Purchase Order SPE7M525V8328

Microwave Engineering Corporation, a small business manufacturer based in North Andover, Massachusetts, was awarded a $6,382 firm fixed-price purchase order by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Land and Maritime on September 16, 2025, for the delivery of a waveguide assembly. The contract, which carries no set-aside designation, has an ultimate completion date of January 6, 2026, and represents work performed at the contractor's North Andover facility. Waveguide assemblies are critical passive radio frequency components used in defense systems for transmitting microwave signals with minimal loss, making them essential to military communications, radar, and weapons platform applications.

This award demonstrates continued confidence in MEC's specialized capabilities within the defense industrial base. The contractor holds multiple Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA Land and Maritime, including a substantial $1.64 million antenna product contract, which provides the framework for issuing delivery orders such as this one. MEC's strategic importance to national defense is underscored by its role as a supplier to major defense contractors including Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and Northrop Grumman. The relatively modest contract value is typical for component-level procurement under DLA's existing IDC vehicles, which efficiently enable the agency to acquire specialized microwave technologies on an as-needed basis for military aircraft, vessels, weapons systems, and communications networks.