Fisica Applied Technologies, Inc.

Fisica Applied Technologies, Inc., a manufacturer of specialized radiation technology equipment, pulsed-power systems, and advanced defense test and evaluation hardware, operates as a prime contractor (97% of awards) across defense and federal research agencies, and holds a significant position on the Missile Defense Agency's $151 billion Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Multiple Award IDIQ awarded December 29, 2025. Fisica is a subsidiary of L3Harris Technologies, Inc., and competes in full-and-open procurements with no set-aside designations across its prime footprint.

The company's customer base concentrates heavily on defense research and testing. The top five funding agencies account for 78% of awards by count and 82% of combined potential value, led by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (127 awards, $208.7 million combined potential value), the Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command (39 awards, $62 million), and the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command (151 awards, $22.5 million). A significant divergence emerges in dollar ranking: while RDECOM places the largest volume of orders (151), DTRA anchors the portfolio's dollar value by orders of magnitude, reflecting major strategic programs in nuclear weapon effects simulation and facility sustainment. The Office of the Secretary of Defense ranks fourth by dollars ($20.8 million across four awards) but lower in order count.

Fisica's capability footprint centers on flash X-ray systems and components, spark gap switches, solid-state pulse generators, short-pulse gamma testing platforms, computed radiography systems, and pulsed electromagnetic pulse technology development. Representative prime work includes a $73.7 million cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (awarded January 31, 2023, completing January 31, 2031) for facility sustainment, radiation source development, and nuclear weapon effects West Coast facility simulator program support performed in San Leandro, California; a $16.2 million cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract with the Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (awarded June 21, 2023, completing October 20, 2026) for development and test of a horizontally polarized electromagnetic pulse technology system; and a $405.1 thousand delivery order from the Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (awarded September 27, 2024, completing May 24, 2025) for flash X-ray equipment under IDIQ W911QX21D0005, a $5 million single-award vehicle running through June 1, 2026. Smaller commodity purchases round out the footprint — a $36.2 thousand purchase order from Naval Sea Systems Command (awarded March 27, 2026) for 15 units of 200kV spark gap switches, and recurring spare parts and testing services across Aberdeen Proving Ground and San Leandro operations.

Vehicle positioning reflects Fisica's role as a primary supplier to legacy Army and Navy test programs. The company places task orders under Indefinite Delivery Contract W911QX21D0005 (43 task orders, $2.2 million combined potential value), Indefinite Delivery Contract W911QX15D0019 (30 task orders, $3.7 million), and DTRA IDC DTRA0102D0005 (100 task orders, though the $778 thousand combined potential value reflects the heavily exercised, matured state of that vehicle). The newly awarded SHIELD IDIQ (ceiling $151 billion, performance through December 28, 2035) positions Fisica as a multi-domain defense system developer, though the initial delivery order carries only a $500 ceiling, suggesting the vehicle is in early mobilization.

Activity has averaged 8.6 awards per year over the past five years (2022–2026), with a slight uptick in 2025 (10 awards) and minimal 2026 activity (1 award to date). The recompete cliff presents material risk: three awards totaling $96.9 million in combined potential value face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, including the DTRA $73.7 million definitive contract and related DTRA and Navy test programs. The source does not disclose obligated spend against the SHIELD IDIQ or identify task order activity; the $500 initial order suggests Fisica is positioned but not yet ramping volume under that vehicle.

Fisica subcontracts as a specialized testing and equipment supplier to Lockheed Martin Corporation (radiation effects testing on advanced weapon systems including the MK21A re-entry vehicle and Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared platforms), Leidos, Inc. (critical minerals and materials research and energetics development for the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment), Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Next Generation Interceptor development testing), and Applied Research Associates, Inc. (electromagnetic hardening assessment). Across the source data, subcontract awards carry $500 thousand to low-seven-figure values and reflect testing services and specialized equipment support rather than prime system responsibility.

The source identifies Fisica as operating under parent L3Harris Technologies, Inc., with Ship Analytic Usa, Inc. listed as parent in the corporate structure block; the corporate hierarchy and ownership relationships are not clarified in the source. Fisica's primary NAICS footprint is Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing (165 awards), with secondary categories in Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (22 awards) and Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance (15 awards). Physical Properties Testing and Inspection (112 awards by PSC) and R&D Defense Other — Basic and Applied Research (127 combined awards) dominate the contract portfolio.