Teledyne Instruments, Inc.

Teledyne Instruments, Inc. Teledyne Benthos Division, doing business as Teledyne Benthos, manufactures underwater acoustic communications hardware, oceanographic instrumentation, and autonomous underwater vehicles for the U.S. Navy and civilian oceanographic agencies as a prime contractor (90% of recent awards) and subcontractor. Teledyne Benthos operates as a for-profit manufacturer of goods subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, headquartered in North Falmouth, Massachusetts, competing full-and-open with no small business set-aside designations across its federal footprint.

Teledyne Benthos's capability portfolio centers on underwater acoustic modems, acoustic release systems, autonomous underwater vehicles (the Gavia platform), oceanographic transducers and sensors, and hardware support and refurbishment services for deployed systems. Representative prime awards include a $1.75 million Naval Facilities Engineering Command delivery order (July 2025, completion July 2027) for spare parts and software maintenance supporting the Gavia autonomous underwater vehicle; a $337.5 thousand Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command delivery order (December 2022) for acoustic equipment and spare parts; a $226.1 thousand NMOC delivery order (June 2023) for hardware support of the R12K acoustic release system; and a $115.9 thousand Naval Sea Systems Command purchase order (December 2025, completion February 2026) for acoustic communications hardware. Teledyne Benthos also holds SBIR Phase III delivery orders from Naval Sea Systems Command for research transition (e.g., $201.4 thousand award July 2021, $59.8 thousand Cost Plus Fixed Fee award July 2022).

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to the Department of the Navy. Naval Sea Systems Command leads by potential value ($38.4 million across 36 awards) despite lower award count, while Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command dominates by award count (57 awards, $25.1 million combined potential value). Together these two Navy commands account for most of the portfolio's $73.6 million combined potential value. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (36 awards, $4.1 million combined potential value) and the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (1 award, $1.8 million) round out the top tier. Across 198 total awards spanning prime and sub work, Teledyne Benthos serves 20 distinct federal agencies.

Teledyne Benthos places task orders under five named indefinite-delivery contracts with Naval entities: IDC N6230612D1002 (29 task orders, $4 million combined potential value), N0025313D0001 (18 task orders, $4 million), N6230619D0002 (18 task orders, $2.8 million), and N0025319D0005 (12 task orders, $6 million), plus a Special Operations Equipment Tailored Logistics Support vehicle (5 task orders). Award activity has grown modestly, from 6 awards in 2021 to 12 in 2024 and 10 in 2025. The recompete cliff is minimal — only one award (the $1.8 million NAVFAC Gavia AUV contract) completes within the next twenty-four months. Primary NAICS concentration sits with Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, and Aeronautical and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (135 awards), with top PSC codes reflecting underwater sound equipment (67 awards), support and engineering services (14 awards), and miscellaneous communications equipment (13 awards).

In its subcontractor footprint, Teledyne Benthos supplies acoustic modems, autonomous underwater vehicles, lithium batteries, and deck-box systems to primes including Science Applications International Corporation (DART system recapitalization under IIJA funding, multiple awards 2024–2025), BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Inc. (instrumentation range support), Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc. (portable oceanographic systems and UTS kits), RTX BBN Technologies, Inc. (DARPA research batteries and accessories), and Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc. (FMS boat production engineering). Earlier sub work includes acoustic release systems for Applied Physical Sciences Corp on a DARPA classified program (December 2023) and Marine Robotics Testbed support to the University of California, San Diego (June 2024).