Planar Monolithics Industries, Inc.

Planar Monolithics Industries, Inc., doing business as PMI, is a Frederick, Maryland-based for-profit manufacturer of high-reliability radio frequency and microwave components for military and defense applications. The company has maintained federal government registration since May 2001 and specializes in producing sophisticated electronic components that support critical defense systems across the Department of Defense. PMI operates as a prime contractor and subcontractor to major defense organizations, leveraging its core competency in radio frequency and microwave engineering to deliver specialized components for naval, air force, and defense logistics applications.

PMI has demonstrated extensive experience delivering radio frequency and microwave components through its prime federal contract portfolio, which encompasses video amplifiers, radio frequency switches, transceivers, and control boards. The company has received prime contract awards from the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), Office of Naval Research (ONR), Air Force Sustainment Center, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), Naval Air Warfare Center, Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP), and Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC). Recent notable prime awards include a $96,950 purchase order from DLA for video amplifiers in October 2025, a $125,940 delivery order from the Air Force Sustainment Center for ALR-56M radio frequency line switches in September 2025, and a $1,136,865 purchase order from NAVSEA for radio frequency switches awarded in March 2025. PMI has also provided repairs for PMI transceivers to the Office of Naval Research and delivered successive detection logarithmic video amplifiers (SDLVAs) with frequency ranges up to 40 GHz for Navy photonics mast programs and undersea warfare systems. The company received total small business set-aside designations on multiple contracts, including a $365,090 sole-source award for SDLVAs from NAVSEA and a $180,415 contract for SDLVAs supporting Navy undersea warfare programs. Beyond prime contracting, PMI serves as a critical subcontractor providing microwave and radio frequency components, amplifiers, filters, and attenuators to major defense primes including Lockheed Martin Corporation, BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., SRC Inc., Leidos Inc., and Science Applications International Corporation, with subcontract awards dating through May 2025.

PMI holds two active indefinite delivery contracts with significant ceiling values and extended performance periods. The first is a single-award indefinite delivery contract with the Air Force Sustainment Center, awarded September 30, 2025, with a ceiling value of $1,260,310 and an ultimate completion date of September 29, 2030, for the manufacture of spare ALR-56M radio frequency line switches (National Stock Number 5865-01-324-7734EW) used in the Advanced Radar Warning Receiver system on F-16 Blocks C/D and C-130J aircraft. This contract includes a five-year requirements arrangement with a 12-month basic ordering period followed by four additional 12-month ordering periods, calling for 18 units in the base year and 20 units annually thereafter. An initial delivery order valued at $125,940 was awarded under this IDV on September 30, 2025, with completion targeted for April 30, 2026. The second indefinite delivery contract is a single-award vehicle held with Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), awarded December 15, 2022, with a ceiling value of $1,923,726 and an ultimate completion date of December 14, 2025, for supplies and services supporting the Multi-Agent Radio Frequency Path Simulator (MARPS) laboratory test system. Under this NAVSEA IDV, PMI has received multiple delivery orders including a $63,500 order for main control boards with delivery to Frederick, Maryland by May 14, 2023, consolidating procurement of upgrades, repairs, and new purchases for the MARPS lab, which enables simulation, testing, and evaluation of radar and communications systems for Navy vessels in support of NAVSEA shipbuilding programs.