Digital Receiver Technology, Inc.

Digital Receiver Technology, Inc., doing business as DRT, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, manufactures and repairs digital signal processing-based receivers, software-defined radio systems, direction finding equipment, and communications test and measurement electronics for the Department of Defense and civilian federal agencies as a prime contractor (95% of awards) and subcontractor. DRT competes full-and-open without set-asides, reflecting its position as a large established contractor operating under its parent's scale.

DRT is headquartered in Germantown, Maryland, with a secondary facility in Hanahan, South Carolina, and operates as a for-profit manufacturer with over 25 years of federal contracting experience. The company's capability portfolio centers on hardware repair, component manufacturing, and systems integration across radio frequency, digital receiver, and direction-finding domains. Representative prime work includes a $48 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with U.S. Special Operations Command (awarded August 2022, running through August 2027) for general radio navigation equipment, software, development, and engineering support; a $1.85 million Customs and Border Protection purchase order for direction finding solutions (September 2022); and a $1.5 billion delivery order from USSOCOM for batteries, chargers, cooling systems, and receiver kits (December 2024). Recent smaller-dollar examples include a $744,675 CBP repair order for software-defined radios (September 2025) and a $427,780 Army Space and Missile Defense Command delivery order for electronic equipment (March 2025).

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to Navy and Special Operations Command. The top five customers by combined potential value account for 88% of all dollars: USSOCOM dominates with $1.08 billion across 70 awards, followed by the Marine Corps ($95.2 million, 72 awards), Army Space and Missile Defense Command ($87.2 million, 47 awards), Naval Sea Systems Command ($80.6 million, 60 awards), and Naval Information Warfare Systems Command ($77.6 million, 186 awards). The award-count and dollar rankings show a sharp tension—NIWS carries the highest volume by count but a much smaller dollar share, indicating small average order values, while USSOCOM places fewer awards but anchors the portfolio with the $48 million IDC and multi-million-dollar delivery orders. DRT serves 66 distinct customer agencies across the federal footprint.

DRT's prime work flows through five major parent vehicles. The $48 million USSOCOM Indefinite Delivery Contract is the portfolio anchor, with 92 task orders valued at $45.6 million. Four Navy vehicles carry the remainder: IDC N0016404G6617 (37 task orders, $93.6 million), IDC N0016410GJT18 (33 task orders, $18.5 million), IDC W911QY18D0182 (Army, 28 task orders, $40 million), and IDC H9222212D0002 (18 task orders, $41.4 million). The portfolio spans radio and television broadcasting and wireless communications equipment manufacturing (554 awards, the dominant NAICS), with secondary concentrations in computer services, equipment repair and maintenance, and engineering services.

Activity has been episodic—32 awards in 2022, declining to 27 in 2023 and 31 in 2024, then dropping to 20 in 2025. Only 2 awards appear year-to-date in 2026 as of early February. The recompete cliff is minimal: only 3 awards (combined potential value $2.4 million) reach ultimate completion in the next 24 months, suggesting low near-term recompete pressure across the prime footprint.

DRT's subcontractor posture is material but smaller in scope (5% of awards by count). The company performs as a sub to Lockheed Martin on Joint Tactical Waveform System (JTWS) Little Crewman Ship Module work, including tactical receiver kits and power supplies. Recent subs also flow through L3Harris Technologies Integrated Systems (BIG SAFARI electronic computer manufacturing, multiple 2024 awards), General Dynamics Mission Systems (PROPHET enhanced systems for spectrum warfare, $10.7 million incremental funding January 2024), Scientific Research Corporation (cryptologic and afloat signals exploitation engineering support with receiver upgrades and solid-state drives), HII Mission Technologies (persistent expeditionary surveillance systems, spectrum analyzer upgrades, and demonstration support), Sierra Nevada Company (RFT4 module inductions), and Argon ST (low-band suite hardware including cables and modules). DRT also subs to SAIC, Intuitive Research and Technology, Radiance Technologies, and Leidos on signals intelligence and geospatial programs.

The combined potential value across all 932 awards is $1.61 billion, with $363.9 million obligated to date (23% of potential). The portfolio is heavily concentrated in Navy and Special Operations customers, manufacturing-grade receiver and communications equipment, and delivery through established indefinite delivery vehicles rather than full-and-open solicitations.