Emcore Chicago Inertial Corporation

Emcore Chicago Inertial Corporation, doing business as KVH Industries Inc., manufactures optoelectronic control components, cable assemblies, inertial measurement units, fiber optic gyros, and communication interface units for the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy as a prime contractor (60% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor on major defense platforms. The company competes full-and-open; no awards carry set-aside designations with the exception of a single $70,147 total small business purchase order from the Coast Guard.

Emcore Chicago Inertial is a subsidiary of Emcore Corporation, a semiconductor and related device manufacturer. The company operates facilities in Orland Hills and Tinley Park, Illinois, and Alhambra, California. Recent activity has accelerated sharply — two awards in 2023 to sixteen in 2024 and thirteen through November 2025 — with combined potential value of $51.7 million across 40 total prime and sub awards since 2003. A single large-dollar award skews the potential-value concentration: the Department of the Army Materiel Command Security Assistance Command accounts for $42.2 million of the $51.7 million portfolio (roughly 82%) on a single indefinite delivery contract, while the Department of the Army Materiel Command Contracting Command Detroit Arsenal anchors $6.8 million across three awards. The Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command, Naval Sea Systems Command, and Naval Air Systems Command collectively represent the balance. By award count, the Navy dominates 14 of the top 21 named awards (53% coverage), but the Army's single large vehicle drives overall customer concentration by dollar value.

Emcore's largest prime contract is a $5.1 million single-award indefinite delivery contract with the Army Contracting Command Warren, issued September 10, 2024, and running through August 31, 2029, for communication interface units (NSN 5895-01-699-9412). The first task order under this vehicle, awarded September 10, 2024, carries $1.42 million and is scheduled to complete April 26, 2025. Recent prime work includes a $741,884.88 definitive contract from TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (November 5, 2025) for 132 gunner's display units supporting the M119A3 105mm towed howitzer, completing May 5, 2027; a $617,872.98 Naval Supply Systems Command purchase order (June 27, 2025) for fluxmeter repair services; and a $372,699.78 Naval Supply Systems Command purchase order (June 24, 2025) for interconnecting box repair services. Smaller transactional work includes optoelectronic control components and cable assemblies under $37,000 from the Navy Aviation and Land and Maritime commands, and Coast Guard navigation systems equipment.

Emcore subcontracts to major defense primes including BAE Systems Land & Armaments (early-order material for Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle production supporting Ukraine efforts, multiple awards September 2025–January 2025), Lockheed Martin (inertial rate sensors and inertial navigation systems for advanced technology programs), Raytheon (inertial measurement units and inertial rate units for F-22 sensor enhancements), L3 Technologies (fiber optic gyros for submarine photonics masts), and Textron Systems (long-lead-time material for LCAC 100 class hovercraft). Recent sub work also flows through Torch Technologies, Teledyne Brown Engineering, Laurel Technologies Partnership, and Southwest Research Institute for spacecraft integration and simulation support. The subcontract footprint reflects Emcore's role as a component and assembly supplier embedded in platform production and modernization across Army and Navy programs.

Only one award in the current portfolio reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months (the $742,000 TACOM M119A3 gunner's display contract, May 5, 2027, is outside the window). Emcore's capability concentration by NAICS centers on search, detection, navigation, guidance, aeronautical and nautical system manufacturing (6 awards), communications equipment manufacturing (4 awards), and aircraft parts manufacturing (4 awards), with a secondary cluster in military armored vehicle manufacturing (4 awards) reflecting the AMPV sub work. Product-service concentration by PSC codes clusters around optoelectronic devices (3 awards), cable and wire assemblies for communications (3 awards), and electrical testing instruments (2 awards).