NovaTech

NovaTech

Lynchburg, VA, United States

Ammunition & EnergeticsMissiles & Munitions
Founded 1994Prime Contractor, Subsystem ManufacturerSupplies Defense Industry
Profile last updated: May 2, 2026

About

Founded in 1994, NovaTech is a defense prime contractor based in Lynchburg, United States working in ammunition & energetics, missiles & munitions.

NovaTech is an engineering and manufacturing company based in Lynchburg, Virginia, founded in 1994. It began by supporting the nuclear industry and now also serves defense, aerospace and industrial markets from a 25,000 square foot facility. In defense, NovaTech produces critical ordnance and munition components, including shaped charge liners, explosively formed penetrators, and parts for the MK-84 bomb fin, M-112 hand grenade and TOW 2A missile. It works as a turnkey supplier for the US Government and defense contractors, covering research and development through high-volume production, program management, quality assurance and in-house manufacturing. Capabilities include CNC turning, welding, presses, additive manufacturing, metrology, and modeling and simulation using ANSYS and LS-DYNA. The company describes itself as a small, non-traditional business within the Defense Industrial Base.

Location

Lynchburg, United States

Founded

1994

Company type

Small enterprise

Focus areas

ordnance manufacturingshaped charge linersexplosively formed penetratorsnuclear engineeringmodeling and simulationprecision machiningadditive manufacturingprogram management

Languages

EN

Products & capabilities

Defense domains

Ammunition & EnergeticsMissiles & Munitions

Supply-chain role

Prime ContractorSubsystem ManufacturerContract Manufacturer

What they offer

HardwareManufacturing ServicesEngineering Services

Products

Cobra Shaped Charge Liner

Shaped charge liner

Customisable shaped charge liner, a proprietary modification of the Viper liner, used in research and development applications.

Hemi Shaped Charge Liners

Shaped charge liner

Hemi liners used in military development and practical applications.

Explosively Formed Penetrators

Munition component

EFP liners and components for munitions.

TOW2A Main Shaped Charge Liner

Munition component

Main charge liner for the TOW 2A missile, manufactured reliably for nearly two decades.

MK-84 Bomb Fin Assembly

Munition component

Bomb fin assembly supplied as US Government prime contractor.

M-112 Hand Grenade Body Assembly

Munition component

Production body assembly for the M-112 practice hand grenade.

40mm 918E1 Trainer Body and Case

Training ordnance

Body and case for the 40mm Day Night Thermal trainer, with millions of units delivered.

40lb Shaped Demolition Charge Metal Parts

Munition component

Metal parts assembly for the 40-lb Shaped Demolition Charge, supplied to a prime contractor.

End users

Defense Industry

Standards, platforms & customers

Platforms & programmes

TOW 2AMK-84M-11240mm Day Night Thermal 918E1 TrainerMICLIC Trainer Fuze

Named customers

Department of EnergyLos Alamos National LaboratoriesAmerican OrdnanceL3HarrisDay & Zimmerman

Credentials & affiliations

Certifications

ISO 9001:2015

ASME NQA-1

Awards

Supplier Quality Performance Rating (100%)

American Ordnance

American Ordnance Supplier of the Year

American Ordnance

Award of Excellence, Traveller Design and Development Project

Westinghouse2004

Best of Business Awards

Lynchburg Business

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