In-Depth Engineering Corporation

In-Depth Engineering Corporation, doing business as In Depth Engineering Corp, is a minority-owned, veteran-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, that delivers advanced engineering, systems engineering, software development, and rapid prototyping services for naval and defense programs as a prime contractor (17% of awards) and substantially as a subcontractor (83% of awards) on major Navy shipboard systems and space-based infrared surveillance platforms. The company competes predominantly under total small business set-asides on its prime work, with recent awards under the SBIR and STTR programs, while holding a broad position across full-and-open Navy IDIQs and team arrangements with major defense primes.

In-Depth Engineering's customer footprint concentrates almost entirely within the Department of the Navy, particularly Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), which anchors 286 awards (77% of recent award count) with a combined potential value of $76.62 billion. The balance of activity spans eight agencies including the Missile Defense Agency (38 awards, $500 combined potential value) on the newly awarded SHIELD multiple-award IDIQ, Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (12 awards, $1.5 million), Naval Air Systems Command (11 awards, $9.5 million), and the Office of Naval Research (9 awards, $4.9 million). The concentration is extreme and single-customer dominant: NAVSEA represents approximately 99.97% of potential value across the vendor's recent portfolio.

Prime capability work centers on Space-Based Infrared System High (SBIRS High) research and development under SBIR and STTR vehicles. Recent named prime awards include a $2.97 million definitive contract from NAVSEA for SBIRS High engineering services and R&D (awarded January 27, 2026, ultimate completion January 27, 2029), a $2 million SBIRS High definitive contract (awarded March 9, 2026, completion March 4, 2029), a $1.99 million SBIR Phase II contract from NAVSEA for SBIRS High sensor and data processing research (awarded February 10, 2025, completion February 9, 2028), and a $2 million STTR Phase II award from the Office of Naval Research for naval technology research (awarded February 19, 2025, completion February 26, 2029). In-Depth Engineering also holds a single-award IDC with NAVSEA valued at $48.99 million (awarded October 1, 2021, completion September 30, 2026) for rapid prototype development services. The company recently received its initial delivery order ($500, firm fixed price) under the MDA's $151 billion multiple-award SHIELD IDIQ (awarded December 29, 2025, completion December 28, 2035), establishing access to homeland defense research, prototyping, and systems engineering across multi-domain threat detection and intercept.

Subcontract activity dominates the award portfolio by count and recency. Lockheed Martin Corporation is the dominant prime, receiving the overwhelming share of In-Depth Engineering's sub-award activity across dozens of named task order modifications and funding increments in 2024 and 2025. Representative subcontract categories on Lockheed primes include AEGIS combat system development and fielding, Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) integration and test support, Integrated Common Processor (ICP) build labor and materials, and advanced capability builds for frigates (FFG-62). General Dynamics Mission Systems receives a smaller sub volume for SBIR Phase III technology infusion work and engineering design and development. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory received a sub-award in March 2025 for integrated common processor engineering services. The subcontract portfolio is characterized by labor and technical services — engineering design and development, test and evaluation support, systems integration, software engineering, and fielding labor — aligned with Navy combat systems lifecycle and modernization.

Prime vehicle positions include the SeaPort-e multiple-award vehicle (2 task orders, $72.55 billion combined potential value), reflecting In-Depth Engineering's seat on a major Navy systems engineering vehicle; the Advanced Technology Support Program IV (11 task orders); and two standalone NAVSEA Indefinite Delivery Contracts (11 and 3 task orders, respectively). Activity trajectory shows significant growth: 7 awards in 2022 to 249 in 2024, driven by Lockheed Martin sub-expansion. The 2025 tally (48 awards) and early 2026 (2 awards to date) suggest a normalization from the 2024 peak, likely reflecting the completion of discrete modification cycles on existing sub-positions rather than new vehicle or prime wins. Within the next twenty-four months, five awards with a combined potential value of $9.1 million reach ultimate completion, creating modest recompete exposure concentrated in the SBIR/STTR prime portfolio and small Navy office R&D contracts; the large single-award IDC ($48.99 million) expires September 30, 2026 and represents the most material recompete cliff.

NAICS concentration reflects the Navy mission: 240 awards under Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (primarily SBIRS High and related space-based surveillance), 75 awards under Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, and 20 awards under Engineering Services. The PSC profile is defense R&D, with national defense applied research dominating the characterization. In-Depth Engineering's positioning as a minority-owned SDVOSB sub to Lockheed Martin on Navy combat systems and space surveillance provides small business access to highly integrated, long-cycle Navy modernization programs; it is not a prime-focused competitor on Navy production or full-and-open systems integration vehicles.