Thermal Electronics, Inc.

Thermal Electronics, Inc., a small business manufacturer of electronic components and defense aviation parts based in Lake Elsinore, California, operates as a prime contractor (98% of recent awards) supplying specialized thermal batteries, battery storage units, electrical connectors, and lead-and-conduit materials to the Department of Defense, particularly the Defense Logistics Agency and the Air Force. The vendor competes predominantly under total small business set-asides across its prime footprint, with recent work spanning firm fixed-price purchase orders and delivery orders valued between $14,900 and $2.095 million.

Customer concentration is extreme and defense-focused. The Defense Logistics Agency dominates the vendor's portfolio, accounting for 78 awards totaling $15.4 million in combined potential value, with the DLA Aviation segment contributing an additional 64 awards ($3.2 million combined potential value) and the DLA Land and Maritime segment adding 25 awards ($530 thousand). These three DLA entities represent approximately 67% of recent award count and 96% of combined potential value. The Department of the Navy and the Department of the Air Force round out the active customer set. Within the DLA Aviation's Ogden Air Logistics Complex specifically, five awards totaling $2.4 million have been placed for F-16 battery storage and thermal battery components — a qualification-restricted market where Thermal Electronics holds one of only two currently approved manufacturer positions.

Thermal Electronics places task orders under five indefinite delivery contracts. The largest vehicle by recent potential value is Indefinite Delivery Contract SP045103D4108, carrying six task orders totaling $14.6 million in combined potential value. IDCs 4600000366 (14 task orders, $105 thousand combined potential value) and DJU4600001394 (11 task orders, $190 thousand combined potential value) represent sustained replenishment activity through the DLA system. The vendor also holds a single-award indefinite delivery contract with DLA Aviation for lead and conduit materials.

Representative prime work includes a $2.095 million definitive contract awarded February 19, 2026, for approximately 403 battery storage units under total small business set-aside (firm fixed price, completion June 30, 2027); a $155,100 purchase order from April 18, 2024, for 33 F-16 battery storage units; and a $201,330.50 purchase order from July 15, 2022, for dummy connector plugs to DLA Land and Maritime under total small business set-aside. Activity over the past five years shows modest volume (two awards in 2021, two in 2022, five in 2024, four in 2025, and two year-to-date in 2026), with combined potential value reaching $22.5 million and $20.5 million obligated to date (91% execution rate). Recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months is minimal — one award (combined potential value $2.1 million) faces ultimate completion within that window.

In its limited subcontractor role, Thermal Electronics supplies electronic assemblies, housing components, dummy connectors, and harnesses to Honeywell International Inc., Mercury Mission Systems LLC, and DRS Network & Imaging Systems LLC on defense aviation and instrumentation work. The vendor maintains ISO 9001-2015 certification and demonstrates compliance with military specifications, export control requirements, and supply chain traceability standards. Work is performed at the vendor's Lake Elsinore facility.