Empire Avionics Corp.

Empire Avionics Corp., a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) based in West Harrison, New York, supplies military-grade electrical and electronic components to the Defense Logistics Agency as a prime contractor operating across more than 6,200 purchase orders and indefinite-delivery contracts, predominantly on a full-and-open basis without set-aside designations, though select awards carry Total Small Business set-asides.

Empire Avionics operates as a pure-play component supplier to DLA, with no subcontract activity in its federal portfolio. The vendor's capability footprint centers on connectors, relays, switches, circuit breakers, antenna assemblies, transducers, cable assemblies, and related electrical-electronic components for aircraft and maritime equipment maintenance and supply chain replenishment. Recent representative orders include a $322,285 purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime for thermostatic switches awarded March 12, 2026; a $110,340 Total Small Business set-aside from DLA Land and Maritime for antenna assemblies (12 units, NSN 5985008736662) awarded March 26, 2026; a $81,795 Total Small Business set-aside from DLA Aviation for transducers (21 units, NSN 6685015647979) awarded May 26, 2026; and a $73,595 Total Small Business set-aside from DLA Land and Maritime for rotary relay components (41 units, NSN 5945007954824) awarded March 4, 2026. The vendor also holds single-award indefinite-delivery contracts with DLA Land and Maritime (ceiling $350,000, awarded March 24, 2026) and DLA Aviation (ceiling $350,000, awarded January 2, 2026, running through January 1, 2029) for recurring electrical contact and component procurements.

Customer concentration is extreme and monolithic: DLA accounts for 99% of recent awards. DLA Land and Maritime dominates the portfolio with 4,192 awards and $112.4 million in combined potential value, while DLA Aviation represents 1,684 awards and $30.5 million. The remaining DLA subdivisions—Troop Support Construction and Equipment, Troop Support Hardware, and unallocated DLA—account for 290 awards and $3.5 million. Two Federal Aviation Administration awards for approximately $509,000 constitute the only non-DLA activity in the source data. This concentration profile leaves no room for diversification strategy; Empire Avionics' business is functionally coterminous with DLA's demand for component inventory.

The vendor's award activity has grown modestly over five years (461 awards in 2022 to 574 in 2025) with a decline to 293 awards through July 2026, consistent with the snapshot cutoff. Combined potential value across all awards totals $154.5 million, with $126 million obligated (82% realization). One hundred forty-two awards with completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry $3.6 million in combined potential value, representing the recompete exposure window. Most orders are firm-fixed-price purchase orders and delivery orders with performance at the West Harrison facility and delivery to DLA distribution depots across the continental United States and overseas locations.

Top NAICS categories align with the component commodity focus: Other Electronic Component Manufacturing (562 awards), Electronic Connector Manufacturing (530 awards), Current-Carrying Wiring Device Manufacturing (345 awards), Relay and Industrial Control Manufacturing (331 awards), and Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing (317 awards). Top PSC codes mirror this distribution—Connectors, Electrical (666 awards), Switches (537 awards), Relays and Solenoids (378 awards), Antennas, Waveguides, and Related Equipment (315 awards), and Headsets, Handsets, Microphones and Speakers (281 awards). The vendor's portfolio spans qualified-products-list items and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components, with award descriptions frequently citing military specifications, national stock numbers, and unit delivery requirements to specific DLA distribution depots.

As an SDVOSB, Empire Avionics competes predominantly on full-and-open bases; Total Small Business set-asides appear on approximately 10–15% of the awards in the source slice, particularly for higher-value orders ($25,000 and above) and specialized components such as antenna assemblies, transducers, and relays. The vendor does not hold a seat on government-wide acquisition contracts (GWACs) or schedule vehicles; its primary vehicle position is the five single-award indefinite-delivery contracts with DLA, which operate as streamlined procurement mechanisms for recurring component families rather than as competitive multi-award IDIQs.

EMPIRE AVIONICS CORP IS SERVICE-DISABLED VETERAN OWNED SMALL BUSINESS. SALES, SERVICE, INSTALLATION OF INDUSTRIAL, AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE PARTS & EQUIPMENT.