Microwave Power Products, Inc.

Microwave Power Products, Inc., doing business as CPI International, manufactures and repairs specialized electron tubes, traveling wave tubes, klystrons, and related microwave amplification devices for the U.S. Department of Defense, federal civilian agencies, and weather service operations as a prime contractor (99% of recent awards) operating across full-and-open federal procurement with no set-aside designations. The company is a child entity of CPI Electron Device Business, Inc., a limited liability company manufacturer headquartered in Beverly, Massachusetts; Microwave Power Products operates from Palo Alto, California.

Microwave Power Products' federal footprint centers on defense electron tube production, repair, and rebuild services for radar, electronic warfare, and communications systems. Representative recent work includes a $13.7 million definitive contract from Naval Supply Systems Command in June 2024 for production of electron tubes supporting the DDG 51 Arleigh Burke Class Guided Missile Destroyer program; a $36.96 million multiple-award indefinite delivery contract from the Ogden Air Logistics Complex for F-16 APG-68 traveling wave tube repairs (2022–2027); a $9.66 million single-award IDIQ from Naval Sea Systems Command for new production, rebuild, and repairs of continuous wave illuminator traveling wave tubes (2026–2028); a $6.82 million Naval Supply Systems Command delivery order for repair and rebuild of continuous wave illuminator tubes (2025–2027); and a $5.35 million Army Aviation and Missile Command delivery order for klystron electron tube spares supporting the HAWK missile system (2023–2027). The company also holds a $4.12 million single-award indefinite delivery contract from NOAA (2026–2031) for repair and refurbishment of klystron units supporting NEXRAD weather radar systems operated by the National Weather Service, and a $7.7 million Naval Sea Systems Command basic ordering agreement for microwave device engineering services (2025–2030).

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to Navy operations. The top five funding agencies account for 91% of combined potential value across all awards. Naval Sea Systems Command leads by potential value at $471 million across 155 awards, while Naval Supply Systems Command anchors the volume side at $391.6 million across 266 awards. The Army Materiel Command's Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command ranks third at $154.9 million across 94 awards, the Air Force Materiel Command's Ogden Air Logistics Complex fourth at $116.9 million across 84 awards, and the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime fifth at $31.4 million across 11 awards. The company serves 44 distinct federal agencies in total, with the Navy's two major commands accounting for roughly 421 awards and approximately 862 million dollars combined.

The award portfolio spans 1,190 total awards (prime and sub combined) with a combined potential value of $1.28 billion and $594.5 million in obligated dollars (46% realization rate). The top parent vehicles are single- and multiple-award indefinite delivery contracts and basic ordering agreements with Naval Supply Systems Command (N0010405GRS40 with 75 task orders, $15 million obligated; N0010401GA403 with 65 task orders), the Army (W31P4Q13D0014 with 55 task orders, $4.8 million), and the Federal Aviation Administration (DTFAAC12D00012 with 24 task orders, $2.6 million). Activity has remained relatively flat over the past five years, with 21 to 24 awards per year from 2022 through 2025 and 18 awards in 2026 to date. Within the next twenty-four months, 27 awards carrying combined potential value of $63.5 million reach ultimate completion and face recompete.

Microwave Power Products maintains a subcontractor footprint routed through primes including L3Harris Technologies (contractor logistics support for USASOAC Pulse TWT assemblies, 2024), HII Mission Technologies Corp (NITE Task Order repair services, 2024–2025), BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services (Instrumentation Range Support Program III tube repairs, 2024–2026), American Electronic Warfare Associates (klystron unit repair, 2025), and Triad National Security (Los Alamos National Laboratory management support, 2025). Sub awards account for 1% of the portfolio and involve specialized repair and component support, typically for primes managing larger defense platforms.

The NAICS footprint reflects Microwave Power Products' core business: Electron Tube Manufacturing (385 awards), Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance (151 awards), and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing (128 awards). The PSC portfolio is similarly concentrated, with Electron Tubes and Associated Hardware (600 awards) and Maintenance/Repair/Rebuild of Electrical and Electronic Equipment Components (103 awards) dominating. The company's technical specialization in traveling wave tube and klystron production, repair, and engineering support positions it as a critical single-source supplier to naval and air force platforms, with exclusive technical data rights on many component categories that limit competitive alternatives and support sole-source and competitive designations across the prime footprint.