Wideband Systems Inc.

Wideband Systems Inc., a small-business manufacturer of high-performance telemetry recorders and data acquisition hardware, operates as a subsidiary of parent company Delta Information Systems Inc. and competes on both prime contracts (56% of recent awards) and subcontracts (44%) across defense and civilian aerospace agencies. The vendor is based in Silver Spring, Maryland and sells specialized RF recording equipment, interface cards, and associated hardware modifications to support missile testing, flight evaluation, and range operations.

Wideband's prime work concentrates in purchase orders for ground station recorders and multiband telemetry systems delivered directly to the Navy and Air Force. Recent representative prime awards include a $762.9 thousand firm fixed-price purchase order from Naval Sea Systems Command (September 2023) for two Wideband DRS9300X-12TB multiband telemetry recorders and five DRS8300X recorders with 9,600-plus Mbps sustained data rates; a $132.7 thousand Air Force purchase order (July 2024) for wideband ground station recorder equipment to support continuity between the Central Test Facility and Range Mission Control Rooms; and a $129.8 thousand Air Force purchase order (June 2026) for a wideband ground station recorder. A $1.025 million Naval Sea Systems Command purchase order from September 2022 delivered eleven DRS-8300X telemetry recorders and associated cables and spare I/O cards for classified and unclassified missile and target telemetry data collection. Purchase order flow reflects small-dollar, repetitive equipment refreshes and hardware modifications rather than large system development contracts.

Customer concentration by award count splits between NASA Kennedy Space Center (30 awards, $995 thousand combined potential value) and Naval Sea Systems Command (20 awards, $4 million), with Naval Air Warfare Center, NASA Shared Services Center, and Navy Strategic Systems Programs rounding out the top five. However, the potential-value ranking diverges sharply: Air Force Materiel Command anchors the portfolio with 2 awards carrying $38 million combined potential value, driven by what the source indicates are larger-magnitude, less-frequent solicitations. NASA and Navy frequency-based concentration reflects steady, lower-dollar purchase-order activity; Air Force potential-value concentration reflects episodic, higher-ceiling awards. Combined potential value across all awards stands at $47.7 million with $20.1 million obligated (42% of ceiling).

Wideband's subcontract footprint spans major defense primes and aerospace integrators. Named subs include recurring work under Lockheed Martin (weapon system development and telemetry recorder supply across multiple updates), Raytheon Company (telemetry and engineering services), KBR Wyle Services (NASA Wallops Range operations and maintenance support with permanent instrumentation stationed at Wallops, Bermuda, and Alaska, plus mobile instrumentation deployed worldwide including Norway, Kwajalein Atoll, Australia, and French Guiana), Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (D6 TCID hardware development), L3Harris Interstate Electronics Corporation (flight test instrumentation recorder assemblies), Analex Corporation (hypersonic test engineering and telemetry systems), and Systems Application & Technologies Inc. (IRIG Chapter 10 record and replay units). The Wallops Range sub work with KBR Wyle spans operations, maintenance, range sustaining engineering, and communications system installation and modification across domestic and overseas locations.

Activity has fluctuated over recent years — 18 awards in 2022, dropping to 4 in 2023, rebounding to 20 in 2024, moderating to 15 in 2025, and 5 recorded in 2026 through mid-July. The vendor serves 26 distinct customer agencies across 74 prime and 58 subcontract awards. Top NAICS concentrations include instrument manufacturing for electrical testing (26 awards), R&D in physical and engineering sciences (26 awards), and search and detection system manufacturing (25 awards), with PSC concentration in radio/television communications equipment (13 awards) and miscellaneous communications equipment (12 awards). Wideband does not compete under SBA set-asides in its recent prime work; all named awards carry either no set-aside or total small-business designations on a competitive, full-and-open basis.