Glenair, Inc.

Glenair, Inc., a California-based manufacturer of high-reliability electrical connectors, cable assemblies, and interconnect solutions, operates as a prime contractor on full-and-open federal procurements across the defense and aerospace sectors, with 95% of recent awards as prime work and no SBA set-aside designations. The company competes exclusively on unset-aside contracts, positioning it as a mainstream defense supplier rather than one leveraging small-business vehicles.

Glenair's federal footprint centers on Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, which accounts for 418 awards totaling $13.8 million in combined potential value—86% of its prime award count. The company's capability portfolio is dominated by specialized cable assemblies and harness products. Representative recent work includes a $290,422 firm-fixed-price purchase order from Naval Supply Systems Command (April 2024) for harness assemblies, a $97,297 purchase order from Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (August 2022) for connectors and shielded cables, a $65,893 delivery order from DLA Aviation (November 2023) for specified cable assemblies, and a $43,447 purchase order from NASA (August 2023) for electromagnetic-interference backshells for electrical connectors supporting the Gateway Power and Propulsion Element project. Most contracts are small purchase orders and delivery orders under $100,000, reflecting Glenair's role as a specialized component manufacturer feeding recurring military supply chain demand.

Customer concentration is extreme. DLA Aviation alone represents $13.8 million (75% of combined potential value) across 418 awards; when DLA Land and Maritime ($1 million across 133 awards) is added, the two DLA commands account for $14.8 million (81% of total dollars). The Department of the Navy's Naval Supply Systems Command ($1.6 million across 62 awards) is the third-largest customer but substantially smaller. The five largest customers by potential value cover 93% of Glenair's combined potential value. Glenair holds two named indefinite delivery contracts with DLA Aviation with ceiling values of $441,655 and $250,000 (referenced in award summaries as vehicles for recurring cable assembly deliveries), though the source's top parent vehicles block shows broader IDV participation across Alliant II and other vehicles, with limited task-order counts suggesting those relationships are nascent or limited-volume.

Glenair's subcontract footprint has expanded in recent years. The company performs as a sub on programs for Lockheed Martin (fiber optic cable, connectors, and components in support of site activation and support equipment), BAE Systems and other major primes on defense electronics and naval systems work, as well as for CACI (fiber optic cables supporting data transport product support and sustainment logistics), Thales Defense & Security (connectors and components in support of Army Leader Radio), Textron Systems (long-lead material for LCAC 100-class craft), and Draper Laboratory (technical support and electronic parts). Recent sub activity (August 2025 through May 2025) shows Glenair supplying connectors, backshells, cable assemblies, and electronic components across Navy nuclear propulsion programs, communications systems, aircraft platforms including V-22 Osprey, and undersea warfare applications.

Activity has grown modestly—from 10 awards in 2022 to 24 in 2025—but the dollar base remains narrow. Combined potential value across the 788 awards spanning from 1999 to May 2026 totals $18.3 million, though combined obligated dollars ($21.9 million) exceed potential value, indicating invoiced revenue has exceeded award ceilings. Glenair competes in electronic connector manufacturing (66 awards), current-carrying wiring device manufacturing (95 awards), and fiber optic cable assemblies (60 awards), with the top five NAICS categories and PSC codes all pointing toward specialized electrical interconnect and cable products. The company holds no general contractor vehicles such as GWACs but maintains DLA indefinite delivery contracts that function as standing offer vehicles for cable and connector supplies. Glenair is structured as a for-profit Subchapter S corporation with no identified parent or child relationships in the source; the corporate structure block identifies a parent Glenair, Inc. (also a for-profit Subchapter S corporation), but the operative UEI shows the child entity as the active federal contractor.