Ircamera LLC

Ircamera LLC, doing business as IR Cameras, manufactures specialized infrared camera systems and related optical equipment for federal agencies as a prime contractor, competing on full-and-open solicitations without set-aside designations. The Santa Barbara, California-based limited liability company is a subsidiary of Heico Corp, established in 2011, and operates under parent company Santa Barbara Infrared, Inc.; it competes exclusively in unrestricted procurements and holds no SBA certifications.

Ircamera's federal capability portfolio centers on mid-wave infrared (MWIR) and long-wave infrared (LWIR) camera systems, liquid nitrogen-cooled imaging platforms, and specialized optical equipment for scientific, aerospace, and defense applications. Representative prime work includes a $180,010 firm fixed-price purchase order from Naval Air Warfare Center awarded in November 2025 for a Compact Core Linear Staring Line Scanner with Long-Wave Infrared Cold Filter and WinIRC SDK, awarded sole-source under FAR 6.302.1 based on proprietary interface integration with government-developed data acquisition software; a $205,088 NIST purchase order from August 2025 for an infrared camera system; and a $157,130 NASA purchase order from March 2025 for an upward-looking IRC806 camera with filter wheel modification, mid-wave infrared, featuring a 640x512 pixel Indium Antimonide focal plane array. Ircamera has also delivered $43,338 in liquid nitrogen-cooled mid-wave camera development for NASA, $109,686 in IRC906 MWIR cameras for NASA research, and $240,066 in MWIR imaging systems to Naval Air Warfare Center on a sole-source basis.

Customer concentration clusters in research and defense agencies. The top five customers by award count account for 69% of recent awards, dominated by NASA's Shared Services Center (5 awards, $563 thousand combined potential value) and Naval Air Warfare Center (4 awards, $868 thousand combined potential value), followed by Office of Naval Research (4 awards, $95 thousand), NIST (3 awards, $382 thousand), and NASA Glenn Research Center (2 awards, $32 thousand). The dollar ranking shifts slightly — Naval Air Warfare Center anchors $868 thousand of the $2.1 million combined potential value across all awards, reflecting the higher value of sole-source MWIR procurements versus NASA's smaller incremental camera orders.

Award activity has accelerated sharply: one award in 2023 and 2024 combined, then eight awards in 2025 year-to-date, spanning twelve distinct customer agencies. Combined dollars obligated ($2.4 million) exceed combined potential value by 14%, indicating contract performance completion or modification above the original ceiling. The company operates as a prime on 88% of awards and functions as a subcontractor on the remaining 12%, with recent sub work including engineering and technical support for Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and infrared/radio frequency systems RDT&E for Leidos on Naval Air Warfare Center advanced expendable infrared countermeasures and spectrum warfare programs. The firm's NAICS footprint splits across Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (6 awards), Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing (5 awards), and Research and Development in Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (3 awards), with PSC codes dominated by Laboratory Equipment and Supplies (5 awards) and Cameras, Still Picture (4 awards). Ircamera operates under two named parent vehicles — the Information Analysis Center Multiple-Award Contract and Indefinite Delivery Contract HQ014718D0004 — with one task order each.