Knds USA Inc.

Knds USA Inc., doing business as Wegmann USA Inc., is a foreign-owned manufacturer of specialized military components and assemblies that operates as a prime contractor (85% of recent awards) and subcontractor on defense programs, competing entirely under full-and-open (non-set-aside) awards through the Defense Logistics Agency and Department of the Army. The company is a subsidiary of Knds Deutschland GMBH & CO. KG (KMW Krauss-Maffei Wegmann), a German parent entity, and manufactures precision military parts including ammunition storage racks, vehicular seats, tube assemblies, mounting brackets, lock bars, cylinders, and other machined metal components for land and maritime platforms.

The vendor's customer concentration is heavily skewed toward the Defense Logistics Agency. The Land and Maritime division anchors the portfolio with 289 awards worth $62.5 million in combined potential value—accounting for approximately 92% of award count across the top customers. The Troop Support Hardware division accounts for 121 smaller awards ($393 thousand combined), while the Department of the Army and its subordinate commands (Materiel Command TACOM Life Cycle Management Command, Contracting Command Detroit Arsenal, Acquisition Support Center PEO Ground Combat Systems) hold the second-largest dollar concentration: the TACOM organization placed 9 awards totaling $43.6 million, and the Marine Corps placed 2 awards worth $17.2 million. The top-five funding entities cover 100% of the combined potential value. Work is performed at the contractor's facility in Lynchburg, Virginia. Representative prime awards include a $665 thousand ammunition storage rack purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime (March 2022), a $250 thousand ammunition absorbing bars order (June 2023), and multiple smaller component orders ranging from $1,200 to $290 thousand across lock bars, cylinders, brackets, and vehicular accessories. The vendor holds seats on two indefinite delivery contracts: IDC W56HZV21D0001 (30 task orders) and IDC SPE7LX15D0208 (7 task orders, $12.6 million combined potential value).

As a subcontractor, Knds USA performs components manufacturing for large defense primes. General Dynamics Land Systems accounts for the overwhelming majority of recent sub-award activity, with multiple awards tied to the Abrams tank programs (M1A2 SEPv3 production and domestic upgrade orders, Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle Phase 3 and 4 prototype development) spanning May 2024 through February 2026. BAE Systems GCS International holds a secondary subcontract position for M777A2 artillery spares and importer-of-record establishment work. Award activity has remained relatively steady over the past four years—45 awards in 2022, 47 in 2023, 64 in 2024, and 41 in 2025—with a combined potential value across all 554 awards of $125 million and $119.6 million obligated (96% execution). Only 3 awards carrying $503 thousand in potential value reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing minimal recompete exposure in that window.

The vendor's capability portfolio centers on metal fabrication, precision machining, and assembly of hardened military components. The top NAICS categories reflect this: Military Armored Vehicle, Tank, and Tank Component Manufacturing (173 awards), Hardware Manufacturing (101 awards), Small Arms Ordnance and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing (42 awards), Bolt, Nut, Screw, Rivet, and Washer Manufacturing (32 awards), and Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing (28 awards). PSC concentration tracks similarly—Hardware, Commercial (124 awards), Guns 75Mm Through 125Mm (108 awards), Miscellaneous Vehicular Components (57 awards), and Pipe, Tube and Rigid Tubing (25 awards). This narrow, deep specialization in DLA supply-chain components and defense prime subcontracting for tanks and artillery systems defines the vendor's federal footprint.