Meteorological Products Inc.

Meteorological Products Inc., a for-profit manufacturer based in Duluth, Minnesota, supplies high-resolution wind profiler weather balloons and meteorological instruments to federal customers exclusively as a prime contractor. The vendor competes across both full-and-open and total small business set-aside categories with no subcontracting footprint, operating as a Subchapter S corporation and holding small business status.

Meteorological Products Inc. manufactures JIMSPHERE high-resolution wind profiler balloons in 2-meter diameter configurations with clear 1/2 mil polyester film construction. Representative recent work includes a $57,440 purchase order from the Air Force awarded June 29, 2026, for JIMSPHERE balloons per quote dated June 17, 2026, with place of performance in Lompoc, California and ultimate completion October 27, 2026 (no set-aside); an April 11, 2025, Air Force purchase order for $48,240 under total small business set-aside for a 2-meter high-resolution wind profiler (P/N JC20-12-05); and a September 17, 2024, Defense Logistics Agency Aviation purchase order valued at $30,184 for NSN 6660014992643 meteorological balloons on a no-set-aside basis.

Customer concentration is extreme. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation accounts for 37 of 40 total awards and $1.7 million of the combined $1.8 million potential value across the vendor's recent footprint. The Department of the Air Force places two awards totaling $106 thousand, and NASA appears once. All awards carry the primary PSC code for Meteorological Instruments and Apparatus; NAICS classification splits between All Other Rubber Product Manufacturing (18 awards) and Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (14 awards), reflecting the balloon and instrument production mix.

The vendor's activity rate has declined sharply. Awards per year dropped from three in 2021 to one per year in 2024, 2025, and 2026. Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $57 thousand). The source notes the vendor has received over $500,000 in prior federal contracts from DLA Aviation since 2019, with awards both set-aside and full-and-open; recent individual purchase orders range from roughly $30,000 to $175,000. Meteorological Products Inc. holds an approved source designation for DLA Aviation procurements and operates with firm-fixed-price terms on all visible awards. The vendor manufactures at Lompoc, California for Air Force work and delivers through DLA Distribution for broader supply-chain orders.