SRC Inc.

SRC Inc., a non-profit research and development organization headquartered in Syracuse, New York, delivers advanced sensor systems, radar technologies, electronic warfare capabilities, and environmental assessment services to the Department of Defense, Air Force, Army, EPA, and 96 additional federal agencies as a prime contractor on 1,889 awards (95% of footprint) and as a subcontractor on 91 awards.

SRC Inc. competes in full and open competition across all award tiers with no small business set-asides; the vendor holds no SBA designations. The organization operates as a tax-exempt non-profit with eight named subsidiaries including Srctec LLC (for-profit manufacturer), Saze Technologies LLC, and SRC AUS PTY LTD. Corporate structure positions the parent entity as the prime award recipient across defense and civilian federal programs, with subsidiary entities often named in capability framing (Srctec LLC carries manufacturing of goods designation relevant to hardware production).

Customer concentration is acute but distinct by volume versus dollar value. The Department of the Air Force anchors the portfolio: 362 prime awards carrying $46.96 billion combined potential value account for roughly one-third of all awards and 45% of total potential value. The Department of the Army Materiel Command Army Contracting Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground ranks second by dollars ($37.5 billion across 27 awards), reflecting large platform and system procurement vehicles. The Department of Army's Acquisition Support Center PEO Missiles and Space funds 53 awards worth $1.21 billion, concentrated in counter-unmanned aerial system platforms (FS-LIDS, M-LIDS, C-UAS variants) where SRC Inc. serves as prime systems integrator and subsystem supplier. Air Combat Command (Air Force) issued 87 awards totaling $699.8 million, predominantly Sensor Beam 2024 support work. The Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development and Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention together fund 108 awards worth $432.4 million for chemical screening, toxicological profile development, and hazard assessment services. This customer split reveals a hybrid posture: SRC Inc. anchors ~$85 billion in potential value across large DOD platform vehicles (Missile Defense Agency SHIELD IDIQ at $151 billion with initial $500 task order; DTRA Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction at $4 billion; Air Force Life Cycle Management Center AFLCMC/XA at $900 million; Air Combat Command Sensor Beam 2024 at $400 million) while simultaneously executing deep, recurring delivery orders within EPA's chemical assessment mission and Air Force research laboratories.

Vehicle position spans multiple IDIQs, BPAs, and GSA Schedules. SRC Inc. holds a $151 billion Missile Defense Agency SHIELD program multiple-award IDIQ (awarded December 29, 2025, with initial task order of $500); a $4 billion DTRA Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction multiple-award IDIQ (May 30, 2024); a $400 million Air Combat Command single-award Indefinite Delivery contract for Sensor Beam 2024 support (January 18, 2024); a $99.9 million Air Force Aeronautical Systems Center multiple-award IDIQ for advanced sensor technologies (September 20, 2024); a $90 million EPA single-award contract for chemical screening and evaluation (October 23, 2024); a $60 million Air Force Research Laboratory single-award contract (TEMPEST/REFLECT program, April 16, 2024); and a $900 million Air Force Life Cycle Management Center AFLCMC/XA multiple-award IDIQ (June 30, 2023). SRC Inc. also carries a $49.99 million Army Research Development and Engineering Command single-award contract (September 16, 2022, for Protein Folding and Computational Research), a $15 million CDC Blanket Purchase Agreement through GSA Professional Services Schedule for toxicological profile development, and placement on the Professional Services Schedule itself generating 320 task orders worth $492.9 million. This vehicle mix positions SRC Inc. to pursue business across defense R&D, systems integration, platform sustainment, environmental science, and intelligence analysis domains concurrently.

Activity trajectory shows growth into 2024 followed by a recompete exposure cliff: 44 prime awards in 2022 grew to 78 in 2024 (78% growth over two years) before declining to 56 awards in 2025 and 13 awards in early 2026 (year-to-date snapshot). The decline reflects the recency of the calendar and the timing of large IDV awards issued late in fiscal years (December 2025 SHIELD award, for instance). Critically, 47 prime awards with combined potential value of $215.7 million face ultimate completion within the next 24 months, creating significant recompete exposure. Large FS-LIDS and M-LIDS task orders under the Army's PEO Missiles and Space vehicle represent the bulk of this near-term recompete risk; concurrent sustainment and engineering support contracts under Air Combat Command and Aeronautical Systems Center also near completion dates requiring new task order cycles or base contract recompetes.

Service Contract Inventory data captures a partial but revealing slice of SRC Inc.'s federal services footprint. SCI-reported invoiced revenue (prime records only) totaled $206.6 million across FY2022–FY2024: $16.6 million in FY2022 (69.7 FTEs), $82 million in FY2023 (146 FTEs), and $107.9 million in FY2024 (278 FTEs). This data reflects only service contracts above the $150,000 threshold and excludes goods, products, and classified work—a meaningful constraint given SRC Inc.'s substantial hardware procurement footprint in counter-UAS systems and radar components. The FTE trajectory (102 FTEs in FY2022 to 200 FTEs in FY2024) signals labor-intensive delivery of engineering analysis, program management, and technical assessment services. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, government-paid hourly rates ran from a 10th percentile of $81.18/hr to a median of $129.79/hr to a 90th percentile of $197.64/hr, reflecting a mix of technician-level and senior engineering labor. GSA Schedule labor rates span $52.02/hr (Specialist 3, high school education) to $308.45/hr (Principal Subject Matter Expert, bachelor's degree with 15 years experience), with no security-cleared positions offered under the public schedule pricing. Subcontractor hours represented an average of 3% of total contractor hours across SCI prime contracts, with 23 named subcontractors identified, indicating SRC Inc. primarily builds and self-performs delivery teams rather than relying on extensive subcontracting networks on service-heavy work—a posture that contrasts with its role on hardware-centric task orders under PEO Missiles and Space, where SRC Inc. engages specialized electronics, RF, and structural component manufacturers (Sturges Electronics, Planar Monolithics Industries, X-Microwave, Wolf Advanced Technology Canada, Exodus Advanced Communications, Aethercomm, Honeywell Aerospace, PVP Advanced EO Systems) as critical path subs.

Teaming pattern splits cleanly by work type. On prime service and R&D contracts (Sensor Beam analysis, EPA chemical assessment, Air Force research), SRC Inc. operates with minimal subcontracting, self-performing engineering, analysis, and assessment labor at scale. On prime hardware and systems integration contracts (FS-LIDS, M-LIDS, counter-UAS platforms), SRC Inc. functions as systems integrator and prime manufacturer, engaging a tiered subcontractor ecosystem for RF components, embedded computing, mechanical assembly, and electro-optical sensors. This dual posture—self-performing labor on services, outsourcing specialized manufacturing on goods—reflects organizational design for efficiency across heterogeneous federal customer needs. Subcontract relationships flow to mid-tier primes and major defense contractors when SRC Inc. sits as a sub: Northrop Grumman (INSITE engineering services, G/ATOR software sustainment), Lockheed Martin (Advanced Radar Threat System Variant 3 development), Leidos (software sustainment, systems integration), Booz Allen Hamilton (C-UAS command and control engineering), Johns Hopkins APL (CBRNE and surveillance systems engineering), Radiance Technologies (C4ISR and electromagnetic systems analysis), and SAIC (tactical exploitation of national capabilities). These relationships position SRC Inc. as a technical contributor to large-scale defense IT and sensor modernization efforts rather than as a full-stack program integrator.

Representative recent work illustrates capability scope. On the prime side, SRC Inc. was awarded a $9.5 million firm fixed-price delivery order (September 3, 2025) from the Army's PEO Missiles and Space to deliver ten Increment 2.1 M-LIDS (Mobile Low, Slow, Small Integrated Defeat System) systems for counter-unmanned aerial threats, with integration subcontracts to X-Microwave, Wolf Advanced Technology Canada, Exodus Advanced Communications, Annapolis Micro Systems, and Planar Monolithics Industries. A $23.58 million delivery order (September 3, 2024) for six FS-LIDS and ten M-LIDS systems employed a similar subcontractor network spanning RF design, computing boards, power amplifiers, and precision machining. A $67 million cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order (August 30, 2023) for FS-LIDS engineering support enhancements under PEO Missiles and Space engaged multiple small business suppliers (Sturges Electronics for cabling, Somacis for PCBs, Corry Micronics for RF filters) and prime subcontractors. These platform vehicles dwarf individual task orders; the $400 million Air Combat Command Sensor Beam 2024 IDIQ has generated 15 delivery orders to date (January 2024 through September 2025) ranging from $3,000 to $5.82 million, collectively worth approximately $31.8 million, supporting sensor engineering analysis and personnel augmentation at San Antonio, Texas. EPA delivery orders under the $90 million chemical screening IDIQ span toxicological profile development ($470.8 thousand CDC task, September 2024), chemical support for human health and ecological assessments ($7.5 million, July 2025), environmental response team risk technical assistance ($13.5 million, December 2024), and new chemicals program support (multiple $1.3–$7.2 million task orders, November–December 2024)—work performed at Syracuse, New York on time-and-materials pricing. A $24.28 million Air Force Research Laboratory definitive contract (September 26, 2025) for extreme computing research and development (heterogeneous, scalable low-SWaP compute architectures under BAA FA8750-23-S-7004) and a $1.385 million Army RDECOM contract (August 18, 2025) for next-generation FIRES radar technology research demonstrate SRC Inc.'s position in early-phase R&D alongside platform sustainment. Subcontract activity shows concurrent engagement: SRC Inc. subcontracts to Northrop Grumman on INSITE (Intelligence Systems Infrastructure, Tools, and Enhancements) engineering services, to Lockheed Martin on Advanced Radar Threat System Variant 3 development, and to Radiance Technologies on C4ISR analytic support.

Activity footprint reflects established federal contractor status with minimal set-aside or emerging-firm characteristics. SRC Inc. operates primarily as a systems integrator and R&D performer in open, full-and-open competition across major defense and civilian agencies. Recompete exposure of $215.7 million in the next 24 months, concentrated in Army counter-UAS platforms and Air Force sensor-beam work, represents the most material near-term competitive risk and opportunity for incumbent defense partners and competitors positioned on related vehicle or recompete bids.