Merlin Power Systems LLC

Merlin Power Systems LLC, a for-profit limited liability company based in Ronkonkoma, New York, manufactures and supplies wiring harnesses and specialized electronic components for military aviation and ground vehicle programs as a prime contractor (67% of recent awards) and subcontractor to major defense primes. The company competes predominantly full-and-open without set-aside designations, though the source notes occasional small business set-aside awards for certain sustainment initiatives.

Merlin Power Systems' capability portfolio centers on defense-critical electronic components and wiring harnesses. Prime work includes a $2.1 million definitive contract with the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime (ACC Warren) awarded August 22, 2023, for 293 battery monitoring shunt sensors (NSN 6625-01-675-0290) supporting M1A2 Abrams electrical systems, with ultimate completion in December 2026; a $2.1 million definitive contract with DLA Land and Maritime for an electronic component (NSN 5998-01-675-0288) awarded September 19, 2023, with completion in January 2025; and recurring purchase orders from DLA Aviation for wiring harness components ranging from roughly $2,300 to $96,575, including a $96,575 order for 133 units of BRAN-type wiring harnesses (NSN 6150016743401) awarded August 27, 2025. The company registered for federal contracting in June 2012 and maintains a Lake Ronkonkoma facility as its place of performance across all prime awards.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to the Department of the Army through two distinct pathways. DLA Aviation dominates award count with 23 purchase orders totaling $416 thousand in combined potential value, while the Department of the Army Materiel Command Contracting Command Detroit Arsenal anchors the dollar portfolio with three definitive contracts valued at $3.6 million combined. The Department of the Army Acquisition Support Center PEO Ground Combat Systems accounts for 15 awards ($77 thousand combined potential value), and the Department of the Navy Secretary of the Navy Office of Naval Research holds one award ($13 thousand). The top two customers by potential value — Army Detroit Arsenal and DLA Aviation — track inversely: Detroit Arsenal delivers larger contract values through fewer awards (definitive contracts for sensors and components), while DLA Aviation generates volume through smaller purchase orders.

Merlin Power Systems sits on two indefinite delivery contracts (W56HZV21D0001 and W56HZV22D0083), each with four task orders. Activity has accelerated significantly — three awards in 2022 to fifteen in 2024 — with nine awards in 2025 and two in 2026 year-to-date. The recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months is minimal: one award (the $1.3 million battery monitoring shunt sensor contract) faces ultimate completion by December 2026.

In its subcontractor capacity, Merlin Power Systems supplies materials to BAE Systems Land & Armaments (supporting AMPV production for Ukraine and Bradley A4 follow-on production across seven recent sub-awards dated February 2024 through August 2025) and to General Dynamics Land Systems (supporting M1A2 SEPV3 Abrams tank production and upgrades across four sub-awards from August 2024). The subcontract work is characterized as material supply for vehicle manufacturing and production rate expansion. Across prime and sub footprints, the vendor's NAICS concentration sits with Power, Distribution, and Specialty Transformer Manufacturing (23 awards) and Military Armored Vehicle, Tank, and Tank Component Manufacturing (14 awards), with primary PSC coding under Miscellaneous Electric Power and Distribution Equipment (23 awards).