Research Electronics International, L.L.C.

Research Electronics International, L.L.C., doing business as Research Electronics Inc., manufactures and sells electronic eavesdropping detection equipment and technical surveillance countermeasure (TSCM) systems to federal agencies as a prime contractor on 95 percent of its awards, competing across full-and-open procurements with no set-aside designations. The firm is a subsidiary of HEICO Electronic Technologies Corp, a diversified aerospace and defense manufacturer, and operates from Cookeville, Tennessee.

Research Electronics International's core capability portfolio centers on spectrum analyzers, non-linear junction detectors, tactical TSCM kits, and RF analysis equipment designed to detect unknown, illegal, disruptive, and anomalous radio transmissions and electronic surveillance threats. Representative prime work includes a $675,625 definitive contract from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (October 2023 through September 2028) for technical security equipment and training; a $627,000 purchase order from U.S. Special Operations Command (September 2024) for a REI-TTK Tactical TSCM Kit G; a $515,600 purchase order from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (August 2024) for spectrum and line analyzers; and a $1.4 million purchase order from Navy SECNAV Criminal Investigative Service Quantico (June 2022) for tactical kits and Talan 3.0 telephone and line analyzers. Recent 2026 activity includes a $75,050 purchase order from the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (April 2026) for an OSCOR MAX hand-held spectrum analyzer and a $225,150 purchase order from Air Force Air Mobility Command (January 2026) for an OSCOR MAX Next Generation Spectrum Analyzer.

Customer concentration splits across defense and civilian technical security buyers. The top five customer agencies by award count account for 27 percent of recent awards, led by the Department of the Army Intelligence and Security Command (30 awards, $2.6 million combined potential value) and the Department of the Navy SECNAV Criminal Investigative Service Quantico (23 awards, $7 million combined potential value). By potential value, Navy SECNAV leads ($7 million), followed by the Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration ($4 million on 6 awards), Army Intelligence and Security Command ($2.6 million), the Department of State Bureau of Diplomatic Security ($2.5 million), and Navy Naval Sea Systems Command ($2.3 million). The vendor serves 78 distinct customer agencies across a 29-year contract history.

Research Electronics International holds a seat on the Federal Supply Schedule GS07F9566G with 135 task orders valued at $9.6 million combined potential value; the remainder of its work flows through small individual purchase orders and definitive contracts. The vendor also places work under Alliant II, the Special Operations Equipment—Tailored Logistics Support vehicle, and agency-specific indefinite delivery contracts. The recompete cliff facing the firm over the next twenty-four months involves four awards with combined potential value of $840 thousand.

As a subcontractor, Research Electronics International delivers TSCM equipment and electronic test equipment to General Dynamics Information Technology (multiple sub-awards in 2023–2026 for global security engineering and supply chain services), Atlantic Diving Supply (TTK Tactical TSCM Kit G in 2024 and 2023), Booz Allen Hamilton (electronic test equipment in 2024 and 2023), Lockheed Martin (audio amplifier equipment in 2023), CACI Federal (audio and visual equipment in 2025), and Applied Research Associates (electronic equipment for adversarial assessments in 2024). Recent activity shows the bulk of subcontract work routing through General Dynamics Information Technology, with 2026 activity continuing under that prime relationship.

The vendor's award portfolio spans 398 total prime and sub awards valued at $67.6 million combined potential value ($47 million obligated, 69 percent realization) with ten awards in 2023, fifteen in 2024, and eleven in 2025, indicating a relatively stable annual volume after a 2022 baseline of ten awards. Primary NAICS categorization reflects the vendor's manufacturing focus: In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing (137 awards), Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (125 awards), and Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals (44 awards). Primary PSC codes align with the TSCM mission: Miscellaneous Alarm, Signal, and Security Detection Systems (89 awards), Communications Security Equipment and Components (50 awards), and Electronic Countermeasures, Counter-Countermeasures and Quick Reaction Capability Equipment (23 awards).