Virginia Electronic Systems, Inc.

Virginia Electronic Systems, Inc., a veteran-owned small business based in Virginia Beach, Virginia, is a prime contractor delivering maritime communication, navigation, and vessel support services to the U.S. Coast Guard and the Department of the Navy under Foreign Military Sales programs and domestic maritime modernization initiatives. The vendor competes predominantly full-and-open without set-aside designations, despite its veteran-owned status, and operates as a prime on 94% of its awards.

Virginia Electronic Systems specializes in communication and navigation (COMNAV) equipment procurement, system integration, shipyard services, vessel repair and maintenance, and technical support for the transfer and modernization of decommissioned U.S. military vessels to allied nations. The vendor holds a Basic Ordering Agreement with Naval Sea Systems Command and places task orders under multiple Navy NAICS 488330 (Other Support Activities for Water Transportation) and small-craft vehicle work. Representative prime work includes a $12.49 million definitive contract with the Coast Guard for shipyard services supporting the transfer of USCGC cutters to Greece (awarded September 29, 2023, with ultimate completion December 31, 2026), a $4.31 million purchase order for COMNAV equipment purchase and installation under FMS case Lebanon (awarded November 29, 2022, extending through December 31, 2026), a $2.47 million definitive contract with the Coast Guard for communications and navigation equipment for the Hellenic Navy under FMS case GR-P-SCR (awarded March 25, 2026, completing September 1, 2027), and a $2.14 million definitive contract for Sri Lanka COMNAV equipment (awarded March 10, 2025, extending through December 31, 2026).

Customer concentration is extreme. The Naval Sea Systems Command anchors 99.5% of the vendor's combined potential value across recent awards ($5.29 billion of $5.33 billion total), driven by a single Indefinite Delivery Contract N0002423D4116 vehicle. The Coast Guard ranks second by volume (33 awards) but third by dollar value ($41.4 million). Naval Supply Systems Command holds 38 awards but only $951 thousand in combined potential value—predominantly "PUNT" (purpose undefined) small-dollar purchase orders under $250 thousand, suggesting rapid fulfillment of Navy logistics demands. The State Department's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement contributes $704 thousand across seven awards focused on boat maintenance and training in Haiti. This ranking divergence reflects the vendor's role as a specialized maritime equipment supplier to the Navy (large dollars, concentrated in one vehicle), a vessel transfer support contractor to the Coast Guard (moderate dollars, dispersed across multiple FMS cases), and a small-parts fulfillment vendor to Navy supply (high volume, low unit value).

The vendor places work under two primary Navy BOAs: Basic Ordering Agreement N0002415G4112 (10 task orders, $6.1 million combined potential value) and N0002421G4112 (4 task orders, $4.3 million). An Indefinite Delivery Contract N0002423D4116 carries six task orders but no stated combined value in the source. The SeaPort-e vehicle shows one task order with minimal value ($3 thousand). The source does not identify GWAC participation or GSA Schedule positioning.

Activity shows volatility: 12 awards in 2022, declining to 4 in 2024, then rebounding to 13 in 2025 and 6 in 2026. Twelve awards with combined potential value $27.3 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, exposing the vendor to recompete risk on Coast Guard FMS programs (Greece, Lebanon, Ecuador, Mauritius/FMS case variants) and Navy maintenance contracts.

Virginia Electronic Systems subcontracts to Bowhead Marine Support Services, LLC as a primary partner. Named sub work includes L3 Harris Marine HF radio installation and crew training for the Thai Navy (November 14, 2025), training services for the Tunisian Navy and Mongolia (November 7, 2025), radio-rack component delivery (October 24, 2025), and critical spare-parts warehouse support in Zimbabwe with planned-maintenance-system development for Boston Whalers (May 22, 2025). All named sub awards since August 2024 flow through Bowhead, suggesting a formalized teaming relationship. The vendor operates as a prime on its own delivery; across SCI-reportable service contracts (a small and incomplete subset), sub-hours share is zero on the single identified prime record. The SCI dataset shows minimal activity (only 3 records total, FY2022–FY2024), reflecting that this vendor's work is predominantly goods procurement and vessel services rather than labor-intensive federal service contracts above the $150 thousand SCI threshold.

The category concentration underscores maritime specialization: top NAICS codes include Other Support Activities for Water Transportation (24 awards), Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (14 awards), Boat Building (11 awards), and Ship Building and Repairing (8 awards). Top PSC codes are Small Craft (36 awards) and Maintenance/Repair/Rebuild of Ships, Small Craft, Pontoons, and Floating Docks (16 awards). This vendor is a dedicated maritime equipment and vessel-support play, not a diversified government contractor. Over 75% of recent awards since 2019 support Coast Guard FMS initiatives to Greece, Colombia, Ecuador, Sri Lanka, Lebanon, Tunisia, Ukraine, Haiti, Mauritius, Belize, and other allied nations, making the vendor's pipeline depend directly on the pace and scope of the Foreign Military Sales vessel-transfer program.