Flexradio, Inc.

Flexradio, Inc., doing business as Flexradio Systems, manufactures software-defined radio (SDR) systems and wideband high-frequency transceivers for the Department of Defense as a prime contractor (65% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor to defense systems integrators. Flexradio is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation and small-business manufacturer based in Austin, Texas, competing under the Total Small Business set-aside on roughly half its prime work and full-and-open on the remainder.

Flexradio's capability portfolio centers on hardware radio communication systems and software-defined platforms for tactical and contested-environment communications. Representative prime work includes a $1.25 million Air Force Research Laboratory SBIR Phase II award (August 2025, completion November 2026) for development of small form factor SDR systems enabling assured communications in contested environments; a $719,394 Air Force Materiel Command definitive contract (April 2023) for eight Flex9600 wideband high-frequency transceivers supporting novel waveform development for beyond-line-of-sight communications; a $162,896 Office of Naval Research purchase order (August 2022) for Flex-9600-48kHz radio communication equipment; and a June 2026 $74,964 small-business-set-aside purchase order from the Air Force Research Laboratory for a small form factor high-frequency communications suite.

Customer concentration tilts heavily toward Air Force technical commands. The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory leads by potential value ($1.4 million across four awards) and award count (six awards from Air Force Space Command, four from Materiel Command Research Laboratory combined), accounting for the bulk of recent activity. The Missile Defense Agency placed Flexradio on the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) multiple-award indefinite delivery vehicle on December 29, 2025 (no dollar ceiling specified in the source), with an initial $500 delivery order issued. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Department of the Navy round out the customer set. Combined potential value across all recent awards stands at $2.3 million, though combined obligated dollars reached $3.3 million, reflecting performance completion above ceiling on some awards.

Activity accelerated in 2024 (six awards) following dormancy in 2022 and 2023, then moderated in 2025 and 2026. One award—the SBIR Phase II contract—carries a combined potential value of $1.2 million and reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing the primary recompete exposure. In its subcontractor role, Flexradio supplies ML-9600 wideband high-frequency transceivers, waveform porting processors, and precision time-stamping licenses to MITRE Corporation for Air Force National Security Engineering Center services (multiple sub-awards dated March 2024). Flexradio also holds a position on the SHIELD IDIQ under the Missile Defense Agency but has not yet built substantial task-order volume on that vehicle.