Russell Technical Consulting Services LLC

Russell Technical Consulting Services LLC, doing business as Rtcs, is a small business prime contractor and subcontractor based in Huntsville, Alabama, that delivers advanced technology research and development, thermal protection systems engineering, and industrial base analysis services to the Department of Defense and federal civilian agencies. The vendor competes exclusively under total small business set-asides on its prime work and operates as a subcontractor to larger primes on defense modernization and weapons-system support contracts.

Rtcs's prime footprint centers on SBIR and STTR Phase research contracts with the Defense Logistics Agency. The vendor holds a $9.62 million Phase III SBIR definitive contract awarded March 12, 2026, for development, assessment, and test and evaluation of an integrated advanced technology framework for emerging aerospace and defense capabilities, running through February 11, 2028. Two concurrent STTR Phase II contracts—one for $1.8 million (awarded April 7, 2025) and a second for $1.97 million (awarded May 2, 2024)—address cost-effective thermal protection system material performance characterization for hypersonic applications under DLA Troop Support. A third Phase I STTR contract from April 1, 2026, carries $100 thousand in ceiling value for hypersonic thermal protection systems technology feasibility. All DLA prime awards are total small business set-asides. Rtcs also holds a GSA Multiple Award Schedule contract awarded March 26, 2026, with a $1.34 million ceiling through March 25, 2031, covering advanced technology research and development services nationwide.

The vendor's subcontractor footprint is dominated by Integration Innovation Inc., which has brought Rtcs into multiple task orders dating from January 2024 through June 2025 to provide program management, systems engineering, and subject matter expertise (SME) support on weapons development, lethal mechanisms and effects, and industrial base analysis and sustainment (IBAS) strategy for the Office of Secretary of Defense. Rtcs also subcontracts to Science Applications International Corporation on hypersonics research and development work under Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane contracts awarded November 2023 and June 2025.

Across all awards, Rtcs operates predominantly as a subcontractor (73% of awards), with prime activity concentrated in SBIR/STTR research contracts. Customer concentration is high: 95% of recent awards derive from the Department of the Army Materiel Command Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command (14 awards, subcontracted through primes), the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support (4 awards, $13.5 million combined potential value as prime), GSA Federal Acquisition Service (1 award, $1.3 million), and the Department of the Navy. Activity peaked in 2024 with thirteen awards but declined to three awards each in 2025 and 2026; three awards totaling $11.5 million in combined potential value face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing recompete exposure. On the GSA MAS, Rtcs offers twenty labor categories at hourly rates ranging from $74.68 (entry-level Configuration Analyst) to $229.03 (Program Manager III), all requiring bachelor's degrees and no security clearances. The vendor's capability focus spans hypersonics and thermal protection systems engineering, advanced technology development and test and evaluation, SBIR/STTR program management, and industrial base strategy support to DoD modernization initiatives.