Navigator Development Group, Inc.

Navigator Development Group, Inc., a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) headquartered in Enterprise, Alabama, is a prime contractor and subcontractor delivering military training instruction, aerospace and defense engineering, lifecycle sustainment, and program management services to the Department of Defense and civilian agencies. The company competes predominantly under set-asides — SDVOSB and Total Small Business — and holds seats on multiple governmentwide vehicles including OASIS+ SDVOSB and OASIS+ Total Small Business IDIQs, the GSA Multiple Award Schedule, and the recently awarded $151 billion Missile Defense Agency SHIELD IDIQ (December 2025).

Navigator's customer base is Army-centric and vehicle-driven. The top five funding entities by award count include the Department of the Army's Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command (36 awards, $70.3 million potential value), Training and Doctrine Command (36 awards, $45.9 million), and Program Executive Office Aviation (32 awards, $55.2 million), which collectively anchor 51 percent of recent awards. However, the top-customer ranking by dollar value is dominated by the Department of the Air Force, which contributes $46 billion in combined potential value — nearly entirely derived from the SHIELD IDIQ awarded to Navigator on December 29, 2025. This concentration reflects Navigator's seat on the new $46 billion Eglin Wide Agile Acquisition Contract (EWAAC) and the $151 billion SHIELD vehicle; the first task order under SHIELD was a $500 delivery order issued concurrently on December 29, 2025, with place of performance in Huntsville, Alabama. Beyond these enterprise vehicles, GSA's Federal Acquisition Service carries $308 million across four awards, primarily the OASIS+ vehicles and MAS activity.

Recent capability work demonstrates Navigator's core Army training and aviation focus. The company holds a $1.885 million SDVOSB delivery order with Training and Doctrine Command (awarded September 20, 2025, through September 19, 2030) for Professional Military Education and instructor-led training at the U.S. Army Warrant Officer Career College at Fort Rucker, Alabama. Under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule, Navigator delivers a $7.106 million delivery order (awarded September 9, 2023, through June 8, 2028) for Joint Fires Observer Course and Previously Qualified Terminal Attack Controller instructor services at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, with Fscx Inc., a Veteran-Owned Small Business based in Lawton, serving as the primary subcontractor. A $802,711 delivery order (April 12, 2023, through April 6, 2028, also under MAS) covers Field Artillery Pre-Command Course and Brigade Fires Integration Module instructor services, again with Fscx as subcontractor. The April 9, 2025 delivery order under EWAAC, valued at $1,000, and the December 29, 2025 SHIELD initial order represent early task orders on newly awarded enterprise vehicles.

Navigator operates as a prime on 70 percent of its recent awards (186 of 264) and as a subcontractor on 30 percent (78 awards). Across SCI-reported prime contracts, the company subcontracts 62 percent of total contractor hours on average, naming 24 distinct subcontractors. The primary subcontractor relationships are with Torch Technologies Inc., which receives multiple monthly task orders for aviation mission systems architecture support, weapons development and integration, and lifecycle engineering — work performed at Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) and related Army facilities on behalf of Future Vertical Lift Cross-Functional Team initiatives. Additional subcontractor relationships include CAE USA Inc. (Apache Helicopter Flight Training Simulator, May 22, 2025), Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. (Future Vertical Lift analysis and support, July 9, 2024), KBR Wyle Services, LLC (capability assessments and systems analysis, March 2023 and July 2022), and Ironmountain Solutions, LLC (utility helicopter technical support, January 12, 2024). This posture — priming on GSA vehicles and agency IDIQs while feeding significant subcontract flow to Torch Technologies — positions Navigator as both a primary delivery vehicle and a feeder to larger defense integrators on Army aviation programs.

Activity has accelerated substantially. The company recorded 4 awards in 2021, 3 in 2022, 13 in 2023, and 51 in 2024; through December 2025, 21 awards are captured in the current dataset. The spike in 2024 and into 2025 reflects award of the OASIS+ SDVOSB IDIQ (September 30, 2024) and OASIS+ Total Small Business IDIQ (December 19, 2024), which anchor over 200 task orders collectively across the MAS and BPA vehicles. Only two awards totaling $7.9 million in combined potential value face completion within the next twenty-four months, limiting near-term recompete exposure. SCI-reported invoicing on prime contracts shows growth from $3.9 million in FY2022 to $9.2 million in FY2025, with FTE scale expanding from approximately 15.6 FTEs to 32.8 FTEs over the same period. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI prime contracts run a median of $128.10 per hour, spanning a spectrum from $121.98 to $134.17 across percentiles — consistent with mid-tier engineering and program-management labor on Army training and sustainment work.

Navigator's corporate structure includes a subsidiary, Navigator International LLC, also designated as SDVOSB and Veteran-Owned. On the GSA Schedule, the company offers 42 labor categories spanning $40.42 to $191.05 per hour, from entry-level co-op engineer roles (high-school education, no clearance) through senior systems consultant roles (bachelor's degree, 15 years experience). No security-cleared labor is offered through the Schedule. The company's NAICS concentration reflects its core mission: 151 awards under Engineering Services, 78 under Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings (reflecting GSA real-estate-lease activity), 16 under Administrative Management Consulting, 5 under R&D in physical and engineering sciences, and 2 under ammunition manufacturing (the EWAAC slot, NAICS 332993).

Navigator's competitive posture centers on the SDVOSB and Total Small Business set-asides. All five prime IDIQs are reserved: OASIS+ SDVOSB, OASIS+ Total Small Business, and SHIELD (no set-aside but SDVOSB awardee); the Eglin EWAAC is a multiple-award vehicle with no set-aside on the contract itself, though Navigator competes as an SDVOSB holder. The $138 task orders under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule and $77 under the BPA (GS04B44154) generate the largest near-term task-order pipeline. The company's 2024–2025 growth and the December 2025 SHIELD award position it as a rising small-business player in Army aviation training, sustainment, and modernization, with emerging exposure to Missile Defense Agency enterprise spending.

Navigator Development Group, Inc. is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business headquartered in Enterprise, AL, which is just outside the gates of Ft. Rucker and the US Army Aviation Center of Excellence. As a privately owned corporation, Navigator has continuously supported the Department of Defense as well as several other federal agencies worldwide since 1997. Navigator is an extremely agile organization that consistently delivers quality products and services on time and under budget. Our broad range of capabilities primarily emanate from the military veterans we actively recruit due to their exceptional professionalism, subject matter expertise, and work ethic. Navigator's core strength is providing specialized and customer tailored solutions across each of the Aviation, Training, and Technology domains.