Macro Industries Inc.

Macro Industries Inc., a small disadvantaged business based in Huntsville, Alabama, manufactures lightweight composite armor systems, ballistic protection components, and specialty aircraft parts for the Department of Defense as a prime contractor (91% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor to Lockheed Martin on missile and aircraft programs. The vendor competes predominantly under total small business set-asides across SBIR and STTR research programs and production purchase orders. Macro is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation; the source carries no additional ownership designations beyond small disadvantaged business status.

Macro's capability footprint centers on composite material systems for military aviation survivability and cargo operations. Recent representative work includes a $1.25 million SBIR Phase II delivery order from the Air Force Research Laboratory for improved aircraft ballistic protection systems (awarded April 2022), a $1.25 million STTR Phase II contract from AFRL for lightweight containment systems for next-generation batteries (awarded July 2023), a $250 thousand SBIR Phase I contract from the Army for lightweight reconfigurable flooring for the UH-60 helicopter (awarded March 2023), a $249,995 Army SBIR Phase I award for battery technology development (awarded March 2025), and two supplemental armor purchase orders from Defense Logistics Agency Aviation totaling $417.6 thousand (awarded June 2025 and February 2026). The vendor manufactures ceramic armor coupons, 463L master pallets for cargo transport, and weight-and-balance kits for special operations aircraft.

Customer concentration is dominated by Navy and Army aviation programs. The top five customers by potential value account for 96% of combined potential value, anchored by the Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command ($62.5 million across six awards) and the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Lifecycle Management Center at Robins Air Force Base ($18.5 million across two awards). By award count, the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation leads with seventeen awards ($2.1 million), followed by the Department of the Army (fourteen awards), Army Materiel Command Redstone Arsenal (twelve awards), and Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command (eleven awards). This split reflects Macro's mix of small-dollar production purchase orders (DLA and Army) and larger research contracts (Navy and Air Force).

Macro places work under four named indefinite delivery vehicles, with the largest concentrations on Navy contracts N6833517D0028 (three task orders, $6 million combined potential value) and N6833518D0040 (two task orders, $8.3 million). The vendor's primary NAICS footprint is Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing, with supplemental activity in research and development services and sheet metal work. Activity has declined materially — five awards in 2022, six in 2023, two in 2024, two in 2025, and one in 2026 — suggesting a recompete challenge or contraction in the vendor's active pipeline. As a subcontractor, Macro supplies strap assemblies for PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3 missile production and weight-and-balance kits and lightweight armor systems for the MC-130J to Lockheed Martin. The subcontract footprint spans awards from 2022 through September 2024 and represents recurring production support on mature defense platforms.