Fairwinds Technologies LLC

Fairwinds Technologies LLC, a women-owned small business systems integrator based in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, operates predominantly as a prime contractor (98% of recent awards) delivering specialized communications equipment, maritime sustainment products, and tactical systems integration to the Department of Defense and federal civilian agencies. The company competes across full-and-open procurements without reliance on set-aside categories, though its WOSB certification positions it competitively on designated contracts.

Fairwinds' capability footprint centers on three interconnected domains. First, communications systems and RF equipment: the company procures and integrates satellite terminals, microwave radios, tactical SATCOM antennas, power supplies, and RF amplifiers supporting command-and-control infrastructure across Army, Navy, and Air Force commands. Second, maritime equipment supply: Fairwinds sources compressors, pumps, valves, motors, circuit card assemblies, and specialized mechanical components for naval ship classes and submarine support. Third, IT and network infrastructure: the company delivers Cambium wireless radios, point-to-point microwave systems, networking hardware, and cybersecurity-focused equipment through multi-agency IT vehicles. Representative work includes a $137.6 million Ground Control Station delivery order from Naval Air Warfare Center under SEWP V (March 2026), a $96.8 million RF module assembly task under C5ISR G2S for Army communications modernization (October 2025), a $50 million turbine rotor procurement for Naval Supply Systems Command (May 2025), and a $35.1 million refrigeration compressor order under G2S (May 2025).

Customer concentration is extreme and defense-heavy. Naval Supply Systems Command dominates by both volume and dollars, accounting for 133 awards worth $10.69 billion combined potential value—roughly 26% of total awards and 26% of total value. Army acquisition commands (PEO C3T and Communications Electronics Command combined) represent 96 awards valued at $5.86 billion (12% of value). Defense Logistics Agency (Land and Maritime) ranks third with $3.23 billion across 12 awards. The gap between volume and dollar concentration reflects Fairwinds' role as a high-value equipment supplier: NAVSUP awards are numerous but include many discrete shipments; Army PEO C3T orders anchor major systems integration and development work. Civilian agencies (DOJ, Department of State, Department of Transportation, USDA, DHS Customs and Border Protection) appear sporadically, representing approximately 5% of the portfolio.

Fairwinds holds positions on four primary vehicle types. Solutions for Enterprise Wide Procurement V (SEWP V), a GSA-administered multi-agency IT and communications GWAC, carries 224 task orders valued at $914.2 million—the single largest vehicle by count. The Maritime Acquisition Advancement Contract, a $10 billion Naval Supply Systems Command multiple-award IDIQ awarded May 2025, has yielded 108 task orders worth $352.7 million and serves as the primary vehicle for naval equipment procurement. The C5ISR Gateway to Sustainment (G2S), a $3.2 billion Army IDIQ for command-control-communications sustainment, carries 79 task orders valued at $463.3 million. Fairwinds also holds a seat on OASIS+ Total Small Business (OAS+SB), a GSA multi-agency contract vehicle with a $999.9 billion ceiling reserved for small businesses, and recently qualified as a prime on the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD), a $151 billion Missile Defense Agency multiple-award IDIQ for air and missile defense modernization and prototyping.

Activity trajectory shows explosive recent growth. Awards per year climbed from 63 in 2022 to 170 in 2025—a 170% increase in three years. The 47 awards recorded in 2026 through mid-April suggest the company is on pace to exceed 2025's output. Combined potential value across all 490 awards stands at $41.21 billion, though only $1.51 billion (4%) has been obligated to date, reflecting the predominance of indefinite-quantity vehicles and large ceiling values on unexercised task orders. A recompete cliff of $576 million in combined potential value expires within the next twenty-four months—primarily task orders reaching completion dates through mid-2027 under Maritime Advancement and G2S vehicles, representing meaningful renewal opportunity for competitors and recompete execution pressure for the vendor.

Fairwinds operates as a direct delivery prime on nearly all awards; SCI data shows minimal subcontractor engagement. Across the four SCI records in the source (one prime, three as named sub), no prime invoiced revenue appears in FY2022, and the dataset captures only 4.5 FTEs in FY2022 and 7.7 FTEs in FY2024—figures that dramatically understate the vendor's actual federal workforce and revenue given that the source award portfolio alone exceeds $41 billion in potential value. Two named subcontractors appear in the award summaries: General Dynamics Mission Systems (power board supply, January 2026) and Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (circuit card assembly parts, January 2026). Cornet Technology and Ciao Wireless also appear as subs on discrete line items. The overwhelming majority of Fairwinds' work—equipment procurement, systems integration, and engineering support—is performed in-house or through informal supply-chain relationships not captured as named subcontractors in the source. The vendor's posture is that of an integrator and prime contractor who manages supply chain directly rather than building teamed solutions.

Award distribution by product category reinforces the equipment-supply and systems-integration characterization. Other Computer Related Services (229 awards) and Bare Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing (109 awards) dominate by count, followed by Other Electronic Component Manufacturing (80 awards). Antennas, Waveguides, and Related Equipment account for 39 awards; Network/Satellite RF Communications Products for 56; and Electrical and Electronic Assemblies for 20. This mix reflects Fairwinds' core mission: sourcing specialized defense electronics, integrating them into tactical and strategic systems, and delivering them through DoD supply chains.