Electronic Associates Inc.

Electronic Associates Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of goods based in Norristown, Pennsylvania, designs and manufactures custom cable assemblies and electrical components for the Defense Logistics Agency as a prime contractor operating exclusively on full-and-open purchase orders with no set-aside participation.

The company has established a narrow but deep federal footprint centered entirely on Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, which accounts for 189 of 216 total awards (87% of potential value at $1.2 million combined). Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime represents three additional awards totaling $5 thousand, with five Army awards and one Navy award rounding out the customer set across five distinct agencies. The concentration is stark: DLA Aviation dominates both award count and dollar value, with the vendor competing solely on unrestricted basis rather than under small business set-asides despite operating as a small business. Recent capability work spans radio frequency cable assemblies, power cable assemblies, electrical leads, and specialized connector products delivered to support military aircraft, ground systems, and communications equipment. Representative awards include a $276,432 Total Small Business purchase order from DLA Aviation in May 2026 for 2,600 units of cable assembly (NSN 5995009337180) with delivery to Industries of the Blind Inc., a $30,782.08 Total Small Business order in July 2024 for power-electric cable assemblies, and a $13,475.80 non-set-aside order in February 2024 for specialized cable assemblies. The vendor also manufactures first-article test components and performs low-dollar component supply work ranging from $110 to approximately $399,610 per purchase order.

Primary NAICS concentration sits at Other Electronic Component Manufacturing (150 awards), with secondary activity in communication and energy wire manufacturing (18 awards) and current-carrying wiring device manufacturing (10 awards). PSC coding aligns entirely with cable, cord, and wire assemblies for communication equipment (183 awards) and miscellaneous electric power and distribution equipment (30 awards). Place of performance spans multiple Pennsylvania and New Jersey facilities, with Newtown Square and West Berlin, New Jersey mentioned explicitly across multiple awards.

Activity has fluctuated in recent years — seven awards in 2022, rising to 24 in 2023, flattening to 22 in 2024, then declining to 12 in 2025 and six in 2026 year-to-date. Nine awards (combined potential value $316 thousand) face completion in the next twenty-four months, creating moderate recompete exposure. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint; DLA Aviation awards reference in-house manufacturing capability with no subcontractors identified. Combined obligated dollars ($1.9 million) exceed combined potential value ($1.2 million), indicating invoiced performance running ahead of ceiling values on completed orders. The vendor registered in SAM.gov in 2002 and has maintained unbroken DLA Aviation engagement as a sole source of federal revenue, positioning it as a specialized supplier rather than a diversified federal contractor.

Custom Manufacturing of Cable Assemblies, Wiring Harnesses, Electrical Junction Boxes, and other electronic interconnects for the US Department of Defense for over 70 years. In 2015, Electronic Associates redesigned the intercom/communication cable assemblies for the USMC's Advanced Amphibious Assault vehicles due to water leakage flaws in the original design. Electronic Associates also constructed most of Boeing Helicopter's avionics test harnesses for the CH-47 and the V-22 production facilities in Philadelphia, PA.