Dzyne Technologies, LLC

Dzyne Technologies, LLC, headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, is a small business prime contractor specializing in advanced unmanned aerial systems, rapid prototyping, and defense analytics, delivering design, development, integration, testing, and demonstration services to the Department of Defense across SBIR, STTR, and full-and-open research and development programs. The vendor operates predominantly as a prime (74% of recent awards) and competes in full-and-open categories rather than set-asides, though it holds Small Business status and has secured Total Small Business set-asides on several SBIR and STTR vehicles.

Dzyne's customer concentration is heavily skewed toward Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and affiliated Air Force commands. AFRL accounts for $550.9 million in combined potential value across 23 awards (74% of the vendor's total award portfolio value), with the Air Force Aeronautical Systems Center adding $154.8 million across four awards. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is the third-largest customer at $19.3 million across 13 awards, followed by the Naval Air Warfare Center ($4.9 million, seven awards), Special Operations Command ($4.6 million, four awards), and the Army Research Development and Engineering Command ($1.3 million, six awards). This concentration reflects Dzyne's core mission area: Dzyne's award portfolio is dominated by research and development in physical and engineering sciences (46 awards) and engineering services (17 awards), with primary PSC coding in National Defense R&D Services (applied research and experimental development).

The vendor holds a single-award indefinite-delivery contract with AFRL for advanced unmanned aerial systems, awarded December 12, 2023, with a $201 million ceiling extending through December 12, 2030. This IDC has generated significant task-order activity: a $31.9 million delivery order for ultra propulsion upgrade and flight test work (December 20, 2024, completion July 15, 2026), a $47.7 million delivery order for ultra flight tests (July 30, 2024, completion October 29, 2027), a $23.26 million delivery order for Precision Cargo Delivery System (Grasshopper) advanced capabilities (December 12, 2023, completion March 31, 2028), and a $10.3 million delivery order for synthetic aperture radar sensor integration into the Ultra Long Endurance Tactical Aircraft (February 26, 2024, completion September 30, 2027). Dzyne also holds a $103.3 million definitive contract with Air Force Aeronautical Systems Center for ultra operational assessment (March 27, 2026, completion March 26, 2031, cost-plus-fixed-fee), an $89.4 million definitive contract with AFRL for the Small Payload Precision Air-Launched Inexpensive Delivery System under Total Small Business set-aside (June 8, 2022, completion June 15, 2027), and multiple SBIR Phase II and III delivery orders through the Naval Air Warfare Center totaling under $2 million.

Dzyne's subcontracting network spans specialized aerospace and electronics suppliers. On the $47.7 million ultra flight tests delivery order, the vendor engaged Integrity Communications Solutions, Inc. for operational assessment and flight operations support; L3 Technologies Communication Systems-West Division for tactical radios; Inmarsat Government for L-band satellite communications; Rock West Composites, Stemme USA, and Absolute Suppliers for composites, landing gear, and power generation; and over a dozen additional suppliers for advanced video systems, antenna solutions, networking infrastructure, and equipment rental. On the $31.9 million propulsion upgrade delivery order, subcontractors included Aerocrafted LLC for airframe modification, Integrity Communications Solutions for UAS network development, and Lockwood Aviation Supply for engine supply. On the Small Payload Precision Air-Launched Inexpensive Delivery System definitive contract, teaming partners included Systima Technologies for canister design and manufacturing, Guidetech LLC for guidance and control systems, and MMS Products for warhead integration.

The vendor subcontracts to multiple primes on intelligence and surveillance platforms. Service Contract Inventory reporting shows Dzyne as a named subcontractor on Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation contracts for Intelligence Systems Infrastructure, Tools, and Enhancements (INSITE) engineering services (15 sub-award records dated September 17 and August 26, 2025). Dzyne also appears as a subcontractor to HII Mission Technologies Corp on Army Research Laboratory Experimentation, Integration, and Transition programs for drone procurement and ground control system work (three sub-awards, November 4, 2024 through April 29, 2025), to Technology Service Corp on ISR services and UAS operations support (two sub-awards, August 31, 2024 and September 1, 2025), and to CACI Inc. Federal on advanced product innovation for Naval X (September 3, 2025). SCI reporting shows minimal federal services invoicing ($0.2 FTEs in FY2025 on one sub-award record), indicating that the vendor's revenue is dominated by R&D delivery orders and research contracts rather than labor-hour-based service contracts captured under SCI thresholds.

Activity has grown substantially: two awards in 2022, eight in 2023, six in 2024, and 20 in 2025, reflecting the ramp-up of the AFRL IDC and associated task orders. Four awards with ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months carry $171.7 million in combined potential value — a material recompete exposure concentrated in the ultra systems and propulsion-upgrade delivery orders maturing in 2026 and the long-endurance cargo system delivery order maturing in 2028. The vendor's corporate structure includes two named subsidiaries: Flex Force Enterprises, LLC and High Point Aerotechnologies, Inc., both manufacturers of goods, suggesting vertical integration of aircraft components and related hardware manufacturing into the prime contract execution model.