Rpmc Lasers Inc.

RPMC Lasers Inc., based in O'Fallon, Missouri, supplies specialized laser systems, optical components, and precision optics to federal research, defense, and civilian agencies as a small business prime contractor. The company operates predominantly under full-and-open and Total Small Business set-aside designations across purchase orders, with 93% of recent awards in a prime role.

RPMC Lasers manufactures and distributes laser products spanning the visible through mid-infrared spectrum, including microchip lasers, quantum cascade lasers, supercontinuum lasers, femtosecond lasers, and tunable bandpass filters. Representative prime awards include a $242 thousand high-power fixed-wavelength mid-infrared laser system to the Air Force Test Center at Eglin Air Force Base (February 2023), a $235 thousand dual-output femtosecond laser package with two-year warranty to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for in vivo two-photon brain imaging (September 2021), a $98.8 thousand RPMC LASER C-WEDGE 266nm laser to NASA's Shared Services Center (January 2022), and a $97.4 thousand supercontinuum laser to NASA Glenn Research Center (March 2025). Recent activity includes a $35.6 thousand RPMC WEDGE HF 532nm Plus Laser to Naval Sea Systems Command (January 2026) and a $23.8 thousand microchip laser for LIDAR testing to the Office of Naval Research (February 2026).

Customer concentration spreads across twenty-nine agencies, with the top five accounting for 45% of recent award volume. The National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Office of Naval Research each anchor twelve awards with $239 thousand and $305 thousand in combined potential value respectively. NASA's Shared Services Center places ten awards valued at $329 thousand, followed by the U.S. Geological Survey (five awards, $456 thousand) and NASA Langley Research Center (two awards, $324 thousand). Potential-value rankings align closely with award-count distribution; USGS and NASA Langley carry the highest dollar concentrations despite lower award frequency, reflecting larger system procurements. RPMC Lasers sits on three IDIQs with minimal task-order volume: Indefinite Delivery Contract H9222215D0004 (two task orders), FA300213D0011 and N0014004D0011 (one task order each).

In its subcontractor role, RPMC Lasers supplies laser components and assemblies to Raytheon Company on ultra-wideband SIGINT systems and passive geolocation work (January 2025, October 2023), to The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory on helo-to-helo optical communications laser diodes and lasers (January 2024, January 2025), to Valkyrie Enterprises on MIT Lincoln Laboratory research and development laser work (October 2024), to KBR Wyle Services on next-generation space geodesy satellite laser ranging stations (November 2023), and to HX5 LLC on Department of Defense line-funded laser procurements (July 2025).

Award activity has remained modest and episodic — one award in 2022, seven in 2023, nine in 2024, six in 2025, and two in 2026 — with combined potential value of $3.3 million across one hundred total awards (prime and sub). The vendor's NAICS profile centers on Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing (62 awards) and Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (16 awards), with primary PSC coding under Laboratory Equipment and Supplies (48 awards). The company has maintained federal-supplier registration since at least 2005 and competes consistently on full-and-open basis alongside recurring Total Small Business set-aside awards, with sole-source justifications anchored to form/fit/function compatibility, exclusive distribution rights, or technical uniqueness of the specified laser system.