Matsys Incorporated

Matsys Incorporated, doing business as Matsys Inc., is a Sterling, Virginia-based small business manufacturer and R&D company that develops advanced materials, reactive materials-based munitions, and novel alloy systems for defense agencies, operating as a prime contractor on 97% of recent awards and holding a seat on the Department of Defense Missile Defense Agency's $151 billion Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ contract vehicle.

Matsys specializes in powder metallurgy, high-temperature materials, self-healing composites, reactive materials technology, and blast munitions development, with a 30-year track record executing Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR), and federal grant programs across Navy, Army, and Air Force research commands. The company competes in full-and-open and total small business set-aside categories, with the vast majority of recent awards bearing small business designations across SBIR Phases I, II, and III and STTR contracts. Recent representative prime work includes a $2.85 million Other Transaction Agreement with Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) through February 2030 for lab-scale powder manufacturing prototype development; a $1.65 million SBIR Phase II contract from RDECOM for multifunctional materials supporting increased-lethality munitions (completed June 2024); a $1.2 million SBIR Phase II contract from Naval Strategic Systems Programs through September 2026; and a $23.4 million Cornerstone OTA: Advanced Warheads Technology award from Army RDECOM (completed August 2026) for reactive materials research. Matsys also received a $199,934 Department of Energy Office of Science grant in February 2023 for powder metallurgy-hot isostatic pressing process development under CFDA 81.049.

Customer concentration sits with defense research and development agencies. The top five funding agencies account for 77% of recent awards by count and 96% by potential value, dominated by Army RDECOM (33 awards, $54.5 million combined potential value) and Naval Sea Systems Command (46 awards, $15.5 million), followed by Office of Naval Research (13 awards, $9.9 million), Air Force Research Laboratory (10 awards, $6.3 million), and Defense Threat Reduction Agency (7 awards, $2.7 million). Navy NAVSEA drives volume through small-dollar delivery orders under two primary IDICs (N0017418D0015 and N0017413D0001) totaling 39 task orders for high-density reactive materials, fragmentation sleeves, and munition performance demonstrators, while Army RDECOM anchors the dollar value through larger research and prototype awards.

Activity has grown substantially in 2025, with ten awards that year following a two-award 2024 performance, and two awards through May 2026. Three awards carrying $24.8 million in combined potential value reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure. The portfolio spans 19 distinct federal customer agencies, with award density concentrated in SBIR R&D categories—44 awards under NAICS 541512 (R&D in Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences), 26 under NAICS 541714 (R&D in Biotechnology), and 34 awards coded to PSC "Additive Metal Materials." Matsys subcontracts to General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (metal parts for 120mm armor-piercing ammunition, awarded May 2026 and August 2025) and to Fluor Marine Propulsion on Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program powder processing support (August 2025). The vendor also serves as a sub-recipient on an October 2025 Georgia Tech Research Corporation grant for hardware design and processing optimization of galvanic aluminum materials for hydrogen generation technology.

MATSYS specializes in advanced materials, novel alloy development, design, prototyping, test and evaluation, and manufacturing services to the defense, energy, and aerospace industries for 30 years. Our portfolio of materials and our manufacturing capabilities are at the forefront of the next generation of performance requirements, essential to modernization & replenishment of our arsenal and advancements in next generation munitions and hypersonic systems. MATSYS is a leader in the development of new capabilities for advanced warhead systems, including reactive materials and advanced fragmenting metal composite solutions to enhance munitions performance.

Our products are manufactured in the USA and conform to industry standards and Government procurement regulations. MATSYS's flexible production facility is a current supplier of novel fragmenting warheads for the Army and is ISO 9001 certified. We guarantee transparent communication and quality that exceed customer expectations.