Qorvo Texas, LLC

Qorvo Texas, LLC, doing business as Qorvo US, manufactures radio frequency amplifiers, limiters, and gallium nitride semiconductor devices for defense and aerospace applications as both a prime contractor (20% of recent awards) and a heavily utilized subcontractor (80% of awards) serving the Department of Defense. The vendor is a for-profit manufacturer and subsidiary of RF Micro Devices, Inc., headquartered in Richardson, Texas, and competes full-and-open across defense contracts with no SBA set-aside designation.

Qorvo's prime work centers on RF semiconductor development and thermal management innovation for military systems. Recent prime awards include a $17.3 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded November 2023 for the EXTREME GAN initiative—developing thermal management solutions for gallium nitride microelectronic devices under DARPA's Technologies for Heat Removal in Electronics at the Device Scale (THREADS) program, with completion scheduled for February 2028, and a $732.5 thousand purchase order from Naval Supply Systems Command awarded January 2026 for long-range fire amplifier supply with August 2026 completion. The vendor also holds a DARPA grant portfolio focused on advanced semiconductor technologies and serves as a sub-recipient on federally funded microelectronics research through academic institutions including The Pennsylvania State University and the Texas Institute for Electronics.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward Army and Navy programs. The Department of the Army Acquisition Support Center PEO Missiles and Space dominates by award count with 98 awards (55% of the portfolio), while DARPA anchors the top-three customers by potential value at $37.1 million combined (three awards), followed by the Navy's Office of Naval Research at $33.7 million (16 awards) and the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory at $22.2 million (six awards). Across the top five customers by award count, the portfolio covers 80% of all awards, indicating significant concentration risk in Army platform integration and sensor programs.

The vendor places substantial task order volume under two Army indefinite delivery contracts—W56KGY22D0001 (43 task orders) and W56KGY17D0005 (23 task orders)—and under the Advanced Technology Support Program IV (20 task orders). These vehicles provide stable access to Army missile and sensor integration work and Navy radar development. Five additional task orders flow through the Eglin Wide Agile Acquisition Contract and four through a Navy basic ordering agreement.

Qorvo operates predominantly as a subcontractor to Lockheed Martin Corporation (dominant prime partner with over 70 sub-award modifications since 2021), Raytheon Company (20+ sub-award modifications for advanced technology support and synthetic aperture radar), and Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (semiconductor and related device manufacturing). Sub work spans RF amplifier and limiter supply for airborne radar systems (F-15EX Eagle Vision, ASARS 2B, APG-79 radars), PAC-3 missile low-noise amplifier development, Sentinel A4 radar RF components, counter unmanned aircraft system microelectronics, and Q-53 radar support for Ukraine. The sub portfolio is heavily weighted toward modifications and extensions of long-running Army and Navy platform programs rather than new competitive awards, reflecting Qorvo's role as a critical recurring RF component supplier embedded in multi-year development and production contracts.

Activity has grown sharply—two awards in 2022 to 85 in 2024—driven by sub-award volume under established vehicle task orders. However, recompete exposure is modest: only three awards (combined potential value $19.8 million) complete within the next twenty-four months, signaling stable incumbent positioning on current platforms. The vendor's 80% sub-award concentration and deep integration into Army PEO Missiles and Navy radar development reflect a supply-chain posture optimized for recurring component delivery on large platform programs rather than standalone research or integration work. NAICS concentration (79 awards under Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing; 25 under R&D in physical and engineering sciences) and PSC framing (7 awards for amplifiers, 5 for defense R&D applied research) underscore Qorvo's role as a specialized semiconductor and RF component manufacturer for military sensor and fire control systems.