Palomar Display Products, Inc.

Palomar Display Products, Inc., doing business as Palomar Display And Tactical Products, manufactures ruggedized optical and electronic components for military defense applications and operates as a prime contractor on 94% of its federal awards, competing predominantly in full-and-open procurements without set-aside designations. The company is a for-profit, privately held manufacturer based in Carlsbad, California, and operates as a subsidiary of Palomar Technologies Inc.

Palomar's federal work centers on display systems, wiring harnesses, backplane assemblies, circuit card assemblies, and electron tube components for ground vehicles, aircraft, weapons targeting platforms, and command and control systems. Representative prime awards include a $326.8 thousand delivery order from the Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command (TACOM) for high voltage power supply circuit card assemblies (ultimate completion August 30, 2026), a $221.6 thousand purchase order from DLA Aviation for electrical wiring harnesses (ultimate completion May 26, 2026), and a $628.6 thousand single-award Total Small Business indefinite delivery contract with DLA Land and Maritime for backplane assemblies running through May 21, 2026. Palomar also holds a $87.4 thousand Total Small Business set-aside indefinite delivery contract with DLA Land and Maritime for electrical wiring harnesses through May 21, 2027, against which two delivery orders totaling approximately $60.5 thousand have been executed.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward Army contracting commands. The top five customer agencies account for 73% of award count and 98% of combined potential value. The Department of the Army Materiel Command's Contracting Command Detroit Arsenal leads with 32 awards ($200 million combined potential value), followed by TACOM Life Cycle Management Command with 31 awards ($152.5 million), and the Army Contracting Command Aberdeen Proving Ground with 7 awards ($133.2 million). DLA Land and Maritime places the highest volume by count (55 awards, $2.5 million combined value), reflecting numerous smaller purchase orders for components, while DLA Aviation accounts for 27 awards ($3.6 million combined value). The Army Acquisition Support Center's PEO Intelligence, Electronic Warfare & Sensors holds nine awards worth $127.4 million combined potential value, signaling significant exposure to higher-value Army modernization programs.

Palomar's parent vehicle position is concentrated on Army IDCs. Indefinite Delivery Contract W909MY15D0003 carries 41 task orders worth $328.7 million combined potential value, IDC W15P7T08DT002 has 28 task orders worth $24.4 million, and IDC W909MY20D0006 carries 6 task orders worth $89.6 million. These vehicles anchor the majority of Palomar's Army work and establish its position as a critical component supplier for vehicle modernization and sustainment programs.

Activity has grown from 9 awards in 2022 to 15 in 2025 (the most recent full-year count), though 2026 carries only 2 recorded awards to date. Combined potential value across all 218 awards (prime and sub) totals $671.7 million, with $172.5 million obligated to date (26% of potential value). Only one award faces ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months ($327 thousand combined potential value), reducing near-term recompete exposure.

Palomar subcontracts with major defense primes on specialized electronics for high-value platforms. Recent subcontract work includes display unit and user display assemblies for DRS Network & Imaging Systems on missile procurement and DLA spares programs (awards in January, March, and April 2025–2026), M1 Abrams tank and SEPV3 variant upgrades for General Dynamics Land Systems (March 31, 2025), and integrated electronic assemblies for Raytheon on missile procurement (awards in April 2024 and December 2024). These subcontract relationships connect Palomar to production and sustainment of major Army platforms (M1 Abrams, SEPV3 tanks, Bradley upgrades) and defense electronic warfare systems.

The vendor's category concentration reflects its core manufacturing footprint. Top NAICS codes are Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (99 awards) and Noncurrent-Carrying Wiring Device Manufacturing (19 awards). Top PSC codes center on Optical Sighting and Ranging Equipment (68 awards), Electrical and Electronic Assemblies (25 awards), and Night Vision Equipment (15 awards), anchoring Palomar's position as a specialized supplier to military optics, targeting, display, and vehicle electronics programs rather than a broad-based contractor.