Ircamera LLC

Ircamera LLC, doing business as IR Cameras, manufactures specialized infrared camera systems and optical equipment for federal agencies as a prime contractor (89% of recent awards) competing full-and-open, with no set-aside certifications. The Santa Barbara, California-based company is a limited-liability-company subsidiary of Heico Corp and operates under primary NAICS codes 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing) and 334511 (Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing), serving thirteen distinct federal customer agencies with mid-wave and long-wave infrared imaging systems, filter wheels, optical accessories, and repair services.

Ircamera LLC's customer base divides between space and defense agencies. The top five customer organizations account for 91% of combined potential value, led by the Department of the Navy Naval Air Warfare Center (4 awards, $868 thousand combined potential value) and NASA's Shared Services Center (5 awards, $563 thousand combined potential value), followed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the National Gallery of Art, and the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command. Recent representative prime work includes a $180 thousand sole-source Naval Air Warfare Center purchase order (awarded November 2025) for a Compact Core Linear Staring Line Scanner with long-wave infrared cold filter and WinIRC SDK, a $205 thousand NIST purchase order (August 2025) for an infrared camera system, and a $157 thousand NASA Shared Services Center purchase order (March 2025) for a specialized upward-looking IRC806 camera with mid-wave infrared capability. Smaller awards include a $136 thousand National Gallery of Art purchase order (August 2026) for custom infrared camera hardware and a $25 thousand Air Force Materiel Command purchase order (June 2026) for evaluation and repair of an infrared camera in support of EOIR.

Activity accelerated in 2025 with eight awards after single-year totals of one to two awards in 2022–2024, though the source's two most recent awards (August 2026) suggest continued steady transaction volume. Only one award (the August 2026 National Gallery of Art purchase order, valued at $136 thousand) has an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months, limiting recompete exposure in that window. Ircamera LLC also engages in subcontracting; recent sub work includes engineering and technical support under Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (July 2025) and infrared and radio frequency systems R&D under Leidos (May and June 2025) supporting Naval Air Systems Command advanced expendable infrared countermeasures and defensive electronic warfare programs. The vendor's parent company, Santa Barbara Infrared, Inc., carries the same Santa Barbara address and corporate structure, though the source does not specify operational or contractual integration between the entities.