FN Herstal S.A.

FN Herstal S.A., doing business as Fabrique Nationale Nouvelle Herstal, manufactures small arms, machine gun systems, and precision defense components for the U.S. Department of Defense as a prime contractor. The company is a Belgian-based for-profit manufacturer and a child entity of parent company Herstal SA; it competes full-and-open (no small-business set-asides) across its federal footprint.

FN Herstal delivers specialized military hardware in concrete terms: machine gun barrels and complete GAU-21 .50 caliber machine gun systems, ammunition chutes and support hardware, small arms components (triggers, bolts, pins, levers, assemblies), mechanical parts (springs, washers, brackets, mounting plates), and ordnance-related accessories. Recent prime awards exemplify the scope: a $3.822 million delivery order from Naval Air Systems Command (January 2026) for the GAU-21 .50 caliber machine gun system; a $231.5 million delivery order from Department of Defense Land and Maritime (September 2025) for a feed mechanism cover; a $303.3 million purchase order from Defense Logistics Agency Aviation (October 2025) for bushings and sleeves (19 units, delivery to February 2028); and a $187.8 million delivery order from DOD Land and Maritime (August 2025) for a gun parts kit. Most individual awards on FN Herstal's recent portfolio run to low-to-mid six figures, with delivery to Defense Logistics Agency Distribution facilities in Belgium, firm fixed-price structure, and completion dates twelve to eighteen months out.

Customer concentration tilts heavily toward logistics and supply: Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime accounts for 2,371 awards (68% of prime volume) at $168.3 million combined potential value; Naval Air Systems Command placed 36 orders valued at $169.3 million; and United States Special Operations Command issued 102 awards worth $808.1 million (the largest single-customer dollar concentration, though fewer orders). The top five customers by dollar value (SOCOM, Naval Air Systems, DLA Land and Maritime, Air Force, and Army TACOM) represent 95% of the vendor's combined potential value across 2,610 awards.

FN Herstal's parent vehicle footprint centers on Defense Logistics Agency IDCs: Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE7LX20D0224 carries 674 task orders ($38.4 million), SPE7LX14D0121 holds 182 task orders ($16.4 million), and H9222209D0003 anchors 75 task orders ($43 million). The company also holds a single-award Naval Air Systems Command IDC (N0001925D0001, awarded January 2025, $21.47 million ceiling through December 31, 2029) for follow-on procurement of GAU-21 machine gun systems, barrels, accessories, and components—the named vehicle supporting the largest delivery orders in the recent award set.

Activity has been uneven. FN Herstal recorded 231 awards in 2022, peaked at 496 in 2023, dropped to 284 in 2024, stabilized at 267 in 2025, and shows 58 awards year-to-date through mid-July 2026. Of 3,486 total awards in the source, 279 (combined potential value $28.9 million) face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months—a recompete window for rivals but a cliff-management signal for the vendor itself. Combined potential value stands at $1.31 billion across the lifetime portfolio; $378 million is obligated (29%).

FN Herstal operates exclusively as a prime contractor: 3,483 of 3,486 awards (100%) are prime; only three are sub-awards (all to Textron Aviation Defense on an AT-6 FMS competitive component solicitation, May 2024). The vendor does not subcontract materially to other federal primes in its recent portfolio.

Top NAICS categories are Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing (2,372 awards), Bolt, Nut, Screw, Rivet, and Washer Manufacturing (323 awards), and Other Fabricated Wire Product Manufacturing (303 awards). Top PSC codes track the same: Guns Through 30mm (2,121 awards), Nails/Machine Keys/Pins (395 awards), and Hardware/Commercial (242 awards). The portfolio is tightly aligned to the company's core business—no drift into software, services, or non-hardware categories.