Rada Technologies LLC

Rada Technologies LLC, a foreign-owned manufacturer and subsidiary of Italian aerospace and defense conglomerate Leonardo SPA, designs, develops, manufactures, and integrates advanced radar systems and delivers related technical services to the Department of Defense and interagency customers as a prime contractor on direct-procured systems and development OTAs and as a subcontractor on systems-integration and counter-unmanned-aircraft-systems (C-UAS) programs.

Rada operates as a pure prime on specialized radar procurements and R&D vehicles, competing full and open without set-aside designations. The company holds its headquarters in Germantown, Maryland, where it performs most manufacturing and engineering work on contract vehicles spanning research and development, prototype development, production, technical support, and logistics. Primary work falls under NAICS 541712 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences) and PSC Radar Equipment Except Airborne, with secondary classification across engineering services and systems-integration consulting.

Recent prime awards reflect concentrated exposure to radar systems procurement and modernization. The Office of the Secretary of Defense issued a $30.5 million purchase order on March 13, 2026, for the delivery of RPS-42, RPS-82, and RPS-202 systems, with completion by July 6, 2026. The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs awarded a $24.7 million definitive contract on March 5, 2026, for INL radars, spare parts, technical support, and training, due March 4, 2027, and an $9 million counter-UAS radar contract on July 31, 2025, for counter-UAS radars, technical support, and training, completing July 30, 2026. The U.S. Air Force Electronic Systems Center granted two concurrent Other Transaction Agreements in February 2024 — a $12 million OTA and a $6 million OTA — both for prototype development and demonstration of multi-band multifunction tactical radar systems, extending through June and August 2026. The Marine Corps awarded an $8.8 million cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract on March 18, 2022, for software and hardware support labor on the AN/TPS-59(V)3 Radar System, running through March 20, 2027. Rada also holds a foundational seat on the Missile Defense Agency's $151 billion Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Multiple Award IDIQ awarded December 29, 2025, with ten-year performance through December 28, 2035; an initial $500 delivery order was issued the same date.

Rada's customer concentration reflects defense and security agency breadth rather than single-customer dominance. Across 55% of awards by count, the top customers are the Air Force Materiel Command Aeronautical Systems Center (14 awards), the State Department Bureau of Diplomatic Security (7 awards), and the Naval Strategic Systems Programs (7 awards). By combined potential value, concentration tilts sharply toward systems and spare-parts procurement: the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs commands $33.7 million across two awards (34% of total potential value), the Office of the Secretary of Defense holds $30.5 million across three awards (32%), and the Air Force Electronic Systems Center anchors $18 million across four awards (19%).

Rada competes predominantly as a subcontractor (75% of all awards), supplying radar hardware, components, and integration services to five prime integrators. Sierra Nevada Company receives the most subcontractor volume, with sustained orders for radar systems, electrical components, and related hardware under the Big Safari, Frankensam contract logistics, and navigation-instrument programs dating from 2023 through May 2025. General Dynamics Information Technology has engaged Rada across five task orders for global security engineering and supply-chain services spanning 2024 and 2025. CACI Federal and Parsons Government Services have sustained relationships for counter-UAS research, development, and sustainment (CACI) and RADSIL operations and maintenance (Parsons). Service Contract Inventory data capture is minimal — only two records spanning FY2022 and FY2024, both as named subcontractor on service contracts — reflecting that Rada's federal footprint is dominated by goods procurement and development contracts rather than labor-reportable service work.

Activity has accelerated sharply: 2 awards in 2022, 9 in 2023, 20 in 2024, 24 in 2025, and 7 through mid-2026. However, five awards worth $49.2 million in combined potential value complete within the next twenty-four months, creating moderate recompete exposure. Rada sits on five top parent vehicles: a Basic Ordering Agreement for Class IX supplies (FA862021G4009) with 12 task orders issued by Army Contracting Command Warren; the Information Analysis Center Multiple-Award Contract with 7 task orders; a Design, Development, Demonstration and Integration vehicle with 5 task orders; Air Force Indefinite Delivery Contract FA564121D0002 with 4 task orders; and the One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services vehicle with 4 task orders. As the original equipment manufacturer of Rada radar systems, the company receives sole-source awards for follow-on engineering support and spare parts, particularly from the Air Force and Marine Corps, establishing a sustained technical franchise across tactical and air-defense radar modernization priorities.