Noel-Smyser Engineering Corporation

Noel-Smyser Engineering Corporation, doing business as Noel Smyser Engineering Corp, is a precision manufacturer of hydraulic assemblies, hose fittings, valves, gaskets, and related aerospace and defense components, operating as a prime contractor (99% of awards) on low-dollar defense purchase orders with no set-aside designation. The Indianapolis-based Subchapter S corporation competes full-and-open against the broader defense industrial base and does not hold SBA certifications; it has been SAM-registered since 2002.

Noel-Smyser's customer concentration centers on Navy and DLA supply chains. The Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command leads by award count (105 awards, $3.3 million combined potential value), while the Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command dominates by dollar value (16 awards, $10 million combined potential value). The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime ranks second by count (68 awards, $364 thousand) but trails significantly in dollars. Together, these three customers represent a substantial majority of the company's portfolio. The top five funding agencies by count account for 72% of awards; the top five by value account for 97% of combined potential value, indicating concentration around a handful of Navy command relationships. Recent representative prime awards include a $23,055 Naval Supply Systems Command purchase order for 29 pressurizing units (April 2024), a $19,030 Naval Supply Systems Command order for pressurizing units (April 2025, ultimate completion April 2026), and multiple DLA Land and Maritime orders for hose assemblies and hydraulic ram pumps in the $2,800–$6,000 range between late 2024 and mid-2026.

Noel-Smyser places task orders under Navy and Air Force indefinite delivery contracts and basic ordering agreements: Indefinite Delivery Contract N0016408GWT25 (19 task orders, $1 million combined potential value), Indefinite Delivery Contract N0010406DL002 (9 task orders, $485 thousand), and Basic Ordering Agreement N0016413GWT32 (8 task orders, $581 thousand). Award volume has accelerated modestly from two awards in 2022 to eight in 2025, with five awards already placed in 2026. Combined potential value across 398 awards stands at $15.2 million, with $13 million obligated (85% of potential). The company's product portfolio aligns with its NAICS concentration: Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (60 awards), Other Electronic Component Manufacturing (37 awards), and Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (28 awards). PSC coding reflects Aircraft Maintenance and Repair Shop Specialized Equipment (203 awards), Hose and Flexible Tubing (22 awards), and Wire and Cable work (27 awards).

In its limited subcontract role (1% of awards), Noel-Smyser delivers electromechanical assemblies and control-system components to Honeywell on motor-control sub-orders (February and June 2026), performs Block 1B overhaul work for Raytheon (July 2024), and supports General Dynamics Land Systems on Stryker 5th Brigade production instrumentation (March 2023). The vendor also serves as a subcontractor to Boeing and L3 Technologies on aerospace programs. The company's low-dollar, high-volume posture — typical orders range from $700 to $23,000 — positions it as a specialty component supplier within defense supply chains rather than a systems integrator or large-scale program partner.

CONTRACT MANUFACTURING, QUALITY SYSTEM ISO9002,AS9000, SPECIALIZE IN WIRING HARNESSES, CABLE ASSEMBLY,ELECTROMECHANICAL TEST EQUIPMENT,J-STD-001 SOLDERING,PANEL ASSEMBLY, MACHINING, SHEET METAL FABRICATION.