Central Radio Company, Inc.

Central Radio Company, Inc., a veteran-owned small business headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia, supplies Motorola UHF radio systems, repeaters, base stations, and related naval communication equipment to the Department of the Navy as a prime contractor (59% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor on Navy ship repair and modernization programs. The company competes predominantly in full-and-open procurements rather than set-asides, with recent prime work split between total small business set-aside purchases and non-set-aside purchases from Naval Sea Systems Command, Military Sealift Command, and US Fleet Forces Command.

Central Radio's customer concentration is heavily Navy-specific. The top five Navy customers account for 93% of recent awards, led by Naval Sea Systems Command (129 awards, $203 thousand combined potential value) and Information Warfare Systems Command (89 awards, $7.6 million combined potential value). However, the two rankings diverge significantly: Information Warfare Systems Command dominates dollars (89 awards worth $7.6 million), while Naval Sea Systems Command places many small purchases (129 awards but only $203 thousand). Military Sealift Command, the third-largest dollar customer (26 awards, $887 thousand), anchors recent high-value prime work including a $239,440 firm fixed-price purchase order for UHF radio repeaters, radios, base stations, and antennas for USNS Cody (T-EPF 14) awarded September 20, 2024, and a $153,010 purchase order for Motorola radio equipment for USNS Apalachicola (T-EPF 13) awarded October 20, 2023. Representative smaller prime awards include a $71,910 purchase order from Military Sealift Command for Motorola radio equipment on USNS Humphreys (May 19, 2023), a $21,025 total small business set-aside from US Fleet Forces Command for UHF radio and accessory replacement at Fort Story, Virginia (July 31, 2025), and a $10,030 purchase order from Military Sealift Command for a UHF repeater on USNS Cody (February 10, 2026).

Central Radio sits on an 89-task-order indefinite delivery contract N6523603D7714 worth $7.6 million combined potential value with Information Warfare Systems Command, representing the largest parent vehicle. The company also holds seats on a two-task-order Basic Ordering Agreement N0018983D0028 and other Navy IDCs. The vendor's NAICS concentration reflects this mission: Ship Building and Repairing (139 awards), Engineering Services (98 awards), and Communication Equipment Repair and Maintenance (19 awards). PSC codes center on maintenance, repair, and rebuild of communication, detection, and coherent radiation equipment (59 awards) and electrical and electronic equipment components (27 awards).

Activity has been episodic but recently sustained: three awards in 2021, then a jump to 46 in 2023, 54 in 2024, and 34 in 2025, with one award year to date (through February 2026). The combined obligated value of $30.2 million exceeds the combined potential value of $16.5 million by 183%, indicating significant task order execution against established IDCs. As a subcontractor, Central Radio delivers naval communication equipment installation, repair, and casualty reporting system support to BAE Systems Maritime Solutions Norfolk on docking selected restricted availability (DSRA) and other maintenance availabilities for USS Kearsarge, USS Carter Hall, USS Laboon, USS Vicksburg, and other surface combatants and amphibious ships; the company also subs to East Coast Repair & Fabrication on ship modernization work, to Metro Machine Corp on docking maintenance, and to Marine Hydraulics International on selected restricted availability (SRA) work. Across prime and sub roles, Central Radio's footprint centers on Navy ship maintenance and modernization, particularly UHF radio system replacement and casualty reporting system installation during selected restricted availabilities and docking availabilities in the Norfolk Naval Shipyard region.

RADARS, SONAR, FATHOMETERS, SATELLITES, LORANS, DIRECTION FINDERS, RECEIVERS, TRANSCEIVERS, ANTENNAS, TWO-WAY RADIOS, CANOPY & OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT.