CPI Electron Device Business, Inc.

CPI Electron Device Business, Inc., operating as CPI Beverly Microwave Division, is a manufacturer of electron tubes, magnetrons, transmit-receive limiters, receiver protectors, and related microwave and radio frequency components for the Department of Defense and federal civilian agencies, competing as a prime contractor on full-and-open federal awards with no small-business set-aside activity. The company is a for-profit limited liability corporation headquartered in Beverly, Massachusetts, with additional operational facilities in St. Petersburg, Florida, and St. Inigoes, Maryland, and holds subsidiaries under the Microwave Power Products brand.

CPI's customer base concentrates heavily on defense logistics and repair: the Naval Supply Systems Command accounts for 481 awards valued at $259.9 million combined potential value, the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime holds 549 awards worth $47.7 million, and the Air Force Sustainment Center anchors 124 awards at $853.2 million combined potential value—the largest single-agency value concentration. The Federal Aviation Administration rounds out the top five at 194 awards valued at $29.6 million, reflecting CPI's dual role supplying both defense radar systems and civilian air traffic control infrastructure. The concentration signal is sharp: the top five agencies by potential value account for 83 percent of combined potential value across the portfolio, with Air Force Sustainment Center and Naval Supply Systems Command representing over 55 percent of dollars alone.

CPI holds major indefinite delivery contracts anchoring its federal work: a $90.8 million Naval Supply Systems Command IDIQ for repair of cross-field amplifier electron tubes (awarded June 27, 2022, extending through June 26, 2027); a $10.49 million Air Force Sustainment Center IDIQ for X-band pulsed magnetron and electron tube repair (awarded July 19, 2022, extending through July 18, 2027); and a $2.11 million Franchise Acquisition Services single-award IDIQ for transmit-receive limiters supporting the National Airspace System (awarded April 24, 2025, extending through April 24, 2027). Recent concrete work includes a $6.12 million delivery order from Naval Supply Systems Command (March 27, 2026) for repair of double-duty cross-field amplifier electron tubes; a $758,264 delivery order from the Air Force Sustainment Center (March 24, 2026) for B-52 APQ-166 magnetron and electron tube repair; a $627,116 Naval Supply Systems Command purchase order for electron tubes (May 7, 2025); and a $5.77 million Naval Supply Systems Command delivery order (August 23, 2023) for repair of single-duty, double-duty, and water-cooled vane cross-field amplifier tubes. These vehicles support repair, rebuild, production, and evaluation of critical radar and electronic warfare components across the Department of the Navy, Department of the Air Force, and related agencies.

Activity has grown year over year from 61 awards in 2022 to 96 in 2025, with 19 awards recorded in 2026 to date. Thirty-three awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $24.4 million, representing recompete exposure. The award portfolio spans 2,759 total transactions (prime and sub) valued at $1.61 billion in combined potential value, with $530.2 million obligated (33 percent of potential). Prime awards dominate at 97 percent of the portfolio; the remaining 3 percent reflects subcontract work to major defense primes including Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems, HII Mission Technologies, Sierra Nevada Company, Science Applications International Corporation, and Leidos. Recent subcontract activity includes electron tube and component supply to Northrop Grumman for C-130J receiver-transmitter processors (September 2025); power tube and limiter supply to Raytheon for APY-10 radar systems, LTAMDS missile systems, PATRIOT firing units, and CIWS production (September 2025 through August 2025); and repair services to HII Mission Technologies for magnetron equipment (August through April 2025).

CPI's federal work classifies overwhelmingly under electron tube manufacturing (729 awards) and other electronic component manufacturing (405 awards), with repair and maintenance activity forming a secondary concentration. The product service code distribution mirrors this: electron tubes and associated hardware dominate at 1,530 awards, followed by antennas and waveguides (175 awards) and miscellaneous communication equipment (149 awards). The company competes full-and-open across all work; no set-aside categories appear in the award record.

Service Contract Inventory captures minimal activity—one SCI record for FY2024 showing subcontract labor, approximately 0.7 FTEs. This reflects CPI's posture as a goods and component manufacturer rather than a service provider; SCI reporting typically excludes the electron tube manufacturing, repair, and product delivery that constitute the core business. The SCI figure does not represent total federal revenue and substantially understates both the company's prime and sub activity.