Tel-Instrument Electronics Corp

Tel-Instrument Electronics Corp, operating through its Tel-Instrument Electronics Corporation Division, manufactures avionics test and measurement equipment and specialized electronic components for the Department of Defense and federal aviation agencies as a prime contractor (99% of recent awards) competing predominantly full-and-open, without SBA set-aside designations. Headquartered in East Rutherford, New Jersey, the company is a for-profit manufacturer focused on NAICS 334515 (Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals) and related electronic equipment production, with 775 recent prime and sub awards spanning over four decades.

Tel-Instrument's federal customer base concentrates heavily on Navy aviation. The Naval Air Warfare Center accounts for 171 awards valued at $103.8 million (48% of combined potential value), followed by Naval Supply Systems Command with 120 awards worth $7.6 million. The Army's PEO Combat Support and Combat Service Support contributes 13 awards valued at $57.3 million, while Army Materiel Command Aviation accounts for 44 awards worth $22.7 million. Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, the Air Force, and the National Interagency Fire Center round out the top customer set. These five agencies represent 92% of the vendor's combined potential value across all awards.

Tel-Instrument holds and actively uses multiple IDIQ vehicles anchoring its prime footprint. The Army's Indefinite Delivery Contract W31P4Q09D0006 carries 36 task orders worth $27.2 million combined potential value, while Navy IDDCs N6833514D0004, N6833522D0013, and N6833505D0014 account for 79 task orders collectively valued at $43.7 million. A single-award $24.8 million IDIQ with Naval Air Warfare Center (N6833522D0013) for the AN/USM-708 Common Radio Frequency Tester (CRAFT) system runs through August 2027 and has generated multiple delivery orders spanning non-recurring engineering, full-rate production kits, minor and major repairs, and technical publications. The vendor also holds a recently awarded $7.4 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with the National Interagency Fire Center (effective October 2025 through September 2030) for SDR-OMNI Avionics Flight Line Test Sets, and maintains a $250,000 DLA Aviation IDIQ for cable assemblies running through January 2029. A multiple-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with Army PEO Aviation for T-47 test equipment calibration carries a $17,417 ceiling through September 2026, with four task orders issued totaling $15,600 in obligated funds.

Representative prime work includes a $2.52 million Year 3 production delivery order from Naval Air Warfare Center for AN/USM-708 CRAFT system kits (awarded August 2025), a $371.2 thousand definitive contract from Naval Air Warfare Center for navigation/communication test set services (June 2024), a $324,800 definitive contract for seven navigation/communication test sets (March 2024), a $155,970 firm-fixed-price purchase order from Air Force Materiel Command's Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex for six KC-135 flight line test set kits set aside for total small business (November 2025), and a $75,285 delivery order from National Interagency Fire Center for three all-in-one avionics test sets (January 2026, with ultimate completion April 2026). Smaller high-volume work includes dozens of cable assembly, battery, antenna, and test equipment component deliveries across Defense Logistics Agency Aviation and Naval Supply Systems Command.

Activity has been moderate and relatively stable, with 28 awards in 2022, 24 in 2023, 36 in 2024, 29 in 2025, and 9 year-to-date in 2026 (as of July 15). Seven awards totaling $6 million in combined potential value face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing moderate recompete exposure. The vendor subcontracts to major primes including Lockheed Martin Corporation (June 2025 sub for USASOAC AC Services RAMP Test Set Mode 5 Interrogator), L3Harris Technologies Integrated Systems (sub awards in July 2024 and November 2024 for BIG SAFARI instrument manufacturing), Atlantic Diving Supply (sub awards in April and September 2024 for IFF test sets and all-in-one avionics test sets), Amentum Services (sub awards in March and November 2024 for UC-35 CLS test equipment), and Defense Systems and Solutions (sub awards in November 2023 and April 2026 for UH-60 and CH-47 foreign military sales support). The corporate structure includes a named subsidiary, Innerspace Technology Inc., though the source does not characterize its distinct role or capabilities.

Tel-Instrument's capability portfolio centers on specialized avionics test and measurement equipment — navigation/communication test sets, radar test sets, transponder test sets, identification friend-or-foe systems, and the CRAFT (AN/USM-708 Common Radio Frequency Tester) platform — along with component manufacturing (cable assemblies, electronic modules, circuit card assemblies, batteries, antennas) and calibration and repair services for military aircraft platforms including the UH-60M Black Hawk, E-2D, H-1, CV-22, KC-135, and P-8A. Work is performed at the vendor's East Rutherford facility with no geographic dispersion noted.

MANUFACTURE OF AVIATION TEST EQUIPMENT