Astrocom Electronics Inc.

Astrocom Electronics Inc., a small business manufacturer of military-grade communication components and cable assemblies based in Oneonta, New York, operates as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) supplying the Defense Logistics Agency and related Department of Defense entities with specialized electronic equipment. The company competes predominantly under total small business set-asides across its Indefinite Delivery Contract footprint, with several full-and-open delivery orders and purchase orders also in its recent portfolio.

Astrocom manufactures cable assemblies, electrical cord assemblies, headset-microphones, dynamic microphones, earphones, boom microphones, microphone brackets, and hearing protection devices—all produced at its domestic manufacturing facility in Oneonta and designed to support military logistics across aviation, maritime, and ground equipment domains. Recent representative work includes a $431,821.32 delivery order from DLA Aviation for electrical cord assemblies (March 2025, firm fixed-price), a $233,777.48 total small business set-aside purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime for 1,028 headset-microphone units (October 2024), and a $224,059.50 purchase order from Naval Supply Systems Command for cable assembly manufacturing (April 2025). The company also received a $270,900 Rural Energy for America Program grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (January 2025) to support production capacity expansion for defense-critical electronic components.

Customer concentration is acute. The top five customer agencies account for 91% of combined potential value. DLA Aviation dominates the portfolio with 1,046 awards valued at $72.9 million, followed by DLA Land and Maritime with 981 awards valued at $35.1 million—together representing the vast majority of Astrocom's federal footprint. DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment ranks third with 44 awards worth $16.8 million, and DLA Troop Support Hardware contributes 22 awards valued at $7.2 million. The U.S. Coast Guard has placed 40 awards worth $925 thousand. The concentration by customer largely tracks the concentration by dollars, though DLA Troop Support construction and equipment categories show slightly higher per-award value than pure DLA Aviation or Land and Maritime orders.

Astrocom holds an extensive Indefinite Delivery Contract portfolio with DLA. The top-ceiling IDC is a $2.499 million multiple-award vehicle with DLA Aviation (awarded January 2026, total small business set-aside, completion January 2029) for cable assemblies, cord assemblies, headset-microphones, and related accessories. The second-largest is a $1.897 million multiple-award contract with DLA Land and Maritime (awarded April 2025, total small business set-aside, completion March 2028) for dynamic microphones and communication components. Astrocom also holds numerous single-award IDCs with ceilings of $250 thousand to $350 thousand across DLA Aviation and DLA Land and Maritime, many carrying total small business set-aside designations. These vehicles enable DLA to issue delivery orders without competitive re-solicitation, streamlining procurement of specialized electronic components. Recent IDC awards include a $350 thousand contract with DLA Land and Maritime for headset-microphones (December 2025, completion December 2026, total small business set-aside) and a $350 thousand vehicle with DLA Aviation for microphone cords (February 2026, completion February 2027, no set-aside).

Activity has remained steady year over year, with 123 awards in 2025 and 141 in 2022, averaging roughly 120 awards per year over the past five years. Within the next twenty-four months, 47 awards—combined potential value $2.5 million—reach ultimate completion and face recompete. This recompete window is modest relative to Astrocom's total portfolio value, reflecting the dominance of multi-year IDC vehicles that extend beyond twenty-four months.

Astrocom operates exclusively as a prime contractor; the source contains no sub-award activity. The company's capability focus is narrow and specialized: military-grade communication and electronic components manufactured to defense specification and qualified products list standards, sold almost entirely to DLA and subordinate defense logistics components. The vendor's market position is anchored in small business set-aside vehicles, with the majority of awards and dollars flowing through total small business set-aside IDCs and delivery orders, though roughly one-quarter of recent orders carry no set-aside designation, allowing Astrocom to compete on an unrestricted basis and reflecting confidence in its pricing and past performance in full-and-open environments.

TERMINAL COMMUNICATIONS HEADSETS, MICROPHONES, CABLE ASSEMBLIES, 5965 AND 5995 STOCK CLASSES.