U.s. Ordnance

U.s. Ordnance, a for-profit Subchapter S corporation headquartered in Sparks, Nevada, manufactures military machine guns and ordnance systems as a prime contractor to the Department of the Army (98% of recent awards). The company competes full-and-open across all its prime contracts and does not hold SBA set-aside certifications, though two of its three major indefinite delivery vehicles carry set-aside designations for total small business or were previously set-aside. U.s. Ordnance holds no subcontractor awards of operational significance — five sub positions represent 2% of the portfolio and center on barrel machining and material procurement under General Dynamics-OTS and Textron Systems.

U.s. Ordnance manufactures belt-fed, crew-served .50-caliber and 40mm grenade machine guns, with production anchored to three core platforms: M60 series (M60, M60E6), M2 series (.50-caliber, including M2, M2A1, M2A2), and MK19 (40mm grenade). Work encompasses complete weapon systems, barrel assemblies, spare parts kits, conversion kits, maintenance support items, spare barrels, and operator and field maintenance training. Recent named delivery orders include a $2.3 million MK19 procurement from PEO Soldier (March 2026) for spare parts and barrels with government-furnished ammunition for testing, an $11.67 million MK19 delivery order for Ukraine (September 2025) with completion by August 2026, a $10.5 million MK19 Ukraine procurement (June 2025), a $3.15 million M2/M2A1 small-business-set-aside delivery order from TACOM (September 2025), and a $211 million M2 Group Weapons delivery order from the Army (September 2024). These orders draw from three umbrella indefinite delivery contracts: a $91.9 million MK19 IDC through April 2026 ($14.8 million obligated to date), a $221 million M2/M48/M2A1 IDC through August 2029 (total small business set-aside, managing over $4.5 million in deliveries to date), and a $15 million M60 IDC through September 2029.

Customer concentration sits entirely within Army acquisition commands and the Defense Logistics Agency. The top five contracting offices account for 87% of all awards: the Army Materiel Command's TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (79 awards, $414.2 million combined potential value), the Army Materiel Command's Contracting Command Detroit Arsenal (28 awards, $519.6 million), the Army Acquisition Support Center PEO Soldier (18 awards, $398.7 million), the Department of the Army broadly (31 awards, $303.3 million), and the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime (38 awards, $1.9 million). The dollar concentration ranks differently from volume: Detroit Arsenal dominates the potential-value ranking despite placing fewer awards than TACOM, reflecting larger individual delivery orders flowing through Detroit Arsenal's contracting authority. Activity has declined year over year — 15 awards in 2022 to 3 in 2026 (snapshot current as of mid-2026) — with only $19.1 million in combined potential value reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, indicating limited near-term recompete exposure against the $1.87 billion total portfolio ceiling.

U.s. Ordnance's parent vehicle footprint centers on Army-wide IDCs. The company places task orders under five named indefinite delivery contracts: W15QKN17D0041 (28 task orders, $89.2 million combined potential value, M60 production and parts), W52H0909D0135 (22 task orders, $46.5 million, M2 production), W15QKN18D0167 (13 task orders, $14.8 million, MK19 production), W15QKN22D0013 (11 task orders, $54.8 million, M2 variants and spares), and W52H0909D0270 (8 task orders, $28.5 million, M2/M2A1 production). Work performed at the Sparks, Nevada facility spans production volumes of 20 to 50 units monthly as stated in program documentation, with significant recent volume directed to Foreign Military Sales (FMS) support for Ukraine alongside domestic Army combat readiness replenishment. The portfolio is characterized by firm fixed-price delivery orders and definitive contracts for weapons production and associated logistics, with no evidence of professional services, IT, or non-manufacturing work.