MPI America Inc.

MPI America Inc., a foreign-owned small disadvantaged business headquartered in San Jose, California, manufactures and supplies advanced semiconductor testing and measurement equipment to federal research and defense agencies as a prime contractor (86% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor to defense primes. The company competes predominantly in full-and-open, non-set-aside procurements, though it has secured Total Small Business set-aside awards; it does not operate under 8(a), HUBZone, or other SBA certification vehicles. MPI specializes in probe stations, on-wafer probes, automated test systems, and measurement instrumentation under NAICS codes spanning instrument manufacturing for electrical testing (primary), semiconductor device manufacturing, and precision equipment repair and maintenance.

MPI's customer base centers on research and development institutions. The National Institute of Standards and Technology accounts for 11 of 18 prime awards (82% coverage) worth $1.5 million combined potential value, anchoring MPI's federal footprint. The Air Force Research Laboratory follows with 2 awards valued at $1.2 million, while the Office of Naval Research and the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command round out the top tier. Recent representative work includes a $293,190 thermo-reflectance probe station for NIST's Radio Frequency Technology Division (awarded September 2025), a $249,000 automated high-precision probe advanced semiconductor test system for NIST (awarded February 2024), and a $611,810 probe station system for Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (awarded September 2023). A $46,182 purchase order from NIST for specialized 220 GHz on-wafer probes supporting the CHIPS program closed in March 2026. MPI also maintains one-year warranty and maintenance contracts with NIST for automated probe systems, with a current $20,380 award running through July 2026.

Award volume has grown modestly — two awards in 2022 to a peak of six in 2024 — with a sharp drop to three awards in 2025 and one in 2026 year-to-date. Combined potential value across 22 awards totals $3.1 million, with actual obligations at $3.4 million. Only one award ($20 thousand) reaches completion inside the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal near-term recompete exposure. In its subcontractor role, MPI supplies probe equipment to Valkyrie Enterprises (a subcontract for MIT Lincoln Laboratory test equipment awarded November 2024), Atlantic Diving Supply (a megazoom probe system sub-award under an AFRL contract, February 2024), and KBR Wyle Services (a device trade studies and analysis sub-award under AFRL, October 2023). MPI's work is performed primarily at customer sites including NIST's Boulder facility, Naval Research Laboratory in Washington DC, and Air Force Research Laboratory locations, with some manufacturing performed in Taiwan.