Vigil America Inc.

Vigil America Inc., a woman-owned small business manufacturer headquartered in DeLand, Florida, designs and manufactures Enhanced Electronic Automatic Activation Devices (EEAADs), parachute safety systems, electro-optical/infrared aerial detection systems, and related electronics for military and civilian federal agencies. The company operates exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) and competes under full-and-open procurements without set-aside designation, except for a single 2021 Total Small Business set-aside award from the Air Force.

Vigil America's customer concentration is heavily weighted toward Army research and development. The top five funding agencies by award count and potential value are dominated by Department of the Army organizations: the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) anchors the portfolio with 10 awards valued at $56.2 million combined potential value, followed by PEO Soldier with 9 awards worth $7.7 million. The Air National Guard places 10 awards valued at $1.1 million, and the Department of Agriculture Forest Service's National Interagency Fire Center and related regional offices account for smaller volume but represent a secondary customer base for smokejumper parachute automatic activation devices. These top five customers account for 65% of all awards and 98% of combined potential value — extreme concentration against RDECOM, which alone represents 82% of the total portfolio value.

Vigil America holds two single-award indefinite delivery contracts with the Army. The primary vehicle is IDC W911QY20D0015 with RDECOM, which carries a $49 million ceiling and has generated 16 delivery orders valued at $14.7 million in combined potential value. A smaller IDC (1202SA23T9806) with the National Interagency Fire Center carries a $949,749 ceiling and has generated two delivery orders totaling $376 thousand. Vigil America operates as a pure manufacturer of goods rather than as a services integrator or systems vendor; its contract portfolio reflects steady-stream procurement of manufactured components and complete systems rather than engineering services or integration work.

Recent capability work centers on full-rate production and sustainment of EEAAD systems and spare parts. Representative awards include a $3.5 million firm fixed-price delivery order from RDECOM (February 2023) for full-rate production of EEAADs supporting the Army's RA-1 parachute system replacement, a $3.2 million delivery order from PEO Soldier (March 2025) for EEAAD systems and spares, and a $1.6 million delivery order from RDECOM (December 2024) for full-rate production of EEAADs and spare parts. On the civilian side, Vigil America has supplied Smokejumper VIGIL MILITARY PLUS C parachute automatic activation devices to the National Interagency Fire Center and Forest Service under delivery orders totaling approximately $365 thousand.

Activity has been volatile: two awards in 2022, seven in 2023, two in 2024, four in 2025, and three in 2026. With five awards (combined potential value $3.9 million) reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, Vigil America faces moderate recompete exposure, primarily on RDECOM sustainment orders. The combined potential value across all 63 prime awards in the source period is $68.8 million, with $19 million obligated as of the snapshot date (28% utilization rate), indicating substantial unfunded ceiling authority on active delivery orders — a typical posture for indefinite delivery contracts with annual or multi-year deliveries.