Comrod Inc.

Comrod Inc., a foreign-owned manufacturer of military communications equipment based in Westlake, Ohio, operates as a prime contractor (89% of recent awards) delivering antenna systems, mast assemblies, radio frequency components, and related communications infrastructure to the U.S. Department of Defense and military services. The company is a subsidiary of Comrod AS, a Norway-based manufacturer, and competes predominantly full-and-open (no set-aside designations on the majority of awards), though it holds two Total Small Business set-aside IDCs and has won scattered Total Small Business purchase orders.

Comrod's capability portfolio centers on specialized antenna equipment for tactical and naval communications. Concrete examples include a $289,167 delivery order from the Naval Air Warfare Center (December 2024) for MUOS/SATCOM antennas with rigid bases; a $257,620 purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime (February 2026) for 220 antenna units across three line items; a $183,000 Naval Air Warfare Center delivery order (September 2023) for vehicle-mounted UHF antennas supporting naval aviation; and a $25,290 Navy contract (May 2022) for MF/HF antenna systems and accessories including transformers and ground cables for simultaneous HF transmissions. Supporting this core capability, Comrod manufactures antenna elements, antenna support bases, antenna subassemblies, triplexers (signal-combining equipment), mast systems, and accessory kits. The company also supplies cordage and elastic cord assemblies to DLA Construction and Equipment. Work is performed at Comrod's Westlake, Ohio facility with delivery to Defense Logistics Agency distribution depots, military installations, and overseas locations.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, which accounts for 137 awards (69% of all awards) with $14.4 million in combined potential value. The Naval Air Warfare Center places the second-largest dollar volume, with 20 awards (all delivery orders under parent IDCs) worth $12.6 million combined. Together, these two customers account for approximately 91% of recent awards. The Marine Corps, Army Communications Electronics Command, and Army Acquisition Support Center (PEO Missiles and Space) round out the active set. Comrod serves 16 distinct customer agencies total, but the top two represent the operational center of gravity.

Comrod holds five named parent indefinite delivery contracts, spanning both single-award and multi-year vehicles. The largest is a $6.5 million Naval Air Warfare Center IDC (awarded June 2024, completion June 2029) for MUOS/SATCOM antennas and rigid bases, from which 13 delivery orders have been placed. The company also operates a $841,683 single-award DLA antenna IDC (July 2022 through July 2027) supporting streamlined procurement, and two active Total Small Business single-award IDCs with DLA Land and Maritime—one worth $350,000 (awarded November 2025, completion November 2026) for antenna equipment, and another $350,000 vehicle (awarded April 2026, completion April 2027) for the same product line. A $1.6 million Other Transaction vehicle with the Marine Corps (awarded August 2021) procures 34-meter prototype masts and updated 34-meter mast systems. Beyond these named vehicles, the source indicates Comrod operates under multiple additional DLA and Naval Air Warfare Center IDCs; the top five parent vehicles listed account for approximately 48 task orders.

Activity has been declining year over year—from 28 awards in 2022 and 35 in 2023 to 29 in 2024, 21 in 2025, and 17 in 2026 (through April). Only two awards (combined potential value $61 thousand) have ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal recompete exposure in the near term; however, the two $350,000 single-award DLA IDCs awarded in late 2025 and April 2026 will reach their one-year ceiling or completion threshold around November 2026 and April 2027 respectively, creating potential recompete windows.

In its subcontractor footprint, Comrod supplies antenna systems, mast assemblies, and communications components to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (for IBCS hardware production), DRS Sustainment Systems (M-LIDS mast equipment and spares), L3Harris Technologies (power supplies for HFSAR upgrades), Atlantic Diving Supply (MUOS diplex and GPS PNT distribution systems), Science Applications International Corporation (MVF antenna integration), Thales Defense & Security (tactical radio components for the Army Leader Radio program), and General Dynamics Mission Systems. These relationships anchor Comrod's role as a specialized supplier within the larger defense prime ecosystem. The vendor's capability concentration in NAICS 334220 (Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing) spans 155 of its 199 recent awards, with PSC code 59 (Antennas, Waveguides, And Related Equipment) accounting for 166 awards—a tight, defensible market position in antenna systems and RF components.

Comrod's award history extends back to at least June 2012, and the source carries $30.1 million in combined potential value across 199 awards (prime and sub), with $14.2 million obligated to date (47% of potential). The company's dollar per award trend is modest (averaging roughly $150 thousand per award across the full portfolio), reflecting a high-volume, component-supplier business model rather than large system integrations. With 89% of awards held as a prime contractor and the remaining 11% as a subcontractor on defense primes, Comrod operates both as a direct DLA and Navy supplier and as a lower-tier vendor within the IBCS, tactical radio, and mast modernization supply chains.

Antennas, Masts, Power Supplies and Battery Chargers