Ultracell Inc.

Ultracell Inc., a minority-owned small business based in New York, manufactures and sustains powertrain components, mobile target systems, and armored vehicles for the U.S. Air Force as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides and full-and-open designations. Ultracell is a Subchapter S corporation and Subcontinent Asian American-owned firm that operates entirely in the prime role (100% of recent awards) with no subcontract footprint in the source data.

Ultracell's federal customer base is heavily concentrated with the Department of the Air Force. The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command accounts for nine awards and $55.2 million in combined potential value (100% of total dollars), with secondary exposure to the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command (three awards), the Air Force Test Center (one award, $27 thousand), and the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support (one award, $73 thousand). Within its Air Force Materiel Command relationship, Ultracell's core work sits on a $4.75 million multiple-award IDIQ contract (Total Small Business set-aside, awarded October 13, 2021, ultimate completion October 12, 2026) through which the Air Force has issued seven delivery orders totaling $496 thousand for range target powertrain overhaul, sustainment, and replacement parts supporting Eglin Air Force Base and Air Force Test Center infrastructure. Representative delivery orders include a $125,885.75 Delivery Order 15 (July 23, 2024) for targets powertrain overhaul and parts, a $132,248 Delivery Order 11 (April 10, 2023) for range target powertrain overhaul and parts sustainment, and a $66,149 delivery order (June 9, 2026) for powertrain parts and services under a Total Small Business set-aside. Most recently, on June 1, 2026, Air Force Materiel Command awarded Ultracell a new multiple-award indefinite-delivery contract valued at $49,999,999 for main battle tanks, armored personnel carriers, radar systems, trucks, and fabricated targets, with place of performance in New York and Eglin Air Force Base and period of performance through May 31, 2031.

Ultracell's award activity shows volatility — two awards in 2021, one in 2022, three in 2023, one in 2024, and three in 2026 — with combined potential value of $55.3 million against only $570 thousand in combined obligated dollars (1% of ceiling), indicating the bulk of value remains unutilized under the IDIQ vehicles. The older $4.75 million IDIQ (awards through October 12, 2026) faces completion in the near term and will likely recompete. The newly awarded $49.999 billion ceiling vehicle runs through May 31, 2031 and represents the vendor's primary growth platform. By NAICS framing, Ultracell's portfolio aligns with military armored vehicle, tank, and tank component manufacturing (10 awards) and fabricated metal product manufacturing (3 awards); by PSC, combat assault and tactical vehicles tracked (7 awards) and training aids (3 awards) dominate the spend.