Caes Systems LLC

Caes Systems LLC, a Lansdale, Pennsylvania-based defense electronics manufacturer, delivers specialized communications systems, electronic warfare components, radar technologies, and aerospace electronics to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor across full-and-open federal procurement (90% of awards by count) with no recurring set-aside posture.

The company operates as a for-profit limited liability company under parent Caes Systems Holdings LLC (also referred to as Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions Inc. in historical contexts). Caes Systems competes primarily in full-and-open markets without SBA set-aside designations, positioning itself as an established defense industrial supplier rather than a designated small business. The vendor's NAICS profile centers on Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing (NAICS 334220), Other Electronic Component Manufacturing (334413), and Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (334511), with PSC concentration in Antennas and Waveguides (PSC 59), Miscellaneous Electrical and Electronic Components (PSC 58), and Miscellaneous Aircraft Accessories (PSC 17).

Caes Systems' capability footprint spans antenna array panel assemblies and repairs for naval electronic warfare systems, RF and microwave component manufacturing, circuit card assemblies, printed circuit boards, cable assemblies, semiconductor devices, specialized modules (YIG/SW, PDF downconverters, HPOI modules, MMW activity detectors), and engineering support for advanced military electronics. Recent representative prime awards include a $67.8 million firm fixed-price definitive contract from Naval Air Systems Command for LBC follow-on transmitters (awarded March 1, 2026, completing December 31, 2030), a $16.1 million firm fixed-price definitive contract from Naval Supply Systems Command for antenna array panel manufacture (awarded August 15, 2024, completing May 11, 2027), a $65.75 million firm fixed-price definitive contract from Naval Air Systems Command for non-recurring engineering on EA-18G Growler electronic assembly systems (awarded September 27, 2023, completing May 14, 2027), and a $5.04 million cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order from Naval Sea Systems Command for antenna array panel assembly spare material (awarded September 24, 2025, completing December 18, 2028).

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to Navy logistics and systems commands. The top five funding agencies by award count account for 86% of recent awards: Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime (717 awards, $94.7 million combined potential value), Defense Logistics Agency Aviation (434 awards, $68.9 million), Naval Supply Systems Command (225 awards, $60.5 million), Naval Sea Systems Command (73 awards, $114.9 million), and Naval Air Systems Command (72 awards, $572.4 million). The dollar rankings show Naval Air Systems Command dominates by potential value at $572.4 million across 72 awards, reflecting the company's deep involvement in airborne platform electronic warfare modernization, while DLA Land and Maritime leads by sheer award count but carries smaller discrete purchase order values. Across 1,776 total awards (prime and sub), the vendor has combined potential value of $18.66 billion with only 6% obligated to date ($1.16 billion), indicating a large pipeline of unfunded ceiling authority.

Caes Systems holds a multi-billion-dollar seat on the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) multiple award IDIQ (Missile Defense Agency, December 29, 2025, completion December 28, 2035) as one of multiple awardees, with an initial $500 delivery order issued. The vendor also maintains a $38.5 million single-award indefinite delivery contract with Naval Sea Systems Command for test, teardown, evaluation, repair, and support services for Antenna Array Panel Assemblies used in the AN/SLQ-32(v)6 electronic warfare system (awarded February 9, 2023, completing February 8, 2028), which has generated at least nine delivery orders ranging from $100 thousand for engineering services to $5.04 million for spare material. A $7.05 million single-award Basic Ordering Agreement with Naval Sea Systems Command for electronic warfare component support (awarded September 21, 2022, completing July 15, 2027) supports fleet sustainment and logistics infrastructure. Caes Systems places additional task orders under the Advanced Technology Support Program IV (ATSP4) IDIQ managed by Naval Air Systems Command (34 task orders, $26 million combined potential value) for microelectronic capability solutions and advanced technology antenna systems.

Subcontract activity reflects deep teaming relationships with major prime contractors. The vendor subcontracts to L3Harris Technologies (antenna and receiver rework services, countermeasures system engineering), The Boeing Company (common aerospace commodities for F/A-18E, F-15EX, and other platforms), Raytheon Company (RF switches and attenuators for Patriot and Standard Missile programs), Northrop Grumman Systems (scaled onboard electronic attack system microelectronic solutions), and Lockheed Martin Corporation (THAAD antenna assemblies and AN/SLQ-32(v)6 subsystems). Additional sub-award primes include KBR Wyle Services (space geodesy satellite components), Amentum Services (naval surface warfare center strategic microelectronics), and Parsons Government Services (ordnance recovery operations). This subcontractor portfolio indicates Caes Systems operates as both a Tier-1 electronics component and assembly supplier and a specialized repair-and-sustainment service provider across Navy, Air Force, and Army modernization programs.

Activity trajectory shows growth: 50 awards in 2022, 33 in 2023, 105 in 2024, and 103 in 2025, with 10 awards recorded in the first five months of 2026. Recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months includes 22 awards with combined potential value of $119.6 million, concentrated in Naval Supply Systems Command antenna and module procurements and Naval Sea Systems Command AAPA repair delivery orders, signaling active sustainment spending that competitors may pursue.