Amca and Army announce Enterprise-Wide Rapid Engineering and Qualification Partnership

The first Active Capability Gap award under the Army Materiel Command's Army Advanced Manufacturing Commercial Solutions Opening establishes a scalable partnership for Amca and the Army to engineer, qualify, and produce critical components for an Army priority weapon system.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Oct. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Amca, an engineering and manufacturing company solving critical supply chain bottlenecks, has been awarded a competitively established, firm-fixed-price contract (W9124P-26-C-A020) by U.S. Army Contracting Command-Redstone Arsenal to support U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC). The contract establishes an enterprise-wide partnership between Amca and AMC for rapid engineering and component production.

The contract is the first Active Capability Gap (ACG) award under the Army's Advanced Manufacturing (AdvM) Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO). It supports the Army's goal of addressing priority readiness drivers across major weapon systems by regenerating components out of obsolescence and establishing manufacturing capacity where sources of supply have disappeared or can no longer meet demand. The partnership builds on a long American tradition of government and industry working together to solve urgent national challenges, a foundation of the country's industrial strength.

Initial work will focus on radar and power assemblies for an Army priority missile system. The goal of this work is to address long lead times, incomplete engineering data, and diminished manufacturing capacity for these components and subsystems. By simplifying designs and improving manufacturability, Amca aims to reduce production and sustainment costs while enabling the Army's Organic Industrial Base and a broader base of qualified manufacturers to support the missile system over the long term.

The contract is built to grow, allowing the Army to add other components and subsystems from this priority weapon system beyond the initial assemblies. These include power supplies, connectors, actuators, valves, radar system components, and other critical items. This scope provides a scalable way to deploy Amca's engineering-as-a-service model as the Army identifies additional readiness needs.

"The Army deserves an industrial supply chain that delivers at the speed, scale, and quality its mission demands. Our industrial base's challenges won't be solved by more machines or printers alone. They'll be solved with better engineering: design for producibility, state-of-the-art engineering tools, and a strong American engineering workforce. Our partnership with the Army starts with strengthening the readiness of priority missile systems, and we are ready to take on whatever the Army needs next." – Jai Malik, CEO and Co-Founder

All work will be performed in the United States. Engineering and qualification testing will take place at Amca's headquarters in El Segundo, California, with production scaling across its eight AS9100D- and ISO 9001-certified factories.

About Amca
Amca is America's engineering company. We're restoring our nation's ability to engineer anything its critical systems depend on for production and sustainment.

In aerospace and defense, Amca identifies critical supply chain bottlenecks, rapidly engineers solutions through its AI-native component design platform, and acquires or establishes certified manufacturing capacity to produce them on demand. Amca has re-engineered and qualified critical components, including sensors, pressure switches, connectors, and power supplies, in under 90 days.

The company is the original designer and manufacturer of thousands of specialized components, including switches, valves, transformers, power supplies, relays, solenoids, and other engineered products. Its customers include over a dozen major American prime contractors. Amca owns and operates eight AS9100D- and ISO 9001-certified factories across the United States, averaging five decades of continuous operation and achieving over 99% on-time delivery. It also operates a dedicated prototyping and qualification testing facility at its headquarters in El Segundo, California. Amca is ITAR-registered.

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