Nswc Crane

The United States Department of the Navy, Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division, operating as Naval Surface Warfare Center, is a U.S. federal government entity that procures electronic and mechanical components, aircraft parts, and specialized hardware for Navy and Marine Corps systems through the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). The division operates as a prime contractor on 98% of its recent awards, with no set-aside designations across its portfolio, and reports to the parent entity Government of the United States.

Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division's procurement activity is driven almost entirely by DLA, which accounts for 93% of recent awards across 120 total prime and sub awards spanning the past several years. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime division leads by award count with 42 awards ($341 thousand combined potential value), while DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment dominates potential value with 11 awards ($387 thousand combined potential value). DLA Aviation accounts for 3 awards ($6 thousand), and the Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command has placed 2 awards. This concentration reflects the division's core role as a supplier of components and hardware to DLA's logistics operations rather than as a prime systems integrator or R&D performer.

The division's capability portfolio centers on manufacturing and procurement of electronic assemblies, aircraft parts, and military hardware. Representative work includes a $109,647 firm fixed-price purchase order from DLA Construction and Equipment for a disk drive unit (April 2025), a $97,390 purchase order for disk drive units (November 2024), a $67,032 order for disk drive units from DLA Troop Support (June 2023), and a $31,176 purchase order for electrical guides from DLA Land and Maritime (January 2023). Additional awards span connector bodies, resistor assemblies, metal hose assemblies, bolts, seals, gaskets, and memory units — reflecting the division's exposure to electronic component and precision hardware supply chains. Top NAICS categories include Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (20 awards), Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing (16 awards), and Electronic Connector Manufacturing (9 awards).

Awards per year have declined from 8 in 2021 to 2 in 2025 year-to-date, indicating a significant contraction in procurement activity. Combined potential value across all 120 awards totals $961 thousand, with combined dollars obligated of $3.1 million — reflecting the small dollar magnitude typical of DLA component purchase orders. The division maintains three parent indefinite delivery contracts (SP096004D5302 with 2 task orders, SP096004D5306 with 1 task order, and SPM96004D5306 with 1 task order), though the portfolio is dominated by individual purchase orders rather than task-order work. As a subcontractor, the division has provided aerospace support to The Boeing Company under undefinitized orders (awards dated September 2024 and February 2024). Place of performance for all work is the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division facility in Crane, Indiana.