Valimet Inc.

Valimet Inc., a manufacturer of spherical aluminum and aluminum alloy powders based in Stockton, California, operates as a small business prime contractor serving defense and aerospace agencies with specialized metallic materials and advanced manufacturing capabilities. The company competes predominantly in full-and-open procurements (no set-aside designation across most awards) but holds Small Business (total small business) set-aside eligibility on SBIR Phase I and Phase II contracts with the Defense Logistics Agency.

Valimet's federal footprint centers on high-value ammunition and ordnance-support contracts with the Department of the Army, which accounts for 15 awards and $140.1 million in combined potential value—97% of the vendor's total dollars across 64 tracked awards. The top-customer ranking by dollar value is dominated entirely by Army programs: Department of the Army Materiel Command's Joint Munitions Command placed a $4.6 million firm-fixed-price purchase order in June 2023 for aluminum powder (spherical type IV) to the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant; the broader Department of the Army category includes work through the Indefinite Delivery Contract DAAA0902D3001, which anchors 11 task orders carrying the full $140.1 million ceiling. The Department of the Navy (including Naval Air Warfare Center and Naval Sea Systems Command) accounts for 11 awards valued at approximately $201 thousand combined, including a December 2025 $76,450 purchase order for spherical aluminum and a March 2024 $15,190 Naval Air Warfare Center award for spherical aluminum powder (H-60 and H-5 grades). The Defense Logistics Agency, Troop Support division, holds 2 awards worth $980 thousand, including a Phase II SBIR definitive contract awarded March 2026 for $898,435 (18-month period of performance ending March 2027) to develop and validate a domestic value chain for scandium aluminum alloy 3D-printed parts at industrial scale, and a Phase I SBIR purchase order awarded September 2024 for $81,174 under the same topic area.

Award activity remains sparse in recent years—one award each in 2024, 2025, and 2026 after three awards in 2023—indicating a portfolio weighted toward legacy contracts rather than new pipeline momentum. Only one award ($898 thousand combined potential value) reaches ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, minimizing near-term recompete exposure. Valimet subcontracts minimally (2% of awards); one tracked sub-award under the University of Dayton in August 2023 provided engineering supplies in support of additive manufacturing and cold spray technology. The vendor's NAICS concentration (18 awards under Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum, NAICS 331314) and PSC footprint (48 awards under Chemicals, PSC group 60) reflect specialization in aluminum powder production for defense ammunition, ordnance disposal, and aerospace applications rather than services or systems integration.

MANUFACTURE SPHERICAL, INERT GAS, ATOMIZED ALUMINUM, ALUMINUM ALLOY POWDERS, CUSTOM ALLOYS. PARTICLE SIZE 2-200 MICRONS. ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, AEROSPACE, DEFENSE, THERMAL MANAGEMENT, ELECTRONICS APPLICATIONS.