Cavu Consulting Inc.

Cavu Consulting Inc., a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) headquartered in San Diego, California, provides systems engineering, program management, and engineering technical support to the Department of the Navy as a prime contractor (66% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor on naval information warfare and carrier aviation programs. Cavu holds dual SBA certifications as a Veteran-Owned Small Business and SDVOSB, both expiring April 23, 2028, and operates as a Subchapter S for-profit corporation competing predominantly under small-business set-asides on Naval programs.

Cavu's customer footprint is concentrated within the Navy. Five distinct Navy customer organizations account for 100% of recent awards: the Department of the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command leads by award count (17 awards, $87 million combined potential value), while the Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command Naval Air Warfare Center dominates by dollar magnitude (16 awards, $250 million combined potential value). The Missile Defense Agency holds two small awards ($500 combined). Cavu's primary NAICS categories span Engineering Services (21 awards) and Computer Systems Design Services (8 awards), with supporting activity in management consulting and physical sciences R&D.

Cavu holds two significant IDIQ positions anchoring its prime capacity. The Naval Air Warfare Center awarded a multiple-award IDIQ with a ceiling of $249.7 million (Ultimate Completion Date March 3, 2032) under Total Small Business set-aside, spanning systems accreditation, audiovisual multimedia decision aids, ISR, shipboard combat systems, embarkable systems, and airborne mission systems under NAICS 541330. Cavu also holds a seat on the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ awarded by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, a multiple-award vehicle with a multi-billion-dollar ceiling running through December 28, 2035, covering research and development, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and modernization for multi-domain defense capabilities including detection, tracking, and interception of ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats.

Recent prime contract activity centers on naval aviation and information warfare. Cavu holds a $10.65 million delivery order (ultimate completion March 22, 2029) awarded by Naval Information Warfare Systems Command on May 28, 2024, for systems engineering and project management support on the Unmanned Carrier Aviation Mission Control System (UMCS) under the Airborne, Afloat and Ashore Networks, Communications, and Computing Engineering and Technical Services IDIQ. Earlier awards include a $50 thousand purchase order from Naval Air Warfare Center for ATC operations subject-matter expertise (awarded December 15, 2021, completed November 30, 2022).

Cavu operates across multiple Navy-sponsored vehicles, with task-order activity under Seaport Next Generation (8 task orders, $500 combined potential value), Airborne Communications and Networking (7 task orders, $5 million), and the Airborne, Afloat and Ashore IDIQ (4 task orders, $18 million). Award activity has trended upward from four awards in 2020 to seven in 2025, with only one award facing recompete in the next twenty-four months ($4 thousand).

In its subcontractor role, Cavu delivers engineering support across naval information warfare programs. Named prime contractors include American Electronic Warfare Associates (six sub awards spanning airworthiness, cybersecurity safety, DAITA LVCE, and ICE-T engineering support), Booz Allen Hamilton (three sub awards for PMW 205 and ISR payload architecture support), Deloitte Consulting (C4I training virtual environment support), Stracon Services Group (PMA-266 program management support), Highbury Defense Group (HQ 5.0/6.0 executive and program management services), Precise Systems (operational and depot maintenance support), and Ausley Associates (program analyst services). Service Contract Inventory data shows minimal SCI-reported activity: 11 records as subcontractor, growing from 2.7 FTEs in FY2022 to 14.9 FTEs in FY2024, reflecting Cavu's primary focus on prime contract work outside the SCI reporting threshold and classified naval programs excluded from SCI disclosure.