Astronova, Inc.

Astronova, Inc. (doing business as Astro-Med Inc.), a West Warwick, Rhode Island-based manufacturer of automatic printers, data acquisition systems, and related specialized printing and data visualization equipment, operates as a prime contractor (99% of awards) on full-and-open federal contracts with no set-aside designation across defense and civilian agencies. The company competes predominantly in unrestricted federal procurements, holding no SBA certifications in the source data.

Astronova's federal footprint is heavily concentrated in printer maintenance, repair, and supply for military aircraft platforms. The Air Force Sustainment Center dominates the company's prime revenue — 51 awards worth $9 million combined potential value — centered on two large single-award indefinite delivery contracts: a $4,012,360 IDC for KC-135 automatic printer repair (awarded April 20, 2022, extended through April 19, 2027) and a $713,930 IDC for C-5 data link printer repair (awarded April 25, 2025, through April 24, 2028). The company executes delivery orders under these vehicles regularly; representative recent awards include a $98,838 automatic printer delivery order (March 30, 2026), a $82,638 C-5 data link printer repair order (June 6, 2025), and a $495,960 definitive contract for 15 KC-135 automatic printer units (August 14, 2024). Astronova also serves the Naval Sea Systems Command with data acquisition systems and printer equipment, including a $530,244 firm fixed-price order for TMX data acquisition equipment with new chassis (August 17, 2023) and multiple sole-source data acquisition system orders. The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration represent smaller but recurring customers for printer maintenance and service renewals.

Customer concentration, measured by dollar share, reveals GSA as the largest single source at $50.1 million combined potential value across 74 awards, driven by the Federal Supply Schedule vehicle platform where Astronova holds positions on multiple schedules (GS24F1386C with 198 task orders and $2.9 million combined potential value; V797P4253A with 119 task orders and $2.3 million; GS02F13292 BPA with 61 task orders). This GSA concentration reflects heavy reliance on the Federal Supply Schedule for commodity orders across civilian agencies — the vendor's NAICS profile shows 202 awards in analytical laboratory instrument manufacturing, 108 in electrical and electronic measurement instruments, and 72 in pen and mechanical pencil manufacturing, indicating broad-based supply-side work rather than concentrated program support. Navy customers account for 92 awards by count but only $2.7 million by potential value, signaling a high-volume, low-dollar-per-order transactional pattern. Total potential value across all 1,058 prime and sub awards is $74.5 million, with $34.7 million obligated to date (47% execution).

Astronova subcontracts minimally (1% of awards) to major defense primes. Named sub relationships include Lockheed Martin Corp (multiple sub-awards for C-130J aircraft ethernet switches, printers, and data acquisition systems, including a January 31, 2024 industrial engineering services award under the Strategic and Operational Rockets and Missiles program), Boeing (annual material orders under G3 Phase II), and Raytheon (general engineering services and measuring devices). These sub-awards represent equipment-supply and measurement-device roles on platform programs rather than engineering or program management capacity.

Activity has remained episodic in recent years — six awards in 2025 and two in the first three months of 2026 — with only two awards (combined potential value $138 thousand) facing ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete pressure. The company's first federal award in the source data dates to July 15, 1981, reflecting multi-decade tenure as a defense equipment supplier. Place of performance spans West Warwick, Rhode Island (primary manufacturing facility) and Woburn, Massachusetts (secondary location for KC-135 printer work).

MANUFACTURES A WIDE VARIETY OF SPECIALTY PRINTERS AND ACCESSORIES AS FOLLOWS: THERMAL ARRAY RECORDERS, DATA ACQUISITION RECORDERS AND CHART PAPER, BAR CODE PRINTERS, LABELS, THERMAL TRANSFER RIBBON AND RUGGEDIZED PRINTERS.