Vigil America Inc.

Vigil America Inc., a woman-owned small business based in DeLand, Florida, manufactures electronic automatic activation devices (EEAADs), parachute safety systems, and related aerial operations equipment for the U.S. Army and federal civilian agencies as a prime contractor on full-and-open federal procurements.

Vigil America competes exclusively on full-and-open contracts with no set-aside designations across its federal footprint, despite holding woman-owned small business (WOSB) status. The company is a Subchapter S corporation organized as a for-profit business entity. Its core capability set centers on precision-engineered defense and safety equipment: Enhanced Electronic Automatic Activation Devices (EEAADs) for parachute systems, Vigil Military Plus C automatic activation devices (AADs) for smokejumper operations, electro-optical/infrared aerial detection systems, and associated spare parts and engineering services. Work is performed at the company's DeLand facility.

The customer base is heavily concentrated in Army research and development. The top five funding agencies account for 65% of recent awards by count, dominated by the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command (10 awards, $56.2 million combined potential value) and the Department of the Army Acquisition Support Center PEO Soldier (10 awards, $7.8 million combined potential value). The Air National Guard (10 awards, $1.1 million), Army Headquarters Office of the Secretary (8 awards, $236 thousand), and the Department of Agriculture Forest Service National Interagency Fire Center (4 awards, $1.3 million) round out the active set. By potential value, the concentration is extreme: RDECOM and PEO Soldier together anchor 93% of the $68.9 million combined potential value across all awards.

Vigil America holds two single-award indefinite delivery contracts: a $49 million IDC with RDECOM (17 task orders, $14.8 million combined potential value) for full-rate production of EEAADs and spare parts supporting Army modernization, and a $949,749 IDC with the Forest Service National Interagency Fire Center (3 task orders, $400 thousand combined potential value) for smokejumper equipment procurement. Representative recent work includes a $3.2 million delivery order from PEO Soldier (March 2025) for Enhanced EEAAD systems and spare parts; a $1.6 million RDECOM delivery order (December 2024) for full-rate production EEAADs and spares; and a $175,744 National Interagency Fire Center delivery order (July 2023) for Smokejumper Vigil Military Plus AADs for wildfire operations.

Activity peaked in 2023 (7 awards) and has moderated since — 2 awards in 2024, 4 in 2025, and 5 in 2026 year-to-date. Six awards with combined potential value of $3.6 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing recompete exposure concentrated in the RDECOM and PEO Soldier customer base. The vendor operates as a 100% prime contractor with no subcontract footprint. Top NAICS categories reflect manufacturing posture: All Other Miscellaneous Textile Product Mills (30 awards), Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (17 awards), and Sporting and Recreational Goods and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers (8 awards). Top PSC codes center on Parachutes and Aerial Delivery Systems (33 awards) and Safety and Rescue Equipment (12 awards).