R. Stresau Laboratory, Inc.

R. Stresau Laboratory, Inc., doing business as R Stresau Laboratory Inc., is a small business manufacturer specializing in energetic devices and explosive components critical to the Department of Defense's ammunition and weapons systems programs. Headquartered in Spooner, Wisconsin, the company has been registered to receive federal awards since October 2001 and maintains active registration through June 2026. R. Stresau Laboratory has established itself as a key supplier within the defense industrial base through its expertise in the research, development, and testing of specialized explosive and energetic materials that support military readiness and operational requirements across multiple service branches.

R. Stresau Laboratory's federal contract work encompasses the design, manufacture, and delivery of highly specialized energetic components including electric blasting caps, non-electric blasting caps, electric squibs, and detonators used in ammunition and ordnance systems. The company has received prime contract awards from the Department of the Army's Program Executive Office for Ammunition, the Naval Sea Systems Command, and the Air Force Materiel Command, with contract values ranging from approximately $484,000 to $10.6 million per delivery order. Notable prime contract deliverables include M6 electric blasting caps (DODIC M130), M7 non-electric blasting caps (DODIC M131), M30 inert non-electric blasting caps (DODIC M097), MK 18 MOD 0 electric blasting caps, and MK 20 MOD 2 electric squibs. Most prime contracts have been awarded on a firm fixed-price basis without small business set-aside designations, though certain underlying indefinite delivery contracts carried small business set-asides. Additionally, R. Stresau Laboratory serves as a subcontractor to major defense primes including Lockheed Martin Sippican, Inc., Raytheon Company, Kaman Precision Products Inc., General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Inc., L3Harris Fuzing and Ordnance Systems, Inc., Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, and Battelle Memorial Institute, providing components such as electric detonators with lead explosives, energetic pellets, and testing support services.

R. Stresau Laboratory holds a significant Indefinite Delivery Contract awarded by the Program Executive Office for Ammunition on September 26, 2024, valued at $49.9 million with a period of performance through September 30, 2029. This IDC, designated as a total small business set-aside, covers the supply of M6 electric blasting caps, M7 non-electric blasting caps, and M30 inert non-electric blasting caps to support Army ammunition and weapons systems initiatives. The first delivery order issued under this IDC, valued at $10,557,994.40 and awarded on September 26, 2024, specified quantities of 60,160 M6 electric blasting caps, 204,080 M7 non-electric blasting caps, and 20,000 M30 inert non-electric blasting caps, with performance completion scheduled for March 30, 2027. A subsequent delivery order modification designated "DO2 MOD FOR STRESAU" was awarded on September 9, 2025, with a ceiling value of approximately $5.2 million and an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2027. This IDC represents the Army's strategic reliance on R. Stresau Laboratory's specialized manufacturing capabilities to ensure sustained production of critical energetic components essential to ammunition production and weapons system operations across the Department of Defense.

DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, TESTING PRODUCTION OF EXPLOSIVE LOADED COMPONENTS, DEVICES. EXAMPLES: DETONATORS, LEADS, CUTTERS, EXPLOSIVE BOLTS, GAS GENERATORS, BASTING CAPS, DELAYS.