Wilcox Industries Corp.

Wilcox Industries Corp., a New Hampshire-based manufacturer of specialized tactical equipment, operates as a prime contractor on 96% of recent federal awards, competing predominantly full-and-open without set-aside designation, while holding a small subsidiary (Wilcox Cherry Defense LLC) and maintaining ISO 9001:2015 certification since SAM.gov registration in 2001. The company's federal portfolio centers on night vision mounts, sighting systems, breakaway mounts, thermal imaging components, and headborne systems for military and law enforcement applications across 43 distinct customer agencies.

Wilcox's customer concentration is heavily weighted toward Army programs and special operations. The top five customer organizations by award count account for 63% of awards: Army Materiel Command Sustainment Command (60 awards, $41.3 million combined potential value), U.S. Special Operations Command (54 awards, $24.5 million), Navy Naval Sea Systems Command (31 awards, $26.8 million), Navy (29 awards, $49 million), and Army Acquisition Support Center PEO Soldier (19 awards, $388.9 million). By potential-value ranking, PEO Soldier dominates at $388.9 million across 19 awards, followed by Army Materiel Command Communications Electronics Command at $178.8 million (6 awards), Navy at $49 million, and Army Sustainment Command and NAVSEA rounding the set. The dollar concentration is acute: PEO Soldier and CECOM together account for 93% of combined potential value across the top five customers, with the Grenadier Sighting System (GSS) program anchoring most PEO Soldier volume.

Wilcox's largest named vehicle is the PEO-Soldier Grenadier Sighting System (GSS) IDIQ, under which 16 delivery orders carry $236.6 million combined potential value. Recent representative GSS work includes a $15.2 million delivery order (June 2025) for GSS units and software update cables, a $12 million delivery order (April 2024) for production GSS units, and a $10.5 million delivery order (May 2023) for production GSS units. A second major vehicle, Indefinite Delivery Contract W911QY08D0033, has generated 52 task orders worth $16 million combined potential value. Wilcox also holds a $20.2 million small-business-set-aside single-award IDC with Naval Sea Systems Command (through March 2030) for breakaway mounts and shrouds supporting the Visual Augmentation Systems program, which has yielded multiple delivery orders for tan and black mounts ranging from $185 thousand to $2.1 million. Recent tactical equipment work outside GSS includes a $2 million Other Transaction Agreement (February 2026) with Army Contracting Command Picatinny for Precision Grenadier System Technology Demonstration, a $15 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (September 2025) with Army RDECOM for prototype integrated multi-threat headborne systems development, and a $215 thousand Small Business Innovative Research definitive contract (July 2025) with the Marine Corps under Topic 25.1-005.

Wilcox's award portfolio has grown moderately—6 awards in 2022, 5 in 2023, and 16 each in 2024 and 2025—with only 2 awards (combined potential value $17.2 million) reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, presenting limited recompete exposure in that window. The combined potential value across all 308 awards (96% prime, 4% sub) stands at $738.1 million, with $175.7 million obligated to date (24% of potential value).

Wilcox engages primarily as a prime; its 12 subcontractor relationships are concentrated under two named primes. Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc. receives Wilcox as a sub for Raptor thermal sighting systems, RAAM GSS thermal sight components, and helmet mounting assemblies across multiple awards in 2023 and 2024. L3 Technologies, Inc. engages Wilcox as a sub for Enhanced Night Vision Goggle (ENVG-B) production helmet mounts and binocular night vision device spare parts. Sawdey Solution Services Inc. and Applied Research Associates, Inc. round out the active sub footprint. This sub engagement is secondary to Wilcox's prime business and does not recur as a strategic revenue line.

The vendor's NAICS footprint reflects optical manufacturing and military hardware specialization: Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing (83 awards), Ophthalmic Goods Manufacturing (55 awards), Other Ordnance and Accessories Manufacturing (20 awards), and Small Arms and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing (19 awards). PSC concentration centers on Clothing, Special Purpose (67 awards), Night Vision Equipment (44 awards), Individual Equipment (23 awards), and Optical Sighting and Ranging Equipment (20 awards), confirming the award-derived characterization of soldier-borne and vehicle-mounted visual and thermal systems as the core capability portfolio.

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