Maritime Applied Physics Corporation

Maritime Applied Physics Corporation, doing business as Blacksea Technologies, manufactures specialized maritime components, electro-mechanical actuators, unmanned surface vehicles, and related defense systems as a prime contractor (95% of recent awards) across naval, Coast Guard, and defense logistics customers. The company is a for-profit manufacturer headquartered in Curtis Bay, Baltimore, Maryland, with four named subsidiaries—Lakenheath Electronics Design, Inc.; Blue Tide Marine LLC (self-certified small disadvantaged business); The Hard Yards LLC; and Maritime Applied Physics Corp—and competes predominantly in full-and-open procurements across the Department of Defense.

The customer concentration is heavily weighted toward the Navy and federal logistics agencies. The top five customers by award count account for 62% of recent awards, led by Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime (73 awards, $2.6 million combined potential value), Naval Sea Systems Command (51 awards, $1.01 billion combined potential value), and US Coast Guard (48 awards, $9.5 million combined potential value). When ranked by potential value, Naval Sea Systems Command dominates with $1.01 billion across 51 awards, followed by the Department of the Navy broadly ($253.1 million across 21 awards). This two-tier ranking surfaces significant dollar concentration in a narrower set of major acquisition programs—particularly unmanned surface vehicle systems and Space-Based Infrared System High—alongside higher transactional volume in smaller DLA purchase orders for components.

Recent capability work includes a $251.8 million firm fixed-price definitive contract awarded September 2, 2022, to produce five General-purpose unmanned surface vehicles (GARC USVs) through September 2, 2027, with subcontracted chase boat and software support from Six Maritime, Inc. (SDVOSB), Anchor Innovation, Inc. (SDVOSB), and Aerovironment, Inc. A $2 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from Naval Sea Systems Command for Space-Based Infrared System High work runs through March 25, 2029 under total small business set-aside. Maritime Applied Physics Corporation holds two significant definitive contracts for electro-mechanical actuators: $2.93 million from Naval Supply Systems Command (August 1, 2023) and $2.375 million (September 5, 2024), both for production delivery. The company also received a $1.93 million SBIR Phase II award from Naval Sea Systems Command (awarded March 7, 2023, extending through March 19, 2027) under total small business set-aside, and a $811.7 thousand SBIR Phase III cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from Naval Air Warfare Center.

Activity has grown substantially year over year—24 awards in 2022 to 44 in 2025—with seven awards recorded in 2026. Six awards (combined potential value $258.6 million) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing recompete exposure concentrated in major programs. The largest parent vehicle by task order volume is an indefinite delivery contract with US Coast Guard (HSCG8016DP45763) with 44 task orders valued at $6.5 million combined potential value. Maritime Applied Physics Corporation was awarded a $151 billion multiple-award indefinite delivery contract by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, extending through December 28, 2035, with an initial delivery order of $500 for place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama; this vehicle positions the company to compete for additional task orders in multi-domain defense across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid domains.

In its subcontractor role, Maritime Applied Physics Corporation delivers hardware manufacturing, research and development, and on-site support work to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Gun Mission Modules, Columbia-class submarine hardware, umbilical housing), Bath Iron Works Corporation (DDG 1000 on-site support), Science Applications International Corporation (digital transformation systems, POE injectors), and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (Liberty Lifter seaplane prototype phase work). The company also received a $149.8 thousand SBIR Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (September 2021 through February 2022) to develop whale detection and ship-strike mitigation technologies integrating unmanned aerial vehicle systems with marine mammal sensing.

The award portfolio spans hardware manufacturing (56 awards), overhead traveling crane and hoist system manufacturing (55 awards), engineering services (33 awards), research and development in physical and engineering sciences (22 awards), and electronic component manufacturing (18 awards), with the highest PSC concentration in ship and marine equipment maintenance and repair (47 awards), fiber rope and cordage (20 awards), and marine hardware (19 awards). Combined potential value across all 396 awards totals $1.32 billion, with $310.9 million obligated as of the source date, indicating a 24% execution rate typical of indefinite delivery vehicles with multi-year performance periods.

MAPC has a 20-year history of engineering, prototyping, and production of innovative technology systems, including three hydrofoils, a HYSWAS, a SWATH vessel, and vehicle engineering.