Laird R & F Products, Inc.

Laird R & F Products, Inc., a for-profit manufacturer headquartered in Carlsbad, California, supplies specialized radar absorption materials, low radar cross-section components, composite structures, and rubber products to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor (46% of awards) and subcontractor to major defense primes (54% of awards). The company competes in full-and-open contracting vehicles with no SBA set-aside designations on most prime work, though recent awards carry Total Small Business set-aside designations on higher-value Naval Sea Systems Command and Defense Logistics Agency contracts.

Laird R & F's customer base centers almost entirely on Navy programs. The Department of the Navy accounts for 89% of recent award volume, with Naval Air Systems Command (122 awards), Naval Sea Systems Command (39 awards, $5.3 million combined potential value), and Naval Supply Systems Command (14 awards, $151 thousand combined potential value) dominating both award count and dollars. The Navy's Office of Naval Research anchors the highest individual award at $3.3 million. The rankings reveal a sharp concentration: by award count, Naval Air Systems Command leads volume, but by potential value, Naval Sea Systems Command dominates at $5.3 million across low radar cross-section mast assemblies and radar absorbing structure units. Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime accounts for the remainder of concentration, with 12 awards valued at $107 thousand, primarily for radio frequency absorbers and electrical shelf plates.

Laird R & F's prime work splits across Navy vehicle positions. Four named indefinite delivery contracts— N6339499D1222 (7 task orders), N6339497D1210 (3 task orders), N6660401D1353 (2 task orders), and H9225417D0001 (1 task order)—carry the bulk of placed task orders. Representative prime awards include a $1.153 million Total Small Business purchase order from Naval Sea Systems Command (September 2025) for a low radar cross-section mast supporting submarine navigation radar capabilities; a $247.3 thousand no-set-aside delivery from Naval Sea Systems Command (September 2024) for two low radar cross-section mast radar absorbing structure assemblies; a $203.4 thousand sole-source Naval Sea Systems Command award (December 2023) for low radar cross-section mast assemblies and radar absorbing structure units with first-article inspection; and multiple smaller orders from Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime for radio frequency absorbers ($8.4 thousand, May 2026; $1.1 thousand, April 2026) and electrical shelf plates under Total Small Business set-aside ($77.8 thousand, March 2026).

Activity shows volatility: 32 awards in 2022, declining to 16 in 2023, surging to 65 in 2024, then falling to 18 in 2025 and 7 through May 2026. Only one award faces recompete in the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $145 thousand). In its subcontractor role, Laird R & F delivers composite aircraft components and radar absorbing materials to Lockheed Martin on F-35 sustainment and production contracts (dozens of modifications and CLINs since 2022, concentrated on canopy boot kits, boot kit materials, and blocker fairing finishes), to Boeing on P-8A aircraft production, to Raytheon on conductive gasket NRE, and to other tier-one primes on naval and aerospace platforms. The vendor's capability portfolio spans radar absorption technologies, low radar cross-section manufacturing, composite fabrication, rubber material production, and electrical assembly — with the majority of prime work anchored to Navy submarine and surface platform stealth applications and the subcontract work supporting fighter and maritime patrol aircraft platforms.