Daniel Defense, LLC

Daniel Defense, LLC, a Georgia-based small arms manufacturer, supplies M4 and AR-15 rifles, barrels, and tactical components to federal defense and law enforcement agencies as a prime contractor under Total Small Business set-aside and full-and-open competitive designations, competing across a 205-award federal footprint with combined potential value of $143.1 million.

Daniel Defense operates as a for-profit limited liability company headquartered in Black Creek, Georgia, with manufacturing at its Ellabell facility. The company competes predominantly full-and-open (no set-aside on most awards) but holds significant Total Small Business set-asides on its two largest parent IDVs: a $49.9 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with Customs and Border Protection for M4 rifles and parts (awarded August 2026, running through August 2031) and a $9.1 million single-award IDIQ with Naval Sea Systems Command for upper receiver groups and M4/M16 barrels (awarded March 2022, expiring March 2027). The company also holds a $33.5 million Other Transaction IDV with United States Special Operations Command awarded December 2023 for medium-range gas gun assault systems, with no set-aside designation. Work centers on NAICS 332991 (Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing) and PSC Guns Through 30Mm, with 175 awards in the top NAICS category across the portfolio.

Customer concentration centers heavily on the Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command, which accounts for the largest portion of Daniel Defense's federal business: 28 awards with $30.2 million combined potential value (21% of total portfolio value). This concentration reflects Daniel Defense's established role as a barrel and upper receiver supplier to Navy ship and submarine modernization programs. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime ranks second by potential value with 10 awards worth $4.8 million, followed by the Department of the Air Force Air Mobility Command (10 awards, $2.5 million), the Department of State Bureau of Diplomatic Security (6 awards, $2.4 million), and the Department of the Army (6 awards, $1.7 million). Beyond the top five customers, Daniel Defense serves 74 additional federal agencies, including the U.S. Marshals Service (multiple regional districts), Customs and Border Protection, Coast Guard, Transportation Security Administration, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, and the Department of the Interior, across law enforcement, diplomatic security, and military operational readiness missions. Recent work includes a $5.67 million Customs and Border Protection delivery order for M4 duty rifles (September 2026), a $815,920 NAVSEA delivery order for 4,340 14.5-inch M4 barrels with mid-length gas systems (December 2024), a $494,016 NAVSEA order for 11.5-inch M4 barrels (January 2024), and a $199,680 Air Force delivery order for carbine barrels (March 2025).

The top parent vehicles are older NAVSEA IDIQs (N0016410DJN70 with 17 task orders worth $4.8 million; N0016405D4864 with 12 task orders worth $4.1 million; N0016422DJN02 with 10 task orders worth $2.6 million) generating sustained barrel procurement, alongside the newer CBP IDC 70B06C26D00000038 (6 task orders, $17.7 million in potential value). Award activity has remained steady across the five-year window at 7 to 14 awards annually, with 12 awards reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months and carrying combined potential value of $17.9 million, representing material recompete exposure on existing Navy and Air Force delivery orders and potential for CBP follow-on task orders. Daniel Defense operates as a 100% prime contractor footprint with no subcontract work in the source data, positioning the company as a captive supplier rather than a teaming component. The company has held federal contracts since 2003 and maintains continuous presence across small arms procurement, with obligated dollars representing 26% of combined potential value across the portfolio, indicating active execution against awarded positions.