Hydra Systems Inc.

Hydra Systems Inc., a for-profit technology manufacturer based in Chantilly, Virginia, delivers signal processing, radar systems, and advanced research and development capabilities to Department of Defense and federal research agencies predominantly as a subcontractor (67% of recent awards) and through an Other Transaction IDV position with the Navy. The vendor competes full-and-open, without set-aside designations on most work; a $1.5 million Air Force Research Laboratory SBIR Phase II contract for an advanced signal processing library is its only set-aside award on record.

Hydra's capability portfolio centers on radar processing, signal processing libraries, system integration, and technical engineering services for defense platforms. Representative prime work includes the $1.5 million SBIR Phase II definitive contract with AFRL (April 2023) for advanced signal processing library development through February 2025, a $563 thousand firm fixed price purchase order from Air Combat Command for the TSS VALOR System at Hurlburt Field (April 2026), and a $1.9 million Other Transaction IDV awarded by Naval Air Warfare Center (January 2024) for radar processing and system integration work across Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force customers. As a subcontractor, Hydra performs under Parsons Government Services Inc. on BOLD VENTURE computer systems and services work, under Radiance Technologies Inc. on Space and Missile Defense Command training kit engineering, under General Dynamics Global Force LLC on JEACO services, and under Sigma Defense Systems LLC on Army ISR Task Force upgrade program management and system engineering support across multiple domestic locations.

Customer concentration is distributed across defense agencies. The top five funding offices account for 67% of recent awards: Naval Air Warfare Center ($1.9 million), AFRL ($1.5 million), Air Combat Command ($563 thousand), Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (two awards), and Army Space and Missile Defense Command. The vendor's award history spans nine total awards since April 2023, with growth from one award in 2023 to three in both 2024 and 2025. Total combined potential value stands at $4 million, though $15 million has been obligated across all awards, indicating multi-year funding depth. Hydra seats two task orders on the ASTRO vehicle and holds individual task-order positions on IDCs FA850920D0015 and 47QFLA19D0010 and the Responsive Strategic Sourcing for Services contract. The vendor's award portfolio clusters heavily in research and development in physical and engineering sciences (four awards), with secondary work in communications equipment and electrical component manufacturing. No recompete cliff data is present in the source.