Trellisware Technologies Inc.

Trellisware Technologies Inc., a San Diego-based subsidiary of Viasat Inc., manufactures tactical satellite modem radio systems and software-defined radio technologies for the Department of Defense and related federal agencies as a prime contractor on 87% of its awards. The company competes full-and-open across all its contracts; it holds no SBA set-aside certifications. Trellisware's core product line consists of Tactical Satellite Modem (TSM) radio terminal units—Shadow, Ghost, and Spirit variants—along with related accessories, field service representative support, and repair services designed to enhance command, control, communications, and intelligence capabilities for mobility, reconnaissance, and transport operations.

Trellisware's customer base is heavily concentrated in the Defense Department. The Department of the Air Force dominates both award count (43 awards, $130.3 million combined potential value) and total dollars across the vendor's portfolio, followed by United States Special Operations Command (36 awards, $56.1 million), the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command (19 awards, $19.7 million), and the Department of the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command and Naval Sea Systems Command (15 and 9 awards respectively). These top five customers account for 59% of total awards and 61% of combined potential value. Notably, the Air Force and SOCOM combined represent roughly 46% of all Trellisware awards and approximately 54% of all potential value, signaling tight customer concentration in special operations and air mobility sectors.

Trellisware's highest-value vehicle is a $70 million single-award Air Force Indefinite Delivery Contract awarded on April 4, 2023, under the Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase III mechanism, running through March 31, 2028. Against this contract, Trellisware has received 24 delivery orders totaling approximately $16.9 million since award, including a $1.88 million Air Mobility Command order issued October 9, 2025 (completion February 6, 2026), a $1.27 million August 4, 2025 order for HF-TTL FY25 tactical communications equipment (completion May 1, 2026), a $635,381 March 26, 2026 delivery order (completion November 16, 2026), and a $1.56 million May 14, 2024 order for TSM Shadow R/T units and accessories (completion February 14, 2025). Place of performance is San Diego, California (92131), with subordinate orders executed at Hurlburt Field, Florida and Augusta, Georgia. The company also holds positions under additional IDIQs including Indefinite Delivery Contract H9222217D0024 (52 task orders, $32 million combined potential value) and H9240123D0002 (27 task orders, $19 million combined potential value), reflecting diverse sourcing across special operations and Army commands.

Recent prime work spans TSM radio production, foreign military sales, and advanced R&D. Representative awards include a $1.78 million Army Communications Electronics Command contract awarded September 8, 2025, for foreign military sales support to the Netherlands (completion December 31, 2028); a $1.88 million Air Mobility Command delivery order issued October 9, 2025, under the SBIR Phase III vehicle; and a $6.024 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification awarded October 29, 2021, for development of a digital radio head for the C5ISR/EW Modular Open Suite of Standards (CMOSS) mounted form factor platform. Trellisware also completed work for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (two purchase orders totaling $687,544 in August and September 2026 for mobile ad-hoc network radios), the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (including a $1.1 million sole-source engineering services contract for low power troposcatter antenna integration awarded March 1, 2024), and Army Special Operations Command (including a $423,591 SBIR Phase III delivery order issued July 25, 2025). All prime awards employ firm fixed-price pricing.

Activity has grown modestly year over year, reaching a peak of 20 awards in 2024 before declining to 15 in 2025 and 8 year-to-date in 2026. Only six awards (combined potential value $2.1 million) face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, suggesting limited near-term recompete exposure. Trellisware's subcontractor footprint reflects its position as a component supplier and technology integrator. Named primes include Thales Defense & Security Inc. (Leader Radio Program full-rate production orders, September 2026), Leidos Inc. (communication equipment and common hardware systems procurement, multiple 2024–2025 task orders), L3Harris Technologies Inc. (Leader Radio full-rate production engineering and integration, April 2025), SAIC (software life cycle development and capacity labor for TSM Shadow High Power radios, January–February 2025), CACI Technologies LLC (RS3 task order engineering and technical support for RTI, May 2025), and Atlantic Diving Supply Inc. (equipment reseller for TSM Ghost and Shadow radios, multiple 2024 task orders). This subcontract work represents embedded components and integration support across Army Leader Radio, systems engineering, and sustainment programs.

The company's NAICS profile reflects its manufacturing posture: 130 of its 214 awards fall under Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing (334220), with 51 awards in Research and Development in Physical and Engineering Sciences. Primary PSC codes are Miscellaneous Electrical and Electronic Components (43 awards) and Miscellaneous Communication Equipment (42 awards), aligned with the TSM product line. Trellisware has obligated $169.6 million (44% of combined potential value) across its portfolio, indicating typical milestone-based funding drawdown across production and R&D contracts. As a wholly-owned Viasat subsidiary, Trellisware operates within Viasat's broader defense communications footprint, which includes substantial IDIQ vehicles with Special Operations Command and Air Education and Training Command, providing organizational structure and technology access supporting specialized defense communications requirements.