Teledyne Risi, Inc.

Teledyne Risi, Inc., doing business as Risi, a subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, manufactures exploding bridge wire detonators, firing control systems, and related explosive ordnance initiation products for the Department of Defense and federal research agencies as a large-business prime contractor operating exclusively in full-and-open competition with no set-aside designations. The company is headquartered in Tracy, California, with performance facilities also at Indian Head, Maryland and Vicksburg, Mississippi, and competes under NAICS 325920 (Explosives Manufacturing) and PSC codes 6640 (Laboratory Equipment and Supplies) and related demolition-materials classifications.

Teledyne Risi's federal footprint is concentrated in specialized detonator and firing-system supply for defense research and weapons-evaluation missions. Recent representative awards include a $193,050 sole-source purchase order from Naval Sea Systems Command in September 2024 for 600 Teledyne TE-98 Low Energy Exploding Foil Initiator detonators, a $372,750 purchase order from Army Test and Evaluation Command in April 2024 for FS-43 firing modules, a $241,355 delivery order from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency in September 2023 for commercial products supporting counter-WMD missions, and a $134,912.50 delivery order from Navy Naval Supply Systems Command in February 2022 for RP-87-820 dual EBW initiators. The company also holds a $2.14 million single-award indefinite-delivery contract with Naval Sea Systems Command (awarded March 20, 2025, extending through March 2028) for EBW detonators and related explosive initiation products.

Customer concentration sits heavily with the Department of the Navy. Naval Sea Systems Command alone accounts for 65 awards worth $6.6 million combined potential value (45% of the portfolio by dollars). The top five customer agencies by combined potential value represent 77% of the $14.5 million portfolio: Naval Sea Systems Command ($6.6 million), Air Force Air Mobility Command ($1.9 million), Army Test and Evaluation Command ($1.1 million), Army Research Development and Engineering Command ($892 thousand), and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency ($743 thousand). By award count, Naval Sea Systems Command dominates with 65 awards, followed by Army RDECOM with 33 and Army ATEC with 32. The portfolio carries 238 prime awards (99% of total) spanning twenty-three years of activity, with recent years showing steady output at 6–7 awards annually; $8.9 million has been obligated against the $14.5 million combined potential value (61% obligated share).

Teledyne Risi works against five primary parent vehicles, all naval or army-managed ordering agreements. The Basic Ordering Agreement N0016412GJR17 carries 11 task orders worth $821 thousand; Indefinite Delivery Contract N0017411D0024 carries 10 task orders worth $321 thousand; the Army Corps of Engineers Blanket Purchase Agreement W912HZ21A0003 carries 7 BPA calls worth $150 thousand; Indefinite Delivery Contract N0017417D0043 carries 6 task orders worth $163 thousand; and IDC N0016421DS003 carries 4 task orders worth $852 thousand. The portfolio spans 31 distinct customer agencies, but Naval Sea Systems Command and Army component commands (RDECOM, ATEC, and the Corps' Engineer Research and Development Center) drive approximately 71% of award count. At the subcontractor level, Teledyne Risi appears on two sub-awards: a September 2025 sub-award under Pantex Deterrence LLC for high-explosives management and operations at the Pantex Plant, and a June 2024 sub-award under Lockheed Martin Corporation for D5LE2 missile pre-development R&D.