GE Energy Power Conversion Naval Systems Inc.

GE Energy Power Conversion Naval Systems Inc. Research And Development Division, a General Electric subsidiary based in Imperial, Pennsylvania, develops advanced naval electric power conversion, energy storage, and propulsion systems for the Department of the Navy as a prime contractor (87% of recent awards) operating exclusively in full-and-open competition with no small business set-asides.

The division's customer footprint is heavily concentrated with Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), which accounts for 34 awards worth $331 million in combined potential value—nearly all of the vendor's $362 million award portfolio. The Office of Naval Research places a secondary but substantial customer role with four awards valued at $27.7 million combined. The Office of the Secretary of Defense (Department of Defense) represents emerging activity through a December 2025 award. This concentration reflects the division's specialized focus: NAVSEA and ONR fund the bulk of naval electric power R&D investment, and GE Energy Power Conversion holds a dominant market position in that sector.

Concrete capability work spans advanced power electronics, naval propulsion system development, and shipboard energy management. Recent prime awards include a $26.4 million cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract from NAVSEA awarded September 2025 for development of a Tactical Energy Management Controller, with ultimate completion in September 2030; a $16.2 million ONR definitive contract awarded August 2024 to develop, test, and validate an 8-megawatt hybrid modular multilevel converter prototype for propulsion applications; a $7.47 million NAVSEA delivery order awarded March 2023 for engineering and technical services supporting the Electric Drive Test Facility in Philadelphia; and a $3.55 million ONR cost-plus-award-fee definitive contract awarded May 2025 for design and build of a Composite Battery Energy Storage Enclosure module with two prototype validation options. The division also holds a $43.8 million single-award IDIQ (N6449825D4009) from NAVSEA effective August 2025 through August 2030, under which one task order valued at $8.27 million (modified to $10.2 million) was issued in August 2025 for CTF Expeditionary Rapid Support program technical and engineering services. A second major IDIQ (N6449819D4005) has generated 17 task orders worth $49.4 million combined potential value.

The division's teaming pattern indicates a primarily vertical capability—GE Energy Power Conversion builds most work internally rather than leaning heavily on subcontractors. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, the average sub-hours share was 0%, reflecting in-house delivery. However, when the division does subcontract, it engages major shipbuilders and defense primes: National Steel and Shipbuilding Company subcontracts to the division for material specification and installation work on Expeditionary Sea Base vessels (seven named sub-awards from January 2024 through May 2025), Applied Physical Sciences Corp subcontracted for Advanced Propulsor Experimental phase 1A engineering services in March 2025, and the division previously engaged Paragon Space Development Corporation for thermal management and Virginia Polytechnic Institute for feasibility studies on power electronics efforts.

Activity has trended upward over the past five years—from two awards in 2021 to eight in 2025—with a combined obligated value of $203 million across the $362 million potential value portfolio (56% drawdown rate). Four awards worth $31.1 million combined potential value face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore represent recompete opportunity for competitors. SCI-reported invoicing captured only $2.5 million in FY2022 across 1.7 FTEs, reflecting the data's exclusion of goods, classified contracts, and the division's heavy R&D and development focus, which is often priced outside standard SCI labor categories. On labor rates where SCI data exists, median government-paid rates ran $284.68 per hour, with senior technical labor reaching $512.43 per hour at the 90th percentile.

The division operates as a child entity of GE Energy Power Conversion USA Inc. (doing business as Converteam), a parent vendor also based in Imperial, Pennsylvania. Both entities maintain the same headquarters address and draw on General Electric's industrial engineering and manufacturing expertise. The division's work is performed at multiple sites—primarily Imperial and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with supplementary effort in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania—supporting NAVSEA and ONR modernization initiatives across power generation, energy storage, power conversion, power distribution, and system integration for naval vessels and expeditionary platforms.