Raytheon Company

Raytheon Company's HRIS Division, operating as Raytheon Co, manufactures identification friend or foe (IFF) transponders, cryptographic applique modules, and related avionics electronics for the Department of Defense and civilian federal agencies as a large-business prime contractor (97% of recent awards) competing full-and-open across Air Force, Army, and Navy platforms. A child entity of Raytheon Company headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, the HRIS Division (based at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland) holds no SBA set-asides and competes across unrestricted solicitations at full scale.

The division's capability portfolio centers on communications and identification systems for military aircraft. The APX-119 Mode S/4/5 identification friend or foe transponder represents the core product line, deployed across tactical and strategic airlift platforms including the A-10, C-5, C-17, C-130, B-2, and E-6B, as well as special operations variants like the AC/MC-130J and HC-130J. The KIV-77 cryptographic applique module enables secure military communications across multiple service branches and allied platforms, with production batches routinely supporting foreign military sales cases across NATO and regional partners. Recent representative work includes a $4.8 million firm fixed-price delivery order from the Air Force (June 2025) for 54 APX-119 transponders supporting the HC-130J program; a $3.8 million Foreign Military Sales order from Army Communications-Electronics Command (December 2025) for 95 KIV-77 cryptographic appliques supporting five FMS cases; a $1.91 million definitive contract from Naval Air Warfare Center (September 2024) for Mode 5 digital control panel software; and a $2.58 million delivery order from CECOM (February 2026) adding progress payments to IFF product procurement. The division also delivers technical support, software updates, operator training, and maintenance documentation across the installed base.

Customer concentration runs heavily to Air Force platforms. The top five funding agencies by award count account for 50% of awards: the Department of the Navy (222 awards), AFLCMC Lifecycle Management Center at Hanscom Air Force Base (134 awards, $148.2 million combined potential value), Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime (115 awards, $1.3 million), the Air Force proper (96 awards, $125.5 million), and the Army (87 awards, $16.8 million). When ranked by potential value, the concentration shifts toward Air Force engineering and sustainment centers: AFLCMC Electronic Systems Center leads with 68 awards totaling $245.7 million, followed by Air Education and Training Command (29 awards, $221.7 million) and AFLCMC Aeronautical Systems Center (61 awards, $184.3 million) — together these three account for 53% of combined potential value across the vendor's footprint. Navy awards are numerous by count but lower in dollar value, reflecting smaller sustainment and repair orders against the installed transponder base.

The HRIS Division operates primarily as a large-business contractor on two dominant Air Force IDIQs: Indefinite Delivery Contract FA873006D0010 carries 201 task orders valued at $216.1 million, and FA873017D0006 carries 96 task orders valued at $222.8 million. A third significant vehicle is Army W15P7T12DA010 with 39 task orders worth $81.6 million. These three vehicles alone account for the majority of recent delivery order activity. A single-award indefinite delivery contract with Army Communications-Electronics Command, awarded December 12, 2025, valued at $150 million through September 30, 2030, serves as the base vehicle for IFF product procurement across both U.S. domestic military and foreign military sales requirements, with performance locations at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Largo, Florida, and Andover, Massachusetts.

Activity has grown from an average of nine awards annually in 2022 to 34 in 2024, with 17 awards in 2025 and 6 in 2026 year to date. Within the next twenty-four months, 11 awards carrying combined potential value of $134.4 million face ultimate completion and recompete exposure. The division's subcontractor footprint, representing roughly 3% of the recent award base, routes work through large aerospace primes including Boeing, Lockheed Martin, L3Harris Technologies, and Northrop Grumman on programs such as the KC-46 aerial refueling tanker, F-15EX fighter aircraft, C-130J transport, B-2 bomber IFF integration, and the armed overwatch platform. When subcontracting at scale, the HRIS Division partners with component and assembly vendors including Jabil Defense & Aerospace Services LLC (circuit card assemblies), Abelconn LLC (engineering and custom components), Modern Manufacturing & Engineering Inc. (precision machined parts), and multiple smaller suppliers for RF cable assemblies, electrical components, and machining.

The HRIS Division's technical product portfolio reflects deep specialization in military communications and identification hardware: the top NAICS category is Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (385 awards), with secondary concentration in Other Electronic Component Manufacturing (96 awards) and Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing (95 awards). Top procurement service codes emphasize airborne radar equipment (278 awards) and airborne radio navigation equipment (122 awards), with 103 awards for miscellaneous communications equipment and 59 specifically for communications security equipment. Foreign military sales flow consistently through the HRIS Division, supporting aircraft modernization programs across NATO allies, Japan, India, Israel, and other authorized partners, with many delivery orders explicitly designated FMS cases by country code or case number.