Dallas Avionics, Inc.

Dallas Avionics, Inc., a woman-owned small business based in Dallas, Texas, supplies specialized avionics equipment, aircraft electronics, communication adapters, and radio components to Department of Defense and civilian federal agencies, operating as a prime contractor on 93% of recent awards with no recurring set-aside designation across its footprint.

Dallas Avionics competes full-and-open, not under WOSB set-asides, despite its woman-owned certification. The company is structured as a for-profit corporate entity with a named subsidiary, CAL Labs Inc., also designated woman-owned small business. In recent years, the vendor has broadened from a narrow focus on radio and avionics parts into a more diversified supplier base, though its award portfolio remains concentrated in electronic components and aircraft systems. The company maintains SAM.gov registration dating to 2001, indicating sustained federal contracting presence over two decades.

The customer base spans 72 federal agencies, but concentration is heavily weighted toward Department of Defense. By award count, the Department of the Army leads with 26 awards ($2.3 million combined potential value), followed by the Department of Homeland Security US Coast Guard (17 awards, $120 thousand) and the Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command (16 awards, $155 thousand). By potential value, however, the ranking diverges sharply: the Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration anchors the top position with only 3 awards but $4.5 million combined potential value, signaling one or two large procurements masking the Army's broader but lower-dollar volume. The top five customers by potential value account for 51% of combined dollars. Smaller concentrations appear with the U.S. Forest Service (12 awards, $658 thousand) and Colorado Army National Guard (6 awards, $552 thousand).

Recent prime work reflects Dallas Avionics's core avionics and radio capabilities. A $289 thousand firm-fixed-price purchase order from the FBI for TFDM 9000 radios (awarded September 2024) and a $150 thousand order from the Missouri Army National Guard for TDFM9000 radio parts bench stock (June 2022) anchor the lower-dollar scale. At the higher end, a $88 thousand definitive contract from the Air Force for Jupiter Avionics low-impedance headset adapters supporting the MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopter program (February 2026) exemplifies current platform-support work. Additional recent prime awards include a $63 thousand Air Force purchase order for communication adapters to Malmstrom and Maxwell Air Force bases (March 2025, Total Small Business set-aside) and a $21 thousand Headquarters Division purchase order for Bell 429 OTAR upgrades (July 2025).

Dallas Avionics maintains a growing subcontractor footprint with major aerospace and defense primes. Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation represents the most active relationship, with recent sub-awards for Black Hawk and CH-53K aircraft parts and services (October 2025). Sierra Nevada Company, LLC has engaged Dallas Avionics on survivable airborne operations center electrical components (June 2025), Big Safari antenna work (January 2025), and aircraft induction electrical components (December 2024). Defense Systems And Solutions has placed multiple sub-orders for UH-60V program hardware kits and H-60 software loader verifier materials (August and May 2025). Additional primes include Lockheed Martin Corporation (ECP implementation, January 2025), AAR Government Services (worldwide aviation support services, December 2024), HII Mission Technologies Corp (AC frequency power converters, June 2024), and Amentum Services (aircraft maintenance installation kits, February 2026).

Award activity has accelerated in recent years—from 3 awards in 2022 to 11 in 2025—tracking with growing prime and sub engagement on helicopter and aircraft modernization programs. The top parent vehicles are limited in scope; the Indefinite Delivery Contract W58RGZ18D0001 (Army) anchors the most activity with 4 task orders, while the Information Analysis Center Multiple-Award Contract, Basic Ordering Agreements, and the General Services Administration Multiple Award Schedule carry single task orders each. Recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months is minimal: only 1 award ($22 thousand) faces completion in that window. The vendor's combined potential value of $16.6 million against obligated dollars of $18.4 million suggests mature award execution and a pattern of overrunning ceilings, though the small contract scale limits absolute risk.

DISTRIBUTOR OF AIRCRAFT ELECTRONICS