Frontier Electronic Systems Corp

Frontier Electronic Systems Corp, a women-owned small business manufacturer based in Stillwater, Oklahoma, operates as a prime contractor on 97 percent of its federal awards, delivering electronic components, assemblies, and systems integration for defense platforms across the Department of the Navy, Department of the Air Force, and Defense Logistics Agency. The company is minority-owned, Native American-owned, and structured as a Subchapter S corporation under NAICS codes spanning bare printed circuit board manufacturing, aircraft parts manufacturing, communications equipment, and electronic component manufacturing (NAICS 334511 is primary). Frontier competes predominantly full-and-open rather than under set-aside vehicles, though several of its larger indefinite delivery contracts carry total small business set-aside designations.

Frontier's capability footprint centers on defense electronics manufacturing: circuit card assemblies, power supply units and assemblies, signal data converters, radar video converters, control converters, cable assemblies (ribbon and power variants), relay assemblies, switching units, display units, frequency converters, and related electronic modules for naval, aviation, and communications platforms. The company also delivers repair and modification services for legacy electronic components where it holds incumbent-supplier or sole-source technical data rights, as well as software development and systems engineering support for radar and combat systems. Representative prime work includes a $94.1 million single-award indefinite delivery contract with Naval Sea Systems Command (through June 2028) for AN/SPQ-15(V) radar system production, a $24.96 million NAVSEA support services IDC (through July 2029), a $9.8 million NAVSEA support services contract (through February 2030), a $5.6 million Air Force Materiel Command definitive contract for voltage regulator manufacturing through 2032, and a $9.1 million Naval Supply Systems Command IDC for low-profile fuel engine display spare parts and repair (through March 2031). Recent smaller task orders against these vehicles span $4,050 to $695,780, with firm fixed price and cost-plus-fixed-fee pricing across delivery orders and purchase orders.

Customer concentration is heavily Navy-centric. Naval Sea Systems Command anchors the portfolio at 192 awards carrying $502.1 million in combined potential value (88 percent of total dollars), while Naval Supply Systems Command contributes 545 awards valued at $51.4 million—a sharp contrast highlighting NAVSEA's role as the driver of large-dollar radar and systems work versus NAVSUP's high-volume, lower-dollar spare parts procurement. The Air Force Materiel Command, Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, and Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime round out the top five, accounting for the remaining potential value. This customer concentration reflects Frontier's embedded supplier role in naval electronics modernization and sustainment.

Frontier holds position on five major indefinite delivery vehicles visible in the source: the $94.1 million NAVSEA AN/SPQ-15(V) radar production contract (119 task orders documented), an unidentified NAVSEA IDC with 84 task orders, a Naval Supply Systems Command vehicle with 72 task orders, and two additional NAVSEA and Navy contracts with 49 and 41 task orders respectively. The largest NAVSEA vehicle (contract N0017817D0026) carries $86.3 million in combined potential value across 41 issued task orders. Task order activity demonstrates sustained Navy reliance on Frontier for both high-value systems work (signal converters, control systems, radar components running to millions of dollars per order) and volume spare parts procurement (cables, switches, circuit cards at thousands per order).

Activity has remained stable to moderately growing: 68 awards in 2022, dipping to 43 in 2023, recovering to 63 in 2024, and trending to 74 in 2025 (year to date 2026 reflects only partial-year data at 29 awards through May). Combined potential value is $571.2 million with $545.1 million obligated (95 percent), indicating strong cash flow from awarded work. The recompete cliff over the next twenty-four months shows 21 awards worth $7.7 million reaching completion—a modest near-term recompete exposure, though the larger radar contract vehicles extending through 2028-2031 represent substantial multi-year revenue visibility.

Frontier's subcontract footprint is minimal (3 percent of total awards, 63 sub-awards since source inception) but strategically significant. The Boeing Company dominates the prime relationships, with Frontier subcontracting on Space Launch System (SLS) upper stage production, Commercial Crew Program ISS transportation systems, Ares I upper stage manufacture, B-52 commercial engine replacement rapid prototyping, Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) production, and Ground-Based Interceptor (GBI)/Air and Ultrareliable (AUR) program management. Northrop Grumman Systems Corp engages Frontier on Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) engineering, manufacturing development, and production for electronic components. Lockheed Martin uses Frontier on provisioned items for Taiwan Low-Level AMRAAM. These relationships position Frontier as a qualified supplier for defense prime integrators on next-generation strategic systems but represent a minor revenue share relative to prime Navy direct work.

Frontier was founded in 2002 and has grown into a critical supplier within the naval defense electronics supply chain, performing all work at its Stillwater, Oklahoma headquarters facility and managing controlled unclassified information and classified materials handling for radar system work. The vendor's competitive position rests on incumbent supplier status on legacy Navy electronic systems (particularly AN/SPQ-15(V) radar components), sole-source technical data rights on numerous circuit cards and assemblies, and established design and manufacturing capability for power conversion, signal processing, and electronic integration in constrained shipboard environments.

Frontier Electronic Systems (FES) is an award winning small, Native American, woman-owned, high reliability electronics manufacturer with over 40 years of experience.

We specialize in providing end-to-end design, qualification, manufacturing, integration, and testing for the global aerospace and defense industry. Our business areas include Space Flight Systems, Naval Systems, Missile Systems, Aircraft Avionics Systems, and Automated Test Equipment.