Curtiss-Wright DS, Inc.

Curtiss-Wright DS, Inc., doing business as Curtiss-Wright Pacstar, manufactures ruggedized tactical communications equipment and networking hardware for federal agencies as a prime contractor (97% of recent awards) on full-and-open, unrestricted procurements, with a subsidiary role under parent Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc. The company is based in Tigard, Oregon and operates across NAICS 334220 (Electronic Computer Manufacturing) and related categories, competing without small-business set-asides and delivering mission-critical portable and stationary communications infrastructure, secure containers, networking switches, servers, and software licensing to defense and civilian customers.

Curtiss-Wright Pacstar's customer concentration reflects heavy Army and Navy exposure. The top five funding entities account for 26% of awards by count and 37% of combined potential value: Army Communications-Electronics Command leads at 86 awards worth $47.6 million combined potential value, followed by DOD Education Activity (74 awards, $41.1 million), Navy Naval Sea Systems Command (56 awards, $17.1 million), Army Cyber Command (47 awards, $13.3 million), and Army proper (352 awards, $13 million). The rankings diverge meaningfully — CECOM and DoDEA anchor dollar value while Army proper and Marine Corps drive volume — signaling that Pacstar supplies high-margin specialized equipment (communications kits, switches, containers) to CECOM and scaling IT network components through DoDEA and ITNO, contrasted with numerous small maintenance and cable purchases across broader Army and Marine commands.

Pacstar's vehicle footprint is dominated by GSA IT Schedule 70, which has generated 1,339 task orders worth $109.4 million combined potential value, representing the company's primary path to federal customers across civilian and defense agencies. Secondary vehicles include two Army indefinite delivery contracts (DAAB2202A0002 with 78 task orders and supporting infrastructure work; N6523607D5102 with 46 task orders, $4.6 million), the General Services Administration Multiple Award Schedule (27 task orders, $7.5 million), and the DOD Education Activity's Information Technology Network Outfitting IDIQ (26 task orders, $7.3 million). Three named single-award IDVs anchor specific customer relationships: a $17.5 million FBI Headquarters Division Indefinite Delivery Contract for deployment fly-away kits running through September 2028, a $1.88 million Defense Finance and Accounting Service Other Transaction Authority for supply-chain assurance, and a newly awarded $250 thousand Marine Corps single-award IDC through March 2029 for equipment evaluation and repair services at Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane.

Recent prime awards reflect Pacstar's core product and service scope. Representative work includes a $9.29 million Army CECOM definitive contract (September 2025) for commercial-off-the-shelf software license renewals for Curtiss-Wright Pacstar and IQ-Core software, a $1.5 million Air Force Materiel Command Edwards Air Force Base IT infrastructure and WiFi upgrade delivery order (September 2024) under GSA Schedule, a $1.16 million Army CECOM Foreign Military Sales contract (December 2025) for tactical communications equipment to Romania, and a $1.03 million FBI Headquarters Division delivery order (March 2026) for PACSTAR Deployment Fly-Away Kits under the FBI IDC. Smaller awards span purchase orders for repair services, special hose clamps, cable assemblies, disk drive units, IPS secure containers, and Cisco switching and voice-gateway equipment across Air Force, Navy, and DLA Aviation.

Award activity has grown from 25 in 2022 to 62 in 2024, with 41 awards in 2025 and 9 recorded year-to-date in 2026. Six awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months with combined potential value of $2.1 million, presenting moderate recompete exposure. Pacstar's subcontractor footprint is substantial relative to prime strength — the vendor holds sub-awards from Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Integrated Battle Command System IBCS hardware full-rate production for WISLA Phase II, multiple releases through November 2025), L3Harris Technologies Integrated Systems (Digital Infrastructure Consortium for Advanced Battle Management System and Big Safari programs), General Dynamics Information Technology (US BICES/US BICES-X task orders), Leidos (Common Hardware Systems 6th Gen contract and related standing-army warehouse support), Atlantic Diving Supply (multiple Pacstar equipment and switching module procurements), Booz Allen Hamilton (Airborne Systems Integration SCI operational support), and others. These sub relationships surface Pacstar as a supplier of specialized communications hardware, servers, and networking modules to prime integrators on battle-management, surveillance, and deployed-communications programs.

SCI data shows minimal service-contract activity: five SCI records, all in subcontractor roles, spanning FY2022–FY2024 with estimated 0.5 to 0.8 FTEs annually. SCI is a strict subset capturing only federal services above $150,000 and excludes the dominant product-sales and hardware-licensing work that characterizes Pacstar's business model. The company's federal footprint is overwhelmingly goods and product delivery — communications systems, networking equipment, secure containers, software licenses, and maintenance parts — not labor-hour services, and reflects enterprise revenue significantly larger than any SCI reporting suggests.

Pacstar frequently partners with major defense contractors on development and production programs. Beyond the primes named above, the vendor subcontracts to Raytheon (A3 Sentinel Radar lifecycle support, network equipment), General Dynamics Mission Systems (Fortress equipment procurement), Noblis MSD (CTU-4 system engineering and production), Scientific Research Corporation (NIWC Atlantic Fly Away Kit development and integration), Amentum Services (C5ISR Prototyping Integration Facility support), Sierra Nevada Company (Precision Strike Package contractor logistics), and others. This teaming pattern — consistent supply of ruggedized networking, communications, and server hardware to large systems integrators — positions Pacstar as an embedded component supplier in multi-year defense acquisition programs spanning command-and-control, battle management, airborne operations, and naval systems.