Clarke Hess Communication Research Corp

Clarke Hess Communication Research Corp, a for-profit manufacturer of specialized electronic test and measurement equipment based in Medford, New York, holds 171 federal prime contracts and IDVs (99% of its award footprint) across the Department of Defense and civilian technical agencies, with a combined potential value of $29.3 million and $22 million obligated to date. The company does not carry SBA set-aside certifications and competes predominantly full-and-open, though it has received occasional Total Small Business designations on specific purchase orders.

Clarke Hess manufactures precision phase angle voltmeters, transconductance amplifiers, precision phase standards, attenuators, and multimeters for research, development, test, and evaluation programs. The company's capability set aligns tightly with NAICS 334515 (Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals), which accounts for 110 of its 171 awards. Recent prime work includes a $3.047 million firm fixed-price delivery order from Air Force Materiel Command (awarded September 8, 2025, completing September 30, 2029) for transconductance amplifier manufacture under Purchase Description 25E-010A-DC; a $540 thousand Total Small Business purchase order from Naval Supply Systems Command (March 13, 2026, completing December 8, 2026) for a conductance bridge; a $240 thousand Naval Air Warfare Center purchase order (February 27, 2023) for 2,523 attenuators; and a $131.7 thousand NIST purchase order (August 1, 2023) for three 100-ampere high-frequency transconductance amplifiers to support electrical metrology research.

Customer concentration is heavy with naval and Air Force technical centers. The top five funding organizations account for 57% of recent awards by count and 90% by potential value. Naval Supply Systems Command leads by award count (34 awards, $3.7 million combined potential value), followed by Naval Air Systems Command Naval Air Warfare Center (31 awards, $6.9 million), but Air Force Materiel Command anchors the potential-value ranking ($9.7 million across six awards), driven by the $4.78 million indefinite delivery contract awarded June 13, 2025. The company also serves the Army Aviation and Missile Command, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and NASA on smaller engagements. Clarke Hess holds active IDVCs with Naval Air Warfare Center valued at $945 thousand and $1.73 million respectively for phase angle voltmeter supply supporting the V-22 Osprey and UH-60M Black Hawk programs.

Vehicle position centers on Federal Supply Schedule GS24F0005K (16 task orders, $2.9 million combined potential value) and multiple single-award Naval Air Warfare Center indefinite delivery contracts. The Air Force Materiel Command IDIC awarded June 2025 carries two delivery orders totaling $3.6 million against a $4.78 million ceiling. Activity has remained relatively flat — four awards in 2022 and 2023, five in 2024, four in 2025, with one award in 2026 — and the company faces minimal recompete exposure, with only the $540 thousand Naval Supply Systems Command conductance bridge reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. Clarke Hess has served federal agencies continuously since 1986 and holds one subcontract position under Atlantic Diving Supply for a transconductance amplifier sub-order in 2024, but prime work dominates its federal footprint.