The Captor Corporation

The Captor Corporation, a veteran-owned small business manufacturer based in Tipp City, Ohio, supplies high-precision electromagnetic interference (EMI), radio frequency (RF), and bandpass filters to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor (84% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor to major defense primes. Structured as a Subchapter S corporation, The Captor Corporation competes predominantly on full-and-open solicitations rather than set-asides, though it holds multiple total small business set-aside indefinite delivery contracts with the Defense Logistics Agency.

The company's prime footprint centers almost entirely on DLA Land and Maritime purchase orders and delivery orders for specialized filter assemblies. Representative work includes a $799,968 firm fixed-price purchase order from Naval Supply Systems Command in June 2025 for radio frequency filters, a $405,900 total small business set-aside purchase order from DLA Land and Maritime in July 2022 for 44 units of RF filters, and a $241,125 total small business set-aside purchase order from Naval Sea Systems Command in September 2022 for spike suppression filters. Recent activity reflects sustained high volume: 106 awards in 2025, up from 47 in 2024 and 29 in 2022. The vendor holds five active indefinite delivery contracts with DLA Land and Maritime, each with $350,000 ceilings, awarded between December 2025 and April 2026, with three carrying total small business set-aside designations.

Customer concentration is extreme. DLA Land and Maritime accounts for 465 awards (59% of the 782 total awards in the source) with $10 million combined potential value, representing 77% of the top-customer coverage threshold. Naval Supply Systems Command, Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Air Systems Command, and Air Force Materiel Command at Wright Patterson comprise the remaining meaningful customer set. The combined potential value across all awards is $13.4 million against $47.1 million in obligated dollars, indicating that the source captures awards with substantial delivery history; the 351% ratio reflects the vendor's recurring role as an approved supplier executing multiple small orders rather than large lump-sum procurements. The recompete cliff shows six awards with completion dates in the next 24 months and $148 thousand combined potential value, reflecting low near-term contract expiration risk.

The Captor Corporation's subcontract work flows primarily to Northrop Grumman (LAIRCM production and IBCS hardware programs), Raytheon (PATRIOT spare parts, radar systems, and multiplexer filters), and Lockheed Martin (filter assemblies for avionics and electronic warfare systems), with L3Harris and Science Applications International Corporation also placing subcontract orders. The sub portfolio clusters around filter manufacturing and EMI/RF component supply for fighter aircraft, radar platforms, and air defense systems. Primary NAICS concentration is 334419 (Other Electronic Component Manufacturing), with secondary categories in radio and television broadcasting equipment and guided missile systems. PSC coding is dominated by "Filters and Networks" (578 awards of 782 total).

Activity growth has accelerated sharply: the vendor recorded nine awards in the first quarter of 2026 alone, on pace to exceed 2025's 106-award run rate. No dollar ceiling is specified on the five active DLA IDCs; each contract structure allows approximately three to four orders per year with guaranteed minimum quantities of one to two units and delivery windows of 18 to 141 days. The Captor Corporation established its SAM registration in 2002 and has maintained continuous federal supply relationships with DLA spanning at least the past five years.