Thrustmaster Of Texas, Inc.

Thrustmaster Of Texas, Inc., a Houston-based for-profit manufacturer of heavy-duty marine propulsion and thruster systems, operates as a small business prime contractor (96% of recent awards) serving federal maritime agencies, with particular concentration in Coast Guard vessel propulsion maintenance, repair, and component supply. The company is a Subchapter S Corporation with a named subsidiary, Floatmaster, Inc., which is self-certified as a small disadvantaged business. Thrustmaster competes predominantly full-and-open rather than under formal set-aside categories, though several awards carry Total Small Business or Partial Small Business designations.

Thrustmaster's federal footprint centers on Z-drive thruster maintenance, overhaul, and repair services; dynamic positioning systems; and marine propulsion components for Coast Guard 175-foot inland buoy tenders and other naval vessels. Representative recent prime work includes a $12.79 million small-business indefinite-delivery contract with the Coast Guard (awarded December 2021, extending through December 2026) for maintenance and overhaul of Ulstein Aquamaster Model 1350H Z-drive thrusters, which has generated 32 delivery orders totaling $6.1 million in combined potential value; a $2.56 million single-award Coast Guard IDC for dynamic positioning systems supporting the 175' WLM Service Life Extension Program (awarded April 2024, running through March 2033), with two recent $142,726 delivery orders for dynamic positioning system installations on Coast Guard Cutters Ida Lewis and Abbie Burgess; and a $863 thousand definitive contract with the Army Corps of Engineers' Engineer Research and Development Center (awarded January 2024) for two hydraulic outboard propulsion units with on-site maintenance services. Additional recent awards include a $824,905 Coast Guard delivery order for Z-drive repair work (May 2024) and a $296 thousand Defense Logistics Agency purchase order for standard overhaul of an inland towboat Z-drive thruster (July 2025).

Customer concentration is dominated by the Coast Guard. The Department of Homeland Security US Coast Guard accounts for 46 awards (30% of all awards) valued at $23.8 million combined potential value, anchoring the portfolio across both vessel maintenance and component procurement. The top five customer agencies by award count cover 68% of all awards and include Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime (18 awards, $737 thousand), Naval Sea Systems Command (15 awards, $1.2 million), Army Corps of Engineers (12 awards, $98 thousand), and Defense Logistics Agency Aviation (12 awards, $36 thousand). A divergence appears in potential-value ranking: Army Corps of Engineers Engineering Division Transatlantic surfaces second by dollars ($26.2 million across two awards) but places fifth by award count, indicating two large platform-level contracts anchor substantial future value. The Coast Guard nonetheless dominates both rankings — 46 awards and $23.8 million — with the remainder distributed across Navy, Army, and DLA technical supply channels.

Thrustmaster holds two primary indefinite-delivery vehicles with the Coast Guard: the $12.79 million Z-drive thruster maintenance and overhaul IDC (single-award, small-business set-aside, ultimate completion December 2026) and the $2.56 million dynamic positioning systems IDC (single-award, no set-aside, running through March 2033). The larger Z-drive IDC has issued 32 delivery orders ranging from component-level procurement ($6,800 technical representative service visits) to major repairs ($824,905 Z-drive repair work). Additional parent vehicles include Indefinite Delivery Contract 70Z08522D4500ZB00 (32 task orders, $6.1 million combined potential value), Indefinite Delivery Contract 70Z04024D62401B00 (3 task orders, $338 thousand), and a Federal Supply Schedule slot (GS07F0204J, 4 task orders). Work is performed primarily in Houston, Texas, with field service visits and vessel-location performance across Coast Guard homeports including Baltimore, Maryland, Houma, Louisiana, and Alaska.

Activity has averaged 12–20 awards per year over the past five years (2022–2025), with recent momentum showing 20 awards in 2024 and 12 in 2025. Only three awards face ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, with combined potential value of $348 thousand, indicating low near-term recompete exposure. Thrustmaster's business is primarily awarded through delivery orders against standing IDCs rather than as new-competitive procurements, reducing pipeline churn and administrative overhead.

In its subcontractor role, Thrustmaster supplies auxiliary power unit components to Marinette Marine Corporation for FFG(X) guided-missile frigate construction, with six sub-awards spanning 2022 through December 2024 for detail design and construction of auxiliary power and propulsion units. This sub-engagement represents exposure to Navy shipbuilding modernization but remains a small share (4% of total awards by count) of Thrustmaster's federal footprint.

Capability portfolio aligns with NAICS concentration in engine equipment manufacturing (38 awards), mechanical power transmission equipment (14 awards), and ship building and repairing (14 awards). PSC coding reflects the operational reality: ship and boat propulsion components account for 33 awards, maintenance and repair of ship and marine equipment for 19 awards, power and hand pumps for 10 awards. Thrustmaster manufactures and services Thrustmaster-brand and Ulstein-brand Z-drive thrusters, dynamic positioning systems, fluid coolers, seal assemblies, clutches, and ancillary propulsion components, with capabilities extending to field service, technical representation, overhaul, and inspection on active Coast Guard and Navy vessels.

Manufacture marine propulsion units from 35 - 3000hp, including deck-mounted, thru-hull, & retractable thrusters, outdrives, z-drives, l-drives, tunnel thrusters, jet thrusters, azimuthing thrusters, portable dynamic positioning systems.