Coherent Technical Services, Inc.

Coherent Technical Services, Inc., a for-profit manufacturer and engineering services contractor based in Hollywood, Maryland, operates as a prime contractor (79% of recent awards) and subcontractor on defense modernization programs across the Navy, Air Force, and DARPA, with a heavy concentration in aviation systems, positioning and navigation technologies, and advanced weapons integration. The company is a small business without formal SBA set-aside certifications, competing predominantly in full-and-open procurements.

CTSI's customer base centers on the Department of the Navy. The Naval Air Systems Command Naval Air Warfare Center dominates by both award count and dollars—168 awards representing $23.48 billion in combined potential value, or roughly 19% of the company's total award portfolio. The Naval Information Warfare Systems Command accounts for 59 awards valued at $233.6 million. Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Air Systems Command (non-NAWC), and Air Force Space Command round out the top-five funding agencies. Across all named customers, the top five agencies account for 78% of award count coverage and 98% of combined potential value. The dollar concentration reveals critical vehicle dependency: the Air Force's Eglin Wide Agile Acquisition Contract (EWAAC) alone carries a $92 billion ceiling, and the Naval Air Warfare Center's $7.14 billion single-award Indefinite Delivery Vehicle for aviation systems support and equipment anchors a substantial share of CTSI's Navy footprint.

CTSI holds or participates in multiple high-value parent vehicles. The C4ISR Emerging PNT Technologies IDIQ generated 24 task orders valued at $20.9 million; the C4ISR Emerging Navigation Technologies vehicle generated 34 task orders at $13.1 million. Indefinite Delivery Contract N0042116D0009 placed 17 task orders, and Indefinite Delivery Contract N0042121D0017 placed 15 task orders. CTSI's most recent vehicle wins include a $151 billion multiple-award IDIQ under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program with the Missile Defense Agency (awarded December 29, 2025), a $75 million single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement for machine shop services with Naval Sea Systems Command (awarded July 2, 2024), and a $4.999 million multiple-award BPA with NASA Glenn Research Center for machining, fabrication, welding, instrumentation, and NDT services (awarded August 22, 2022).

Award activity has accelerated in recent years—from 22 awards in 2022 to a peak of 55 in 2024, with 33 awards in 2025 and 3 awards (year-to-date) in 2026. Twelve awards carrying combined potential value of $34.1 million face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and represent recompete exposure. Representative prime contracts span research and development, manufacturing, and technical services. A $24.8 million Seaport-NXG delivery order from Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (awarded October 23, 2024) covers prototyping and test and evaluation for emerging PNT technologies extending through October 2029. A $16.356 million DARPA Control Systems for Coordinated Operations (COSYCO) definitive contract (awarded September 30, 2024) supports cost-plus-fixed-fee research. An SBIR Phase III delivery order valued at $5.952 million under total small business set-aside (awarded September 4, 2024) supports Naval Air Warfare Center RDT&E through August 2026. A $5.487 million Naval Air Warfare Center delivery order (awarded June 23, 2023) covered fabrication and delivery of UMCS MD-5C Auxiliary Visualization Platform consoles for three Nimitz-class aircraft carriers. A $1.95 million SBIR Phase II definitive contract from Naval Air Warfare Center (awarded April 3, 2023) runs through April 2027.

In its subcontractor role, CTSI works regularly under BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Inc. (the dominant prime for CTSI's recent sub activity, with dozens of task orders spanning ATC&LS labor, systems integration, and fabrication), J.F. Taylor Inc. (engineering support), Science Applications International Corporation (PNT systems engineering integration and IMDC2 technical support), CACI Inc. Federal (digital engineering and digital transformation), The Boeing Company (MQ-25 EMD aerospace support), and Naval Systems Inc. The SCI dataset shows minimal service-contract invoicing—only 1 prime record and 5 sub records across FY2022–FY2024—with negligible FTE trajectory (1.4 FTEs in FY2022, 0.0 in FY2023, 1.8 in FY2024), indicating that CTSI's federal work mix is dominated by goods manufacturing, product deliveries, and delivery-order labor that fall above or below the SCI reporting threshold or remain unclassified.

CTSI's capability footprint, grounded in award descriptions, emphasizes engineering design, research and development, prototyping, testing, and specialized equipment manufacturing for complex defense systems. The company maintains particular expertise in aviation systems integration, positioning and navigation technologies (GPS modernization, inertial navigation systems, EGI accelerometers and gyroscopes), weapons systems interfaces, communications integration, Ship Integration Multi-Touch System (SIMS) lifecycle support and enhancements, and CH-53K King Stallion helicopter spares and maintenance. Work is performed at multiple locations: Hollywood, Maryland (corporate headquarters and primary facility), Lexington Park, Maryland, St. Inigoes, Maryland, Patuxent River, Maryland, San Diego, California, and Huntsville, Alabama. Primary NAICS classifications center on Engineering Services (97 awards), Research and Development in Physical and Engineering Sciences (79–74 awards by variant), Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (31 awards), and Machine Shops (18 awards). Dominant PSC codes reflect R&D across defense system electronics and communications equipment and miscellaneous aircraft accessories and components.