Hodges Transportation, Inc.

Hodges Transportation, Inc., doing business as Nevada Automotive Test Center (NATC), is an SBA-certified HUBZone small business that provides advanced vehicle testing, engineering analysis, and technical support services to federal agencies as a prime contractor (89% of recent awards) and subcontractor. Headquartered in Silver Springs, Nevada, the company operates a specialized automotive testing facility supporting Department of Defense mobility platform development, durability evaluation, prototype component testing, and systems analysis across light, medium, and heavy-duty vehicles, with secondary civilian-agency work in vehicle safety and environmental testing.

Hodges Transportation's customer concentration is heavily concentrated in Navy and Marine Corps programs. The top five funding agencies account for 71% of award count, led by the U.S. Marine Corps (185 awards, $163.8 million combined potential value) and the Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command (14 awards, $4.08 billion combined potential value). A significant concentration divergence exists: NAVSEA's potential-value share is anchored by Hodges Transportation's seat on the Seaport-NXG multiple-award IDIQ ($4 billion ceiling), a vehicle the company holds as a prime contractor but from which minimal task orders have been placed to date. The Marine Corps drives both volume and dollars, with extensive delivery-order activity under multiple basic ordering agreements and IDIQs for ground vehicle systems testing. The Department of the Army Materiel Command Contracting Command Detroit Arsenal (25 awards, $639.2 million), the GSA Federal Acquisition Service (5 awards, $162.5 million), and the Department of the Navy Office of Naval Research (18 awards, $49 million) round out the concentration set. Total combined potential value across 451 awards is $5.13 billion, with $250.4 million obligated.

Hodges Transportation holds six prime-contractor vehicle positions spanning full-and-open and set-aside categories. The Mobility Platform Prototyping IDIQ ($74 million, set aside for total small business, Naval Sea Systems Command) has generated 26 task orders valued at $18.9 million supporting Air Force and Army prototype development and testing. The Seaport-NXG multiple-award IDIQ ($4 billion, no set-aside, NAVSEA) and the OASIS+ Total Small Business IDIQ ($999,999,999,999 ceiling, General Services Administration, awarded December 2024) and OASIS+ HUBZone IDIQ ($999,999,999,999 ceiling, Federal Acquisition Service, awarded September 2024) establish government-wide capabilities across integrated services and engineering domains. A Marine Corps Basic Ordering Agreement (M6785422G0017) for ground vehicle systems testing has generated 30 task orders valued at $27.3 million. Hodges Transportation also holds a $28.04 million Federal Supply Schedule contract (GSA Multiple Award Schedule, awarded March 2022, extended through March 2027) offering engineering, research and development, environmental consulting, and operations research services at hourly labor rates ranging from $83.09 (clerical support, high school) to $436.37 (senior technical manager with master's degree and 12 years experience). A Department of State Bureau of Diplomatic Security single-award IDC ($12.6 million, awarded March 2024, runs through February 2029) supports armored vehicle testing. Finally, in December 2025, Hodges Transportation received a new prime award on the SHIELD multiple-award IDIQ ($151 billion ceiling, Missile Defense Agency, full and open, running through December 2035) covering multi-domain defense system capabilities including air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threat domains, with an initial $500 task order.

Representative prime-contractor work demonstrates the company's core capabilities in prototype testing and durability evaluation. A $15.9 million definitive contract from the Office of Naval Research (awarded December 2023, ultimate completion May 2026) covers detailed design and fabrication of the Next Generation Medium Tactical Truck technology demonstrator, including contractor testing across Marine Corps operating environments and support for government testing. A $6 million delivery order from the Marine Corps (awarded September 2024) covers design and integration testing of a multi-channel handheld radio. An $801,880 delivery order from the Air Force (December 2025) under the Mobility Platform Prototyping IDIQ provides suspension performance and reliability testing for the Infantry Squad Vehicle. A $2.83 million delivery order from the Marine Corps (May 2025) supplies incremental funding for ACV Family of Vehicles testing including crane testing and brake caliper corrosion analysis. A $1.88 million delivery order from the Marine Corps (April 2026, extending to May 2027) addresses prototype testing of the Medium Tactical Truck under cost-plus-fixed-fee arrangement. Additional work covers TAGRS train-the-trainer instruction ($267,889), MRADR transportability testing ($138,142), Yellowstone National Park snowcoach noise testing ($12,750 purchase order from the Department of Interior's Intermountain Region), and State Department Bureau of Diplomatic Security FAT testing of large SUVs ($389,539 and $409,264 delivery orders).

Hodges Transportation also subcontracts to major prime contractors on defense vehicle and systems programs. Named primes include Lockheed Martin (Family of Special Operations Vehicles development support, winter testing, and production labor; multiple awards from 2022 to January 2026), HII Mission Technologies (power and mobility research and development for the Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Ground Vehicle Systems Command, including vehicle and tire testing; multiple awards from 2024 to June 2025), Science Applications International Corporation (light, medium, and heavy tactical vehicle support and engineering analysis for the Navy Maneuver, Surveillance and Engagement Systems Division; multiple awards in 2023 and April 2024), Northrop Grumman Systems (Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent Engineering and Manufacturing Development and Early Production and Deployment; October 2025 and August 2025), ManTech Advanced Systems International (ALECS training; January 2026, November 2025, July 2025), Textron Systems (ARV-30 prototype vehicle procurement; October 2025), and CACI Federal (digital engineering and transformation research for Navy; July 2024). Subcontract work centers on technical labor, engineering support, vehicle testing and training, and specialized component or system analysis supporting prime contractor vehicle development programs.

Activity has been steady at 22–30 awards per year over the past five years; 2025 carried 26 prime and sub awards, with 2026 showing early-year volume of seven awards as of April 14. Eight awards (combined potential value $12.2 million) reach ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete exposure. Hodges Transportation's award footprint centers on primary NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services; 207 awards) and 541380 (Testing Laboratories and Services; 84 awards), with secondary clusters in research and development services and support services. PSC concentration reflects vehicle and equipment testing focus: Support—Professional Engineering/Technical (114 awards), Trucks and Truck Tractors Wheeled (40 awards), Equipment and Materials Testing Miscellaneous (32 awards), and Transportation R&D Services (19 awards).

GROUND VEHCILE SYSTEMS DESIGN ENGINEERING, FABRICATION, AND TEST AND EVALUATION SERVICES. LIVE FIRE AND BLAST TESTING SERVICES. MODELING AND SIMULATION