Sherpa 6 Inc.

Sherpa 6 Inc., a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) headquartered in Littleton, Colorado, operates as a prime contractor delivering artificial intelligence, machine learning, systems integration, and soldier-centric technology solutions to the Department of Defense and federal civilian agencies. The company is Black American minority-owned and holds concurrent SBA certifications as both a VOSB and SDVOSB, with its SBA designations expiring August 10, 2027.

Sherpa 6's recent prime footprint (82% of awards) concentrates heavily on Army R&D and systems engineering. The Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command anchors the customer base at seven awards totaling $469.4 million in combined potential value, followed by the Army Medical Command ($49.8 million) and the Army Acquisition Support Center Joint PEO Chemical and Biological Defense ($48.5 million). However, a single Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration for Enterprise Flight Accelerated and Simplified Tasks (eFAST) IT services and products carries a $1 billion potential value and dominates the top-customers-by-dollars ranking; this BPA has reached its stated completion date of September 30, 2024, and the source does not indicate renewal or recompete status. Across the top five customer organizations by potential value, the Army captures roughly 48% of the combined dollars, the FAA captures 63% through the single BPA, and GSA captures 4% through OASIS+ and OTA positions.

Sherpa 6 holds positions on three government-wide IDIQs and multiple task-order vehicles. The company secured a $348.6 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract from the Army Research Development and Engineering Command on June 4, 2026, reserved for total small business, originating from the SBIR Phase III Watchtower+AIM Base solicitation and intended to support AI, machine learning, digital situational awareness, systems integration, and advanced analytics for Department of Defense applications; within four days, the RDECOM issued a $100,000 delivery order for Quick Kit Wizard support to the DEVCOM Soldier Center's Small Unit Decision Dominance effort, with performance concluding October 7, 2026. The company also holds a seat on the GSA-administered OASIS+ SDVOSB IDIQ (multiple-award vehicle, performance through September 29, 2029), where the Office of the Secretary of Defense issued a $3.67 million delivery order on December 11, 2025, for rotary-wing inflight communications packages under SDVOSB sole-source set-aside with completion by December 10, 2028. Most significantly, on December 29, 2025, the Missile Defense Agency awarded Sherpa 6 a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program valued at a multi-billion-dollar ceiling, extending through December 28, 2035; this vehicle procures advanced research, development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, and test and evaluation for multi-domain defense, with stated work areas encompassing disruptive technologies, cybersecurity modernization, and digital engineering leveraging AI and machine learning across classified and unclassified programs. An initial $500 delivery order was issued under SHIELD on December 29, 2025, for performance in Huntsville, Alabama.

Recent representative prime work includes a $49.9 million cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract from the Army Research Development and Engineering Command (September 10, 2025, completion September 9, 2029) for Soldier Human Interface and Enhanced Lethality Deployment research and development; a $17.0 million cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract from RDECOM (September 8, 2025, completion December 30, 2028) for research and development to streamline aerial resupply and airdrop operations; a $48.5 million cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract from the Army Joint PEO Chemical and Biological Defense (February 22, 2023, completion February 21, 2027, total small business set-aside) for Ground Soldier Technology Workflow, Integration, and Experience (GS-TWIX) tasks 3.1–3.5 spanning ground-soldier-centric IT hardware, software, network, and data across the operational spectrum; a $2 million definitive contract from the Department of the Army (January 19, 2026, completion July 19, 2027, total small business set-aside) for SBIR Direct-to-Phase II work on XTechOverwatch Topic A254-P030; and a $49.8 million cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract from the Army Medical Command / PEO Soldier (February 29, 2024, completion December 31, 2027) for research and development of a Soldier Information Portrayal Software System. The company also holds Air Force Research Laboratory SBIR Phase II awards, including a $1.76 million firm-fixed-price definitive contract (June 6, 2024, completion January 6, 2026) for the Watchtower with Artificial Intelligence Management (Watchtower+AIM) project.

Activity has accelerated since 2023. Awards per year grew from two in both 2022 and 2023 to six in 2024 and seven in 2025, with six awards in 2026 through late September. Five awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months with combined potential value of $104.4 million, representing near-term recompete exposure. Combined potential value across all 28 awards (prime and sub) reaches $1.59 billion, with $177.8 million obligated to date (11% of potential value).

Sherpa 6 operates primarily as a self-performing prime (SCI-reported invoiced revenue of $11.4 million prime activity across FY2022–FY2025), with zero average subcontractor-hour share on SCI-reportable contracts. The company invoiced $4.1 million across 14.2 FTEs in FY2022 and $7.3 million across 20.4 FTEs in FY2023 under a single cost-plus-fixed-fee prime contract (GS-TWIX); neither FY2024 nor FY2025 carried SCI-reportable invoicing until late FY2025, when 6.6 FTEs appeared across two prime and one sub record. On federal service contracts captured in SCI, median government-paid rates ran around $155.28 per hour, with senior labor pricing reaching $167.80 per hour at the 90th percentile. Sherpa 6 also operates as a subcontractor on a limited basis: it subcontracts to Booz Allen Hamilton on Engineering Development Integration and Technology Based Solutions (EDITS) work, to Kitware Inc. on an ARC-TAK capability for automated recognition and cataloging of threats via pattern-of-life analysis, to Applied Research Associates on task-order SOW delivery, and to Black River Systems Company on OCOSA support. The subcontractor split at five awards (18% of total) is modest relative to the prime footprint.

Sherpa 6's NAICS concentration runs heavily to R&D in physical, engineering, and life sciences (20 of 28 awards), with subordinate slots in Engineering Services (3 awards) and Computer Systems Design Services (3 awards). PSC-level work spans National Defense R&D Services for both applied research (5 awards) and experimental development (3 awards), General Science & Technology experimental development (4 awards), and support professional engineering/technical services (4 awards), reflecting the company's positioning as a defense systems and soldier-technology specialist rather than a commodity IT services vendor.

Sherpa 6 offers a full range of systems engineering capabilities and expertise that include system architecture, design, development, and integration. We have experience with variety of systems including image processing, advanced signals intelligence sensor integration, robotics, and dismounted Soldier systems.

Simplifying the development process, standardizing tasks and delivering ready-to-use features through the development of powerful backend services.

Sherpa 6 supports Mobile Backend as a Service (MBaaS), working directly with existing applications such as ATAK to provide robust field support, management and updates. Our proprietary mobile device management solution, Watchtower, utilizes software development kits (SDKs) and application programming interfaces (APIs) to enhance user experience through reliable and secure at-the-edge cloud computing. We support and develop for multiple platforms including Android, iOS, Windows, HTML5 and more.