Chemring Sensors And Electronic Systems, Inc.

Chemring Sensors And Electronic Systems, Inc. Charlotte Division, operating as Chemring Detection Systems, manufactures specialized CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear) detection sensors, embedded components, and related assemblies for the Department of Defense as a prime contractor (96% of recent awards). The company is foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, competing full-and-open on all recent awards with no set-aside designations. Chemring is a subsidiary of CHG Group, Inc., a foreign-owned corporate parent based in Chantilly, Virginia, which holds an SBA HUBZone certification at the parent level.

Chemring's recent federal award footprint centers on Naval and Army CBRN defense systems. The company holds a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract valued at $5.27 million with the Naval Sea Systems Command running through September 2026, under which it has issued nine delivery orders totaling approximately $1.5 million for embedded parts, intake assemblies, and mounting kits supporting the Joint Biological Point Detection System (JBPDS) and Enhanced Maritime Biological Detector (EMBD) programs, with performance at Indian Head, Maryland and Charlotte, North Carolina. Representative prime work includes a $99.5 million delivery order under the Joint Enterprise Research Development Acquisition and Production-Procurement (JE-RDAP) IDIQ from the Department of the Army (awarded October 2021, completion December 2027) to procure 165 EMBD modification kits, 165 initial fielding packages, and 102 external controller subsystems to modernize the JBPDS; a $2.19 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from the Department of Homeland Security's Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction office (awarded August 2022, completion July 2024) for research and development on CBRN threat detection technology; and a $1.95 million definitive contract from the Naval Supply Systems Command (awarded September 2024, completion September 2025) for three BASE MODULE ASSY units. The company also fulfills smaller component orders from the Army's TACOM Life Cycle Management Command and Army Contracting Command Detroit Arsenal for JBPDS-related parts including intake assemblies, cable assemblies, microporous filters, purge dryer assemblies, and stack assemblies, with individual purchase orders ranging from $4,075 to $747,648.

Customer concentration is dominated by the Department of the Army, which accounts for the overwhelming majority of potential value across recent awards. The top five customer entities by award count—TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (13 awards, $4.9 million potential value), Naval Sea Systems Command (12 awards, $6.7 million potential value), Army Contracting Command Detroit Arsenal (6 awards, $20 million potential value), Joint PEO Chemical and Biological Defense (4 awards, $70.7 million potential value), and Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime (4 awards, $106 thousand potential value)—account for 72% of awards. However, the dollar-value ranking is inverted: the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command carries a single award valued at $8.28 billion combined potential value (likely a large IDIQ or government-wide vehicle), followed by the Army's $99.5 million JE-RDAP delivery order and Joint PEO Chemical and Biological Defense's $70.7 million portfolio, which together represent nearly all of the vendor's total potential value. Thirteen distinct customer agencies appear in the source, but Army programs dominate in both transaction count and dollars.

Activity has declined year over year, from nine awards in 2024 to four in 2025 and two in 2026 (as of April). Four awards carrying combined potential value of $100.1 million face ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure. The vendor's largest active work—the $99.5 million JE-RDAP delivery order—does not complete until December 2027, so the near-term recompete cliff is driven by smaller component orders and the parent $5.27 million Naval Sea Systems Command IDC, which expires September 2026.

Chemring operates as a prime on 96% of recent awards, with only two named subcontract awards in the source: General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc. (a June 2024 sub task on Littoral Combat Ship Independence-class in-service engineering and life cycle support) and The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (a January 2024 sub task on JPEO Mission Support RDT&E repair and maintenance). SCI-reportable service contract invoicing reached $1.4 million in FY2023 and declined to $765 thousand in FY2024, supporting approximately 2.3 FTEs in FY2023 and 1.4 FTEs in FY2024; this reflects the vendor's predominant posture as a goods manufacturer rather than a service provider. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, the vendor engaged zero subcontractor hours. Government-paid hourly rates on service work ran median $275.53 per hour, with a spectrum from $263.64 to $287.41 per hour, consistent with technical professional labor on defense CBRN programs. Primary NAICS coding emphasizes Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (26 awards), with secondary categories in research and development (7 awards) and metal fabrication (4 awards). Top PSC codes are Hazard-Detecting Instruments and Apparatus (11 awards) and Hardware, Weapon System (8 awards).