Virginia Diodes, Inc.
Charlottesville, VA
- UEI
- VJ9NDNJEG6G4
- CAGE
- 1SCQ4, 1A3G1
- Primary NAICS
- 334515 Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals
- SAM.gov registration
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Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 979 2nd St SE, Charlottesville, VA 22902, USA
- Website
- vadiodes.com
- Founded
- 1996
- Employees
- 51-250
- Estimated annual revenue
- $10M-$50M
- Industry
-
- Information Technology
- Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
- Semiconductors
- SIC code
- 36 Electronic & Other Electric Equipment
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $379,170 |
| FY2025 | $3,371,904 |
| FY2024 | $2,650,217 |
| FY2023 | $1,959,723 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $224,095 | |
| 2 | Department of Commerce | $106,700 | |
| 3 | Department of the Navy | $48,400 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Contract subawards
| Prime contractor | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | NNG11XA04C | $130,800 |
Grant awards
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About the company
Virginia Diodes, Inc., a small business manufacturer of millimeter-wave and terahertz electronic devices based in Charlottesville, Virginia, operates as a prime contractor delivering specialized radio-frequency components, receiver systems, and measurement instruments to federal research and defense agencies. The vendor competes predominantly on total small business set-asides, particularly through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, with occasional sole-source awards where Virginia Diodes is the only qualified commercial source.
The vendor's capability portfolio centers on high-frequency electronic components and systems for remote sensing, radiometry, space exploration, and communications. Representative work includes a $1.8 million DARPA definitive contract for high VSWR mechanical tuners for noise and load-pull measurements in the millimeter-wave frequency range (awarded December 2022, completion February 2026); a $1.17 million NASA Phase III SBIR for Aurora 109-192 GHz spectrometer front-end electronics (awarded September 2025); a $1.54 million NASA Phase III SBIR for a POLSIR receiver and optical subassembly (awarded February 2024); and a $325.8 thousand NIST purchase order for VNA extenders (awarded September 2024). Recent work also includes Phase II SBIR efforts for terahertz mixers, receivers, and local oscillator sources for heliophysics ($850 thousand, awarded August 2025) and Phase I SBIR work on Schottky diode switches for radiometer internal calibration ($224 thousand, awarded September 2026). The vendor also received a $299.996 thousand National Institute of General Medical Sciences research grant (CFDA 93.859) for solid-state microwave sources for Dynamic Nuclear Polarization-NMR instrumentation, awarded May 2025.
Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward civilian research agencies. NASA's Shared Services Center dominates by both volume and value, accounting for 43 awards totaling $12.6 million combined potential value (66% of all customers by count and the largest single-customer share). The Office of Naval Research places 39 awards worth $2.1 million, the Smithsonian Institution accounts for 34 awards totaling $561 thousand, NIST carries 28 awards worth $1.5 million, and Army Materiel Command's Research Development and Engineering Command anchors $3.1 million across 13 awards. Together, these five agencies represent 66% of recent awards and 70% of the vendor's combined potential value. The vendor serves 23 distinct federal agencies in total, spanning civilian research, space, and defense components.
Virginia Diodes operates exclusively as a prime contractor in its federal footprint—the award portfolio comprises 237 prime awards (100%) against a single subcontract sub-award to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation for standard-part hardware (July 2022). The vendor does not carry seats on government-wide IDIQs, GWACs, or BPAs; work flows through direct contract awards, purchase orders, and SBIR vehicles.
Activity trajectory shows recent decline after a 2022 peak. The past five years logged 13 awards in 2022, declining to 7 annually in 2023 and 2024, holding at 7 in 2025, and dropping to 4 through September 2026. Over the vendor's full tracked history (since 2001), 238 prime awards have carried a combined potential value of $29.1 million against $34.8 million in obligated dollars. Five awards with combined potential value $3.1 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and face recompete exposure. The vendor's award base reflects expertise in instrument manufacturing for measuring and testing electrical signals (86 awards) and research and development in physical and engineering sciences (37 awards across related categories), with secondary concentration in antennas, waveguides, and related equipment.
Quick answers
Is Virginia Diodes, Inc. registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Virginia Diodes, Inc.'s SAM.gov registration is active through August 26, 2027.
How much has Virginia Diodes, Inc. received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $3,371,904 to Virginia Diodes, Inc. in fiscal year 2025 and $8,361,014 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does Virginia Diodes, Inc. rank among federal contractors?
Virginia Diodes, Inc. ranked #35 in PSC AJ14, #77 in NAICS 334515 and #94 in NAICS 541713 in FY2025.
What is Virginia Diodes, Inc.'s most recent federal award?
Virginia Diodes, Inc.'s most recent federal contract award is Phase i sbir - schottky diode switches for radiometer internal calibration (80NSSC26C0365), from Shared Services Center, on September 30, 2026.
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