Force Measurement Systems, Inc.

Force Measurement Systems, Inc., a woman-owned small business headquartered in Anaheim, California, manufactures precision thrust measurement systems and related aerospace test equipment for NASA and the Air Force as a prime contractor on 81% of recent awards. The firm is a self-certified small disadvantaged business and Subchapter S corporation; it does not compete under formal set-asides but holds WOSB status and has secured open-market contracts in excess of $11 million. Force Measurement Systems produces load cells, flexure suspension systems, calibration equipment, and integrated test stand instrumentation across NAICS categories in precision measurement device manufacturing and aerospace R&D support services.

The vendor's customer concentration reflects deep specialization in federal aerospace test infrastructure. By count, NASA Glenn Research Center leads with four awards ($1.7 million combined potential value), followed by NASA Shared Services Center (four awards, $584 thousand), NASA Langley Research Center (three awards, $224 thousand), and the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory (three awards, $3.8 million). By dollar volume, the Air Force Materiel Command dominates with $11.1 million across two awards, and NASA Stennis Space Center anchors $5.1 million across two awards. These five customer components account for 76% of recent awards by count and 99% of combined potential value. The portfolio reflects a vendor focused on a narrow set of high-stakes federal customers rather than broad-market federal work.

Representative prime work includes an $11.0 million firm fixed-price definitive contract awarded by Air Force Materiel Command on August 9, 2023, to develop and deliver a thrust measurement system with calibration and head/aft end configuration capabilities, with performance at the Anaheim facility and completion by May 30, 2026; a $3.8 million Air Force Research Laboratory contract awarded April 15, 2025, for thrust measurement system development and delivery at Edwards Air Force Base, completing June 30, 2026; and a $309 thousand NASA Shared Services Center purchase order awarded July 10, 2026, for a thrust measurement system for Test Stand 406 at Anaheim, with completion targeted May 21, 2027. A June 4, 2026, $71 thousand NASA Shared Services Center purchase order covers a design study for PSL 40k thrust stand refurbishment at Glenn Research Center, drawing on the vendor's prior 50k thrust stand refurbishment work. Force Measurement Systems also subcontracts under Asrc Federal System Solutions LLC on aerospace systems technical research and operations support tasks (two awards in 2024 and 2025).

Activity has remained stable at one to two awards per year across 2022–2026, with only two awards (combined potential value $380 thousand) facing ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months — a low recompete-cliff exposure. The vendor has worked with nine distinct federal agencies, but the dollar footprint concentrates on Air Force Materiel Command and NASA Stennis, Glenn, and Shared Services components. Awards are predominantly full-and-open, full-and-open-to-small-business, or total small business set-asides rather than women-owned-business designations, indicating Force Measurement Systems competes on capability and established supplier relationships in a niche market rather than leveraging its WOSB status as a primary competitive vector.