Computer Technology Associates, Inc.

Computer Technology Associates, Inc. Ridgecrest Operations Division operates as a small business prime contractor delivering software development, systems integration, database services, and artificial intelligence/machine learning technologies to the Department of the Navy, particularly for naval aviation programs, with recent expansion into Air Force SBIR Phase III delivery work.

CTA Ridgecrest is a division of the parent Computer Technology Associates, Inc., a for-profit organization based in Encinitas, California. The vendor holds a small business designation and competes across both set-aside and full-and-open vehicles; recent awards split between Total Small Business set-asides (including a $5.1 million Naval Air Warfare Center delivery order for F/A-18 and EA-18G Integrated Product Team Management Information System Suite support) and unrestricted awards. The vendor operates as a prime contractor exclusively — 100% of recent awards are primes with no subcontractor work — and pursues work directly rather than feeding other primes.

Customer concentration is acute and Navy-centric. The Naval Air Systems Command's Naval Air Warfare Center anchors the portfolio with 108 awards (combined potential value $120.7 million) covering the F/A-18 and EA-18G programs, and the Naval Sea Systems Command drives the dollar dominance with a $4 billion indefinite delivery contract awarded January 2025 under the Seaport-NXG program. The top five customer organizations account for 91% of awards by count and effectively 100% by potential value, dominated by Navy sub-commands. The vendor also serves the Office of Personnel Management (4 awards) and has minimal exposure to other agencies.

CTA Ridgecrest's primary vehicle positions sit on Navy indefinite delivery contracts: the $26.4 million single-award Naval Air Warfare Center IDC for F/A-18 and EA-18G MISS support (awarded May 2023, running through May 2028, with multiple task orders under development and sustainment scope) and the $4 billion Seaport-NXG IDC with Naval Sea Systems Command (awarded January 2025, through January 2029). The vendor also executes task orders under older Navy IDCs (N6893610D0041 with 67 task orders valued at $31.8 million; N0018906D0001 with 50 task orders valued at $3.4 million). Recent representative work includes a $5.16 million cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order (May 2025, completing May 2026) under the Naval Air Warfare Center single-award IDC for MISS platform support, a $794 thousand Air Force Materiel Command SBIR Phase III definitive contract (December 2025, through December 2028) for AI/ML technologies for remotely piloted aircraft systems, and a prior $887 thousand Total Small Business SBIR Phase III delivery order (September 2024) also for RPA AI/ML products.

Activity has expanded modestly in recent years — one award in 2021 climbing to four in 2025 — with a combined potential value of $4.18 billion across 242 prime awards. The portfolio's dollar base reflects the Navy IDCs; obligated dollars across all awards total $101 million (2% of potential value), indicating many awards remain unexercised or early-stage task orders. The vendor's category concentration shows depth in electronic countermeasures and communications equipment (103 awards under the Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing NAICS) and defense R&D services (54 awards), reflecting the Navy's mission profile.

SCI-reported federal service-contract invoicing shows $3.1 million across FY2024 under a single prime record, with 15.6 FTEs delivered to the federal government that fiscal year. The median government-paid hourly rate on SCI-reportable contracts was $94.26/hr, with no subcontractor hours reported. This sparse SCI footprint reflects CTA Ridgecrest's heavy reliance on fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery orders under Navy IDCs rather than labor-hour or time-and-materials service contracts above the reporting threshold. The vendor also holds a federal grant award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (project completion February 2025) for development of a biomarker-enhanced artificial intelligence-based pediatric sepsis screening tool, demonstrating applied AI/ML capability beyond defense platforms.

Expertise in data systems engineering to capture, organize, fuse, and present data as information tailored in support of business processes and decisions. Specializing in data strategy, modeling, and architecture, as well as business intelligence applications to bring data into users' context for interaction and analysis. Also providing related services such as test and verification, consulting, and IT project management. CTA's Manufacturing Group specializes in hardware, hardware manufacturing (analysis, development, fabrication, and test), electronic assemblies, test and evaluation, CAD, and electronic warfare.