Chelton Avionics, Inc.

Chelton Avionics, Inc. Canyon Aeroconnect Division, doing business as Canyon Aeroconnect, manufactures aerospace avionics components and software-defined radios and provides repair, upgrade, and overhaul services for mission-critical aviation electronics to federal agencies as a prime contractor (73% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor on aircraft programs. Canyon Aeroconnect is a for-profit manufacturer of goods headquartered in Prescott, Arizona, and is a subsidiary of TransDigm Group Inc.; the company competes on an unrestricted, full-and-open basis with no SBA set-asides across its prime footprint.

Canyon Aeroconnect's customer concentration is heavily weighted toward the U.S. Coast Guard. The Department of Homeland Security US Coast Guard accounts for 188 awards (55% of total awards) and $52.6 million in combined potential value—approximately 77% of the vendor's dollar total. The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Air Force Sustainment Center ranks second at 26 awards and $9.5 million combined potential value. The Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command contributes 67 awards but carries only $4.5 million in combined potential value, reflecting a mix of smaller individual orders. The top five customers by award count cover 86% of all awards, indicating strong customer concentration.

Canyon Aeroconnect holds three significant single-award IDCs anchoring its prime work: an $18.47 million Coast Guard IDC (awarded August 2023, extending through August 2026) for repair, upgrade, and overhaul of Airborne Software Defined APCO P25 Transceiver RT-5000 Radios and Data Bus Control Unit 1553 Ethernet systems across rotary and fixed-wing aircraft fleets; a $3.51 million Air Force Sustainment Center IDC (awarded June 2023, extending through June 2026) for repair of avionic components on TH-1H helicopters; and a $5.65 million Coast Guard IDC (awarded April 2022, expiring March 2026) for RT-5000 and related equipment repair on MH-60T aircraft. These three vehicles anchor the majority of delivery-order activity. Canyon Aeroconnect also sits on several other IDCs with the Air Force and other agencies, visible in the top parent vehicles list where Indefinite Delivery Contract HSCG3816DJ00004 carries 58 task orders ($4.6 million combined potential value) and IDC 70Z03823DE0000002 carries 19 task orders ($10.9 million combined potential value).

Representative prime work includes a $2.12 million delivery order from the Coast Guard (December 2024) for RT-5000 and RT-5000 SAR transceiver repair on MH-60T helicopters, a $683 thousand delivery order (December 2025) for repair of RT5000S and RT5000SARS transceivers on MH-60T aircraft, a $1.83 million delivery order (September 2025) for RT-5000 and SAR transceiver repair, and numerous smaller purchase orders for antenna procurement and component repair ranging from $15 thousand to $250 thousand. The vendor also supplies manufactured components as original equipment manufacturer, including multiple orders for antenna units (part number 121-040130-01) and RT-5000 radios for Coast Guard platforms.

As a subcontractor, Canyon Aeroconnect delivers avionics components and technical support to major primes including Textron Aviation (numerous NAVAIR Multi-Engine Training System METS program sub-awards for avionics integration), The Boeing Company (T-38C and AH-64 avionics component support, UH-1N helicopter systems), Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (aircraft components), Sierra Nevada Company (communication equipment for Big Safari programs), L3Harris Technologies (Big Safari radio systems), and Lockheed Martin (RT-5000 radio test sets for National Security Cutter integration).

Activity grew substantially from 2022 to 2024, climbing from 8 awards annually to 71, then moderating to 55 in 2025 with 6 through June 2026. Seven awards carrying $5.9 million in combined potential value face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure. Canyon Aeroconnect's capability portfolio concentrates on APCO P25 software-defined radio repair and maintenance, Data Bus Control Unit overhaul, aviation antenna procurement and repair, and general avionic component depot-level repair for rotary-wing platforms including MH-60T, HC-144, TH-1H, and MH-65 aircraft. The vendor operates as both an original equipment manufacturer holding exclusive technical data rights for certain components (antennas, radios, control heads) and an FAA-certified repair station, positioning it as a sole-source supplier for OEM-specific maintenance and spare parts across Coast Guard and Air Force sustainment missions.