Garmin International, Inc.

Garmin International, Inc., a foreign-owned manufacturer of GPS navigation technology and avionics equipment headquartered in Olathe, Kansas, operates as a prime contractor (65% of recent awards) and subcontractor across federal aviation, maritime, and defense programs, competing predominantly in full-and-open procurements with no set-aside designations. The company does not hold SBA certifications and is not minority-owned or disadvantaged-business designated. Primary NAICS categories include Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing (44 awards) and Aircraft Manufacturing (35 awards), with work spanning navigation databases, aviation database subscriptions, flight training simulators, GPS tracking devices, and aeronautical data management services.

Garmin's customer footprint concentrates heavily in defense aviation and federal air operations. By award count, the top five customers account for 44% of recent awards, led by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Aeronautical Systems Center (28 awards) and followed by the Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection (8 awards, $15 thousand combined potential value), Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard (7 awards, $31 thousand combined potential value), Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation (5 awards, $557 thousand combined potential value), and Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration (5 awards, $4.3 million combined potential value). By dollar value, the rankings diverge slightly: FAA leads with $4.3 million potential value, followed by the Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command ($624 thousand), FBI ($557 thousand), Department of the Army ($504 thousand), and Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 ($250 thousand) — together covering 84% of combined potential value.

Recent representative prime work includes a $500 thousand definitive contract with the Department of the Army (awarded January 29, 2026) for Garmin Software Development Kit licenses and support through January 2030; a $244,464 firm fixed-price purchase order with Naval Air Systems Command (May 2024) for a worldwide PilotPak database subscription; and recurring BPA calls with the FAA, FBI, and Fish and Wildlife Service for aviation database subscriptions and navigation data services ranging from $17 thousand to $200 thousand each. A single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with the FAA (awarded August 2021, ceiling $3.8 million through August 2026) covers coding of instrument flight procedures, maintenance of government-owned tools, and aeronautical data management, with task orders extending through 2025.

Garmin holds position on four primary parent vehicles: Indefinite Delivery Contract FA863722DB001 (33 task orders), Indefinite Delivery Contract 6973GH-21-D-00040 (4 task orders, $546 thousand combined potential value), Blanket Purchase Agreement 1202SA25T0001 (3 task orders, $47 thousand combined potential value), and Blanket Purchase Agreement 15F06725A0000170 (2 task orders, $157 thousand combined potential value). The majority of the task order volume — 33 orders — flows through the Air Force FA863722DB001 vehicle, which anchors Garmin's defense aviation presence.

Activity shows strong recent growth: two awards in 2022, three in 2023, nineteen in 2024, and thirty-four in 2025, with five awards issued through March 2026. Combined potential value across all awards is $7.5 million, though combined obligated dollars total $27.2 million (363% of potential value), indicating substantial invoiced revenue from awarded programs. Five awards face ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months with combined potential value of $367 thousand, presenting moderate recompete exposure.

As a subcontractor, Garmin supplies navigation components, GPS devices, avionics equipment, and database subscriptions to L3Harris Technologies (Armed Overwatch program, multiple delivery orders from 2022 through 2025), Amentum Services (aircraft maintenance and logistics support for CBP and related customers, multiple sub-awards October 2024 through October 2025), Vertex Aerospace (total aviation support service), and Lockheed Martin (TCAS antenna fastener work, 2022). The L3Harris sub-footprint, focused on Armed Overwatch production aircraft and components, represents the highest-volume and highest-value sub-engagement.

Garmin owns a named subsidiary, Aeronavdata Inc., which appears separately in the IDC structure for the FAA aeronautical data management contract and carries parallel certifications as a foreign-owned, for-profit organization. Aeronavdata's presence on the FAA IDC and Garmin's role as task-order awardee against the same vehicle reflect an integrated corporate structure supporting navigation infrastructure and data services across federal aviation programs.