Intuitive Research And Technology Corporation

Intuitive Research And Technology Corporation (IRTC), a small business headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, delivers systems engineering, research and development, production support, and test and evaluation services to Department of Defense agencies as a prime contractor across full-and-open competitions and small-business set-asides. The company competes predominantly as a prime (75% of awards) and operates as a Subchapter S corporation with a parent entity also named Intuitive Research And Technology Corporation based in Colorado Springs.

IRTC's customer concentration is heavily weighted to Army organizations. The top five customers by award count account for 61% of recent awards, led by Department of the Army Materiel Command Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command (89 awards, $232.4 million combined potential value), PEO Aviation (29 awards, $584.1 million), and Research Development and Engineering Command (25 awards, $795.8 million). By potential value, however, the Air Force anchors the portfolio: Department of the Air Force holds 13 awards valued at $47.08 billion combined potential value—a reflection of IRTC's position on the SHIELD IDIQ awarded by Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, with a $151 billion ceiling through December 2035, and large delivery orders under Naval Supply Systems Command and Air Combat Command vehicles. GSA Federal Acquisition Service places second by dollar value ($3.99 billion across 12 awards), driven by OASIS+ seats.

IRTC's recent prime contract portfolio spans flight vehicle design and production (a $179.4 million definitive contract with Army Aeronautical Systems Center awarded October 1, 2025, extending through September 2028), strike systems engineering and technical assistance ($256.5 million delivery order under OASIS+ Small Business to Department of the Army, December 2024), Army developmental and operational testing support ($48.2 million under TETRAS II, May 2025), naval production and sustainment engineering ($100.1 million Naval Air Systems Command order, February 2023), and cybersecurity development and test engineering ($139.9 million delivery order under TETRAS, September 2022). On GSA Multiple Award Schedule, IRTC holds positions supporting aviation equipment services ($144.996 thousand BPA call with PEO Aviation, November 2024) and technical services to the Aviation and Missile Center ($346.2 million under OASIS Small Business, September 2023).

Vehicle positioning is robust. IRTC holds seats on the OASIS+ Unrestricted IDIQ and OASIS+ Total Small Business Set-Aside IDIQ (both awarded December 2024, with no specified ceiling and performance through December 2029), the SHIELD multiple-award IDIQ (Missile Defense Agency, $151 billion ceiling through 2035), TETRAS II (Air Force Materiel Command, $999.95 million combined ceiling through June 2028, with 16 task orders generating $458.7 million combined potential value), the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Architecture and Integration Directorate IDIQ ($900 million ceiling through November 2027), ASTRO (GSA FEDSIM, no specified ceiling through November 2031), a single-award IDIQ with Naval Air Systems Command ($300 million ceiling through May 2030, with recent delivery orders totaling $206.5 million for labor, materials, and travel), a single-award Air Force IDV for enterprise architecture and digital engineering ($20 million ceiling through May 2031), and the Multiple Award Schedule (53 task orders, $444.1 million combined potential value).

Activity has expanded sharply. Awards per year climbed from 10 in 2022 to 53 in 2024 and 40 in 2025, driven by large Naval and Army delivery orders. Over the next twenty-four months, ten awards with combined potential value of $666.7 million reach ultimate completion, creating recompete exposure for those vehicles.

Across SCI-reportable federal service contracts (prime records capturing invoiced revenue above the $150,000 threshold), IRTC invoiced $337.6 million from FY2022 through FY2025, growing from $76.4 million in FY2022 to $115.3 million in FY2025 across a federal workforce scale of 442 FTEs in FY2025. Government-paid hourly rates on prime contracts run a median of $130.04 per hour, with a range from $100.56 at the tenth percentile to $190.47 at the ninety-fifth percentile. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, IRTC subcontracts 61% of contractor hours to an average of 230 named subcontractors, indicating a heavy reliance on partner execution. Named subcontractors include Torch Technologies Inc. (frequent partner on aviation mission systems and weapons system development work), Intrepid LLC (integrated fires mission command SETA support), Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (combat air force mission planning software development), L3Harris Technologies (aircraft manufacturing and big safari work), KBR Wyle Services (helicopter and missile systems analysis), and smaller specialized firms such as C3 Innovations Inc. (8(a)-certified women-owned small business, software and data science), Signalink Inc. (women-owned small business), and Trivector Services Inc. (service-disabled veteran-owned small business).

On GSA Schedule, IRTC offers 87 labor categories spanning entry-level business analysts at $64.87 per hour through senior subject matter experts at $365.96 per hour, with representative mid-range roles including program managers at $247.38 per hour and designers at $188.54 per hour. None of the labor categories require security clearances.

IRTC does not compete under set-aside restrictions as a prime on the majority of its larger awards—only three recent prime contracts carry Total Small Business designations (the $256.5 million STRIKE SETA order, the $275.2 million SHIELD SETA BPA call, and the $15.8 million EWAAC Mission Planning Mobile Solution delivery order)—positioning it as a full-and-open competitor on both defense IDIQs and government-wide vehicles while leveraging small-business eligibility on designated contracts. The company's subcontractor footprint is diversified, with no single sub accounting for a dominant share of delivery across its prime contracts, although Torch Technologies and Intrepid LLC appear frequently across multiple Army and Air Force programs.

Intuitive provides a myriad of services in production support, systems engineering, product development, rapid prototyping, and technology management solutions.