Catalina Instrument Corp.

Catalina Instrument Corp., a woman-owned, minority-owned small disadvantaged business based in Plainview, New York, manufactures precision industrial components and hardware for naval and defense applications as a prime contractor (91% of recent awards) and subcontractor to major defense primes. The company operates as a Subchapter S Corporation and competes predominantly under total small business set-asides on Naval Supply Systems Command purchase orders, with supplementary full-and-open competitive work flowing through the Department of Defense's Aviation function and the Defense Logistics Agency.

Customer concentration with the Navy is extreme. The Department of the Navy's Naval Supply Systems Command accounts for 186 of 204 recent awards (98% of the active award population), representing $986 thousand in combined potential value. Secondary Navy customers include Naval Sea Systems Command (15 awards, $12 thousand) and Strategic Systems Programs (6 awards). The Defense Logistics Agency contributes minimal volume—two awards totaling $2 thousand through Aviation. This singular reliance on NAVSUP for roughly 98% of prime volume, coupled with modest secondary Navy touchpoints, signals a supply-chain vendor model rather than a systems integrator or prime contractor posture.

Catalina's capability footprint reflects that specialization. Recent named work includes a $20,800 purchase order for nozzles awarded April 22, 2026 (ultimate completion August 17, 2026), a $1,984 order for a dummy shock mount awarded August 27, 2025, a $19,200 order for static grounding equipment awarded July 10, 2023, and recurring awards for pipe flanges ($11,200), ball valves, thermometer sleeves, spacers, screws, and specialty fasteners. The source identifies her relevant experience as dating to SAM.gov registration in 2002 and spanning 31 prior NAVSUP purchase order awards totaling approximately $218,900 before the recent activity slice. Award values are typically in the low thousands to low tens of thousands per purchase order, reflecting unit-part or small-batch procurement patterns rather than large-scale production or integration work.

The vendor maintains active subcontractor relationships with Lockheed Martin Corporation and General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc., providing precision-machined and structural components for defense applications including fire control systems, guided-missile platforms, radar assemblies, and radar antenna structures. Recent sub-awards include contributions to Lockheed's MK 8 MOD 5 Standard Module program (bearing sleeves, shims, brackets, and structural support components) and General Dynamics' fire-control omnibus work. Sub-awards represent 9% of total activity and carry no disclosed dollar values in the source.

Activity trajectory shows volatility: ten awards in 2022, declining to six in 2023, rising to twenty in 2024, then declining to seven in 2025, with one award in the first half of 2026. The combined potential value across all 214 awards (prime and sub) totals $1 million, though $1.9 million in obligated dollars suggests prior-year spending above stated ceiling values—likely reflecting true invoiced revenue or re-obligated funding across contract modifications. The vendor operates at sub-million scale in disclosed potential value, positioning it as a serial small-dollar supplier to Navy supply-chain procurement rather than a vehicle-seat holder or major-program component manufacturer.

PRECISION MACHINED PARTS MECHANICAL AND ELECTRO-MECHANICAL ASSEMBLIES. SHEET METAL PARTS, SMALL STAMPINGS. ALL MATERIALS- METAL, PLASTICS, ETC.