Hughes Corp

Hughes Corp Weschler Electric Division, operating as Weschler Instruments, manufactures precision electrical and electronic measurement devices for the Department of Defense as a prime contractor on full-and-open purchase orders and small-business-set-aside indefinite delivery contracts. The vendor is a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation subsidiary of Hughes Corp, headquartered in Strongsville, Ohio, with manufacturing and performance operations in Pompano Beach, Florida.

Weschler Instruments' product portfolio centers on specialized electrical measurement instrumentation: panel meters, ammeters, voltmeters, wattmeters, tachometers, temperature indicators, flow meters, pressure indicators, scale meters, electrical indicators, and transducers. Representative work spans the recent contracting record — a $102,986 firm fixed-price purchase order from Naval Supply Systems Command on June 24, 2025 for high-specification voltmeters (0-3 VDC with electromagnetic interference protective covers and mercury-free manufacture suitable for submarine and surface ship applications); a $188,312 sole-source frequency meter award from Naval Sea Systems Command on April 9, 2024 for Manual Control Switchboard meters; a $86,475 total small business set-aside electrical meter order from Naval Supply Systems Command on September 18, 2025; and recurring DLA Land and Maritime purchase orders for wattmeters, ammeters, and other measurement devices in the $2 thousand to $66 thousand range, typically firm fixed-price and completed within four to six months.

Customer concentration is narrow and heavily weighted toward defense logistics. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime accounts for 66% of the 1,292 prime awards in the portfolio (848 awards, $9.4 million combined potential value). The Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command places an additional 188 awards worth $3.3 million. Together, these two customers account for 80% of awards and 86% of combined potential value. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation contributes 131 awards ($1.3 million), Naval Sea Systems Command 28 awards ($548 thousand), and broader DLA 44 awards ($200 thousand). Top NAICS category is Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals (433 awards); top PSC is Electrical And Electronic Properties Measuring And Testing Instruments (1,019 awards).

Weschler Instruments holds two active single-award indefinite delivery contracts with DLA. The older vehicle — Indefinite Delivery Contract 4610081594 with DLA Land and Maritime, awarded September 15, 2021 for $250 thousand and expiring August 8, 2022 — appears to remain active in the source data despite the nominal expiration date; the contract was designated as a total small business set-aside and originally supported procurement of special scale meters to DLA depots. A newer IDC (SPE4A625D5054) with DLA Aviation, awarded October 24, 2024 for $250 thousand through October 23, 2029, is designated as a total small business set-aside and carries multiple recent delivery orders for electrical indicators ($8,202 to $16,404 per order, December 2024 through August 2025). Individual task orders under both IDCs typically range from several hundred dollars to under $50 thousand; recent delivery orders issued against the DLA Aviation IDC carried no set-aside designation despite the parent vehicle's small business set-aside status.

Activity has declined from a peak of 75 awards in 2022 to 16 awards in 2026 year-to-date (through March 12). Combined potential value across the entire portfolio is $15.4 million against $17.1 million obligated, indicating mature work with high fulfillment rates. The recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months is minimal — only two awards with combined potential value of $6 thousand reach ultimate completion inside that window, suggesting most active work sits well past the two-year horizon.

Weschler Instruments operates as the 100% prime contractor across its federal footprint; no subcontractor relationships are identified in the award record. The vendor competes in both full-and-open and total small business set-aside categories, with set-aside awards distributed across DLA Land and Maritime and Naval Supply Systems Command. The company manufactures directly from its Pompano Beach facility and performs no sub-award work; it is embedded in defense supply chains as a sole-source or low-volume specialized supplier rather than as a systems integrator or prime with subsidiary networks.