Templar LLC

Templar LLC, a small business limited liability company based in Richmond, Indiana, delivers advanced aerospace and weapon systems engineering—particularly flush air data systems, hypersonic weapon technologies, and test and evaluation capabilities—to the Air Force Research Laboratory and Air Force Materiel Command as a prime contractor operating exclusively in full-and-open (non-set-aside) competitions, with recent portfolio emphasis on small business set-asides across its SBIR and purchase order work.

Templar's customer concentration is narrow and defense-centric. Three agencies account for 100% of recent awards: the Air Force Research Laboratory dominates by award count with seven contracts valued at $8.5 million combined potential value, the Air Force Materiel Command anchors the portfolio with two awards carrying $1 billion in combined potential value (driven almost entirely by the newly awarded SHIELD IDIQ), and the Missile Defense Agency holds two awards worth $500 combined. The concentration signal is stark—AFRL provides recurring small R&D orders while AFMC positions provide the long-term vehicle ceiling. Templar holds two major IDIQs: the Test and Evaluation Technologies for Ranges, Armaments, and Spectrum II (TETRAS II) contract through June 2028 with a $999.9 million ceiling, and the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) multiple-award IDIQ with the Missile Defense Agency through December 2035 and a $151 billion ceiling. Work under TETRAS II supports 96th Range Group test and evaluation operations for 5th and 6th generation weapon systems; the SHIELD vehicle, awarded December 29, 2025, enables prototyping, systems engineering, and production for multi-domain air and missile defense across classified and unclassified programs.

Templar's core technical capability sits in flush air data systems (FADS) development for aerospace platforms. Representative work includes a $1.24 million Small Business set-aside purchase order from AFRL for an Advanced Real-Time Flush Air Data System for blunt-nosed space reentry vehicles and weapons (ultimate completion April 2027); a $1.235 million Small Business set-aside purchase order for an Integrated Flush Air Data System on maneuvering reentry vehicles (completion May 2026); and a $1.225 million SBIR Phase II award for a Disruptive Flush Air Data System for autonomous hypersonic weapon systems (completion October 2025). The vendor also holds an April 2026 Other Transaction Agreement from AFRL for $4.4 million focused on natural rubber technologies, performed in Springfield, Virginia through April 2027. SBIR Phase I activity includes two $74k–$75k awards for optimized and integrated FADS variants. Activity has grown from two awards in 2023 to five in 2025, though the dollar obligation rate remains low at $8.5 million against $1.01 billion in combined potential value (1% obligated), reflecting the early-stage nature of newly awarded vehicle ceilings. Two awards—a $199k AFRL laser welding purchase order and the $4.4 million natural rubber OTA—complete within the next twenty-four months, carrying $5.6 million in combined recompete exposure. Templar operates as a pure prime (100% of awards) with no subcontract footprint in the source data and concentrates work under NAICS 541712 (Research and Development in Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences) and PSC codes for defense R&D and experimental development.