Aviat U.s., Inc.

Aviat U.s., Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of microwave radio systems and communications equipment headquartered in Austin, Texas, operates as a prime contractor (95% of recent awards) on federal communications infrastructure modernization, ground-to-ground aviation systems, and network management technology projects, with ancillary subcontract work. The vendor competes predominantly in full-and-open procurements; small business set-asides appear in roughly 15% of recent prime awards but do not anchor the footprint. Aviat holds no SBA designations and no vehicles on government-wide acquisition contracts; work flows through single-award IDVs and federal supply schedules.

Aviat's capability portfolio centers on microwave radio platforms, network monitoring systems, antenna installation and repair, technical training, and equipment maintenance support. Representative prime work includes a $798,488 small-business-set-aside delivery to Air Force Materiel Command (Cannon AFB, New Mexico) for microwave system replacement and connectivity infrastructure between Cannon AFB and Melrose Air Force Range, awarded September 2025 with completion by May 2026; a $2.3 million single-award indefinite delivery contract with the Federal Aviation Administration for Program One digital microwave radio equipment, maintenance, software, and licensing running through September 2025, under which multiple delivery orders ranging from $56 thousand to $453 thousand have been issued since 2021; and a $880,972 small-business-set-aside purchase order from the National Park Service Pacific West Region for microwave radio infrastructure replacement at six telecommunications sites across the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, awarded September 2024 with completion by December 2025. Recent activity also includes $356,456 for an Eclipse IRU 600 radio platform and terminal to the U.S. Geological Survey for seismic data transmission (July 2026), $292,147 for aviation supplies and services to Yosemite National Park (June 2026), and $33,346 for virtual aviation training to the U.S. Coast Guard (June 2025).

Customer concentration spans defense and civilian agencies across 51 distinct customers, with the top five customers accounting for 39% of awards. The Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command leads by award count (36 awards, $4.7 million combined potential value), followed by the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard (27 awards, $2.2 million), the Department of Energy Western Area Power Administration (24 awards, $11.5 million), and the Federal Aviation Administration Headquarters (17 awards, $9.2 million). By combined potential value, the Department of Energy Western Area Power Administration ranks first ($11.5 million across 24 awards), with the FAA second ($9.2 million across 17 awards). The divergence between rankings reflects high-dollar single awards to civilian agencies and higher-volume lower-dollar orders to Navy systems command; Aviat maintains substantial presence across both defense (Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Air Warfare Center, Air Force Materiel Command, Air Education and Training Command) and civilian agencies (FAA, U.S. Geological Survey, National Park Service, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Energy, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Department of the Interior).

Aviat sits on federal supply schedules and indefinite delivery contracts. The Federal Supply Schedule GS35F0313P carries 35 task orders valued at $4.7 million combined; Indefinite Delivery Contract DEWA0003141 carries 20 task orders valued at $4.5 million; Indefinite Delivery Contract 693KA920D00009 carries 9 task orders valued at $5.7 million; and Federal Supply Schedule GS00K88AGS0712 carries 7 task orders. These are not government-wide vehicles; they are single-award IDVs and civilian-agency supply schedules that constrain Aviat's position to designated customers rather than across-government reach.

Award activity has grown from 7 in 2022 to 18 in 2024, with 13 awards in 2025 and 3 to date in 2026 (as of early July). Seven awards with combined potential value of $10.4 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and face recompete exposure. The vendor's award footprint spans four decades (first award September 1985), indicating sustained federal presence, though recent annual volumes remain modest relative to the dollar magnitudes on individual orders.

Aviat operates as a subcontractor to larger defense and mission-technology primes, including Mantech TSG-2 Joint Venture (weapons systems modeling and simulation, engineering, integration, and cyber security for Naval Surface Warfare Center Corona, with work on radio tower installation, antenna peripherals, and ODU 6V2 warranty services), General Dynamics One Source LLC (remote video surveillance system upgrades, product updates), HII Mission Technologies Corp (naval training modeling and simulation support, Yuma microwave backbone upgrade), Serco Inc. (public safety systems sustainment), and Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc. (Eclipse IRU 600 radio platform supply). Service Contract Inventory data shows only 3 records (all subcontract work, no prime SCI records), capturing 3.0 FTEs in FY2022 and 1.9 FTEs in FY2024 — an incomplete and declining snapshot of Aviat's actual federal services delivery, as SCI excludes goods and products, which dominate Aviat's portfolio.

The combined potential value across all 302 awards totals $34.04 billion, but this figure is heavily distorted by the FAA's single-award indefinite delivery vehicle to Aviat, which carries a placeholder ceiling for contract management purposes unrelated to anticipated spend. Obligated dollars across the portfolio sum to $52 million, reflecting the gap between stated ceilings and actual contractual commitments. Aviat's concrete delivery footprint in recent years — the past three to five years — centers on microwave radio equipment, installation, training, and maintenance support across civilian infrastructure (FAA, USGS, National Park Service, Department of Energy power administration, Bureau of Reclamation), defense communications (Navy surface warfare, Coast Guard, Air Force), and law enforcement (Federal Bureau of Investigation microwave radio maintenance).