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, operating as a prime contractor on 88% of its recent federal awards with no set-aside designations and competing in full-and-open procurement. The company holds a $70 million single-award Air Force IDC through March 2028 under the Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase III mechanism and has received 24 delivery orders totaling approximately $16.9 million against that vehicle since April 2023, establishing it as a specialized provider of advanced tactical mobile ad hoc network (MANET) radio systems to multiple defense commands.

Trellisware's capability footprint centers on Tactical Satellite Modem (TSM) radio terminal units—specifically the Shadow, Ghost, and Spirit variants—along with related accessories, field service representative support, repair services, and software-defined radio technologies designed to enhance command, control, communications, and intelligence capabilities across Air Force mobility, reconnaissance, and transport operations. Representative prime work includes a $2.4 million Air Force Air Mobility Command delivery order for TSM Shadow radio terminal units and accessories (April 2023, SBIR Phase III), a $1.88 million Air Mobility Command order for TSM Shadow units (November 2023, SBIR Phase III), a $1.78 million Army Communications-Electronics Command definitive contract for foreign military sales support to the Netherlands through December 2028, a $1.27 million Air Force delivery order for HF-TTL FY25 tactical communications equipment (August 2025, SBIR Phase III), a $1.11 million Naval Information Warfare Systems Command purchase order for Low Power Troposcatter antenna integration and engineering support (March 2026), and a $6.0 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification to develop a digital radio head for the C5ISR/EW Modular Open Suite of Standards mounted form factor platform (awarded October 2021, completion August 2025). Delivery orders across the Air Force IDC vehicle employ firm fixed-price contracting with completion dates ranging from 2024 through 2026.

Customer concentration is weighted toward the Air Force, which drives 59% of recent awards and 61% of combined potential value. The top five funding agencies account for the core portfolio: the Department of the Air Force (41 awards, $129.6 million combined potential value), United States Special Operations Command (36 awards, $56.1 million), Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command (19 awards, $19.7 million), Department of the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command (14 awards, $8.3 million), and Department of the Navy Office of Naval Research (13 awards, $10.2 million). The Air Force dominates both award volume and dollars, with Air Mobility Command placing ten orders worth $14.4 million, while SOCOM's 36 awards reflect numerous smaller delivery orders under parent IDCs rather than large individual primes.

Trellisware places work under two primary parent vehicles: Indefinite Delivery Contract H9222217D0024 (52 task orders, $32 million combined potential value) and Indefinite Delivery Contract H9240123D0002 (25 task orders, $18.3 million), alongside orders under Special Operations Equipment–Tailored Logistics Support, IDC W15P7T23D0003, and IDC W911QX16D0024. The $35 million Air Force SBIR Phase III IDC anchors the majority of visible air-side activity; additional orders flow through Army and SOCOM vehicles as well. NAICS concentration runs heavily toward Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing (123 awards) and Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (51 awards), with primary PSC codes in Miscellaneous Communication Equipment (42 awards), Miscellaneous Electrical and Electronic Components (41 awards), and Radio and Television Communication Equipment (19 awards).

Activity trajectory shows growth from 2022 (9 awards) through 2024 (20 awards), with 15 awards in 2025 and one award recorded in 2026 to date. The portfolio carries combined potential value of $386.3 million across 207 prime and sub awards, with $164.4 million obligated to date (43% realization rate). Recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months is minimal: only one award with a combined potential value of $635 thousand reaches ultimate completion inside that window, leaving the $70 million Air Force IDC and other parent vehicles stable through their stated completion dates.

Trellisware subcontracts to major primes on communications and systems-integration work. Named subcontract partners include Leidos (procurement of TSM Shadow, antenna, battery adapter, and rugged communications equipment, August 2024–January 2025), Science Applications International Corporation (software life cycle development for TrellisWare radios and accessories, February 2025, and capacity labor for TSM Shadow high-power radio, January 2025), L3Harris Technologies (Leader Radio full-rate production order for radio and communications equipment, April 2025), Caci Technologies (engineering and technical support for RTI under RS3, May 2025, and cyber security and information assurance support, March 2025), Atlantic Diving Supply (procurement of TSM Ghost and Shadow radios with internal batteries and displays, multiple awards August–December 2024), and Invariant Corporation (delivery schedule and milestone updates for TW-880 Ghost embedded radios, February 2025). Sub work reflects procurement of radio systems and accessories into broader defense technology integration and supply-chain programs, consistent with Trellisware's role as an equipment supplier to larger platform and systems integrators.

As a wholly owned subsidiary of Viasat Inc., Viasat maintains substantial multi-billion-dollar IDIQ vehicles with U.S. Special Operations Command and Air Education and Training Command, positioning Trellisware to leverage parent-company infrastructure and established relationships within the defense industrial base while maintaining its small business status and direct prime contracting presence. All work is performed at Trellisware's San Diego facility, with place of performance designations consistently citing San Diego, California (92131) for manufacturing and engineering activities, with the exception of one Army contract with place of performance in Augusta, Georgia and one Navy contract with performance at Hurlburt Field, Florida.