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Small businesses in California, with primary NAICS code 334511 (Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing), by federal contract dollars

Ranked by federal prime contract dollars as a small business since FY2024 (USAspending.gov, as of Nov 5, 2026). The 50 with the most dollars are shown; add a filter to narrow the list.

How these are ranked

Prime contract dollars since fiscal year 2024 on contracts where USAspending.gov counts the firm as a small business. “Small” is set per NAICS code: these firms are registered small under their primary code (or SBA-certified). Firms that hold small business subcontracting plans, which only businesses that aren't small file, or have $1 billion or more in these contracts are left out. A profile's yearly totals count all of its prime contracts, so they can be higher.

  1. Design West Technologies IncTustin, CA · $131.4 million
  2. Systems Engineering Support Co.San Diego, CA · $45.9 million
  3. Trust Automation IncSan Luis Obispo, CA · $33 millionWOSB
  4. New Bedford Panoramex Corp.Claremont, CA · $32.9 million
  5. DCX-Chol Enterprises, IncLos Angeles, CA · $23.8 million
  6. Saildrone IncAlameda, CA · $17.1 million
  7. Leolabs IncMenlo Park, CA · $13.2 million
  8. Condor Pacific Industries, Inc.Newbury Park, CA · $9.5 million
  9. Donatini, Inc.Santa Cruz, CA · $9.2 million
  10. Surface Optics CorporationSan Diego, CA · $4.7 million
  11. Chaos 1, Inc.Hawthorne, CA · $4.4 million
  12. Anello Photonics IncSanta Clara, CA · $3.7 million
  13. Eon Instrumentation, Inc.Van Nuys, CA · $3.2 million
  14. DCX-Chol Enterprises, Inc.Los Angeles, CA · $3.1 million
  15. Telemetry & Communications Systems, Inc.Chatsworth, CA · $3 million
  16. Ixi Technology IncYorba Linda, CA · $2.8 million
  17. Ixi Technology Electronic Warfare, LLCYorba Linda, CA · $2.5 million
  18. Stephen Paul MangumTemecula, CA · $2.2 millionSDVOSB
  19. Northstar Photonics, Inc.San Jose, CA · $2.1 million
  20. Micro USA IncPoway, CA · $2.1 million
  21. Mavericks Photonics, Inc.San Francisco, CA · $2 million
  22. Imetalx, Inc.Sausalito, CA · $2 millionWOSB
  23. Palomar Display Products, Inc.Carlsbad, CA · $1.5 million
  24. Vantage Associates Inc.Costa Mesa, CA · $1.5 million
  25. Akon IncorporatedSan Jose, CA · $1.4 million
  26. Whitefox Defense Technologies, IncSan Luis Obispo, CA · $1.2 million
  27. Anthropocene Institute LLCMill Valley, CA · $653,248
  28. Otto Instrument Service, Inc.Ontario, CA · $571,228
  29. Desert Star Systems LLCPacific Grove, CA · $497,027
  30. CX2, Inc.El Segundo, CA · $483,283
  31. Socal Air, Inc.Gardena, CA · $469,593WOSB
  32. Global-LG LLCEncinitas, CA · $337,076
  33. Strategic Robotic Systems, Inc.San Diego, CA · $335,900
  34. Gavial ITC, LLCSanta Barbara, CA · $332,713
  35. Grava Hydrographic Solutions LLCVentura, CA · $283,229WOSB
  36. Blue Ocean Gear Inc.San Francisco, CA · $276,154
  37. Brock RosenthalLa Jolla, CA · $258,305
  38. Advanced Technical CorporationTorrance, CA · $250,580
  39. A&A Harris EnterprisesAlameda, CA · $224,484
  40. Nine Five North, Inc.Pleasanton, CA · $199,733
  41. Rotating Precision Mechanisms, Inc.Northridge, CA · $196,066WOSB
  42. Absolute Accuracy Inc.Los Angeles, CA · $160,983
  43. Andrenam IncTorrance, CA · $149,979
  44. Inertialwave, Inc.Torrance, CA · $139,938
  45. Universal Sonar MountSausalito, CA · $120,950WOSB
  46. Hadal, IncOakland, CA · $104,824
  47. Systems Engineering & Management CompanyVista, CA · $101,200
  48. Enhanced Radar CorporationSan Francisco, CA · $74,959
  49. Airrow, Inc.Los Angeles, CA · $74,616
  50. Beringia Marine Inc.Cayucos, CA · $56,010
Top firms by certification in California, with primary NAICS code 334511 (Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing) (WOSB and SDVOSB)

Top Women-owned small businesses in California, with primary NAICS code 334511 (Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing)

  1. Trust Automation IncSan Luis Obispo, CA · $33 million
  2. Imetalx, Inc.Sausalito, CA · $2 million
  3. Socal Air, Inc.Gardena, CA · $469,593
  4. Grava Hydrographic Solutions LLCVentura, CA · $283,229
  5. Rotating Precision Mechanisms, Inc.Northridge, CA · $196,066
  6. Universal Sonar MountSausalito, CA · $120,950

Top Service-disabled veteran-owned in California, with primary NAICS code 334511 (Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing)

  1. Stephen Paul MangumTemecula, CA · $2.2 million

Hiring small subcontractors?

If you're a prime looking for small businesses to team with, use the filters above to list small firms by state, NAICS code and certification, then open a profile for its SAM.gov registration, the codes it is small under and its contract history. Check any firm by name, UEI or CAGE code with the CAGE code and UEI lookup.

About these profiles

Every business registered on SAM.gov as small under at least one NAICS code, and every SBA-certified firm, has a profile; each profile says which codes it is small under. Registration details come from SAM.gov's public entity extract and contract figures from USAspending.gov. Contact names and street addresses are left out. Looking for partners to team with? See how to become a government subcontractor.

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