Federal Resources

What Federal Resources does

Federal Resources, operating as NOBLE (legal entity NOBLE Inc.), is a privately held U.S. defense procurement and sustainment company founded in 1986. The firm functions as an aggregated procurement intermediary serving the U.S. Military branches — Army, Navy/Marine Corps, Air Force & Space Force — alongside federal civilian agencies and international allied nations. It consolidates more than 13,000 suppliers and 150 government contract vehicles into a single-source purchasing platform organized around six product domains: Aerospace, C5ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance), CBRNE, Expeditionary, MRO (Maintenance, Repair, and Operations), and Tactical. Headcount is reported in the 251-500 range, with corporate headquarters in Boston and operational distribution nodes across the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

The company's product and service architecture is divided between the six procurement domains and four service modules: Noble IQ (equipment support, sustainment, and operator instruction), Technical Services (warranty, rental, repair, and technical support), Training Services, and HazmatIQ (expert-led hazardous-materials training). Its proprietary supply-chain platform integrates 150 contract vehicles and 13,000+ suppliers to provide compliant, competitively priced procurement pathways for government buyers, with an alpha portal handling RFQ submission, order tracking, and vendor onboarding.

NOBLE monetizes primarily through one-time product sales executed via government contract vehicles and Request-for-Quote procurement processes, supplemented by professional-services revenue from sustainment, warranty, rental, repair, and training engagements, and managed-services revenue from contract-vehicle administration. Its go-to-market is enterprise field-sales driven — direct procurement engagement with federal buyers, a vendor partnership program to expand supplier depth, an e-commerce storefront (shop.noble.com) for featured products such as the Midtronics XIM-100 EV Immobilizer, and event-led marketing across defense, hazmat, and school-safety verticals.

Name

Federal Resources

Legal name

NOBLE Inc.

Website

http://federalresources.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Federal Resources (NOBLE) is a privately held U.S. defense procurement and sustainment platform that aggregates 150 contract vehicles and 13,000+ suppliers to serve the U.S. Military, federal civilian agencies, and international allied nations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Defense Procurement and Sustainment Services

NAICS

National Security and International Affairs (9281)

SIC

Ordnance & Accessories, (No Vehicles/Guided Missiles) (3480)

akta.pro primary industry

Defense Acquisition, Procurement & Contracting (BPAIAHAB)

Keywords

• Defense procurement services
• Military equipment supply
• CBRNE solutions
• Government sustainment
• Tactical equipment distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Stevensville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Government Product Sales: NOBLE generates revenue by selling mission-critical defense and government products across domains including CBRNE, C5ISR, Aerospace, MRO, Expeditionary, and Tactical. Sales are executed through government contract vehicles and RFQ/procurement processes.
2. Sustainment and Technical Services: Revenue from warranty, rental, repair, and technical support services that maximize performance of customer equipment. Includes Noble IQ sustainment services and HazmatIQ hazardous materials training.
3. Contract Vehicle Administration: NOBLE serves as a procurement intermediary leveraging 150 integrated contract vehicles to streamline purchasing for government agencies, providing competitive pricing and trusted procurement pathways.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Federal Resources (operating as NOBLE) is a government defense contractor that procures and supplies mission-critical equipment to the U.S. Military, federal civilian agencies, and international allied nations across six product domains: Aerospace, C5ISR, CBRNE, Expeditionary, MRO, and Tactical. The company pairs this product portfolio with sustainment services (Noble IQ), technical services (warranty, rental, repair), training, and HazmatIQ hazardous-materials instruction, delivered through an integrated procurement platform leveraging 150 contract vehicles and 13,000+ suppliers.

Product overview

Federal Resources (NOBLE) operates as a defense/military sustainment platform offering a comprehensive portfolio of six product domains—Aerospace, C5ISR, CBRNE, Expeditionary, MRO, and Tactical—supported by four service modules: Noble IQ (equipment sustainment and operator instruction), Technical Services (warranty, rental, repair, and technical support), Training Services, and HazmatIQ (hazardous materials training). The portfolio is complemented by the Midtronics Immobilizer (XIM-100 EV) add-on product for vehicle threat mitigation. The platform leverages a supply chain network of over 13,000 suppliers and 150 contract vehicles to provide end-to-end procurement, sustainment, and operations support for the U.S. Military and civilian government agencies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Noble IQ: Mission-ready expertise across equipment support, sustainment, and operator instruction.
• HazmatIQ

Products and services

• Aerospace Solutions Aerospace solutions supplying equipment for defense, government, and commercial aerospace missions.
• C5ISR Solutions End-to-end support for modern C5ISR environments including command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems.
• CBRNE Solutions Protection and response solutions for evolving CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive) threats.
• Expeditionary Solutions Mobility-focused solutions for expeditionary operations.
• MRO (Maintenance, Repair, and Operations) Solutions Sustainment solutions for mission-critical assets covering maintenance, repair, and operational support.
• Tactical Gear Trusted tactical gear and operational support for military and defense operations.
• Noble IQ Mission-ready expertise across equipment support, sustainment, and operator instruction for defense and government customers.
• Technical Services Warranty, rental, repair, and technical support services that maximize performance of customer equipment.
• Training Services Expert-led training that improves readiness, performance, and mission success for military and government customers.
• HazmatIQ Expert-led hazardous materials training backed by trusted reference resources.
• Midtronics Immobilizer (XIM-100 EV) Rapid vehicle immobilization product for enhanced safety and threat mitigation; the Midtronics XIM-100 EV immobilizer enables quick response capabilities for government and security customers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 150 integrated contract vehicles providing streamlined government purchasing
• +1 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• ADS Inc. ADS Inc. is a leading value-added distributor and procurement solutions provider of products, services, and technologies to militaries, federal agencies, and international allied nations. It is the closest direct comparable to NOBLE: a defense equipment aggregator using contract vehicles and supplier networks to serve the same DoD customer base.
• W.S. Darley & Co. W.S. Darley is a private, multi-generational defense equipment distributor that supplies firefighters, military, and government agencies. Its mission is highly analogous to NOBLE's role as a procurement intermediary offering integrated purchasing pathways for public-safety and defense customers.
• Insight Public Sector (Insight Enterprises): Insight Public Sector is a government-focused IT and technology procurement provider serving federal, state, and education customers through GSA schedules and contract vehicles. It mirrors NOBLE's contract-vehicle-aggregation GTM and government-buyer-centric procurement model.

Broad incumbents

• SAIC: Science Applications International Corporation is a large prime defense contractor and federal services integrator serving the U.S. DoD and civilian agencies. It competes for many of the same task orders and contract vehicles NOBLE supports, but at far greater scale across a broader portfolio of services.
• Leidos: Leidos is a large-scale defense, intelligence, and civil government services contractor working across similar domains (C5ISR, logistics, sustainment). It overlaps materially with NOBLE on mission-critical equipment, technical services, and global sustainment work for the U.S. military.
• Booz Allen Hamilton: Booz Allen Hamilton is a top-tier federal government consulting and IT services firm supporting defense, intelligence, and civilian agencies. As a strategy-consulting and integrator, it competes for adjacent contract vehicles and procurement-management work that overlaps with NOBLE's federal-customer engagement.
• KBR: KBR delivers government services, mission solutions, and sustainment support for the U.S. military and allied governments worldwide. Its global defense logistics and mission support footprint overlaps with NOBLE's expeditionary, sustainment, and international domain capabilities.
• CACI International: CACI provides expertise and technology to U.S. defense, intelligence, and federal civilian agencies across command, control, communications, and intelligence domains. It competes in many of the same C5ISR-related procurement and services lanes that NOBLE supports.

Emerging players

• Smiths Detection: Smiths Detection is a specialist manufacturer of CBRNE threat detection and screening equipment widely procured by defense, federal, and international customers. It represents one of NOBLE's upstream suppliers but also a partial overlap in CBRNE product offerings the company distributes.

Others

• Government Acquisition Services (GSA) / Schedule contractors: GSA's Federal Acquisition Service is the contracting authority that operates many of the contract vehicles NOBLE integrates. GSA itself does not directly compete but defines the procurement pathways and Schedule structures that NOBLE, ADS, Insight, and peer distributors all leverage for government sales.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCrhPvkGD41hIX5jalzpREyQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/federalresources
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/federal-resources
• Instagraminstagram.com/nobledefense
• Xx.com/fedresources

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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