Jewell Instruments LLC

Jewell Instruments LLC, doing business as Modutec, manufactures precision electrical measurement instruments, sensors, and avionics components for the Defense Department as a prime contractor (99% of recent awards) and selective subcontractor to major defense primes. The company is a for-profit limited liability company and manufacturer of goods headquartered in Manchester, New Hampshire, competing predominantly in full-and-open procurements with occasional participation in Total Small Business set-asides.

Jewell Instruments serves the defense industrial base as a specialized supplier of meters, ammeters, voltmeters, meter movements, inclinometers, accelerometers, and related electrical instrumentation. Recent representative prime work includes a $72.8 million Defense Logistics Agency Aviation purchase order for 53 meter movement units awarded September 2023, a $61.1 million DLA Land and Maritime wattmeter delivery in March 2025, a $49.2 million DLA Aviation meter movement order from September 2022, electrical meter contracts ranging from $24 thousand to $41.6 million across DLA's Land and Maritime and Aviation divisions, and a $350 thousand single-award indefinite-delivery contract with DLA Land and Maritime (Total Small Business set-aside) awarded March 2026 with a March 2027 completion date. The company also holds a December 2025 contract with the U.S. Geological Survey for single-axis tilt sensors and connector cable assemblies valued at $13.2 thousand, designated as a Total Small Business set-aside.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to the Defense Department. The top five customer agencies account for 90% of recent awards by count and 93% by potential value, dominated by DLA Aviation (296 awards, $6.1 million combined potential value) and DLA Land and Maritime (265 awards, $2.4 million combined potential value). The Department of the Army Materiel Command Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command, Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command, and Naval Sea Systems Command round out the active set with $1.6 million, $813 thousand, and $161 thousand respectively. Activity is consistent, with 29–30 awards annually from 2022 through 2025 and eight awards year-to-date in 2026. Five awards carrying combined potential value of $93 thousand reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting limited recompete exposure.

Jewell Instruments subcontracts to Lockheed Martin (delivering clinometer digital and accelerometer components for M-TADS/PNVS modernization and sustainment across U.S. and allied platforms including Australia and Taiwan), Raytheon (on Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense System measuring devices), and Amentum Services (on Assault Breacher Vehicle linear demolition charge systems). The subcontract footprint is narrow — nine sub-awards against a 655-prime footprint. Jewell Instruments does not hold a seat on government-wide acquisition contracts or large-scale indefinite-delivery vehicles; task order activity runs through DLA-specific IDCs including SPE4A617D6068, SPE4A618D5526, SPE4A618D0070, and similar single-award contracts. Work is performed at the vendor's Manchester facility and shipped to DLA depots; some international performance routes through defense contractor facilities supporting allied and foreign military sales programs. The company's NAICS concentration spans Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (250 awards), Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals (110 awards), and Totalizing Fluid Meter and Counting Device Manufacturing (92 awards), with PSC coding anchored in Electrical and Electronic Properties Measuring and Testing Instruments (262 awards) and Combination and Miscellaneous Instruments (245 awards).