Winchester Interconnect RF Corporation

Winchester Interconnect RF Corporation, doing business as Winchester Interconnect, manufactures ruggedized electrical connectors, RF cables, cable assemblies, and specialized interconnect components for defense and aerospace applications as a prime contractor (96% of recent awards) to the Defense Logistics Agency and as a subcontractor to major defense primes. The Peabody, Massachusetts-based manufacturer competes in full-and-open procurements with no set-aside designations and has maintained an active federal procurement presence since 2001.

Winchester Interconnect RF Corporation is a subsidiary of Winchester Interconnect Corporation, a for-profit manufacturer of goods headquartered in Milford, Connecticut. The division operates as the prime contractor entity for DLA supply contracts, with capability concentration in electronic connector manufacturing (322 of 522 awards) and cable and wire assemblies (55 awards). Work is performed at the Peabody facility and serves military radiological, communications, and aviation programs.

Customer concentration is pronounced and narrow. The Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime division accounts for 298 of the vendor's 522 total awards (covering 77% of award count) with a combined potential value of $1.7 million; DLA Aviation places 47 awards valued at $739 thousand. The remaining DLA divisions (39 awards, $604 thousand), the Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command (8 awards, $128 thousand), and Army Materiel Command (6 awards, $46 thousand) form the secondary base. Dollar concentration diverges slightly from volume — while DLA Land and Maritime dominates both counts and dollars, Naval Sea Systems Command anchors $128 thousand across only 8 awards, indicating larger average contract values. Recent representative prime awards include a $75,056 purchase order from Naval Sea Systems Command for RF cables (March 2025), a $28,945 DLA Aviation order for NSN cable assemblies (October 2025), and a $26,796 DLA Aviation purchase order for radiological cable assemblies (March 2024). All recent primes are firm fixed-price purchase orders with no set-asides.

The vendor operates under five named DLA indefinite delivery contracts that generate task orders, with IDC SP093004D5140 accounting for 5 task orders, IDC SP093003D5126 for 3 task orders ($100 thousand combined potential value), and three other IDCs for 3 task orders each. These vehicles appear to be DLA supply-chain management contracts rather than government-wide acquisition vehicles and do not materially change competitive posture.

Activity has grown from 7 awards in 2022 to a peak of 22 in 2024, declining to 16 in 2025 with 2 awards placed through early February 2026. Combined potential value across the entire award portfolio sits at $3.7 million against combined obligated dollars of $8.6 million, indicating significant backlog execution relative to potential ceiling values. This pattern is typical of high-volume, low-dollar-value component supply relationships.

In its subcontractor role, Winchester Interconnect supplies RF connectors, coaxial connectors, cable assemblies, and electronic connector manufacturing to Lockheed Martin Corporation (MK21A re-entry vehicle cable assemblies and connectors, multiple modifications totaling millions for engineering and manufacturing development and production phases), Raytheon Company (Patriot M903 launching station connectors, AEGIS modernization kits, missile spares coaxial connectors), and Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (WISLA Poland air defense sustainment electronics connector manufacturing across multiple sub-awards in September 2025). Caes Systems LLC received subcontract support for RF cable assemblies, connectors, and adapters (January 2024).

The vendor's footprint is structurally narrow — 77% of awards center on DLA supply, all primes are purchase orders under full-and-open competition, and the subcontractor base is limited to three major defense primes. Winchester Interconnect operates as a component supplier within the defense industrial base, with leverage anchored to DLA qualification and repeat ordering rather than broad-based competition or vehicle positioning.