Protogate Inc.

Protogate Inc., a for-profit manufacturer based in Port Hadlock, Washington, provides hardware, software, engineering services, and warranty support to the Department of Defense and federal agencies across Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Homeland Security customers, operating as a prime contractor on full-and-open awards (75% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor to defense primes on specialized defense systems.

Protogate's capability portfolio centers on custom computer programming, electronic assembly manufacturing, and engineering services for defense command-and-control systems. Representative prime work includes a $338 thousand firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Air Force on April 1, 2026, for warranty services on Air and Missile Defense Operational Test Suite Remote Monitoring Units at Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Base through March 2029, and a prior $306 thousand definitive contract with the Air Force for AMDOTS warranty services from April 2023 through March 2026. Top NAICS categories are Custom Computer Programming Services (10 awards), Engineering Services (8 awards), and Electronic Computer Manufacturing (7 awards), with PSC concentration in Information Technology Software and Electrical and Electronic Assemblies, Boards, Cards, and Associated Hardware.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward the Air Force. The Department of the Air Force accounts for 8 awards valued at $1 million combined potential value, followed by the Department of the Air Force Air Combat Command (6 awards, $891 thousand) and the Department of the Air Force Space Command (8 awards with dollar values not specified in the source). Together, these three Air Force entities represent 61% of recent awards by count. The U.S. Marine Corps, Department of the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command, and Department of Homeland Security US Coast Guard round out the active customer set across 16 distinct federal agencies.

Protogate seats on the One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services GWAC with 7 task orders, and maintains positions on Alliant II and two numbered defense BPAs. Activity has been sporadic — one award in 2019, a two-year gap, then two awards in 2023 followed by five awards each in 2024 and 2025, with one award year-to-date in 2026. Combined obligated dollars ($5.4 million) exceed combined potential value ($3.3 million), indicating work is tracking ahead of ceiling. As a subcontractor, Protogate delivers hardware, software, and maintenance services under Amentum Technology (NORAD Cheyenne Mountain Complex Integrated Tactical Warning/Attack system renewal work across multiple 2024–2025 sub awards), Lockheed Martin (hardware/software maintenance for extended one-year support), and Science Applications International Corporation (hardware and software for GMASS PARCS systems). The vendor's defense prime relationships with L3Harris, Lockheed Martin, IAP Worldwide Services, and Northrop Grumman reflect a positioning as a specialized component and systems integrator to large defense primes rather than as a full-mission prime.

Product development and manufacturing in data communications, protocols, networking and custom software design and systems integration. Protogate Freeway servers, embedded WAN Protocol boards and Software Protocols.