Dynamic Metals, LLC

Dynamic Metals, LLC, a small business manufacturer based in Elkhart, Indiana, supplies transparent armor, windshield assemblies, and fabricated armor components for military vehicles to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor (65% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor to vehicle manufacturers, operating predominantly under total small business set-aside designations across its prime footprint.

Dynamic Metals is a for-profit limited liability company with a named subsidiary, Gem City Metal Technologies, LLC, also organized as a manufacturer. The company's core capability portfolio centers on complex metal forming and tight-tolerance manufacturing of protective vehicle components, principally transparent armor units and HUSK (windshield assembly) products for military ground vehicles. NAICS coding reflects this focus: 57 awards fall under Military Armored Vehicle, Tank, and Tank Component Manufacturing, with 31 awards in Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing and secondary concentration in truck trailer and miscellaneous fabricated metal products. PSC coding is similarly tight — 76 awards carry Weapons Systems Specific Vehicular Accessories (PSC 25).

Customer concentration sits overwhelmingly with the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, which accounts for 76 awards and $54.7 million in combined potential value (91% of the award count, 90% of dollars). The Department of the Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command is the second-largest customer by dollar value at $5.8 million across four awards, followed distantly by the U.S. Marine Corps (30 awards, no dollar total stated), the Department of the Army PEO Combat Support and Combat Service Support (10 awards), and the Air Force Materiel Command Robins AFB (3 awards). Recent award examples include a $503 thousand transparent armor purchase order from DLA issued November 14, 2025, with completion July 13, 2026; a $999 thousand window installation purchase order from DLA issued November 5, 2025, with completion March 5, 2026; and a $1.47 million HUSK windshield assembly delivery order from TACOM issued March 21, 2025, with completion December 31, 2025.

Dynamic Metals holds three active indefinite delivery contracts on which it places the majority of task-order work. The most recent is a $21.16 million multiple-award IDIQ with DLA Land and Maritime established August 13, 2025, running through August 12, 2028, designated as a total small business set-aside. The company also maintains a $8.31 million single-award IDIQ with DLA Land and Maritime effective through June 22, 2028, and a $4.18 million single-award IDIQ with TACOM for HUSK windshield assemblies running through August 15, 2027. Task orders flow regularly from these vehicles; the DLA $8.31 million contract alone has generated dozens of purchase orders and delivery orders ranging from $2,344 to $1.76 million in value since the IDIQs' establishment.

Activity has surged sharply — eight awards in 2022 grew to 58 in 2023, contracted to 23 in 2024, and rebounded to 31 in 2025. The 2023 spike reflects the timing of multiple small-denomination purchase orders issued in October 2023 by DLA. Year-to-date 2026 shows four awards, all in April, suggesting continued task-order flow. The company does not face imminent recompete risk; its two largest IDIQs (DLA $8.31M and TACOM $4.18M) run through mid-2027 to mid-2028, and the new $21.16M DLA vehicle extends through August 2028.

In its subcontractor role, Dynamic Metals delivers fabricated metal components and welded assemblies predominantly to Oshkosh Defense LLC, with recent sub-awards in April 2026 for fabrication and welding work on trucks for Bosnia operations, UCA components for FMTV LVAD vehicles, and M1085A2S components. The company also subcontracts to Rolls-Royce Corporation on C-130J engine long-term sustainment and mission care spares. Across the sub footprint, named work is primarily fab and weldment for defense vehicle platforms. The Service Contract Inventory dataset captures only 3 records (all sub-awards, 0.3 FTEs in FY2022), reflecting that Dynamic Metals' federal work is goods-focused and falls outside the $150,000 SCI reporting threshold as a subcontractor; SCI is not representative of the company's true federal footprint.

Dynamic Metals competes almost exclusively under total small business set-asides on its prime awards — roughly 90% of the prime IDIQ value and the vast majority of purchase orders and delivery orders carry the set-aside designation. This posture anchors the company's strategic positioning to DLA and Army programs seeking small business participation in military vehicle component supply. The company's established relationships with major defense primes (Oshkosh Defense, Rolls-Royce) and sustained task-order flow from three active IDIQs position it as a stable supplier of specialized armor and window assemblies for the next two to three years.

Located in Elkhart, Indiana, we at Dynamic Metals, LLC are known for our expertise in complex shapes and tight tolerances. Possessing an impressive set of custom metal forming capabilities and utilizing a wide range of innovative techniques, we consistently strive to exceed the requirements set by our customers. Today, as part of a worldwide affiliation of roll-forming companies, we continue to expand on our tradition of excellence.