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Government and Contracting
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING
Melas Defense Systems is registered in SAM.gov and is an SBA-certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business.
Contracting officers, program managers, technical leads, and requirements personnel can contact Melas directly for an unclassified capability discussion.
If there is a fit, we can work through the contracting or development vehicle that makes sense for the effort.
Contracting officers, program managers, technical leads, and requirements personnel can contact Melas directly for an unclassified capability discussion.
If there is a fit, we can work through the contracting or development vehicle that makes sense for the effort.
Legal name · Melas Defense Systems, Inc.
Entity type · Tennessee corporation, small business
SBA certification · Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)
CAGE · 1L2K7
UEI · EJPUPQDQFRL1
Primary NAICS · 332994
Additional NAICS · 332993 · 334511 · 336992 · 541330 · 541715 · 541990
Product Service Codes · 1305 · 1310 · 1390 · 5840 · 5865 · 5999 · 6350 · AC12 · AC13 · AC21 · AC23 · R425
Entity type · Tennessee corporation, small business
SBA certification · Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)
CAGE · 1L2K7
UEI · EJPUPQDQFRL1
Primary NAICS · 332994
Additional NAICS · 332993 · 334511 · 336992 · 541330 · 541715 · 541990
Product Service Codes · 1305 · 1310 · 1390 · 5840 · 5865 · 5999 · 6350 · AC12 · AC13 · AC21 · AC23 · R425
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Partnership and Industry
Melas works with primes, integrators, manufacturers, laboratories, and specialized technical partners.
We are open to teaming, subcontracting, platform integration, prototype development, testing, and manufacturing relationships.
Melas keeps design authority over its technology and uses partners where they add capability.
Detailed technical discussions can move under a mutual NDA.
We are open to teaming, subcontracting, platform integration, prototype development, testing, and manufacturing relationships.
Melas keeps design authority over its technology and uses partners where they add capability.
Detailed technical discussions can move under a mutual NDA.

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Partnership and Industry
Melas subcontracts and teams with primes and integrators, and works with manufacturers who already do at scale what Melas would otherwise have to learn. Design authority and ownership of the technology stay with Melas.
Anything past the public description goes under a mutual non-disclosure agreement. Melas will send one on request.
Anything past the public description goes under a mutual non-disclosure agreement. Melas will send one on request.
Melas Defense Systems is privately held.
We speak with investors who understand defense hardware, government acquisition, and timelines measured in years rather than quarters.
Additional materials are available to qualified parties under NDA.
We speak with investors who understand defense hardware, government acquisition, and timelines measured in years rather than quarters.
Additional materials are available to qualified parties under NDA.
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Investors
Provided for informational purposes only. Not an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any security.
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Company Information
Melas Defense Systems, Inc.
Knoxville, Tennessee
General inquiries · jsmith@melasdefense.com
Founder & CEO · Jacob Smith · jsmith@melasdefense.com
Mailing address · 9111 Cross Park Drive, Suite D211 · Knoxville, Tennessee 37923