Knobley Technical Associates, LLC

Knobley Technical Associates, LLC, based in Keyser, West Virginia, is a small business limited-liability partnership that performs research and development and engineering services for the Department of the Navy and the Department of the Air Force as a prime contractor on 94% of its federal awards. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime or sole subcontractor, with no seat on government-wide vehicles or blanket purchase agreements; all work flows through direct definitive contracts or SBIR Phase awards.

Knobley's customer base concentrates heavily on defense R&D accounts. The Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command Naval Air Warfare Center anchors the portfolio with 10 awards totaling $12.9 million in combined potential value — accounting for 100% of the top-customer coverage block. The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Test Center follows with 3 awards ($4.5 million), and the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory and the Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command contribute 2 awards each ($2.1 million and $117 thousand respectively). Recent representative work includes a $1.39 million definitive R&D contract awarded by NAVAIR on November 5, 2025, running through November 2028 as a total small business set-aside, priced cost-plus-fixed-fee with place of performance in Keyser; and a $239,933.93 SBIR Phase I contract from NAVAIR awarded in July 2024 for optical wave guide rate systems and tactical missile technology research. The vendor's capability portfolio centers on applied research and exploratory development in defense weapons systems, with secondary focus on engineering services and guided missile and space vehicle manufacturing support.

Activity has been sparse and episodic — one award in 2023, one in 2024, and one in 2025 — suggesting either long contract lifecycles or significant white space between award events. Combined potential value stands at $19.6 million across 18 total awards dating to 2007, with $15.8 million obligated to date. Knobley subcontracts minimally; the source records only one subcontract award, a December 2023 sub under Lockheed Martin Corporation for counter air science and technology research. The vendor does not appear on any named parent vehicles in the source data.