Dytran Instruments, Inc.

Dytran Instruments, Inc. manufactures precision accelerometers, sensors, and transducers for the federal government as a prime contractor (83% of awards) and subcontractor, operating as a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer based in Chatsworth, California. The vendor competes in full-and-open procurements — no set-aside designations appear across its recent award footprint except one small-business set-aside purchase order — and does not hold any IDIQ or GWAC seats.

Dytran's customer concentration is split between aviation/helicopter programs and broader defense test and measurement work. The top five customers by award count account for 68% of recent awards: Naval Sea Systems Command (23 awards, $338 thousand combined potential value), the US Coast Guard (21 awards, $610 thousand), Defense Logistics Agency Aviation (21 awards, $2.1 million), Army Test and Evaluation Command (15 awards, $1.5 million), and Army Materiel Command's Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command (11 awards, $1 million). The potential-value ranking surfaces a different priority: DLA Aviation anchors the dollars ($2.1 million across 21 awards), followed by Army Test and Evaluation ($1.5 million), Army Materiel Command ($1 million), the Coast Guard ($610 thousand), and Navy Supply Systems Command ($389 thousand on a single award). The Coast Guard concentration reflects sustained demand for accelerometers to equip and sustain MH-60T helicopter fleets, with recurring purchase orders for 50FT and 20FT accelerometer variants through 2026. Army Test and Evaluation and DLA work centers on tri-axial accelerometers with varying measurement ranges (+/-40G, +/-50G) for platform testing and qualification; several Army awards are sole-source procurements, identifying Dytran as the original equipment manufacturer for specified models.

Dytran places task orders under five named IDVs and BOAs, led by Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE4A618D0064 (9 task orders, $317 thousand combined potential value), Basic Ordering Agreement N0001922G0002 (7 task orders, no dollar ceiling stated in source), IDC SPM4A612D0114 (7 task orders, $300 thousand), IDC W9115116D0002 (6 task orders, $249 thousand), and the Eglin Wide Agile Acquisition Contract (5 task orders). None is a government-wide GWAC; all are agency- or command-specific vehicles. Representative prime work includes a $124.5 million purchase order from the Coast Guard (February 2025) for 15 units of 50FT and 10 units of 20FT accelerometers for MH-60T helicopters; a $150 thousand Army Test and Evaluation order (July 2022) for a triaxial DC accelerometer; and a $69.9 thousand Army Test and Evaluation sole-source award (April 2024) for 40 tri-axial accelerometers with +/-40G and +/-50G measurement ranges.

Dytran shows flat to declining activity year over year — eight awards in 2022 declined to three in 2026 (year-to-date through July), though 2024 and 2025 held at eleven awards each. Only one award completes within the next twenty-four months ($41 thousand combined potential value), presenting minimal near-term recompete exposure. As a subcontractor, Dytran supplies accelerometers and high-frequency transducers to prime contractors including Bell Boeing Joint Project Office (V-22 FMS kits and Future Vertical Lift work), Raytheon (Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile / Southern Cross Integrated Flight Research Experiment), The Boeing Company (aerospace support), Bell Textron (Future Vertical Lift), Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (Dragonfly extended Phase B mission), Lockheed Martin (aircraft parts and fastener work), and others across defense and aerospace programs. Product categories concentrate in fluid meter and counting device manufacturing (29 awards), other measuring and controlling device manufacturing (21 awards), and other aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment manufacturing (21 awards) — reflecting the vendor's core business as a sensor and transducer manufacturer for platform integration and test.