LS Technologies LLC

LS Technologies LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tetra Tech, Inc., operates as a prime contractor delivering systems engineering, program management, and technical services for Federal Aviation Administration National Airspace System modernization on a full-and-open, non-set-aside basis. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC, and derives 96 percent of its recent awards as a prime contractor (154 of 160 total awards) across multiple FAA vehicles, concentrating overwhelmingly on NextGen initiatives spanning unmanned aircraft systems integration, connected aircraft concepts, air traffic management modernization, and airspace surveillance modernization.

LS Technologies' customer concentration is extreme: the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Headquarters accounts for 129 awards (81 percent of total awards) and 8.49 billion dollars (96 percent of combined potential value) across all awards. The next-closest customer, NOAA, holds only 4 awards valued at 13 million dollars combined. This concentration reflects LS Technologies' strategic positioning as the lead systems engineering and program management contractor for the FAA's multi-year modernization portfolio rather than a diversified services vendor. The company also operates as a subcontractor to primes including Beacon Automotive LLC, OCH Technologies LLC, Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc., and Raytheon Technical Services Co on related FAA enterprise engineering and NAS voice systems work, though sub work represents only 4 percent of the award count.

LS Technologies sits on two core FAA indefinite-delivery vehicles. The Systems Engineering and Technical Innovative Solutions (SETIS) single-award IDIQ, valued at 2.268 billion dollars through June 30, 2028, is the primary vehicle; it has generated task orders for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management systems engineering (7.3 million dollars, January 2024), Crosscutting Operational Research and Technical Exploration for XTM (7.9 million dollars, January 2024), Connected Aircraft Trajectory Information engineering (5.8 million dollars, June 2023), Low-Density UAS-Operation Communication Evaluation simulation and live flight evaluation (7.4 million dollars, June 2023), Connected Aircraft NextGen Digital Information Exchange flight deck automation (8.1 million dollars, July 2023), Connected Aircraft Information Concepts and Systems Engineering (8.1 million dollars, October 2023), Automation Evolution initiative concept analysis (5.7 million dollars, October 2024), Unmanned Aircraft Systems Services Program Support (19.3 million dollars, August 2023), and Authority to Operate security engineering support (24.3 million dollars, January 2026). The FAA Program Support Services (PSS) multiple-award IDIQ, valued at 1.039 billion dollars through 2027, has generated 20 task orders totaling 153.8 million dollars combined potential value for weather systems, AIS cybersecurity support, radar system replacement, and unmanned aircraft systems program support work. Recent PSS delivery orders include a 27.2 million dollar airspace modernization order (July 2026, through September 2030), a 4.3 million dollar weather camera and visual observation system order (May 2026), and a 541 thousand dollar AIS cybersecurity support order (August 2026). LS Technologies also holds two other FAA IDIQs—Indefinite Delivery Contract DTFAWA15D00030 (56 task orders, 682.8 million dollars combined potential value) and Indefinite Delivery Contract DTFAWA17D00015 (18 task orders, 293 million dollars combined potential value)—which appear to carry the bulk of its active obligated work. The company also holds a Federal Supply Schedule contract with GSA (2.5 million dollars ceiling, through January 2027) offering 115 labor categories spanning administrative support through senior IT consulting roles at hourly rates from 43.30 dollars to 286.90 dollars, with no security-cleared positions offered.

Activity has remained relatively flat year over year (9 awards in 2022, 6 in 2023, 9 in 2024, 3 in 2025, 6 through August 2026), though this metric reflects new task-order issuance rather than the company's operational scale. Thirty-three awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of 422 million dollars and face recompete exposure. SCI-reportable invoiced revenue in FY2024 totaled 104.3 million dollars across 375 FTEs, but FY2023 and FY2025 show near-zero SCI reporting, suggesting significant work is either classified, tracked outside the SCI system, or performed through the IDIQ vehicles without formal FY2024-equivalent reporting. Government-paid hourly rates across SCI-reportable prime contracts run 119.25 dollars at the 10th percentile, with a median of 143.11 dollars per hour and 90th percentile reaching 167.99 dollars per hour—consistent with mid-to-senior-level engineering and program-management roles. Across LS Technologies' SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors perform approximately 8 percent of contractor hours on average, and the vendor names 127 subcontractors across its portfolio, including recurring small business partners such as Kaia Inc. (8(a) certified, Native American-owned), Creative WX Solutions LLC (small disadvantaged business), P17 Solutions LLC (8(a) certified), and Skymantics LLC (8(a) certified, minority-owned small disadvantaged business). Tetra Tech's broader portfolio includes federal contract vehicles across defense, civilian, and international work; LS Technologies operates as Tetra Tech's dedicated FAA-focused systems engineering and modernization subsidiary, concentrating enterprise resources on NextGen and airspace modernization initiatives without diversification across other civilian agencies or defense customers.