Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC

Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC, a subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, delivers advanced sensing, imaging, microelectronics, and specialized instrumentation technologies to the federal government as a prime contractor (91% of recent awards) across defense R&D, space technology, and scientific research programs, competing primarily under full-and-open procurement with no set-aside designations.

Teledyne Scientific & Imaging is a for-profit limited liability company and manufacturer of goods headquartered in Thousand Oaks, California. The vendor operates as a large business without SBA set-aside certifications. Its capability portfolio centers on defense-relevant R&D in advanced microelectronics, RF and millimeter-wave electronics, power systems, thermal management, sensing and detection technologies, materials science, and specialized fabrication services. Representative prime work includes a $26.5 million definitive contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory for the Space Technology Advanced Research–Fast-Tracking Innovative Software and Hardware (STAR-FISH) program (awarded March 2024) spanning wafer production capability expansion, in-situ layer monitoring, and precision optical and thermal measurement systems; a $19.98 million Electronics for G-Band Arrays (ELGAR) definitive contract from DARPA (awarded July 2022) for integration technologies enabling compact, high-performance RF electronics at 110–300 GHz frequencies with subcontractors University of California, Santa Barbara and Micross Advanced Interconnect Technology; and a $17.04 million MINITHERMS3D program from DARPA (awarded November 2023) for thermal management in three-dimensional heterogeneous integration stacks with subs including Micross Advanced Interconnect Technology and Kyocera International.

Customer concentration sits heavily on defense R&D. The top five funding agencies account for 53% of recent awards by count, led by DARPA (67 awards, $296 million combined potential value) and the Air Force Research Laboratory (53 awards, $394.2 million combined potential value), followed by the Office of Naval Research (30 awards, $32.1 million), the Department of the Air Force (22 awards, $5.8 million), and the Department of the Navy (21 awards). By potential value, the split diverges slightly: Air Force Research Laboratory dominates dollars at $394.2 million, DARPA follows at $296 million, Air Force Materiel Command Aeronautical Systems Center contributes $161.2 million across four awards, NASA Goddard Space Center anchors $81.7 million across 16 awards, and Navy Information Warfare Systems Command places $74.1 million across nine awards. Across all 47 distinct customer agencies, these five account for 87% of combined potential value. Non-defense customers include the National Institute of Standards and Technology (foundry fabrication and silicon wafer etching), the Department of Homeland Security (Advanced Laser Threat Assessment Receiver R&D), and the Defense Health Agency (wearable neurotechnology for insomnia treatment, $2.78 million awarded September 2022).

Teledyne Scientific & Imaging holds prime positions on six DARPA Other Transaction IDVs, each carrying flexible research authority outside the Federal Acquisition Regulation: the N-LUMOS (Non-Linear Ultra-Fast Magnetically Operated Micro-Systems) IDV ($2.0 million ceiling, awarded February 2025); the REFUSE (Resource Extraction for Use in System Engineering) IDV ($6.6 million ceiling, awarded September 2024); the AWARE (Alert Warfighter Enablement) Phase 0 Task Area 2 IDV ($733,711 ceiling, awarded December 2024); the REM REST (Rapid Eye Movement Restoration and Enhancement for Sleep-Deprived Trauma-Adaptation) IDV ($1.0 million ceiling, awarded December 2023); the Probabilistic Models for Neural Network-Based Sensing IDV ($999,992 ceiling, awarded August 2022); and the Veridical Networks for Manifold Learning IDV ($999,915 ceiling, awarded April 2022). Teledyne also holds a seat on the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) Multiple Award IDIQ awarded by the Missile Defense Agency on December 29, 2025, carrying a multi-billion-dollar ceiling through December 2035; an initial delivery order valued at $500 (firm fixed price) was placed immediately. Top task-order vehicles include Air Force Research Laboratory IDIQ FA945106D0005 (3 task orders, $939 thousand combined) and FA865022D5406 (2 task orders).

Recent activity shows 10 awards in 2022, 14 in 2023, 19 in 2024, and 15 in 2025 (including the recent DARPA Strategic Technology Office OTA dated March 2026 for $5.9 million), indicating sustained volume with modest year-over-year growth. Ten awards (combined potential value $71.3 million) face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure across DARPA programs and Air Force research contracts. The vendor's other-transaction research pipelines suggest continued focus on microelectronics, power systems, and sensing innovation.

Teledyne Scientific & Imaging subcontracts to large defense primes and operates selectively as a sub. Named prime relationships include Leidos (research, development, testing, and evaluation of novel explosives for advanced munitions, award July 2025); Teledyne Brown Engineering on two engineering and materials efforts supporting FMS boat production (awards February 2025); Lockheed Martin on optical filters for the Comprehensive Advanced Targeting Pod (CATP) sustainment (award January 2025) and FPA/modular assembly work; Raytheon on the LANDIS flight instrument units (three units with design, engineering, fabrication, integration, and algorithm development, awards July 2024 and November 2024) and the Advanced Technology Support Program (ATSP) for microelectronic rectenna enabling charging technology (award October 2024); and academic primes including University of Arizona on near-Earth object surveillance mission work, University of Akron on ceramic matrix composite development for hypersonic morphing applications, and Pennsylvania State University on event-driven hybrid CMOS detectors for X-ray astronomy. The sub footprint reflects Teledyne's role as a specialized materials and component supplier feeding larger aerospace-defense integrators.

Grant activity is limited but growing. Teledyne received a $198,675 project grant from the Office of Naval Research (Basic and Applied Scientific Research, CFDA 12.300) awarded August 2025 for Thermal Imaging via Optical Rendering of Cholesteric Hue (TORCH), with performance through July 2026. Sub-grant activity includes collaborations on Pennsylvania State University's "Event-Driven and Rapid-Readout Hybrid CMOS Detectors for X-ray Astronomy" effort (awards May, August, and October 2025) and technical advisory support to University of Missouri System on advanced IR sensor and machine learning research (award March 2025).

The SCI dataset captures only $1.6 million in invoiced revenue across three FY2023–FY2024 prime records (0.4 FTEs in FY2023, 0.6 FTEs in FY2024), reflecting a minimal footprint in SCI-reportable service contracts. This is consistent with Teledyne Scientific & Imaging's business model focused on goods, R&D development, specialized fabrication, and prototype work, which sit outside SCI's $150,000-and-up service contract scope. Government-paid rates on SCI records center around $776.79/hr median, with a range from $651.25/hr (10th percentile) to $902.34/hr (90th percentile), indicating senior technical labor. The vendor performed 0% of its SCI hours through subcontractors, operating as a direct delivery organization on reportable service work. The parent company, Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, is a diversified technology corporation with multiple operating segments spanning aerospace, defense, and instrumentation markets; Teledyne Scientific & Imaging functions as a specialized R&D and advanced manufacturing subsidiary within that portfolio.