Teledyne Instruments, Inc.

Teledyne Instruments, Inc. Teledyne Webb Research Division (doing business as Teledyne Webb Research) manufactures and supplies advanced oceanographic equipment, autonomous underwater gliders, and marine instrumentation to federal agencies as a prime contractor, competing on full-and-open basis without set-asides. The division is a subsidiary of Teledyne Instruments Inc., headquartered in North Falmouth, Massachusetts, and part of the larger Teledyne Technologies Incorporated parent entity — a diversified technology manufacturer with broad federal contracting experience across defense, aerospace, and scientific research.

Teledyne Webb Research's customer concentration is heavily skewed toward Navy and civilian oceanographic customers. The top five funding agencies account for 92% of recent awards by count. The Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (NMOC) dominates both metrics with 57 awards worth $122.7 million in combined potential value, anchoring the portfolio. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ranks second with 41 awards valued at $21.3 million. The Naval Information Warfare Systems Command contributes 34 awards worth $8.5 million, the Office of Naval Research adds 21 awards for $3.4 million, and the Environmental Protection Agency brings six awards for $356 thousand. The concentration is extreme on the Navy side — NMOC alone represents about 78% of total potential value across the portfolio.

Teledyne Webb Research holds single-award indefinite delivery vehicles (IDVs) that structure most of its recurring work. A $7 million NOAA IDIQ for gliders, consumables, and incidental services runs through September 2028 under the Advanced Molecular Laser Ranging program, with 12 task orders generating $3.5 million in combined potential value to date. A $16.5 million NMOC IDV for lithium battery kits runs through September 2026. A $47.6 million multi-award NMOC IDV for profiling floats (with completion through September 2026) has generated significant task order activity for oceanographic monitoring instruments. A $1.9 million NMOC IDV for electromagnetic current profiling floats (APEX-EM) supports Navy oceanographic research. These vehicles collectively anchor the vendor's federal footprint; task orders issued under them span glider systems, battery kits, profiling floats, sensors, calibration services, and pilot training.

Representative prime contract work includes a $376 thousand delivery order from NOAA awarded March 2026 for gliders, consumables, and incidental services under the $7 million NOAA IDIQ; a $1.3 million delivery order from NMOC awarded August 2025 for lithium battery kits to John C. Stennis Space Center; a $2.3 million profiling float delivery order from NMOC dated September 2021; a $1.24 million NOAA order for six Slocum G3 gliders for ecosystem monitoring in the California Current awarded September 2021; and a $516 thousand purchase order from the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command dated June 2023 for two autonomous underwater gliding vehicles. Capability framing across the award history centers on Slocum G3 autonomous glider platforms, profiling floats (APEX-EM and oceanographic data-collection variants), lithium battery kits and power systems, sensor integration and calibration, glider repair and maintenance, and pilot training — all in support of Navy and NOAA marine research and environmental monitoring.

Activity has remained steady at 8 to 14 awards per year over the past five years (2022 through 2026), with 172 total awards in the source data and a combined potential value of $157.8 million. Only one award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, suggesting limited near-term recompete exposure. The vendor operates as a prime on 92% of awards (159 of 172), with sub-award exposure concentrated under Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc. (the corporate parent's engineering division) and Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc. for littoral battlespace sensing glider systems, hardware and spares, engineering services, and component manufacturing. The primary NAICS codes reflect the equipment-manufacturing posture: Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing dominates at 93 awards, followed by Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (31 awards) and Storage Battery Manufacturing (7 awards). The vendor competes exclusively in full-and-open procurements without small business set-asides, positioning it as a large-business supplier to Navy oceanographic and NOAA marine research missions.