—each structured as one-year automated vehicles or until ceiling is reached. Knight's Armament also holds a $750,000 five-year Total Small Business set-aside IDIQ with US Secret Service for rifle parts and accessories (awarded August 2026) and a $678,000 Other Transaction IDV with Naval Sea Systems Command (awarded May 2026). A $1.97 million Marine Corps delivery order (awarded December 2024) and an $841,274 Air Force delivery order for Special Operations Command spare parts (awarded September 2024) further demonstrate direct prime relationships with military service branches.

Activity has sustained high volume with 85 awards in 2024 and 80 in 2025, moderating to 37 awards in 2026 (through September). Eight awards carrying a combined potential value of $52.6 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure—notably including portions of the $21.3 million Army foreign military sales contract (completion January 2027), a $978,050 Army foreign military sales delivery order modification (completion January 2026), multiple $350,000 DLA IDIQs expiring between December 2026 and October 2026, and the $750,000 US Secret Service IDIQ (completion August 2031, though nearer-term task order ceilings apply). The combined potential value of all 336 awards (prime and sub) totals $176.3 million, with $155.7 million already obligated (88% of potential value).

Subcontract engagement is minimal—only four sub-awards (1% of the footprint) identified in the source, all with Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc., for night vision equipment including an AN/PVS-30 system and clip-on magnifier products. Knight's Armament supplies these optical devices as a component to Atlantic Diving Supply's larger federal contracts rather than performing work as a second-tier sub.

Knight's Armament competes almost exclusively full-and-open; the vendor holds no 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, or other SBA-reserved status, though it is clearly veteran-owned and operates as a small business. Only a handful of awards in the source carry Total Small Business set-aside designations (the US Secret Service $750,000 IDIQ, a few DLA IDIQs for specific NSNs, and scattered individual component orders). The vast majority of its $176 million footprint is unrestricted competitive procurement, reflecting the vendor's technical standing and established supplier position across defense logistics and acquisition organizations.

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.