Luminescent Systems, Inc.

Luminescent Systems, Inc. (LSI), the New York division of Astronics Corporation, manufactures aerospace and defense electrical and lighting components for military aircraft as a prime contractor to the Defense Logistics Agency and as a subcontractor to major defense primes, competing in full and open competition across a portfolio of nearly 3,800 awards with combined potential value of $66.7 million. LSI is a for-profit manufacturer of goods and a subsidiary of publicly traded Astronics Corporation, headquartered in East Aurora, New York, with no SBA set-aside certifications; the company competes exclusively on technical merit and pricing in unrestricted solicitations.

LSI's federal footprint centers on specialized aircraft lighting and electrical components — indicator panels, cockpit lighting assemblies, eyebrow bezels, light lenses, electronic control panels, signal distribution panels, and related avionic accessories. Recent representative prime work includes a $71,100 purchase order from DLA Aviation for indicator cap assemblies (December 2023), a $34,080 delivery order for aircraft cockpit lighting (January 2025), a $30,336 delivery order for indicating panels (August 2023), and a $247,000 Coast Guard purchase order for radio transmitting buoys for MH-60T helicopters (May 2024). LSI also holds a single-award indefinite delivery contract with DLA Aviation valued at $350,000 through March 2027 for light lenses supporting military aircraft sustainment, awarded March 18, 2026.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed to DLA. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation accounts for 1,480 awards and $29.4 million combined potential value — 44% of LSI's total portfolio dollars — while DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment represents 1,591 awards and $9.7 million. Together, DLA customer units account for roughly 75% of all awards and 59% of potential value. The Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command (98 awards), the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command ($5.8 million across two awards), and the Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command (50 awards, $2.9 million) round out the top five. The Coast Guard has placed three prime purchase orders worth $584,390 combined for aviation components.

LSI's primary vehicle for DLA work is Indefinite Delivery Contract SPM50002D9517, which accounts for 1,636 task orders and $15.8 million in combined potential value. Additional vehicles include SPM50003D9504 (76 task orders, $493 thousand), SPE4A720DC003 (36 task orders, $514 thousand), and four others, collectively demonstrating a stable, recurring vendor relationship with DLA's supply chain operations.

In its subcontractor role, LSI supplies lighting components and electrical assemblies to Lockheed Martin (extensive F-35 lighting work across landing-taxi lights, refueling probe lights, control-panel lighting, and inlet flood lights, with over 100 recorded sub-awards since 2022), The Boeing Company (KC-46 sustainment and modernization common aerospace commodities, with 20+ recent sub-awards), Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Combat Rescue Helicopter aircraft parts and service), General Dynamics Land Systems (Stryker vehicle displays and M1 Abrams tank lighting and electrical components), and Bell Textron (Future Vertical Lift development). Activity has grown notably — 21 prime awards in 2022 to 92 in 2024 — though 2025 and 2026 show smaller award counts, reflecting the lumpy nature of component procurement cycles. Category concentration is extreme: 2,649 awards fall under NAICS 335139 (Vehicular Lighting Equipment Manufacturing), with an additional 355 awards in motor vehicle electrical equipment manufacturing and 190 in other aircraft parts, underscoring LSI's narrow but deep specialization in precision aircraft and vehicular lighting systems. As a subsidiary of Astronics, a established aerospace and defense supplier with broad prime relationships, LSI leverages parent-company infrastructure while maintaining independent prime-contractor status with DLA and other federal customers for specialized component procurement.