DEC Electronic Assembly LLC

DEC Electronic Assembly LLC, doing business as DEC LLC, manufactures custom circuit card assemblies, printed wiring boards, and related RF and electronic components for Department of Defense customers as both a prime contractor (33% of recent awards) and subcontractor (67%) under defense integration primes. The company is a HUBZone-certified small business headquartered in Santa Ana, California, structured as a limited liability partnership operating as a for-profit organization.

DEC's capability footprint centers on custom printed circuit board fabrication to IPC-6012 Class 3 standards, circuit card assembly to IPC-A-610 and J-STD-001 Class 3 specifications, RF sensing prototype development, and electronic components engineering for weapon systems integration and naval platforms. Recent prime work includes a $301 thousand Air Force purchase order awarded February 12, 2026, for two hundred custom Bolt Revision 4.1B circuit card assemblies with performance due May 28, 2026, originating from a sole-source pre-solicitation notice by the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific. DEC subcontracts on active RF sensing prototype development under Raytheon (three awards since 2023, including a May 2023 active RF prototype sub-award and a November 2025 radio frequency sensing broad agency announcement sub-award), weapon systems integration and in-service engineering support to Precise Systems (three sub-awards between May 2024 and November 2024 for custom printed circuit boards and assemblies), and naval advanced capabilities research to HII Mission Technologies (October 2025 sub-award for in-service engineering and live-virtual-constructive advanced capabilities).

Customer concentration is dominated by Department of Navy entities accounting for 92% of awards by count, split between Naval Sea Systems Command (4 awards) and Naval Air Systems Command Naval Air Warfare Center (3 awards, $41 thousand combined potential value). The Department of the Air Force represents the single largest dollar concentration at $301 thousand, while Army programs through Corps of Engineers and Materiel Command account for three awards with smaller individual values. DEC places task orders under the Seaport Next Generation vehicle (3 task orders) and the Information Analysis Center Multiple-Award Contract (1 task order). Activity is episodic rather than sustained — two awards in 2017, then a three-year gap before resuming with three awards in 2023, three in 2024, two in 2025, and one in early 2026 — with the combined potential value of $342 thousand understating actual financial engagement (combined obligated dollars of $818 thousand reflect higher realized spend on lower-ceiling awards). The company competes under full-and-open set-asides rather than 8(a) or SDVOSB reservations; its HUBZone certification provides the primary small-business posture across its prime and sub footprint.