Microwave Techniques LLC

Microwave Techniques LLC, doing business as Mega, manufactures high-power microwave components and radio frequency solutions for the Department of Defense and federal agencies as a prime contractor (97% of recent awards), competing predominantly under total small business set-asides. The company is a for-profit limited liability partnership based in Gorham, Maine, operating under primary NAICS 334220 (Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing) with PSC focus on antennas, waveguides, and related equipment.

Mega's customer concentration is heavily weighted toward defense logistics and Navy platforms. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime leads by award count (241 awards, $6.1 million combined potential value), but the Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command dominates by dollars (44 awards, $9.6 million combined potential value). Defense Logistics Agency Aviation (14 awards, $1.8 million) and Defense Contract Management Agency (6 awards, $544 thousand) round out the top four. These five customers account for 89% of recent awards and 96% of combined potential value. The divergence between volume and dollar leaders reflects Mega's role as a high-volume supplier of commodity waveguide assemblies and antennas to DLA Land and Maritime, offset by larger specialized orders (circulators, evaluation services) from NAVSEA.

Recent representative prime work includes a $875,623 firm fixed-price purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime (October 2025) for manufacture and delivery of radio frequency circulators under total small business set-aside; a $5.7 million single-award indefinite delivery contract with Naval Sea Systems Command (September 2022 through September 2027) for first article testing and manufacture of waveguide assembly kits supporting Navy surface ships and submarines; a $236,548 purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime (July 2025) for horn waveguide components under total small business set-aside; and a $1,464,400 definitive contract from DLA Aviation (February 2023) for manufacture of 46 power dividers for E-3 AWACS aircraft. Mega also holds a $1,076,350 single-award IDC with NAVSEA (February 2022 through February 2027) for test, teardown, and evaluation of circulators and isolators, and a $250,000 indefinite delivery contract with DLA Land and Maritime for antenna procurement.

Activity has grown from eight awards in 2023 to twenty in 2025, with eleven awards in 2026 year to date. Four awards (combined potential value $1.3 million) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete exposure concentrated in waveguide and circulator categories. In its subcontractor role, Mega supplies waveguide circulators and isolators to Raytheon on PATRIOT missile spare parts, AEGIS modernization, and Middle East military aid programs; supports BAE Systems on instrumentation range support; and provides heat sink loads and high-power X-band components to Ultra Electronics Ocean Systems. Recent sub work also includes circulator supply to Triad National Security for Los Alamos National Laboratory competition. Mega's subcontract footprint is sparse (12 sub-awards, 3% of total) relative to its prime presence, indicating limited strategic teaming beyond component supply to major primes.

Mega competes almost exclusively under total small business set-asides on its prime work, with occasional full-and-open purchase orders from DLA and Navy when components are ordered as commodity items. The vendor's portfolio is concentrated in waveguide assemblies (283 PSC awards), reflecting its core manufacturing capability and sustained demand from Navy radar and communications platforms. The company also maintains a Department of Energy grant relationship ($200,000 award for RF vacuum window technology development for particle accelerators), signaling technical depth beyond standard defense procurement.

MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH POWER, LOW FREQUENCY WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS FOR THE TRANSFER OF MICROWAVE

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