Advanced Test Equipment Corporation

Advanced Test Equipment Corporation, doing business as Advanced Test Equipment Corp, supplies radiation detection equipment, radio frequency measurement devices, electromagnetic field meters, traveling wave tube amplifiers, and related calibration and rental services to the Department of the Navy and other federal defense agencies as a small-business prime contractor (78% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor to major defense primes. The company competes predominantly in full-and-open procurements with selective use of small-business set-asides; across its recent footprint, roughly 40% of prime awards carry small-business set-aside designations (Total Small Business or Competitive 8(a)), while the remainder compete unrestricted.

Headquartered in San Diego, California, Advanced Test Equipment Corporation operates as a for-profit corporate entity. Its capability portfolio centers on equipment sales, rentals, and technical services grounded in test and measurement instrumentation. Recent representative prime work includes a $112,072 firm fixed-price purchase order from Naval Sea Systems Command for S-band traveling wave tube amplifier rentals to the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division (October 2024), a $179,255 unrestricted order from NAVSEA for radiation detection and radio frequency measurement equipment and calibration services (June 2022), and a $90,500 order from the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery for delivery of a 1–2 GHz 2 kW pulsed solid-state amplifier (July 2024). The vendor also supports the Federal Communications Commission ($89,794 for NARDA SRM-3006 radio frequency radiation meters, August 2023) and the Air Force ($153,117 for ten NARDA survey meters via AFLCMC Wright Patterson, August 2022).

Customer concentration is dominated by Navy commands. The top five funding agencies account for 55% of recent awards by count and 83% by combined potential value. Naval Sea Systems Command anchors the portfolio with 29 awards totaling $839 thousand in combined potential value, while Naval Supply Systems Command places 11 awards totaling $1 million. The two agencies capture roughly 36% of the recent dollar value. NASA's Shared Services Center (7 awards, $318 thousand), the Air Force Materiel Command Lifecycle Management Center at Wright Patterson ($194 thousand across 2 awards), and the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery ($91 thousand across 2 awards) complete the major customer set. Across 33 distinct customer agencies, Advanced Test Equipment Corporation has shipped work to NOAA, the FCC, Air Mobility Command, Air Combat Command, and various smaller Army and Air Force field commands.

By parent vehicle, Advanced Test Equipment Corporation holds task-order seats on the Information Analysis Center Multiple-Award Contract (3 task orders), an Indefinite Delivery Contract (N0003923D4000, 2 task orders), and Seaport Next Generation (2 task orders). Most prime awards, however, flow through direct purchase orders rather than established IDIQs or GWACs. Top NAICS codes reflect its equipment focus: Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals (21 awards), Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing (21 awards), and Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (10 awards). Top PSC codes similarly concentrate on Electrical And Electronic Properties Measuring And Testing Instruments (23 awards), Lease Or Rental Of Equipment (11 awards), and Hazard-Detecting Instruments (8 awards).

Activity has accelerated in the past five years, peaking at 21 awards in 2024 before moderating to 9 awards in 2025 and 1 award year-to-date in 2026 (as of mid-April). The vendor's combined potential value across 107 total awards stands at $3 million, with $4.4 million obligated — reflecting actual invoiced performance at a higher rate than stated ceiling values. In its subcontractor role, Advanced Test Equipment Corporation delivers test equipment rentals, amplifiers, waveguides, attenuators, and electromagnetic measurement support to L3 Technologies (multiple awards in 2023–2025 for Cross Track Infrared Sounder instrument support), L3Harris Technologies, The Boeing Company (Mobile User Objective System Service Life Extension work, 2024–2025), Raytheon Company (Foreign Military Sales radar support and synthetic aperture radar test equipment), Leidos, American Electronic Warfare Associates, HII Technical Solutions, KBR Wyle Services, and Battelle Memorial Institute.

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