Reliacoat Technologies, LLC

Reliacoat Technologies, LLC, a minority-owned, Subcontinent Asian American-owned limited liability company based in Bohemia, New York, designs and manufactures advanced thermal spray coatings and associated manufacturing technologies for defense and aerospace applications, operating primarily as a federal prime contractor (95% of recent awards) with a concentration in Small Business set-aside SBIR and federal R&D contracts, particularly with Air Force and Navy research organizations.

Reliacoat's core capability portfolio centers on high-performance thermal spray coating development, manufacturing process optimization, and sensor-driven quality control for aerospace and defense component durability. Representative work includes a $1.76 million Air Force Research Laboratory contract (March 2024) to develop next-generation landing gear fluoropolymer-free coating solutions in collaboration with aerospace original equipment manufacturers and landing gear applicators, with performance at Hill Air Force Base, Utah; a $3.999 million SBIR Phase III purchase order from the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex (March 2022) to establish an Advanced Thermal Spray Center; a $1.7 million SBIR Phase II Air Force Research Laboratory definitive contract (April 2022) to develop a Thermal Spray Manufacturing Digital Hub; and a $749,089 purchase order from the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex (June 2026) to execute a pilot program leveraging cold spray smart spec sensors to improve spray dynamics and train operators. Additionally, Reliacoat holds an Office of Naval Research SBIR Phase I contract ($239,092, November 2024) and a Missile Defense Agency SBIR Phase I contract ($149,940, August 2024) for strain-tolerant coating materials research. The vendor also received a federal grant award from the Office of Science (July 2024) for multifunctional thermal-environmental barrier coatings for high-temperature composites.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward Air Force research and depot-maintenance organizations. The top five customer agencies account for 74% of awards by count and 91% of combined potential value, dominated by the Air Force Materiel Command's Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex ($7.1 million across 3 awards), Air Force Research Laboratory ($6.8 million across 9 awards), and Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex ($5 million across 9 awards), with the Navy's Office of Naval Research ($2.7 million across 8 awards) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ($1.6 million across 2 awards) as secondary customers. Activity has been uneven across the past five years—two awards in 2021, three in 2022, five in 2024, one in 2025, and two in 2026—reflecting the episodic nature of federal R&D procurement. Reliacoat's award portfolio is dominated by SBIR phases (I, II, and III), with category concentration in research and development in physical and engineering sciences (16 awards) and defense R&D services (multiple PSC codes covering applied research, exploratory development, and experimental development). The vendor holds a single named parent vehicle, Navy IDC N0017321D2002, with one task order. Subcontracting footprint is minimal—two sub-awards: one sub-contract under Excet, LLC (July 2026) for a labor coatings property measurement system supporting cold spray efforts, and one sub-grant award from the Smithsonian Institution (March 2024) for plasma thermal spray coatings research. Combined potential value across 43 awards (prime and sub) stands at $25.4 million, with $25 million obligated (98% execution).