Viavi Solutions Inc.

Viavi Solutions Inc.'s Communications Test Division manufactures and sells specialized test and measurement equipment, repair and calibration services, and network testing solutions to federal defense and civilian agencies as a prime contractor (57% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor on major defense programs. The division is a subsidiary of Viavi Solutions Inc., a for-profit manufacturer headquartered in Chandler, Arizona, with the Communications Test Division operating from Germantown, Maryland. Viavi competes across full-and-open procurements with no set-aside posture; all recent awards carry no set-aside designation.

The division's capability portfolio centers on aviation test equipment, telecommunications testing platforms, and precision electronic instrumentation. Recent prime work includes a $9.9 million Army delivery order for test and measurement equipment and services (April 2022–May 2023), an $8.5 million Army delivery order for TS-4544/U telecommunications system test sets (September 2021–May 2022), an $817 thousand NIST purchase order for a 5G Universal Traffic Generator system (September 2021), and a $720 thousand Naval Information Warfare Systems Command upgrade for existing 5G network testing equipment (March 2024). Viavi also holds a $1.2 million Defense Logistics Agency indefinite delivery contract for B1B Fuel Quantity I test equipment (through March 2028) and a $5 thousand blanket purchase agreement with PEO Aviation for IFR 6015 calibration repairs (through March 2030). Smaller recent awards include a $254 thousand NTIA definitive contract for TM500 Open RAN end-to-end test support (August 2024) and a $150 thousand NTIA purchase order for professional sales and services support (July 2024).

Customer concentration clusters on Department of Defense test and logistics organizations. The top five funding agencies account for 40% of awards by count, led by Defense Logistics Agency Aviation (17 awards, $1.9 million combined potential value) and Naval Air Systems Command / Naval Air Warfare Center (12 awards, $5.2 million). However, the Army Acquisition Support Center's Program Executive Office for Combat Support and Combat Service Support dominates by dollar value, anchoring four awards worth $21.3 million combined. By volume, Air Force Materiel Command activities (Aeronautical Systems Center and broader ASC) represent 24 awards. NTIA and Naval Information Warfare Systems Command round out the active set. Viavi's awards span 37 distinct customer agencies, indicating broad but shallow penetration across defense and civilian tech stakeholders.

Viavi holds positions on five named parent vehicles: Air Force Indefinite Delivery Contract FA823221D0004 (10 task orders), Army IDC W15QKN19D0079 ($21.3 million combined potential value, 4 task orders), Air Force Special Operations Equipment tailored logistics contract (4 task orders), Air Force IDC FA863420D2704 (3 task orders), and Air Force Basic Ordering Agreement FA862021G4009 (2 task orders). The division's category footprint concentrates heavily on instrument manufacturing — 29 awards fall under Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals (NAICS 334515), with another 14 under Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing and 11 under Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance systems. Top PSCs track the portfolio: Electrical And Electronic Properties Measuring And Testing Instruments (20 awards), Miscellaneous Electric Power And Distribution Equipment (11 awards), and IT/telecom network products (4 awards).

Activity has accelerated sharply. The division received 22 awards in 2021, declined to 12 in 2022, recovered to 18 in 2023, then surged to 42 in 2024 and 44 in 2025 — a compound growth trajectory driven primarily by subconsultant teaming with major primes rather than direct prime expansion. The recompete cliff in the next twenty-four months shows only 2 awards worth $720 thousand reaching ultimate completion, signaling low near-term recompete risk but potentially understating exposure on active Army and Air Force vehicle orders.

As a subcontractor, Viavi performs test equipment supply and engineering services across the defense industrial base. Named prime partners include BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration (20+ sub awards spanning F-16 support equipment, fuel quantity test sets, and signal processing), Lockheed Martin Corporation (flight test infrastructure, optical adapters, avionics software support), The Boeing Company (F-15 and advanced pilot training aerospace support), Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation and Corp (GBSD electromagnetic and printed-circuit assembly work, next-generation strategic deterrent EMD), Sierra Nevada Company (Big Safari electrical testing and measurement instruments), Science Applications International Corporation (HWIL and M&S development for trainers and force-protection systems), L3 Technologies and L3Harris Technologies (submarine photonics masts, armed overwatch systems), and The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (space exploration and combat systems engineering). Viavi also subs to Raytheon on lower-tier air and missile defense test fixtures, Vertex Aerospace on F-5 aircraft maintenance parts, Amentum Services on undersea warfare center logistics and test set radio support, and Atlantic Diving Supply on navigation and communications flight-line test sets. The subcontract workload spans electronics manufacturing, aerospace support engineering, and specialized test instrumentation — functions complementary to Viavi's prime test-equipment and platform positioning.

Combined potential value across all awards stands at $60.5 million, with $37 million obligated (61% of potential), reflecting a vendor with modest but growing footprint, skewed toward small task orders and sub-awards rather than large prime vehicles. The division competes in full-and-open federal market without SBA set-asides, positioning it to compete head-to-head with established aerospace and defense test vendors on GSA schedules, BPAs, and agency-specific IDCs.