Midcon Cables Co., Inc.

Midcon Cables Co., Inc., doing business as Midcon, is a for-profit subchapter S corporation based in Joplin, Missouri, that manufactures custom cable assemblies, wiring harnesses, and electronic components for defense and aerospace applications. The company operates as both a prime contractor (45% of recent awards) and a subcontractor (55%), competing without set-aside designations in the full-and-open federal marketplace.

Midcon's customer concentration is heavily weighted toward the Defense Logistics Agency. DLA Aviation dominates the prime footprint with 56 awards and $4.2 million in combined potential value, accounting for 61% of awards by count across the top five customers. DLA Land and Maritime contributes $1.2 million in potential value across five prime awards. Among the remaining prime customers, the Department of the Army Materiel Command's Contracting Command Detroit Arsenal carries $812 thousand across four awards, and the Army's Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command accounts for 24 awards totaling $391 thousand in potential value. In the subcontractor role, Midcon's primary relationships anchor to Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, BAE Systems, and Northrop Grumman on missile, aircraft, and ground-vehicle programs including the AMRAAM air-to-air missile, the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System, the F-22 and F-35 fighter platforms, the M-TADS/PNVS helicopter targeting system, and the M1 Abrams tank.

Midcon's recent prime work centers on delivery orders under five primary indefinite delivery contracts. The largest is W58RGZ23D0011 with 14 task orders, followed by SPM45104D0879 (12 task orders, $1.2 million potential value), SPE4A621D0044 (10 task orders, $931 thousand potential value), SP045104D0879 (8 task orders), and W31P4Q23D0003 (8 task orders). Representative prime awards include a $102,576 delivery order from DLA Aviation for specialized cable assemblies (August 2025, Loma Linda, Missouri performance), a $100,896 delivery order for cable assemblies supporting military aircraft and ground vehicle systems (August 2024), and a $64,680 purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime for specialized cable assemblies (May 2025). The DLA Aviation indefinite delivery contract, with a $1,023,792 ceiling, was originally awarded in December 2020 and remains the primary vehicle for Midcon's ongoing supply relationship.

Activity growth peaked in 2024 with 61 awards, declining to 27 in 2025 and 3 awards through August 2026, signaling a sharp contraction in incoming order volume. The source shows 245 total awards with a combined potential value of $6.8 million but obligated dollars of $79.1 million, indicating that the awards under the DLA Aviation IDV have been heavily invoiced against their ceilings in prior performance periods. Across the subcontractor footprint, Midcon supplies cable and harness components to Raytheon on AN/SPY-6 radar production, AMRAAM missile systems, and Coyote interceptors; to Lockheed Martin on the M-TADS/PNVS platform, Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System production, PAC-3 missile systems, and JASSM standoff missiles; to Boeing on Small Diameter Bombs, the B-21 bomber, Harpoon coastal defense systems, and SLAM-ER missile modernization; and to BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman on Big Safari classified programs and the Stand-In Attack Weapon.

Midcon's capability portfolio splits between cable assembly manufacturing (Other Electronic Component Manufacturing, 64 awards) and guided missile and space vehicle component supply (Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing, 52 awards), with cable and cord assemblies representing 63 awards across communication equipment and miscellaneous power distribution categories. The company has maintained federal vendor registration since 2001 and operates manufacturing facilities in Loma Linda, Missouri, in addition to its Joplin headquarters.