Pickering Interfaces, Inc.

Pickering Interfaces, Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit manufacturer headquartered in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, supplies modular signal switching, relay modules, matrix switches, circuit card assemblies, and electronic test and measurement equipment to defense and aerospace agencies as a prime contractor (64% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor to major defense primes. The vendor operates in full-and-open competition without SBA set-asides and competes primarily under firm fixed-price purchase orders and basic ordering agreements rather than large IDVs or GWACs.

Pickering's prime work centers on specialized electronic components and test systems for weapons platforms and defense testing infrastructure. Representative prime awards include a $249,998 purchase order from Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex (December 2024) for Versatile Diagnostic Automatic Test Station (VDATS) AB test station hardware, a $259,230 order from the same command (January 2024) for RF switches and relay modules, a $248,579 order (also Warner Robins, December 2024) for VDATS configured baseline build-and-integration, a $174,515 order (Warner Robins, July 2024) for power and relay modules to manufacture VDATS AB test stations, and a $134,820 Naval Sea Systems Command order (June 2022) for 10x12 bit resistor modules. A $67,976 NASA Shared Services Center purchase order (October 2024) for a MAV Pickering Interface represents sole-source work under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), reflecting the vendor's status as the sole provider of specialized test measurement interfaces in certain defense applications. Recent small orders include a $32,418 Naval Strategic Systems Programs purchase order (December 2025) for high-voltage DB25 cable assemblies and a $17,739 Warner Robins order (November 2025) for VDATS Phase 2 parts.

Customer concentration is fragmented across defense, Navy, Air Force, and NASA centers rather than dominated by any single agency. The top five customers by award count (Naval Sea Systems Command, Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration, Naval Air Systems Command, Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex, and Naval Air Warfare Center) account for 52% of awards. By dollar value, concentration shifts: Warner Robins (7 awards, $1.2 million) and the Air Force Materiel Command Ogden Air Logistics Complex (3 awards, $2.9 million) anchor the top-value slot, while Naval Sea Systems Command drops to third place despite its 24 award count, reflecting small transactional values typical of component replenishment. The vendor's NAICS footprint is dominated by Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals (56 awards), with smaller volume in facilities support, R&D, guided missile parts manufacturing, and engineering services. SAM.gov records show registration since 2002, but recent activity accelerated sharply: four awards each in 2022 and 2023, then 26 in 2024 and 15 in 2025.

Parent vehicle participation remains modest. The vendor holds seats on or has placed task orders under Basic Ordering Agreement N0001921G0006 (2 task orders), Seaport Next Generation (2 task orders), and several single-task navy BOAs, but does not appear to anchor broad government-wide IDVs or GWACs. Most work flows as direct purchase orders or BOA calls rather than through large multi-agency vehicles.

Pickering's subcontract footprint is substantial: 39 of 108 awards (36%) place the vendor as a sub-supplier to defense primes. Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC is the largest sub customer, with multiple task orders across the Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration's National Security Campus management contract (DE-NA0002839), awarding test equipment components repeatedly between 2024 and January 2026. Raytheon Company places multiple sub orders for guided missile assembly, test equipment, and relay modules. Lockheed Martin Corporation sources PXI matrix modules, relay assemblies, RF interface drawers, and weapons-system development components across programs including PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile production and NGI Aural Development. Science Applications International Corporation subcontracts Pickering components for propulsion test facility operations and warhead electronics systems. Boeing, Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Bell Textron Inc., Electric Boat Corporation, Fluor Marine Propulsion, and Defense Systems And Solutions round out the sub-prime base, sourcing test equipment and switching assemblies for aerospace, missile, and nuclear naval programs. The combined potential value across all awards (prime and sub) stands at $5.8 million reported in the source, though obligated dollars reached $9.3 million (160% of potential value), signaling that completion rates exceed ceiling estimates — typical of transactional purchase orders where actual delivery rounds to or below estimated value.