The Armored Group LLC

The Armored Group LLC, a veteran-owned small business based in Phoenix, Arizona, manufactures and customizes NATO Standard STANAG 4569 Level 1 armored utility vehicles and specialized protective-transport platforms for federal law enforcement, defense, and diplomatic security missions, operating predominantly as a prime contractor (96% of recent awards) across full-and-open and set-aside vehicles. The company holds SBA Certified Veteran-Owned Small Business status (expiring April 19, 2028) and is self-certified as a small disadvantaged business; it competes across both Total Small Business and full-and-open procurement categories, with set-asides present but not dominant across the footprint.

The Armored Group's capability portfolio centers on design, manufacture, and delivery of armored variants of commercial platforms — Toyota Land Cruiser (including 300 and 76 series), Toyota Hilux, Mercedes-Benz (sedans and Sprinters), Chevrolet Suburban and Express vans, and custom utility vehicles — configured to ballistic protection standards ranging from B6 through NATO Level 1. Concrete recent prime work includes a $26.4 million delivery order from Air Force Materiel Command (AFLCMC) at Robins Air Force Base in May 2026 for Level 1 Armored Utility Vehicles at Francis E. Warren Air Force Base; a $29.2 million delivery order (September 2025) for 105 Level 1 vehicles at Minot Air Force Base; a $7.1 million BPA call from the Department of State's Bureau of Diplomatic Security (September 2022) for Armored Chevrolet Express 3500 vans; and a $1.5 million delivery order from U.S. Special Operations Command (September 2024) for armored Toyota Hilux B6 vehicles issued under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward defense and State. The top five funding agencies by award count account for 58% of awards and include the Air Force Materiel Command at Robins (12 awards, $159.2 million combined potential value — the single largest customer by dollars), the Department of State Bureau of Diplomatic Security (18 awards, $48.1 million), the GSA Federal Acquisition Service (20 awards, $38.6 million), U.S. Special Operations Command (6 awards, $60.7 million), and the Department of the Army (9 awards, $7.5 million). By potential value, the top five account for 94% of the footprint, with AFLCMC's share anchored by a single large indefinite-delivery contract.

The Armored Group holds a dominant position on the Air Force Materiel Command's $84.3 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDIQ) for Level 1 Armored Utility Vehicles, awarded June 12, 2023, with ultimate completion June 14, 2027, under a Total Small Business set-aside. Multiple delivery orders have been issued against this vehicle since award, including the $26.4 million May 2026 order, the $29.2 million September 2025 order for 105 vehicles, and a $6.1 million order (September 2024) for 17 vehicles. The company also sits on the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS), from which it has placed 60 task orders valued at $84.6 million combined potential value, supporting task orders from the Department of State, Army, Special Operations Command, Customs and Border Protection, and other agencies. The Armored Group draws against a Law Enforcement & Security Services vehicle (17 task orders, $48.1 million potential value) and holds positions on a $6.4 million Indefinite Delivery Contract (GS30FCA045) and a $66.8 million parent vehicle (47QSWC23D0001).

Activity has remained moderate but uneven over the past five years — eight awards in 2022, ten in 2023, six in 2024, eight in 2025, and two in 2026 as of mid-September. Only three awards (combined potential value $33.3 million) carry ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months, creating minimal near-term recompete exposure. The Armored Group subcontracts to Sierra Nevada Corporation on the Big Safari vehicle program (five sub awards dating from April 2023 through September 2025), delivering specialized armored vehicle components and customization work under that prime's defense modernization vehicle. The company's award footprint spans 32 distinct federal customer agencies, with the Air Force, State Department, Special Operations Command, and Army driving the bulk of transaction volume and dollar value. NAICS concentration reflects the core business: 57 awards under Other Apparel Accessories and Other Apparel Manufacturing (likely a data classification artifact), 23 under Motor Vehicle Body Manufacturing, and 12 under Light Truck and Utility Vehicle Manufacturing; PSC codes show 58 awards in Passenger Motor Vehicles and 27 in Trucks and Truck Tractors, Wheeled.

Armored and non-armored vehilces