Communications & Power Industries LLC

Communications & Power Industries LLC, operating through its Microwave Power Products Division - Eimac Operations and doing business as CPI, manufactures specialized electron tubes, traveling wave tubes, klystrons, and associated microwave power components for the federal government as a prime contractor (99% of recent awards) competing on an unrestricted, full-and-open basis with no small business set-aside designations.

CPI is a for-profit limited liability company headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with no SBA certifications. The vendor has maintained continuous federal registration since October 2001 and operates across 26 distinct customer agencies, with overwhelming concentration in Defense Logistics Agency customers. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime and Defense Logistics Agency combined account for 84% of award count (1,756 awards) and 91% of potential value ($192.9 million of $219.3 million combined potential value). The Department of the Navy, Department of the Air Force, and US Agency for Global Media represent smaller portions of the customer base. Concentration is extreme by both volume and dollars: DLA Land and Maritime alone represents 973 awards valued at $186 million.

CPI's capability footprint centers on procurement of electron tubes by national stock number and associated electrical components. Representative prime work includes a $4.735 million definitive contract from DLA Land and Maritime awarded September 29, 2025, for electron tube procurement (NSN 8511644064) with completion through September 13, 2028; a $807.1 thousand Naval Supply Systems Command purchase order awarded July 12, 2023, for ML 6697A electron tubes supporting the AN/FRT-31 VLF transmitter with delivery through July 16, 2026; a $781.2 thousand DLA purchase order awarded March 12, 2025, for 144 electron tubes (NSN 5960002308366); and recurring small-dollar purchase orders for plug-in electrical sockets, contact assemblies, insulators, and spacers across multiple DLA depots and military distribution points. The company also supplies assets in support of the National Airspace System — two civilian federal awards in 2025 totaling $259.3 thousand. Work is performed at CPI's Palo Alto, California facility with delivery to DLA distribution centers (San Joaquin, Hill, Warner Robins, New Cumberland) and other military storage facilities throughout CONUS and OCONUS locations.

CPI holds multiple indefinite delivery contracts with DLA Land and Maritime serving as vehicles for task-order issuance. The source identifies Indefinite Delivery Contracts SPE7MX18D0111 (25 task orders, $2.7 million combined potential value), SPM7MX13D0092 (23 task orders, $3.4 million combined potential value), and SPE7MX21D0011 (18 task orders, $4 million combined potential value), alongside Basic Ordering Agreements DLA90083G0010 and DLA90085G0005 with 20 and 17 task orders respectively. A single-award IDC to CPI was executed February 26, 2026, by DLA Land and Maritime for electronic plug-in sockets (NSN 5935012759293), ceiling $350,000, running through February 26, 2027. This pattern of recurring, small-dollar delivery orders under standing vehicles dominates CPI's prime award structure; the combined potential value of awards completing in the next twenty-four months stands at $2.6 million, representing low recompete cliff exposure relative to the overall portfolio.

CPI performs as a subcontractor to Raytheon Company on naval combat system platforms and weapons systems, with named sub work on the MK-99 Phased Array Radar system (sockets, power tubes, mechanical items, and related items), Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) long-term contracts (major assemblies and engineering efforts), PATRIOT air defense system power-tube supply (2024–2028 performance-based logistics), and AN/TPY-2 transportable radar production for foreign military sales. CPI also holds a sub engagement with Lockheed Martin Corporation on the Peace Krypton program. These subcontract relationships anchor CPI's position as a critical supplier of replacement components and major assemblies for operational defense systems.

Award activity has remained volatile but on average stable: 37 awards in 2022, dropping to 20 in 2023, recovering to 24 in 2024, rising to 35 in 2025, and 10 recorded so far in 2026 (year-to-date through April 15). The combined dollars obligated ($283.8 million) exceed the combined potential value ($219.3 million) across the source data, indicating invoice activity and modifications that have matured prior commitments. CPI competes predominately in NAICS 334419 (Other Electronic Component Manufacturing) and 334190 (Electron Tube Manufacturing), with product specialization heavily weighted toward electron tubes and associated hardware (2,033 of 2,240 awards across all PSC/NAICS groupings). The vendor holds no parent contract vehicles outside of DLA's indefinite delivery and basic ordering agreement framework and serves no GSA Schedule, GWAC, or civilian agency-wide IDIQ positions.