Gastops Inc.

Gastops Inc. Aviation And Defense Division, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business subsidiary of Canadian-based Gastops LTD., manufactures portable debris analyzers and condition monitoring equipment for the Department of Defense as a prime contractor across a portfolio of 162 federal awards (99% prime split) with no set-aside designation strategy—the vendor competes full-and-open across all customer agencies. Headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, and structured as a foreign-owned for-profit manufacturer, Gastops operates principally under NAICS 336413 (Aircraft Parts Manufacturing), 333514 (Optical Instruments), and 334514 (Measuring and Controlling Devices), with product service code concentration in optical test equipment and instrument maintenance.

Gastops' core capability centers on the ChipCheck Model CC121 laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy portable debris analyzer—a field-deployable condition monitoring device used across the Department of Defense for wear analysis, engine component monitoring, and chip detection on military aircraft platforms including the U-2S, F-15, and F-16. The vendor delivers both equipment procurement (new analyzer units) and repair and modification services for existing ChipCheck systems, supplemented by patch and sample products for oil analysis programs supporting predictive maintenance. Representative recent work includes a $2.6 million delivery order from the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex (September 2025) for 21 ChipCheck portable debris analyzer units; a $526.8 thousand order (September 2025) for repair of 35 ChipCheck units with completion through August 2030; a $630 thousand order (August 2025) for equipment procurement; and a $222.3 thousand Defense Logistics Agency purchase order (September 2025) for patch and sample consumables. Across the Small Business Innovation Research Phase III program, Gastops has delivered portable debris analyzers to allied air forces in Turkey, Israel, Egypt, Oman, Slovakia, and Bulgaria.

Customer concentration sits overwhelmingly with the Air Force. The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex (Air Force Materiel Command) commands 62 awards representing $65.6 million combined potential value—83.7% of the vendor's total award portfolio dollars. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime accounts for 35 awards and $2.5 million, the Naval Air Warfare Center for 16 awards and $2.5 million, and the broader Air Force for 8 additional awards and $2.2 million. Together, these top four customers represent 80% of all awards and 95% of combined potential value, with no meaningful secondary customer base. The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex relationship dominates across both award count and dollar magnitude—a concentrated, single-customer dependency.

Gastops holds a portfolio of six active indefinite delivery contracts totaling approximately $30.7 million in combined ceiling value, all single-award vehicles with no set-aside designation. The largest three vehicles anchoring delivery orders are: an $18.6 million IDC (July 2025–July 2029) for ChipCheck Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy equipment procurement with four task orders valued at $3.0 million issued to date; a $6.1 million SBIR Phase III IDC (December 2024–December 2029) for ChipCheck portable debris analyzer procurement with three orders totaling $1.13 million issued; and a $2.9 million IDC (August 2025–August 2030) for ChipCheck repair services and part modification with one order of $526.8 thousand issued. Two Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime vehicles procure patch and sample products: a $350 thousand single-award IDC awarded December 2025 for sample patches, and an earlier $250 thousand IDC that generated multiple orders. A $2.8 million IDC (November 2023–November 2028) for ChipCheck repair and troubleshooting has generated at least 18 delivery orders ranging from $694 to $247,609.

Activity trajectory shows moderate but steady volume: 18 awards in 2022, climbing to 28 in 2023, declining to 23 in 2024, then recovering to 26 in 2025. Through March 2026, three awards are recorded. Recompete exposure is minimal—only one award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, carrying a combined potential value of $121 thousand. The vendor's exposure to recompete cliff is negligible; the portfolio carries deep ceiling through 2030 on its core Air Force IDCs, mitigating near-term competitive risk.

Service Contract Inventory data captured one SCI record as a named subcontractor in FY2022 with zero FTEs; SCI coverage is extremely sparse and does not reflect the vendor's full federal service or product delivery footprint. The SCI dataset does not capture ChipCheck equipment procurement or the bulk of Gastops' goods manufacturing work, rendering SCI figures (zero FTEs on prime, minimal sub engagement) unrepresentative of enterprise scale or labor model.

Gastops operates as a prime contractor across nearly all work (99% prime split), with a single federal contract sub-award documented: a November 2025 subcontract to Life Cycle Engineering Inc. for Navy fuels and lubricants technical support. The vendor builds its own delivery and manufacturing operations rather than leveraging subcontractors, delivering ChipCheck systems and repair services from its Huntsville facility with no recurring subcontract footprint in the award record.

Gastops LTD., the Canadian parent, is a for-profit manufacturer of goods and carries the corporate structure; Gastops Inc. Aviation And Defense Division operates as the designated U.S. subsidiary capturing federal contract prime awards. The parent's tax-exempt status classification in the source data does not apply to the operating subsidiary, which is correctly characterized as for-profit.

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