Telemetry & Communications Systems, Inc.

Telemetry & Communications Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of flight test and telemetry antenna systems and communications equipment based in Chatsworth, California, operates as a subsidiary of Delta Information Systems Inc. and competes predominantly as a prime contractor on full-and-open federal procurements for specialized antenna hardware, pedestal assemblies, feeds, and related ground support equipment. The company also subcontracts antenna components and engineering support to larger prime contractors on NASA and defense programs.

TCS's capability portfolio centers on the design, manufacture, integration, and repair of telemetry and communications antenna systems across L-band, S-band, C-band, and Ku-band frequencies, along with associated control units, pedestals, feeds, and ground electronics. Representative prime work includes a $4.013 million firm fixed-price purchase order from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Wallops Flight Facility) awarded August 1, 2025, for a trailer-based small aperture mobile telemetry antenna system (MTM-6) capable of operating in L/S/C band with autotracking and remote monitoring, scheduled for completion October 12, 2026; a $3.229 million definitive contract from the Air Force awarded July 22, 2024, for telemetry antenna control system modernization at Jonathan Dickinson Missile Tracking Annex and Ascension Auxiliary Airfield, with ultimate completion December 31, 2026; a $691.1 million purchase order from NASA's Armstrong Research Center for upgrade of the MFTS antenna system and Triplex site antenna system at the Dryden Aeronautical Test Range; and a $717.98 thousand purchase order from Naval Sea Systems Command for a Model 2400M-8 Mobile Telemetry Antenna System supporting Missile Defense Agency and Ballistic Missile Defense missions. A $140.952 thousand Total Small Business set-aside purchase order from the Air Force, awarded April 13, 2026, covers antenna control units and associated parts for the TAA50 antenna system at Hill Air Force Base, completing August 13, 2026.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward defense and space agencies. NASA Goddard Space Center anchors the potential-value ranking with 7 awards totaling $4 million in combined potential value. Naval Air Warfare Center places 14 awards valued at $3.9 million combined; the Air Force Materiel Command Test Center accounts for 38 awards at $3.5 million; the Air Force broadly contributes 15 awards at $3.4 million; and Naval Sea Systems Command holds 6 awards at $1.5 million. The award-count ranking differs significantly—the top five customers by count (Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Air Force Materiel Command Test Center, and National Park Service) comprise 46% of all awards but skew heavily toward small BPA calls and task orders that carry minimal individual values, signaling high transaction volume but lower unit economics.

TCS places task orders primarily under a blanket purchase agreement labeled OPENMARKET carrying 544 task orders with $3.1 million in combined potential value, an indefinite delivery contract (FA930211D0003) with 7 task orders valued at $3.5 million, and an indefinite delivery contract (F0461103D0011) with 38 task orders at $320 thousand combined potential value. Recent subcontract work flows through large systems integrators: TCS delivers antenna components and engineering support to KBR Wyle Services on NASA Wallops Range operations and maintenance support (four sub-awards spanning January 2025 through April 2026 for communications systems testing, modification, and installation), to Science Applications International Corporation on antenna design and manufacturing for the Pillar Point 40 Telemetry Antenna Replacement program (two sub-awards, December 2024), to BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services on instrumentation range support feed assembly upgrades (two sub-awards, November 2024 and August 2024), to Peraton Inc. on space communications projects and sub-orbital payload integration (two sub-awards, September 2024 and June 2026), and to Lockheed Martin Corporation on flight test hardware and software upgrades (one sub-award, January 2024).

Activity has been volatile. Awards per year trended as follows: 2022 (6 awards), 2023 (5), 2024 (11), 2025 (6), and 2026 (3 awards as of mid-June). The recompete cliff for the next twenty-four months carries three awards with combined potential value of $7.4 million completing, representing moderate near-term exposure. Combined obligated dollars across all 691 awards total $73 million, significantly exceeding the $23.9 million combined potential value figure, indicating either prior-year funding drawdowns or a shift in contract structures. The parent company, Delta Information Systems Inc., is also an active federal contractor holding prime awards under full-and-open competition.

Manufacture Telemetry Autotrack Antenna Systems, Antenna Control Units. Upgrade and refurbish existing Telemetry Antenna systems.