Mu-Del Electronics LLC

Mu-Del Electronics LLC, doing business as American Microwave Corporation, manufactures specialized radio frequency and microwave electronic components for federal agencies as a prime contractor (81% of recent awards) and subcontractor, competing in the full-and-open market without set-aside designations across nearly all of its prime work. The company is a for-profit limited liability company and small business manufacturer headquartered in Manassas, Virginia, with a federal contracting footprint spanning over two decades since its 2001 SAM registration. Primary NAICS categories center on radio and television broadcasting and wireless communications equipment manufacturing and other communications equipment manufacturing; work is performed in Manassas, Sudley Springs, Virginia, Atlantic City, New Jersey, Washington DC, and La Plata, Maryland across defense and civilian federal sites.

Mu-Del's capability portfolio is narrowly focused on RF and microwave component design and manufacturing. Representative prime work includes an $405.2 million purchase order from the Federal Aviation Administration for eighty RF Power Calibrators used in Terminal Doppler Weather Radar transmitter microwave assemblies (November 2024), a $307.9 million Navy purchase order for down converter dual independent units from Naval Air Warfare Center (November 2023), a $244.6 million Office of Naval Research purchase order for a Block Downconverter Model 2MDC-2640-0216/17/05/V (May 2026), a $147.9 million Naval Air Warfare Center purchase order for a down converter and antenna (February 2023), and a $105.3 million Naval Sea Systems Command purchase order for a polarized antenna system set-aside for total small business (November 2021). Additional component deliveries span receiver selectors, RF amplifiers, RF switches, multicouplers, up converters, down converters, antennas, and radar set subassemblies to support military, aerospace, and communications infrastructure. PSC concentration runs to radio and television communication equipment, miscellaneous communication equipment, antennas and waveguides, and communications security components.

Customer concentration is extreme: the Federal Aviation Administration Headquarters dominates Mu-Del's federal footprint with 46 awards worth $82.3 million in combined potential value—88% of the vendor's total pipeline. This concentration reflects sustained, high-volume procurement for National Airspace System support assets over the past several years. The next tier of customers—Naval Air Systems Command Naval Air Warfare Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Naval Sea Systems Command, and Naval Supply Systems Command—account for the remaining 12% combined. The top five customers (by potential value) cover 97% of Mu-Del's combined potential across all federal awards. No other civilian agency or defense component represents material volume.

Mu-Del places work under an Indefinite Delivery Contract (DTFAWA07D00022) carrying 15 task orders and $55.5 million in combined potential value, the One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services (OASIS) Small Business vehicle with 15 task orders, a Navy Basic Ordering Agreement (N0038322GST01) with 6 task orders, and several other Navy IDCs. The DTFAWA vehicle and OASIS Small Business vehicle are the dominant conduits for Mu-Del's prime work, anchoring nearly all of the FAA relationship. These vehicles are available to agencies government-wide and represent Mu-Del's primary entry point for repeat purchases from its top customer.

Activity has grown from 10 awards in 2022 to a peak of 27 awards in 2024, with 17 awards in 2025 and 8 awards through September 2026. Only 3 awards (combined potential value $342 thousand) reach ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, creating a minimal recompete cliff and indicating strong forward backlog. Combined obligated dollars total $59.3 million against $93.7 million in combined potential value, representing 63% cash-flow realization to date.

As a subcontractor, Mu-Del supplies RF and microwave components to major defense primes including L3Harris Technologies (down converters, up converters, bases for multiple platforms), Lockheed Martin Corporation (down converters and electronic components for Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Geosynchronous and spares), Argon ST Inc. (RF switches, motherboards, digital tuners, RF distribution units, and low-band hardware for MISD production), Raytheon Company (antennas for Patriot Weapon System engineering services and aircraft antennas), Peraton Inc. (space communications infrastructure and satellite ground sustainment systems), BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Inc. (multicouplers for instrumentation range support), CACI Inc. Federal (hardware for Navy digital integration), and Assurance Technology Corp (Ka-band up converters). Sub work spans flight test instrumentation, space communications, satellite systems, weapon system support, and military communications platforms. Mu-Del appears on 51 total subcontract awards, anchoring a secondary revenue stream that complements and diversifies its FAA-concentrated prime base.