Applied Systems Engineering Inc.

Applied Systems Engineering Inc., doing business as A S E, manufactures and repairs sophisticated defense electronics — microwave amplifiers, radar transmitters, traveling wave tube amplifiers, and high-voltage power supply modulators — sold primarily to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor (96% of awards) on full-and-open, non-set-aside basis. A S E is a small business, for-profit manufacturer headquartered in Benbrook, Texas, with all work performed at its primary facility in Benbrook.

A S E's customer footprint is heavily concentrated in Air Force logistics and naval defense. The top two funding agencies account for 94% of combined potential value: the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Ogden Air Logistics Complex (89 awards, $66.5 million combined potential value) and the Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command (47 awards, $12.6 million combined potential value). The Air Force represents roughly 75% of A S E's dollar volume, driven by a dominant position on four Air Force IDIQ vehicles for repair services supporting the Joint Threat Emitter (JTE), Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR), Mini-MUTES, and related threat-emulation programs. The Navy provides the remainder, anchored by two IDICs: a $249,999 Blanket Purchase Agreement for traveling wave tube amplifier evaluation and repair (awarded May 2025, running through May 2030) and a $1.65 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract for Model 177 High Voltage Power Supply Modulator procurement, evaluation, repair, and spare parts (awarded September 2025, running through August 2029).

A S E's IDIQ portfolio drives its order flow. The largest vehicle is the Air Force's $7 million five-year IDIQ (FA825022D0001, awarded January 2022, ultimate completion January 2027) for JTE, UTTR, and Mini-MUTES repair services; A S E has issued 23 task orders against this vehicle (combined potential value $5.6 million), with individual delivery orders ranging from $6,903 to $1.69 million. Two additional Air Force IDIQs (FA825017D0002 and FA825017D0004) carry 17 and 15 task orders respectively (combined potential values $2.7 million and $3.5 million). Work under these vehicles spans repair of radar transmitters by National Stock Number, transmitter subassembly evaluation and teardown, traveling wave tube amplifier repair, and modulator spare parts procurement. Representative prime awards include a $2.23 million JTE radar transmitter production contract (March 2024, ultimate completion July 2025), a $5.997 million radar transmitter delivery and repair contract (June 2023, ultimate completion January 2026), and a $1.381 million Naval Sea Systems Command purchase order for amplifiers (March 2026, completion March 2027).

Activity has grown steadily — seven awards in 2022 to 21 in both 2024 and 2025 — with eight awards (combined potential value $3 million) facing ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months and therefore subject to recompete. A S E receives both set-aside (Total Small Business) and unrestricted delivery orders under its IDIQ vehicles; the source identifies Total Small Business set-asides on scattered task orders alongside predominantly full-and-open procurement.

In its subcontractor role, A S E supplies transmitters, traveling wave tube amplifiers, and magnetron transmitters to three prime defense contractors: BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Inc. (Instrumentation Range Support Program III model 337X transmitters and 477Ka traveling wave tube amplifiers, with milestone payments); Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Joint Threat Emitter production for foreign military sales); and Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. (traveling wave tube amplifier, magnetron transmitter, and klystron transmitter manufacturing for HPM support). A S E's sub footprint is nascent — 14 sub awards (4% of total) concentrated in recent activity (2023–2025).

A S E's capability classification splits across two dominant NAICS categories: Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance (71 awards) and Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (64 awards). PSC concentration aligns: Radar Equipment Except Airborne (52 awards), Maintenance/Repair/Rebuild of Electrical and Electronic Equipment Components (49 awards), and Amplifiers (34 awards). The company has held federal awards continuously since 1982 and maintains no government-wide contract vehicles (GWAC, BPA across agencies); all work flows through agency-specific IDIQs with the Air Force and Navy.

High Power Amplifiers and Transmitters. Helix, Coupled Cavity Traveling Wave Tubes, Pulsed/CW and Dual Mode Amplifiers, Grid Pulsed and CW. Klystron pulsed /CW CFA,Magnetron Modulators, Cavity Osc and Amplifiers. Frequencies: 400 to 95 GHz.