Lockheed Martin Corporation

Lockheed Martin Corporation's Missiles and Fire Control (MFC) Division, headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky, delivers specialized operational logistics support, aircraft maintenance, engineering services, and mission-critical modifications for advanced military platforms as a prime contractor (100% of awards) to U.S. Special Operations Command and other defense agencies, competing on a full-and-open basis with no small business set-asides.

MFC Division operates as a subordinate unit of Lockheed Martin Corp (parent headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland), one of the world's largest aerospace and defense manufacturers. The division's federal contract footprint centers on cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm fixed-price delivery orders that support specialized rotary-wing and fixed-wing aircraft platforms including the MC-130J, CV-22, MH-60M, MH-47G, and AC-130J, alongside ground systems and logistics infrastructure for Special Operations Command operations. Representative recent work includes a $79.6 million delivery order for MQ-9 fiscal-year 2026 contractor maintenance support (CONUS/OCONUS), a $45.6 million delivery order for CR2M kit installation on the MC-130J modification line, a $39.1 million delivery order for MH-47G Block II post-production modifications (Lots 6 and 7), and a $56.2 million delivery order under the Program Executive Officer for Maritime Littoral Combat Ship Modules (PEO MARITIME LCSM) for LCS sustainment and maintenance. Additional representative examples include a $24.7 million delivery order for TAPO FVL engineering support, a $23.4 million delivery order for EC-130J de-modification design and engineering, and a $17.7 million delivery order for equipment procurement and storage of UH-60M helicopters for the Kingdom of Sweden.

Customer concentration is extreme and strategic: United States Special Operations Command accounts for 2,124 of 2,519 total awards (84% of award count) and $20.37 billion of $22.4 billion combined potential value (91% of dollars). The next four customer agencies—the Department of the Air Force, Department of the Army Special Operations Command, Air Force Special Operations Command, and Air Force Materiel Command—together account for only 101 awards and $1.13 billion in combined potential value, representing 9% of the prime portfolio. Within USSOCOM, MFC operates under three dominant parent IDIQs: Indefinite Delivery Contract H9225409D0001 (1,426 task orders, $4.25 billion combined potential value), H9225417D0001 (966 task orders, $7.44 billion), and H9225410D0002 (115 task orders, $163.6 million). This concentration reflects MFC's role as a cornerstone logistics and sustainment provider for USSOCOM's specialized aviation platforms.

Activity has declined from a peak of 128 awards in 2023 to 52 awards year-to-date in 2026, averaging 85 awards annually since 2022. Within the next twenty-four months, 164 awards with combined potential value of $1.48 billion reach ultimate completion, creating recompete exposure concentrated within the three primary USSOCOM IDIQs.

On federal service contracts captured in the Service Contract Inventory (SCI), MFC reported $1.21 billion in invoiced revenue across FY2022–FY2024, with FY2024 invoicing $432.8 million against 1,616 FTEs. SCI-reported government-paid rates ran around $107.48/hr at the median, with senior labor reaching $615/hr (90th percentile) and junior positions at $50.81/hr (10th percentile). Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, approximately 10% of total contractor hours were subcontracted, with 267 named subcontractors engaged. This signal indicates MFC builds much of its delivery capacity internally but maintains a supply chain of specialized vendors for component procurement, engineering support, and field services.

MFC operates as a full-and-open competitor on all awards examined, engaging no small business set-asides. Named subcontractors span defense manufacturers (MD Helicopters, Viasat, Northrop Grumman, Textron Systems), specialized aerospace suppliers (All-System Aerospace International, Bailey Hardware & Hydraulic Fittings, Powell Electronics, Wiremasters), small and disadvantaged businesses (Sandy Valley Fasteners as a woman-owned HUBZone firm, Akima Technical Solutions as an Alaska Native Corporation-owned firm, Solution One Industries as a service-disabled veteran-owned firm, and Macgyver Solutions as a HUBZone-certified SDVOSB), and commercial off-the-shelf vendors (Motorola Solutions, Viasat, Honeywell, L3Harris). Representative subcontracts include armor assemblies, electrical connectors, cooling fans, duct assemblies, and thermoelectric equipment, supporting the integration demands of advanced military aircraft modifications and sustainment.

MFC's strategic customer—USSOCOM—operates under a model of continuous task-order placement against standing IDIQs rather than periodic full-and-open solicitations. The three parent vehicles carry no specified dollar ceilings in the source, indicating multi-billion-dollar indefinite-delivery vehicles that enable rapid deployment of logistics and engineering resources across special operations missions. The overwhelming dominance of USSOCOM, combined with MFC's exclusive prime posture and decade-plus award history, positions the division as a systemically important supplier for special operations aircraft sustainment. Competitive risk concentrates on IDIQ recompete cycles and potential shifts in USSOCOM's platform portfolio (e.g., transition from legacy platforms to Future Vertical Lift).