MTA Inc.

MTA Inc., a women-owned small business headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, operates as a prime contractor providing fire control systems engineering, software support, defense modernization, and professional advisory services to the Department of Defense and Army Materiel Command. The vendor competes on full-and-open vehicles rather than set-aside contracts; across its 431 total prime awards with combined potential value of $4.73 billion, no set-aside designation appears as a primary characteristic, though two significant IDCs are structured as Total Small Business awards. MTA is a minority-owned, Black American-owned for-profit corporation with one named subsidiary, Northington Consulting LLC, also designated minority-owned and women-owned.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward Army programs. The Department of the Army and its sub-offices account for 344 awards (80% of award count) with combined potential value of $430.9 million, a spread across Picatinny Arsenal, Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center, Research Development and Engineering Command, Corps of Engineers, and Life Cycle Management Command. However, the dollar rankings diverge sharply from volume: the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) holds only two awards but anchors $4 billion in combined potential value through a single $4 billion Seaport-NXG IDC awarded January 2, 2025, and a $500 minimum guarantee. Similarly, the General Services Administration holds three awards worth $168.4 million combined, driven by a $4 million Federal Supply Schedule and a $151 billion Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ awarded December 29, 2025, with an initial $500 delivery order. The Army Materiel Command's Research Development and Engineering Command ranks third in potential value at $264.6 million across twenty awards, centered on the Fire Control Systems & Technology IDIQ ($149.4 million ceiling, Total Small Business set-aside, expiring July 7, 2027).

MTA's core capability portfolio centers on fire control systems engineering, software sustainment, and technical support for Army artillery platforms — M777A2 and M119A3 howitzers receive repeated attention across multiple task orders — combined with broader defense systems engineering, R&D support, and professional services. Representative prime work includes a $4.4 million firm fixed price task order (September 2022) for software support on digital fire control systems under the Army's Fire Control Systems & Technology IDIQ; a $1.69 million order (August 2021) for the same scope under the ARDEC contract; and a $169,275 delivery order (July 2022) for wire electrical discharge machining services to the Federal Correctional Institution Milan. The newly awarded SHIELD IDIQ with MDA positions MTA for multi-domain defense system work spanning air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threat detection, tracking, and interception across all flight phases, leveraging artificial intelligence, machine learning, and digital engineering. The Seaport-NXG IDC with NAVSEA enables task-order competition for engineering and technical services across Navy SYSCOMs including NAVAIR, NAVWAR, NAVFAC, NAVSUP, ONR, and USMC.

Vehicle holdings are substantial and skew toward defense IDCs and Army-specific contracts. The Indefinite Delivery Contract DAAH0193DR006 carries 45 task orders; DAAE3002D1023 holds 34 task orders worth $1.7 million combined; DAAE3097D1012 claims 31 task orders. On GSA vehicles, the Multiple Award Schedule hosts 21 task orders worth $152.7 million combined and 101 unique labor categories priced from $35.50 per hour (Co-Op Engineer) through $396.59 per hour (Engineering Consultant), covering entry-level roles, technical specialists (IT Analyst II at $91.30/hr), and senior engineering consultation, with no security-cleared positions offered. Federal Supply Schedule GS23F0107L carries 22 task orders worth $3.9 million. MTA holds a position on the newly established SHIELD IDIQ with unlimited potential via task-order mechanism and a Multiple Award Blanket Purchase Agreement under MAS with the Aviation and Missile Command (August 2025) carrying zero listed ceiling, with actual funding and deliverables to be determined through individual orders through August 2030.

Award activity has accelerated in recent years. Historical volume was sparse — two awards in 2020, one in 2021, five in 2022, one in 2023 — with six awards in 2025 (though the data snapshot captures activity through December 29, 2025). One award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months: the $91.9 million Fire Control Systems & Technology IDIQ, which expires July 7, 2027, representing a significant recompete opportunity. MTA operates almost exclusively as a prime contractor (429 of 431 awards, or 100%); one named subcontract appears in the source, a July 2025 sub award to KBR Wyle Services for program analysis supporting the Army's Program Executive Office Missiles and Space.

Service Contract Inventory data covering FY2022–FY2024 shows SCI-reportable invoiced revenue of $20.5 million across three prime contracts ($2.5 million in FY2022, $8.6 million in FY2023, $9.4 million in FY2024), reflecting modest federal services capture in that reporting window compared to the broader contracting portfolio. The SCI dataset indicates roughly 29.8 FTEs delivered in FY2024, up from 23.5 in FY2022. On SCI-reportable prime contracts, median government-paid rates run around $116.07 per hour, with the 10th percentile at $25.55/hr and the 90th percentile at $118.94/hr; sub-engagement averaged 48% of total contractor hours across prime contracts, with fifteen named subcontractors supporting delivery. The narrow gap between median and 90th percentile rate suggests a labor mix skewed toward mid-tier technical staff rather than high-end senior expertise on SCI-captured work.

Category concentration aligns with the fire control and Army engineering profile. Engineering Services dominates at 74 awards, followed by Custom Computer Programming Services (39 awards) and Other Computer Related Services (16 awards). By PSC code, Support-Professional Engineering/Technical leads with 83 awards; R&D Defense Other (Applied Research/Exploratory Development) accounts for 54 awards, and IT and Telecommunications captures 28 awards.

MTA has been serving the Federal Government for over 30 years with Program and Project Management, Software Development, Systems Engineering, Testing & Evaluations, RAM Engineering, Product Assurance, and Logistics Support.