Measurement Specialties Inc.

Measurement Specialties Inc., headquartered in Hampton, Virginia, manufactures specialized measurement and sensing equipment—pressure scanners, liquid level sensors, electronic components, and calibration services—as a foreign-owned prime contractor supplying federal agencies with no SBA set-asides; the company maintains 465 prime awards (95% of its portfolio) across 47 customer agencies, with substantial sub work for major defense primes including Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Curtiss-Wright, and Electric Boat.

The vendor's capability footprint centers on pressure measurement hardware, six-degree-of-freedom measurement tools, calibration and recalibration services, and Optimus pressure system components and spares. Recent prime work includes a $1.35 billion firm fixed-price purchase order from NASA Langley Research Center for a multi-pressure measurement system to replace an aging Pressure Systems Inc. 8400 platform; a $694 thousand delivery order from Naval Air Warfare Center for standard 6DOF measurement tools under a $11.8 million Naval Air Systems Command IDIQ; and numerous smaller orders for pressure scanners and liquid level sensors from Naval Supply Systems Command and the NASA Shared Services Center. The source identifies over 50 prime federal contracts awarded since 2019. Primary NAICS coverage aligns with instruments manufacturing: 268 awards under NAICS 354111 (Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables) and 37 awards under NAICS 334312 (Totalizing Fluid Meter and Counting Device Manufacturing). PSC codes map predominantly to liquid and gas flow measurement instruments (95 awards), laboratory equipment (60 awards), and pressure and temperature measurement instruments (60 awards).

Customer concentration clusters heavily around Navy and NASA. The top five funding agencies account for 54% of total awards. Naval Air Warfare Center (25 awards, $15.7 million combined potential value) anchors most of the dollar value, reflecting its $11.8 million IDIQ vehicle for 6DOF tools and recalibration services. Naval Supply Systems Command (95 awards, $4.9 million) represents the largest volume driver but at lower per-order magnitude, procuring electronic components and sensors on an ad hoc basis. The U.S. Geological Survey (62 awards, $4.8 million) places regular orders under a $2.35 million IDIQ vehicle for hydrological equipment. NASA Shared Services Center (49 awards, $3 million) and NASA Langley Research Center (34 awards, $1.1 million) collectively sustain a steady stream of Optimus system components and calibration hardware. A distinct split between volume and value emerges: NAVSUP drives frequency while Naval Air Warfare Center drives dollars per order.

Measurement Specialties operates through multiple parent vehicles. The Scientific Equipment and Services contract vehicle carries 137 task orders worth $5.7 million combined potential value—the largest single vehicle—and serves as the principal delivery mechanism for NASA and Navy work. Indefinite Delivery Contract N0042119D0046 (likely a Navy vehicle) anchors 17 task orders valued at $3.7 million. The U.S. Geological Survey IDIQ 140G0120D0006 carries 9 task orders at $247 thousand. These vehicles position the vendor for sustained task order competition across civilian research and Navy sustainment missions without reliance on government-wide acquisition contracts or GSA Schedules.

Award activity has grown modestly but plateaued. The vendor averaged 22 to 28 awards annually from 2022 through 2024 (total combined potential value $50.7 million), but declined to 12 awards in 2025 and only 4 as of April 2026. The recompete cliff over the next twenty-four months is minimal—only 2 awards (combined potential value $87 thousand) face ultimate completion-driven recompete exposure. This flat recompete profile suggests most work renews through task order placement against existing indefinite vehicles rather than open competition.

The vendor's subcontract footprint, while modest at 5% of the portfolio (25 awards), targets aerospace and defense platforms. Named prime relationships include Lockheed Martin (multiple awards for F-35 accelerometers, AGMS electrical contacts, and HELLFIRE II components), Northrop Grumman (NGIP Polar spacecraft studies on capacitors and electronic components), Curtiss-Wright (rotational deployment mechanism supplies and repairs), and Electric Boat (fasteners and coupons for SSBN 826). Sub work reflects component-level supply—accelerometers, resistors, transformers, variable resistors, and mechanical fasteners—rather than systems integration or services.

The source identifies the vendor as a subsidiary of TE Connectivity, a global industrial technology conglomerate. Corporate structure lists eight named subsidiaries, including Pressure Systems Inc., Cosense Inc., Meas US LLC, Transducer Controls Corporation, and Eureka Environmental Engineering Corporation. The Pressure Systems Inc. subsidiary carries historical significance: Measurement Specialties is explicitly identified as the successor supplier to Pressure Systems Inc. 8400 systems at NASA Langley, suggesting a possible acquisition or product-line consolidation within the TE Connectivity portfolio. The vendor has maintained federal contractor registration since 2001 and competes exclusively in full-and-open, non-set-aside categories across all documented prime work—a posture consistent with a foreign-owned manufacturer of specialized goods where sole-source awards frequently cite Measurement Specialties as the only qualified provider for proprietary Optimus or TE Connectivity hardware.