Tel-Instrument Electronics Corp

Tel-Instrument Electronics Corp, a for-profit manufacturer of avionics test and measurement instruments headquartered in East Rutherford, New Jersey, operates almost entirely as a prime contractor (99% of recent awards) on full-and-open federal procurements without small-business set-asides, delivering specialized electronic test sets, calibration services, and cable assemblies to defense agencies.

The company's customer concentration sits heavily with the Department of the Navy. The Naval Air Warfare Center accounts for 175 awards valued at $106.8 million combined potential value—roughly 48% of all dollars in the portfolio—driven by a dominant single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (N6833522D0013) valued at $37.3 million through August 2027 for the AN/USM-708 Common Radio Frequency Tester (CRAFT) system and related production, repair, and technical publication support. The Naval Supply Systems Command adds 120 awards for $7.6 million. Together, Navy entities represent 58% of award count and 76% of combined potential value. The Army's PEO Combat Support and Combat Service Support (13 awards) and Materiel Command Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command (44 awards) together represent $80 million, anchored by a $27.2 million IDV (W31P4Q09D0006) with 36 task orders. The Army PEO Aviation places calls against a Blanket Purchase Agreement (W58RGZ-21-A-0001) for T-47 calibration services. The National Interagency Fire Center (4 awards, $7.5 million) recently awarded a new single-award IDV valued at $7.4 million through September 2030 for SDR-OMNI avionics flight line test sets. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation (59 awards) supplies cable assemblies under a $250,000 single-award IDV running through January 2029. Coast Guard awards ($200 thousand-plus combined) center on USM-708 repair and calibration services.

Tel-Instrument's vehicle footprint is heavily IDIQ-driven. The company places task orders under five major parent vehicles: the AN/USM-708 CRAFT system IDIQ with the Naval Air Warfare Center (27 task orders, $9.2 million combined potential value), the Army's PEO CSCSS IDV W31P4Q09D0006 (36 task orders, $27.2 million), the Naval Air Systems Command IDIQ N6833505D0014 (21 task orders, $27.9 million), the Naval Air Warfare Center IDIQ N6833514D0004 (35 task orders, $9.5 million), a GSA Multiple Award Schedule vehicle (32 task orders, $2.8 million), and the new National Interagency Fire Center single-award IDV. Most awards are delivery orders under these indefinite delivery vehicles, with ceiling values ranging from several hundred dollars for cable assemblies to multi-million-dollar production and repair efforts.

Award activity has been volatile but sustained. The vendor received 28 awards in 2022, 24 in 2023, 36 in 2024, 29 in 2025, and 15 in the first two months of 2026—a compressed snapshot suggesting continued moderate throughput. Combined potential value across all 781 awards in the source history totals $220.3 million, with $159.9 million (73%) already obligated. Over the next twenty-four months, seven awards with combined potential value of $6.1 million reach ultimate completion and face recompete risk; this represents modest near-term exposure relative to the overall portfolio.

The company's concrete capability footprint centers on production, repair, and calibration of avionics test sets—navigation/communication test sets, radar test sets, transponder/IFF test sets, and the CRAFT system family (USM-708, USM-719 variants). Recent representative prime work includes a $2.52 million Naval Air Warfare Center delivery order in August 2025 for full-rate production kits and installation services under the CRAFT system IDIQ; a $1.51 million July 2026 delivery order from Naval Air Warfare Center for 213 USM-719A production kit domes (Year 1); a $75,285 delivery order from the National Interagency Fire Center (January 2026) for three all-in-one avionics test sets; Army PEO Aviation BPA calls for T-47 calibration services ($7,050 to $13,500 per call); and numerous purchase orders from Navy Supply Systems Command and DLA Aviation for test set groups, radar test sets, and cable assemblies ranging from under $1,000 to $151,600. Foreign Military Sales work includes a $373,200 Naval Air Warfare Center definitive contract (March 2026) for an AN/USM-708A communications/navigation test set for Spain and a $133,580 Communications Electronics Command award (May 2025) for eight interrogator/transponder test sets for Slovenia. Coast Guard work emphasizes sole-source repair and calibration of USM-708 CRAFT sets, with awards of $23,000 to $121,000.

In its subcontractor capacity (1% of awards), Tel-Instrument supplies avionics test sets and radar test equipment to primes including Lockheed Martin, L3Harris Technologies, Amentum Services, Atlantic Diving Supply, and Defense Systems and Solutions on USAF special programs (BIG SAFARI), Army UH-60 Foreign Military Sales, and Navy special operations support.

NAICS and PSC concentration reflects specialization: 313 awards fall under NAICS 334515 (Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals), 79 under aeronautical and nautical system instrument manufacturing, and 33 under electronic equipment repair and maintenance. PSC coding shows 277 awards for electrical and electronic properties measuring and testing instruments, 161 for aircraft maintenance and repair shop specialized equipment, and 24 for radio navigation equipment airborne.

The company holds a named subsidiary, Innerspace Technology Inc., though the source does not detail its role or capabilities. Performance of all work occurs at the primary East Rutherford, New Jersey facility. Tel-Instrument operates without SBA certifications and competes across full-and-open procurements, with no set-aside positioning in its prime footprint.

MANUFACTURE OF AVIATION TEST EQUIPMENT