Gates Defense Systems, LLC

Gates Defense Systems, LLC, a St. Petersburg, Florida–based self-certified small disadvantaged business, operates as a prime contractor on Department of Defense and Missile Defense Agency research, development, and multi-domain defense system contracts. The vendor's recent award footprint spans three federal customers across four total awards (75% prime, 25% sub), with a combined potential value of approximately $2 million and obligated dollars reaching $2.6 million as of the source snapshot.

Gates Defense holds a seat on the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ, a full-and-open multiple-award indefinite delivery contract issued by the Missile Defense Agency on January 21, 2026, with a multi-billion-dollar ceiling running through December 2035. The SHIELD vehicle encompasses research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, and cybersecurity modernization across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats — including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile defense to the homeland, deployed forces, and allies. Gates has issued one delivery order against SHIELD carrying a $500 ceiling with place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama.

Representative prime work includes a $2 million Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Definitive Contract awarded by the Department of the Army on April 7, 2025, for a system solution integrating diverse sensor data to provide real-time intelligence for situational awareness and operational effectiveness in complex environments, completing October 7, 2026. The vendor subcontracts to Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc. on Airbox Systems communications suite work. Gates' capability portfolio centers on multi-domain defense integration, sensor fusion, real-time intelligence systems, and advanced defense technologies including artificial intelligence and machine learning. Work is classified and unclassified and spans multiple NAICS codes; top categories are Research and Development in Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (3 awards) and National Defense R&D Services with experimental and applied research focus (2 awards). One award carries recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months ($2 million potential value).

Gates Defense Systems, LLC is located in Tampa, FL. We specialize in manufacturing of communications equipment. We also manufacture environmental control for residential, commercial and appliance use. To view more on our Federal Contracting please visit Fedlinks Gates Defense Systems, LLC.