Syqwest LLC

Syqwest LLC, a Rhode Island–based manufacturer of advanced naval electronic components and underwater acoustic systems, operates as a prime contractor (96% of recent awards) supplying transducers, hydrophones, sonar cable assemblies, and related acoustic detection equipment to the U.S. Navy on full-and-open delivery orders against multiple indefinite delivery contracts. The company is a for-profit limited liability company and a subsidiary of CTS Corporation, a publicly traded manufacturer of sensors and electronic components headquartered in Lisle, Illinois. Syqwest competes without small-business set-asides on most work, though it holds three small-business set-aside IDCs with Naval Sea Systems Command.

Syqwest's customer base is concentrated with naval customers. The Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command accounts for 184 awards (64% of recent awards) valued at $354.6 million combined potential value, with Naval Supply Systems Command adding 20 awards ($34.8 million) and Defense Contract Management Agency placing 7 awards ($10.9 million). Together, these three Navy-linked organizations represent 89% of awards and substantially all dollar value. The company has also supplied the U.S. Coast Guard (37 awards, $2.2 million), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (8 awards, $250 thousand), and other agencies, but naval work dominates decisively.

Syqwest's core capability portfolio centers on transducers (TR-233D, TR-317, TR-341A, TR-364A series), hydrophones (DT-513F, DT-513D, DT-513H, DT-369 series), ceramic stack assemblies, copper sonar cable assemblies for submarine platforms, outboard electronics canisters for wide aperture and large spherical sonar arrays, and specialized restoration and refurbishment services for acoustic components. Representative prime work includes a $7.925 million definitive contract from Naval Sea Systems Command (July 30, 2025) for MK48 heavyweight torpedo source and sensor kits; a $2.83 million purchase order (September 8, 2025) for DT-369 hydrophone assemblies; a $1.576 million delivery order (September 5, 2025) for TR-364A projectors; and a $344 thousand small-business set-aside delivery order (September 12, 2025) for copper sonar cable assemblies integral to submarine platforms. Most recent work includes a $915 thousand delivery order (March 6, 2026) for SUBSAFE and Level 1 TR-317 hull penetrator assemblies and a $510 thousand delivery order (January 30, 2026) for TR-343 transducer ceramic stack assemblies.

Syqwest holds a portfolio of single-award indefinite delivery contracts with Naval Sea Systems Command and Naval Supply Systems Command, collectively valued at over $150 million in ceiling authority. The largest vehicles include a $99.075 million IDC (awarded March 5, 2026) for SUBSAFE and TR-317 hull penetrator assemblies; an $18.863 million IDC (September 19, 2023) for outboard electric canisters and wide/large spherical arrays; an $18.59 million IDC (August 30, 2023) for TR-364A projectors and transducers; a $16.6 million total small-business set-aside IDC (June 8, 2023) for next-generation underwater communicators; a $27.709 million IDC (October 8, 2021) for TR-341A transducers; and a $9.999 million IDC (January 21, 2022) for ceramic stack assemblies. A $9.656 million five-year IDIQ with Naval Supply Systems Command (awarded May 13, 2024) covers submarine cable assemblies. The company also holds smaller vehicles for TR-233D transducers ($2.52 million), copper sonar cable assemblies ($2.42 million), and TR-317 restoration ($6.825 million).

Activity has grown steadily from 12 awards in 2022 to 26 in 2025, with 3 awards recorded in the first quarter of 2026. Twelve awards (combined potential value $7.2 million) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete exposure for those vehicle renewals. The vendor's NAICS footprint is dominated by search, detection, navigation, guidance, and nautical system and instrument manufacturing (172 awards), with analytical laboratory instrument manufacturing, equipment repair and maintenance, engineering services, and capacitor/resistor/coil/transformer manufacturing rounding out the secondary categories. PSC activity centers on underwater sound equipment (88 awards) and electronic modules (42 awards).

Syqwest performs a small subcontractor role on defense primes' higher-level programs. Recent sub work includes hydrophone and sonar units for Fairwinds Technologies LLC (November 2025), WAS/WES first article development and production unit delivery to Science Applications International Corporation (August 2025), MK48 heavyweight torpedo component design and delivery to General Dynamics Mission Systems (July 2025), and production and engineering support for the MK39 MOD 3 expandable mobile anti-submarine warfare training target to Saab Inc. (multiple awards, March–May 2025). Sub awards with Raytheon (Barracuda development) and additional SAIC work (MK48 sustainment DC-DC converters) round out a limited subcontract footprint.