Torch Technologies Inc.

Torch Technologies Inc., an employee-owned small business headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, provides scientific, engineering, and programmatic support services to the U.S. Department of Defense and federal civilian agencies as a prime contractor (93% of recent awards) and subsidiary of Starfish Holdings Inc. Torch competes across full-and-open procurements without SBA set-asides, operating at scale across multiple defense and aerospace programs including modeling and simulation, software engineering, cybersecurity, test and evaluation, systems engineering, hardware-in-the-loop simulation development, and research and development support.

Torch dominates the Army's research and development contracting footprint. The top five customer agencies account for 80% of recent awards by count, led by Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command (537 awards, $24.38 billion combined potential value), Department of the Army PEO Missiles and Space (121 awards, $1.47 billion), and DOD Missile Defense Agency (119 awards, $2.2 billion). By potential value, the distribution skews sharply toward mega-vehicles: the Office of the Secretary of Defense and Department of the Air Force each anchor single-award IDIQs worth $48 billion and $46.08 billion respectively, with Torch holding seats on the PACIFICTORCH IDIQ ($377.9 million ceiling), SHIELD IDIQ ($151 billion ceiling), OASIS+ Unrestricted ($999.999 billion placeholder ceiling), OASIS+SB ($999.999 billion placeholder ceiling), and DoD IAC MAC ($48 billion ceiling). Torch also places substantial task order volume under two legacy Army IDIQ vehicles (W31P4Q14D0017 with 381 task orders valued at $155.3 million, and W31P4Q18D0016 with 366 task orders valued at $173.4 million) and maintains a $1.56 billion GSA Multiple Award Schedule with 42 labor categories spanning administrative through senior engineer roles priced $43.06 to $319.70 per hour.

Recent prime contract awards demonstrate Torch's depth across defense modernization. A $521.76 million time-and-materials delivery order from PEO Missiles and Space (January 2024, through July 2029) funds technical and engineering support to Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation and Missile Center with 28 named subcontractors performing approximately 90% of contractor hours in FY2025; Torch invoiced $83.7 million across 257 FTEs and 534,764 contractor hours at a derived rate of $156.49 per hour. A $378.5 million delivery order under OASIS SB with Air Force Sustainment Center (April 2024 through March 2028) procures engineering, professional, and administrative support for the Air Force Business and Enterprise Systems Directorate; Torch generated $69.4 million in government-invoiced labor across 275 FTEs in FY2024 and $73.6 million across 329 FTEs in FY2025 at derived rates of $121.36 and $107.64 per hour respectively. A $212 million time-and-materials order from Aviation and Missile Command Systems Readiness Directorate (June 2023 through February 2029) for specialty engineering and technical support across materiel suitability engineering spans product assurance, production, sustainment, and modification; Torch invoiced $9.9 million across 44.8 FTEs in FY2024 and $29 million across 131 FTEs in FY2025 with government-paid rates of $105.62 and $106.12 per hour respectively, drawing on 22 named subcontractors including Logisys Technical Services Inc. (SDVOSB), Cherokee Nation Armored Solutions LLC (8(a)-certified tribally owned), Avnik Defense Solutions Inc. (WOSB), and Jovian Software Consulting LLC (WOSB, minority-owned). A newly awarded $167.8 million cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order from Naval Air Warfare Center (July 2026 through June 2027) for NAWCAD WOLF SCMS TARCES requirement, with performance in St. Inigoes, Maryland, and a $26.3 million firm fixed-price order under EWAAC from Air Force Materiel Command (November 2025 through November 2030) for Advanced Airborne Threat Target Control System software and systems engineering support at Eglin Air Force Base continue pipeline growth.

Across SCI-reportable federal service contracts, Torch invoiced $892.2 million from FY2022 through FY2025, with FY2025 delivering $346.3 million across 1,409 FTEs (note: SCI excludes goods, classified work, and non-federal revenue; these figures are a subset of total federal revenue). Government-paid hourly rates on SCI prime contracts span a wide range with median around $95.13 per hour, 10th percentile at $41.65 per hour, and 90th percentile at $174.33 per hour, reflecting the breadth of labor categories from administrative support through senior engineering and technical advisory roles. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors performed an average 31% of contractor hours, with a reported network of 387 named subcontractors. Torch's subcontracting pattern shows reliance on specialized technical partners: Integration Innovation Inc., Parsons Government Services Inc., and Oasis Systems LLC appear repeatedly as primes receiving Torch sub-awards for systems engineering, warhead development, technical and engineering support for weapons development and integration, and technical management and advisory services across Missile Defense Agency and Army Aviation and Missile Command programs. Torch also subcontracts to SAIC on GPS-denied navigation research and electro-optical infrared scene projection development, Booz Allen Hamilton on C4ISR technical engineering research, and Applied Research Solutions Inc. on Air Force Institute of Technology faculty and technical support.

Activity has accelerated from 27 awards in 2022 to a peak of 40 in 2023, settling at 38 in 2024 and 16 in 2025 (year-to-date as of October 2026); 16 awards with combined potential value $3.65 billion face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and represent recompete exposure. The combined potential value across all 1,108 prime and sub awards reaches $168.93 billion, with $6.64 billion obligated as of the source date (4% execution rate), underscoring Torch's position as a significant holder of large indefinite delivery vehicles rather than a high-execution-velocity operating contractor. Torch's corporate structure is held within Starfish Holdings Inc., a for-profit parent company based at the same Huntsville address, enabling consolidated program execution and integrated technical delivery across the Army's modernization portfolio.