Military Systems Group, Inc.

Military Systems Group, Inc., a Nashville, Tennessee-based veteran-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, manufactures specialized hardware for crew-served weapons systems, vehicle-mounted weapon integration equipment, and military platform components as a prime contractor on 93% of its recent awards and as a subcontractor to major defense primes. The company competes predominantly in full-and-open procurements rather than set-asides, though it holds multiple small-business-set-aside IDIQs and delivers work under set-aside delivery orders.

Military Systems Group's capability portfolio centers on machine gun mounts, weapon cradles, armor hardware, turret systems, platform integration kits, ammunition handling systems, and vehicular accessories. Representative prime work includes a $5.5 million single-award indefinite delivery contract from the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (awarded April 2026) for Gunner Shield Kits (NSN 2510-01-498-4996) running through January 2033; a $49.5 million multiple-award IDIQ from the Army's Program Executive Office Soldier (awarded December 2024) for Armor Hardware Turret Systems and Platform Integration Kits, designated as total small business set-aside and extending through December 2029; and a $72.6 million single-award IDIQ from Naval Sea Systems Command (awarded March 2022) for gun weapon system components including mounts, integration kits, and technical data packages, set-aside for total small business and running through March 2027. Recent delivery orders exemplify the work: a $633.6 thousand order from Defense Finance and Accounting Service (April 2026) for Gunner Shield Kit components, a $161.3 thousand Competitive small-business delivery order from PEO Soldier (September 2025) for Armor Hardware Turret Systems and Platform Integration Kits with First Article Test items, and a $1.39 million firm-fixed-price order from Naval Sea Systems Command (July 2023) under the Gun Weapon System Rapid Machining IDIQ for part number 8794981.

Customer concentration sits heavily with the Department of Defense. The top five customers by award count account for 71% of recent awards, led by the Department of the Army Materiel Command Contracting Command Redstone Arsenal (168 awards, $35.7 million combined potential value) followed by the Department of the Army (68 awards, $8 million), United States Marine Corps (16 awards, $46.3 million), United States Special Operations Command (15 awards, $104 thousand), and Department of the Air Force (14 awards, $135 thousand). The two rankings diverge significantly by dollar magnitude: Naval Sea Systems Command anchors the potential-value ranking with only 6 awards but $148.4 million combined potential value, reflecting the large ceiling values on its gun weapon system IDIQs; GSA Federal Acquisition Service places 7 awards worth $54.7 million; and PEO Soldier shows 4 awards valued at $49.8 million. The concentration signal: Military Systems Group is a high-volume, small-order prime to Army Redstone Arsenal, but derives most of its dollar exposure from large naval and Army special-project IDIQs.

Military Systems Group holds multiple indefinite delivery contracts that serve as primary vehicles for task-order placement. The Army's Indefinite Delivery Contract W911N205D0009 carries 102 task orders worth $9.3 million combined potential value; Army IDC W911N210D0010 holds 42 task orders valued at $2.4 million; Army IDC W911N216D0037 carries 17 task orders worth $2.5 million; and Army IDC DAAH1703D0022 holds 13 task orders valued at $1.4 million. Military Systems Group also sits on the GSA Multiple Award Schedule, which generated 51 task orders worth $1.2 million combined potential value. The Naval Sea Systems Command Gun Weapon System Rapid Machining IDIQ and the Air Force Mobility Platform Prototyping IDIQ, named in the prime IDVs block, anchor much of the dollar exposure.

Activity has contracted sharply. Awards per year declined from 22 in 2023 to 17 in 2024, 6 in 2025, and 2 in 2026 year to date. The recompete cliff in the next twenty-four months is modest: only 3 awards with combined potential value of $635 thousand reach ultimate completion inside that window, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure. However, several of the large IDIQs (Naval Sea Systems Command's $72.6 million contract, PEO Soldier's $49.5 million contract, and the Air Force's Mobility Platform Prototyping IDIQ) are multi-year vehicles extending into 2026–2029, so competitive pressure will surface when those IDIQs approach their completion dates rather than in the immediate twenty-four months.

In its subcontractor role, Military Systems Group supplies weapon mounts, bracket assemblies, cradle assemblies, and turret system components to Lockheed Martin (the largest named sub prime, with recurring work on M270A2 Multiple Launch Rocket System production and Fast Sealift Ship Lethality Modernization turret systems), BAE Systems Land and Armaments (Armored Combat Vehicle-Recapitalization program drawing and test-cost work), Bell Textron (Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft engineering and pre-liminary design), and Atlantic Diving Supply (MRZR Rollover Protection System and MK93 Kit assemblies). Subcontract work represents 7% of the overall award count but signals deep integration with prime defense contractors on major Army platform modernization and special-operations vehicle programs.

Across both prime and sub work, Military Systems Group's NAICS profile is dominated by All Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing (148 awards), Small Arms Ordnance and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing (98 awards), and Other Apparel Accessories and Apparel Manufacturing (57 awards), with 26 awards in Military Armored Vehicle, Tank, and Tank Component Manufacturing. PSC concentration follows: Vehicular Furniture and Accessories (142 awards), Miscellaneous Vehicular Components (73 awards), Miscellaneous Weapons (31 awards), and Guns Through 30mm (27 awards). The portfolio reflects a foundational capability in precision-machined metal components for crew-served weapons platforms and ground-vehicle integration, performed in Nashville and supported by registration in System for Award Management since 2002.