J.f. Taylor, Inc.

J.F. Taylor, Inc., a small business manufacturer and service provider based in Great Mills, Maryland, supplies engineering, manufacturing, and technical services to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor (83% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor to larger defense primes, competing predominantly in full-and-open rather than set-aside categories. The vendor operates as a parent entity with four named subsidiaries: Clear Creek Applied Technologies Inc. (veteran-owned), JFT Pax River LLC, Bugeye Technologies Inc., and Taylor Tekla Test Partner Organization LLC (a small business joint venture).

Naval Air Systems Command and the Naval Air Warfare Center dominate J.F. Taylor's customer footprint by both volume and dollars. The top two customers account for 89% of recent awards, led by the Naval Air Warfare Center with 273 awards valued at $26.55 billion combined potential value, and the Naval Air Systems Command with 13 awards valued at $6.15 billion. The Air Force Materiel Command Aeronautical Systems Center anchors the potential-value ranking with a single $32.51 billion award (the Training Systems Acquisition IV multiple-award IDIQ), followed by the Naval Air Warfare Center and Naval Air Systems Command. Naval Sea Systems Command and the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation round out the active customer base.

J.F. Taylor holds or sits on multiple large indefinite delivery vehicles anchoring its business model. The Training Systems Acquisition IV (TSA IV) IDIQ, a $32.5 billion multiple-award contract with the Air Force Materiel Command extending through May 2033, funds trainer systems development and sustainment across Air Force and DoD programs, including F-35 and CH-53K training systems, F-5N+ Tactical Operational Flight Trainers, and T-45 mission computer upgrades. A $563.2 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with the Naval Air Warfare Center (awarded September 2024, extending through September 2029) authorizes engineering, technical, and manufacturing services including systems engineering, rapid prototyping, training system development, and component production. J.F. Taylor also holds a $99.097 million Naval Sea Systems Command Rapid Prototyping for Tactical Systems to the Warfighter IDIQ (June 2023–June 2028, Total Small Business set-aside) supporting Battle Management Systems, Assault Amphibious Vehicle platforms, and robotic systems. Additional vehicles include a $249.7 million Naval Air Systems Command engineering design and product acquisition services IDIQ, a $98 million Naval Air Warfare Center MH-60R/S System Concurrency and Air Wing Integration single-award contract, a $48 million Air Force F-16 Bracket Parts and Kit Assemblies multiple-award IDIQ (Total Small Business set-aside), and most recently a $151 billion Missile Defense Agency Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) multiple-award IDIQ (awarded December 2025, extending through December 2035, covering research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, and modernization for homeland defense).

Recent representative prime work illustrates the vendor's mission-critical role across naval aviation and Air Force training domains. A $46.345 million Naval Air Warfare Center delivery order (April 2026–April 2031, cost-plus-fixed-fee) under the NAVAIR RAPID MAC MA-IDIQ covers rapid prototyping, manufacturing, and engineering services for naval aviation systems. A $31 million Naval Air Warfare Center delivery order (October 2024, option year exercise, through December 2029, Total Small Business set-aside) addresses MH-60R/S Training System Upgrades with subcontractor CAE USA Inc. providing simulation products and training device modernization. An $18 million Naval Air Warfare Center delivery order (August 2025–June 2029, Total Small Business set-aside) supplies CH-53K Communications, Navigation, and Identification Trainer Device 11B112 under Training Systems Contract IV. A $202.585 million Naval Air Warfare Center delivery order (September 2024–July 2026, Total Small Business set-aside) covers engineering support, AI model development, onsite data capture, model training, GPU infrastructure (Nucleus 6 GPU systems), channel frontend and mixed/virtual reality configurations, and hardware components including Cisco transceivers and storage systems, with subcontractors spanning Varjo Technologies OY, American Electronic Warfare Associates, Aechelon Technology Inc., Boeing, Sterling Computers, Carahsoft, KBR Wyle, and more than twenty additional specialized vendors. A $50.479 million Naval Air Warfare Center Trainer Developer II delivery order (September 2022–September 2027) for the Joint Simulation Systems Program Training System Support Center at Randolph Air Force Base supplies engineering support, F-35 flight control mechanisms (Bugeye Technologies), simulation software (Diamond Visionics), and IT infrastructure. J.F. Taylor also executes smaller-dollar component and hardware deliveries across DLA Aviation and Naval Sea Systems Command for cable assemblies, power supplies, bracket kits, and specialized aviation components.

Activity trajectory shows accelerating demand: four awards in 2022 growing to twenty-four in 2023, forty in 2024, and seventy-three in 2025, with thirteen awards in the first seven months of 2026. Eight awards with potential value of $314.2 million face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing recompete exposure across multiple Navy and Air Force vehicles. The vendor's $66.08 billion combined potential value across 645 total awards (535 prime, 110 sub) reflects its established position as a trusted integrator within the DoD training systems, naval aviation, and rapid prototyping ecosystem.

J.F. Taylor operates as a systems integrator relying on subcontractors to extend technical capabilities. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors account for an average of 25 percent of total contractor hours, with fifty-one named subcontractors reported. Named sub-primes in recent large awards include CAE USA Inc. (simulation and training systems for MH-60R/S and international rotorcraft programs), Rockwell Collins Simulation & Training Solutions LLC (trainer enhancements and courseware), American Electronic Warfare Associates (engineering support across multiple Naval Air Warfare Center programs), Bugeye Technologies Inc. (F-35 cockpit control mechanisms—a subsidiary of J.F. Taylor itself), Aechelon Technology Inc. (visual simulation and mixed-reality systems), Sterling Computers Corporation (women-owned small business, IT infrastructure), and KBR Wyle Services LLC (comprehensive engineering and technical support). The vendor also subs to primes including The Mil Corporation (tactical data link and theater mission planning support), Taylor Tekla Test Partner Organization LLC (engineering support—another J.F. Taylor joint-venture subsidiary), Greenfield Engineering Corporation (mission systems and avionics support), and Booz Allen Hamilton (naval warfare integration and engineering services).

SCI-reported service-contract invoicing totaled $77.7 million across fiscal years 2022–2024 ($17.2 million in FY2022, $33.9 million in FY2023, $26.6 million in FY2024), with approximately 94–147 FTEs (contract-level aggregation) delivering federal services during that period. Government-paid hourly rates on prime contracts ran a median of $111.37 per hour, with rates ranging from around $80.82 per hour at the tenth percentile to $133.73 per hour at the ninety-fifth percentile, reflecting a mix of engineering, technical, and labor-intensive manufacturing support work. SCI figures capture only service contracts above the $150,000 threshold and exclude J.F. Taylor's substantial goods-and-manufacturing revenue across its many small component and kit assembly awards.