Federal contractor · LODI, NJ

THE AERONAUTICAL INSTRUMENT AND RADIO COMPANY

THE AERONAUTICAL INSTRUMENT AND RADIO COMPANY received $161.6K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 9 awards (−24% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $3.4M. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($161.6K).

Obligations · FY2026
$161.6K
New awards
9
Sole-source
9.9%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Small businessWoman-owned
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Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

2 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $161.6K in FY2026 together.

  1. THE AERONAUTICAL INSTRUMENT AND RADIO COMPANYLODI, NJ · Family page
    $161.6K
  2. AIRCO REPUBLIC ELECTRONICS, INC.LODI, NJ
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 299.7KFY2017
  2. 178.7KFY2018
  3. 814KFY2019
  4. 264.9KFY2020
  5. 474.5KFY2021
  6. 296.7KFY2022
  7. 540.7KFY2023
  8. 146.6KFY2024
  9. 213KFY2025
  10. 161.6KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Logistics Agency$161.6K100%
    9 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$161.6K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Bergen County, NJ$161.6K100%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition9.9%
    US 39% · $16K
  • Sole-source awards9.9%
    US 30% · $16K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Defense Logistics Agency$16K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. 8511870275!GEAR CLUSTER$38.7K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Bergen County, NJ· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 20, 2026 – Jan 20, 2026· SPE7L126V4625
  2. 8511704831!GEAR CLUSTER$31.7K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Bergen County, NJ· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 16, 2025 – Oct 16, 2025· SPE7L126P0902
  3. 8509990675!COURSE COUNTER ASSE$23.1K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Bergen County, NJ· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 3, 2023 – May 15, 2026· SPE4A723V2917
  4. 8511810745!SYNCHRO,RECEIVER$20.3K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Bergen County, NJ· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 12, 2025 – Dec 12, 2025· SPE7M126P2488
  5. 8512081480!MOTOR,CONTROL$18.3K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Bergen County, NJ· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 9, 2026 – Jun 9, 2026· SPE7L126P6605
  6. 8512117583!METER MOVEMENT$16K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Bergen County, NJ· Other equipment & supplies· May 26, 2026 – May 26, 2026· SPE4A626PR537
  7. 8511924184!GEAR CLUSTER$14.9K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Bergen County, NJ· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 17, 2026 – Feb 17, 2026· SPE7L326V2106
  8. 8511819378!BATTERY,STORAGE$11.9K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Bergen County, NJ· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 17, 2025 – Dec 17, 2025· SPE7L726P0939

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 9 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. AIR MARINE SYSTEMS, INC.$850.1K−20% in FY2026
    VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 74% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Engine, turbine, and power transmission equipment manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Electrical equipment manufacturing+5 more
  2. SURPLUS ELECTRICAL INNOVATIONS, INC.$776.3K−35% in FY2026
    NORFOLK, VA · 61% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Other electrical equipment and component manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Electrical equipment manufacturing+2 more
  3. SIMS ENTERPRISES LLC$812.7K−55% in FY2026
    CANBY, OR · 62% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Other electrical equipment and component manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Engine, turbine, and power transmission equipment manufacturing+4 more

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Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.