Rockwell Automation Inc.

Rockwell Automation Inc., a subsidiary of Milwaukee-based Rockwell Automation, Inc., supplies programmable logic controllers, networking hardware, motor controllers, variable frequency drives, control software, and industrial automation components to the federal government as a prime contractor (89% of recent awards) and subcontractor on defense and maritime infrastructure programs, competing on full-and-open procurements with no set-aside designation across its federal footprint.

Rockwell Automation Inc. operates as a for-profit manufacturer headquartered in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, with primary NAICS codes spanning software publishing, communications equipment manufacturing, ship building and repair support, and miscellaneous marine and electrical systems. The subsidiary's federal work centers on original equipment manufacturer (OEM) system control hardware for U.S. Navy vessels, control system modernization, and specialized industrial automation components for civilian and defense agencies. The company does not hold SBA certifications; it competes in full-and-open federal procurement and holds multiple indefinite delivery vehicles anchoring its market position.

Customer concentration is extreme and Navy-dominant. The Department of the Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command accounts for 782 awards and $312.3 million in combined potential value—approximately 61% of the company's total federal award footprint by dollar magnitude—reflecting Rockwell Automation's role as the primary supplier of control hardware and propulsion system components across multiple Navy ship classes including aircraft carriers (CVN-78, CVN-68), amphibious transport docks (LPD-17, LPD-21, LSD-52), guided-missile destroyers (DDG 51-class), and logistics support vessels. The Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Coast Guard placed 19 awards valued at $8.5 million for 175-foot WLM (water-level maintenance) vessel machinery control systems. NASA Kennedy Space Center, the Defense Logistics Agency, and the Army Corps of Engineers round out the active customer set. Top customer concentration by award count (80% coverage) is tightly held: Naval Sea Systems Command dominates with 782 of the 1,268 recent awards; the Naval Supply Systems Command follows with 104; and Defense Logistics Agency placed 54.

Rockwell Automation's primary vehicle position centers on Navy indefinite delivery contracts. The company executes work under Indefinite Delivery Contract N6449818D0010 (219 task orders, $50.4 million combined potential value) and holds a $67.7 million single-award Basic Ordering Agreement with Naval Sea Systems Command (N6449824G4001, 49 task orders valued at $20.6 million) running through December 5, 2028 for original equipment manufacturer system control hardware supporting ship modernization and maintenance. Additional vehicles include Indefinite Delivery Contracts N6554006D0022 (108 task orders, $25.2 million) and N6554012D0012 (102 task orders, $20.7 million), and the Federal Supply Schedule GS35F0931N (108 task orders, $4.1 million). These vehicles enable rapid task order execution for machinery control components, programmable logic controllers, networking equipment, and engineering support across Navy fleet programs. Representative prime awards include a $3.2 million delivery order from Naval Sea Systems Command for BCS and DCS enclosures, a $1 million delivery order for CVN-78 machinery control and monitoring system components, a $2.74 million delivery order for unspecified ship support (CLIN 5289), and a $1.03 million firm fixed-price award from the Coast Guard for 175-foot WLM machinery control system parts supporting CGC Ida Lewis.

Activity has grown materially from 60 awards in 2022 to 149 in 2024, with recent 2025 and 2026 figures (64 and 20 awards respectively, reflecting partial-year 2026 reporting) indicating ongoing pipeline depth. Fifteen awards with completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $8.6 million—a modest recompete cliff reflecting the company's position on evergreen Navy vehicle vehicles. When the Navy issues new delivery orders continuously under existing BOAs, large dollar recompete events are rare; instead, renewal pressure arises at BOA anniversary milestones. Rockwell Automation's next material recompete exposure will track the December 2028 expiration of its primary $67.7 million NAVSEA BOA.

In its subcontractor role, Rockwell Automation delivers control hardware and automation components to Huntington Ingalls Inc. on CVN-80 and CVN-81 aircraft carrier detailed design and construction (multiple controls, drives, enclosures, and cable assemblies), to HII Fleet Support Group LLC on elevator support unit work for carrier refueling complex overhauls and CVN-class carrier availability support, to Mantech Advanced Systems International on underway replenishment (UNREP) engineering and hardware builds, to The Boeing Company on Missile Defense Agency Ground-Based Midcourse Defense sustainment contracts, and to Bechtel National on NASA Space Launch System Mobile Launcher 2 design and construction. Subcontract work also includes support to Los Alamos National Laboratory (under Triad National Security prime), Noblis MSD on landing platform dock engineering control systems, Gryphon Technologies on underway replenishment systems, and Asrc Federal Facilities Logistics. Subcontract exposure spans defense shipbuilding, missile systems integration, space launch infrastructure, and naval engineering integration.

The parent company, Rockwell Automation, Inc., is a global automation and digital transformation provider with extensive experience in industrial control systems. Rockwell Automation Inc. as the operating subsidiary concentrates on federal maritime and naval infrastructure, leveraging the parent's product ecosystem—including Allen-Bradley programmable logic controllers, Studio 5000 software platforms, FactoryTalk operator interfaces, Ethernet/IP networking modules, and CompactLogix and ControlLogix controller families—to support Navy propulsion, steering, auxiliary machinery, and combat system control. The subsidiary's cost-plus and firm fixed-price delivery orders typically range from several thousand dollars for individual components to multi-million-dollar awards for system enclosures, control panels, and software licenses. Work is performed primarily in Cleveland, Ohio and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with subsets of activity at Branson, Missouri (software support), Walla Walla, Washington (Army Corps of Engineers projects), and Denver, Colorado (Bureau of Reclamation contracting).