Koam Engineering Systems, Inc.

Koam Engineering Systems, Inc., doing business as K E S, is a San Diego-based minority-owned, Asian-Pacific American-owned small business that provides tactical data links engineering, command and control system support, and naval information warfare technical services to the U.S. Navy as a prime contractor on indefinite-delivery and fixed-price task orders. The vendor competes across both total-small-business set-asides and full-and-open vehicles, with set-aside work characteristic of its early contract history and recent awards split more evenly between restricted and unrestricted competition.

K E S's federal footprint is overwhelmingly Navy-concentrated. The Naval Information Warfare Systems Command dominates the award count: 1,068 awards valued at $1.49 billion represent 95% of recent activity by volume and approximately 13% by potential value. However, the Naval Sea Systems Command anchors the dollar exposure—25 awards carrying $10.14 billion in combined potential value, driven by three Seaport Next Generation (Seaport-NXG) delivery orders (one for $34.3 million in PEO C4I design development support, another for $25.4 million in missile defense analysis and testing, and a third for $23.7 million in tactical systems integration testbed operations). Naval Air Systems Command, Naval Supply Systems Command, and Naval Strategic Systems Programs round out the top-five customer base by value, collectively worth roughly $100 million. Together, the Department of the Navy accounts for the entire award portfolio; no other federal agencies appear in the top five by either count or value.

K E S places task orders under five primary parent vehicles, all single-award Navy IDIQs issued to the company as prime. The largest by task-order volume is Indefinite Delivery Contract N6600118D0075 (259 task orders, $152 million combined potential value), followed by N6600120D0044 (255 task orders, $62.9 million), N6600115D0262 (202 task orders, $100.5 million), N6600115D0042 (119 task orders, $26.2 million), and N6600105D0009 (81 task orders, $337.3 million). These vehicles span tactical data links capability-based in-service engineering activities, communications systems support, and command-and-control processor system sustainment. K E S also holds two governmentwide OASIS+ IDIQ contract vehicles awarded by the General Services Administration—one for small-business set-asides (ceiling $999.999 billion, awarded December 2024, through December 2029) and one unrestricted (similar ceiling, similar term)—though task order activity against these vehicles is sparse in the visible award set. A newly awarded Missile Defense Agency SHIELD contract (ceiling $151 billion, December 2025 to December 2035) positions K E S across multi-domain defense and homeland protection efforts, though no task orders have yet been placed.

Activity has contracted sharply over the past five years: 100 awards in 2022 fell to 50 in 2023, 51 in 2024, 42 in 2025, and 21 through March 2026. This trajectory reflects both recompete dynamics and potential loss of scope on core Navy tactical data links programs. Thirty-six awards with combined potential value of $55.3 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, signaling acute recompete exposure and a critical window for win/hold strategy on core NAVWAR task order vehicles.

The vendor's capability portfolio centers on tactical data link engineering and sustainment for the AN/USQ-219 Tactical Common Data Link, AN/USQ-247 Maritime Surface Terminal, AN/UYQ-120(V) Command and Control Processor System, and communications networks across multiple ship classes and shore sites. Representative work includes government acceptance testing and quality assurance for C2P systems; systems operation and verification testing for Link-16 installations aboard naval vessels; technical training curriculum development and delivery for allied navies (Australia, Japan, Norway, South Korea); configuration management and integrated logistics support for TDL deployments; and engineering services for Deploying Group System Integration Testing events. K E S delivers cost-plus-fixed-fee technical services, with pricing typically in the $15,000 to $2.3 million per task order range for 12-month performance periods.

K E S operates predominantly as a prime contractor on its Navy IDIQ vehicles (100% of recent awards prime, less than 1% sub-award activity). Across SCI-reportable service contracts, the vendor's invoiced revenue has declined from $6.6 million in FY2022 (32.9 FTEs) to $3.4 million in FY2024 (13.7 FTEs), reflecting the broader award contraction. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-captured work run a median of $95.80/hr with 10th-to-90th-percentile spread from $91.17/hr to $114.30/hr—a narrow, labor-category-sensitive band typical of ship-rider and technical support roles. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors perform an average 43% of total hours, with named subs including Omicronvis LLC (SBA 8(a) firm providing tactical data links engineering), Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC, major defense contractor providing engineering support), Boarhog LLC (service-disabled veteran-owned small business and HUBZone firm providing TDL and cybersecurity services), and a rotating set of specialized technical partners for fabrication, network systems, and logistics support. K E S has also subcontracted to larger primes—Gnostech LLC (meteorological and oceanographic in-service engineering) and Highbury Defense Group (naval information warfare program management support)—on a secondary basis, though this sub-award footprint is negligible relative to K E S's prime work.

The vendor's award-concentration profile and declining activity trajectory signal both strategic dependency on Navy tactical data links programs (which face modernization cycles and force-structure shifts) and exposure to competitive recompete risk on core vehicles expiring within twenty-four months. Business development professionals should assess K E S's competitive position on N6600115D0262, N6600118D0075, and N6600120D0044 recompetes, the company's ability to scale work on newly awarded Seaport-NXG and SHIELD vehicles, and potential partnering or acquisition interest tied to tactical data links domain expertise in contested environment modernization.

KES is recognized for its expertise in requirements analysis, systems engineering, systems integration, installation, testing, training, training, IT support, project management and IV&V.