Vantage Robotics, Inc.

Vantage Robotics, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business headquartered in San Leandro, California, designs, manufactures, and delivers unmanned aerial systems, small unmanned aircraft systems, and advanced robotic technologies to federal defense and civilian agencies as a prime contractor (88% of recent awards) and subcontractor. The company operates predominantly in full-and-open competition rather than set-aside categories, though individual awards carry both total small business set-asides and non-set-aside designations. Vantage's core capability centers on the VESPER platform — a small UAS with configurable payloads — and ground control stations, electronic modules, ISR bundles, and soldier-borne robotic controller technology.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward the Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection, which accounts for 75% of combined potential value across all awards through a $90 million multiple-award Blanket Purchase Agreement for Blue List-compliant small unmanned aircraft systems established in December 2021 through December 2026. The FBI Academy, where Vantage holds a recurrent procurement relationship, ranks second by award count (five awards totaling $758 thousand). By potential value, the Department of the Army Acquisition Support Center's PEO Aviation (three awards, $10.4 million) and PEO Soldier (two awards, $4.4 million) rank second and third, driven by two Other Transaction IDVs: a $6.3 million OTA for the SHORT RECON RECONNAISSANCE TRANCHE 2 project awarded March 2022 and a $1.5 million OTA for advanced soldier-borne sensors awarded September 2022. The top five funding agencies by potential value represent 75% of the combined $143 million portfolio. Army Training and Doctrine Command has issued multiple BPA calls ($909 thousand combined), and the Air Force has placed four awards ($152 thousand combined), primarily through the Multiple Award Schedule. Vantage serves 27 distinct customer agencies, indicating broad but shallow agency penetration outside the CBP anchor relationship.

Vantage's vehicle position is anchored by the General Services Administration Multiple Award Schedule, which carries 21 task orders valued at $92 million in combined potential value. The company also holds position on the $90 million CBP Blue Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems multiple-award BPA; a $25 million single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Military Installation Command Center at Fort Drum for Blue List-compliant unmanned aircraft systems through August 2030, established August 2025; a multi-award Basic Ordering Agreement awarded December 2025 by Army Contracting Command-Redstone Arsenal's PEO Aviation in support of Executive Order 14307 on American drone dominance, with a zero-dollar ceiling indicating pricing to be established by delivery order; and a $4.2 million Office of the Secretary of Defense OTA for soldier robotic controller development awarded July 2021 with the period of performance extended an additional twelve months. Recent award activity shows growth: seven awards in 2022, eight in 2023, five in 2024, eleven in 2025, and three year-to-date in 2026. The combined potential value of awards with ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months reflects modest recompete exposure from the smaller individual delivery orders against the GSA MAS and Army BPAs, though the CBP BPA and Fort Drum BPA, which anchor most of the dollar value, remain stable through 2026 and 2030 respectively.

In its subcontractor role, Vantage delivers VESPER 2.4 GHz bundles to Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc. on four awards placed between April and September 2024, and provides global security engineering and supply-chain services products to General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. on two awards in December 2025 and March 2026. Across prime and sub work, Vantage's footprint concentrates on small unmanned aircraft procurement, ISR equipment, ground control stations, and prototype development for Army and Defense Department customers, with recurring supply relationships to DHS CBP for border security operations and periodic training and equipment support to the FBI Academy. The company's NAICS concentration spans Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing (26 awards) and Aircraft Manufacturing (9 awards), reflecting its core UAS product line and component supply role. Obligated dollars represent $23.4 million of the $143 million combined potential value, indicating heavy skew toward ceiling values on IDV and BPA vehicles not yet fully drawn down.

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