Marathon Targets Inc.

Marathon Targets Inc., a foreign-owned manufacturer based in Huntsville, Alabama, supplies robotic human-type targets (RHTT) and autonomous robotic targeting systems (ARTS) to the Department of Defense, Special Operations Command, and the Department of Homeland Security as a prime contractor (57% of recent awards) and subcontractor to defense systems integrators. The company competes full-and-open across its portfolio with no socioeconomic set-aside designations.

Marathon Targets' capability portfolio centers on advanced robotic targeting systems and live-fire training equipment designed for military marksmanship, sniper, and weapons-qualification exercises. Recent prime work includes an $11.77 million firm fixed-price definitive contract awarded by the U.S. Secret Service on September 29, 2026, for an Autonomous Robotic Training System with performance in Laurel, Maryland and completion through September 2031; a $4.895 million definitive contract from the Department of the Army for robotic human-type target support to U.S. Special Operations Command at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, awarded December 20, 2024, and running through December 2029; a $4.8 million Secret Service contract exercising option year two for autonomous robotic targets, awarded October 1, 2024; and a $1.544 million Air Force Special Operations Command purchase order for ARTS support at Melrose Range, New Mexico, awarded September 1, 2026. The company also delivers equipment rental and field reporting system support for Army sniper competitions across European training areas, as demonstrated by orders from the Army's Training and Doctrine Command.

Customer concentration is anchored by two massive IDIQs that dominate potential value. The Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command holds a $4 billion SeaPort Next Generation multiple-award IDIQ awarded January 2, 2025, with performance at Huntsville, Alabama and Navy SYSCOM partner locations through January 2029; this vehicle alone represents 99% of the combined potential value across Marathon's 35-award footprint. The Department of the Air Force Air Combat Command issued a $5 million single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement on September 30, 2024, through September 2029, for all equipment, orientation, maintenance, training, and management necessary to deliver realistic moving-target threat presentation for mobile target live-fire exercises. The U.S. Secret Service holds two prime contracts totaling $16.6 million in potential value. The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration anchors a $10 million contract. The Department of the Army accounts for 14 awards totaling $4.9 million, with the majority routing through Training and Doctrine Command for sniper-competition targetry at Hohenfels, Grafenwoehr, and other European training areas. Activity accelerated from one award in 2022 to twelve in 2025; six awards year-to-date in 2026 reflects continued momentum. Only one award ($2.3 million) faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal recompete exposure in the near term.

Marathon Targets operates as a subcontractor to Torch Technologies Inc. on multiple engineering and simulation task orders routed through the GSA OASIS Small Business Reserve pool. The SCI dataset shows Marathon delivered robotic training systems and related equipment under these sub positions, with FTE trajectory moving from 0.2 FTEs in FY2022 to 26.6 FTEs in FY2024 as a subcontractor, though SCI-reportable invoicing on prime records remains at zero, consistent with Marathon's product-and-equipment business model rather than labor-intensive services. The company also subcontracts to Amentum Technology for West Desert Test Center developmental and operational testing work involving autonomous robotic targets.