Ufa, Inc.

Ufa, Inc., doing business as UFA Inc., a for-profit software engineering manufacturer based in Woburn, Massachusetts, delivers air traffic control simulation, training, and related sustainment services to the Department of Defense as a small business prime contractor (96% of recent awards) competing predominantly under full-and-open and total small business set-aside designations, with occasional task orders through GSA Multiple Award Schedule vehicles.

Ufa's capability portfolio centers on air traffic control simulation technologies and tower simulator systems. The company develops and maintains branded platforms including ATLIVE (ATC simulation and training), ATSPEAK (phraseology and skills trainer), ATCLOUD (advanced training platform), and ATCOACH (training and operational assessment coaching), along with mixed-reality and biometric-driven training extensions. Representative prime work includes a $3.7 million maintenance and sustainment contract from the Naval Air Warfare Center (January 2025, firm fixed price through December 2029) covering electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance in Burlington, Massachusetts; a $1.8 million total small business order from the Air Force Research Laboratory (August 2025, firm fixed price through June 2027) for development of mixed-reality and biometric-driven training systems to enhance air traffic controller readiness; a $1.19 million Air Force Research Laboratory order (August 2025, total small business set-aside through June 2027) for advanced evaluation capabilities for ATC readiness; and a $317,802 Air Education and Training Command purchase order (August 2026, firm fixed price through July 2031) covering maintenance, software updates, technical support, training, and system sustainment for ATSPEAK simulation systems at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona.

Customer concentration is defense-heavy but geographically and functionally distributed across Navy and Air Force commands. The top five funding entities by potential value account for 68% of combined potential value: the Naval Air Warfare Center leads with five awards worth $13.9 million, followed by GSA Federal Acquisition Service ($11 million across two awards), the Army National Guard Readiness Center ($5.3 million), the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory ($4.3 million across five awards), and Naval Sea Systems Command ($3.8 million across six awards). By award count, the Department of the Air Force (18 awards, $2.1 million combined potential value) and its Air Education and Training Command component (9 awards, $1.3 million) dominate volume. The vendor has worked with 31 distinct customer agencies, signaling broad but fragmented penetration.

Ufa sits on two primary vehicles: the GSA Information Technology Schedule 70, supporting 47 task orders worth $22.1 million combined potential value, and the GSA Multiple Award Schedule, supporting 8 task orders worth $9.3 million. Two indefinite delivery contracts each carry two task orders; three others carry single task orders. The IT Schedule 70 position is the critical vehicle for competing against other ATC simulation vendors on federal procurements.

Activity has been modest and uneven. The vendor recorded five awards in 2022, four in 2023, eight in 2024, and nine in 2025, with four awards in the first two months of 2026. Eight awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $5.4 million, representing modest recompete exposure.

Ufa operates predominantly as a prime but holds a small subcontract footprint: recent sub work includes STARS delivery orders for operations sustainment technical and engineering services under Raytheon Company (August 2026) and software development work under Raytheon (January 2026), survivability and lethality analysis for Pacific Theater capabilities under Booz Allen Hamilton (April 2025), and base operations support services under ASRC Federal Gulf State Constructors LLC at Vance Air Force Base (August 2024). The subcontract work reflects support roles on larger defense integrations rather than Ufa's core simulation franchise.

Ufa has maintained SAM.gov registration since January 2002 and competes without preferential small business designations on most of its high-dollar awards, relying on technical qualification and incumbent relationships on Air Force and Navy platforms. The vendor's product portfolio is narrowly focused on ATC simulation and training — a specialized niche with recurring federal demand but limited adjacency to broader defense IT or engineering services.