Federal sub-agency · Department of Defense

Defense Media Activity

Defense Media Activity obligated $40.4M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 141 contract actions (−53% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was ZOLON TECH INC. ($10.7M).

Obligations · FY2026
$40.4M
Actions
141
New awards: 26
Sole-source
19%
Small business
60%
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 103.8MFY2017
  2. 108.8MFY2018
  3. 123.7MFY2019
  4. 97.3MFY2020
  5. 112.8MFY2021
  6. 101.9MFY2022
  7. 115MFY2023
  8. 112.9MFY2024
  9. 85.7MFY2025
  10. 40.4MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. ZOLON TECH INC.$10.7M26%
  2. RITENET CORP.$6.4M16%
  3. ONEIDA PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LLC$5.2M13%
  4. TAFT BROADCASTING COMPANY, L.L.C.$4.8M12%
  5. IT DATA CONSULTING LLC$3.3M8.1%
  6. FCN, INC.$2.2M5.5%
  7. SOS INTERNATIONAL LLC$2.1M5.1%
  8. DELL FEDERAL SYSTEMS L.P$1.1M2.7%
  9. ADORAMA INC.$1M2.6%
  10. STANDARD-BLAZAR, LLC$984K2.4%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$29.3M72%
  2. Professional services$6.9M17%
  3. Education & social services$2.8M6.8%
  4. Other equipment & supplies$1.3M3.3%
  5. Construction & real property$91.3K0.2%
  6. Equipment maintenance$16.8K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Maryland$37M91%
  2. Texas$4.9M12%
  3. South Dakota$361.4K0.9%
  4. Utah$145.1K0.4%
  5. Abroad$95.6K0.2%
  6. New York$26.9K0.1%
  7. Virginia$11.1K0.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition29%
    US 39% · $11.7M
  • Sole-source awards19%
    US 30% · $7.6M
  • Single-offer competitions10%
    US 8.8% · $4.1M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush0.0%
    US 5.6% · $0
  • Undefinitized contracts0.8%
    US 5.0% · $342.3K
  • Time-and-materials pricing0.0%
    US 4.2% · $0

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

Offices with the most sole-source money

  1. HQ DEFENSE MEDIA ACTIVITY$7.6M19%

Largest awards

  1. CLIN 0002-TASKS 6.6-6.11 (CPFF)$81.6M
    ZOLON TECH INC.· Anne Arundel County, MD· IT & telecom· Jun 22, 2022 – May 20, 2026· HQ051622C0007
  2. BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT- OVERSEAS ALTERNATIVE CONTENT DISTRIBUTION$40.8M
    VERIZON DIGITAL MEDIA SERVICES INC.· Anne Arundel County, MD· IT & telecom· Aug 16, 2019 – Dec 10, 2025· HQ051619C0008
  3. DVIDS$31.7M
    RITENET CORP.· Anne Arundel County, MD· IT & telecom· Aug 16, 2022 – Apr 16, 2026· HQ051622F0044
  4. TRAVEL - DMA HQ TREASURY CODE: 97 0100 000$27.4M
    TAFT BROADCASTING COMPANY, L.L.C.· Harris County, TX· Professional services· Mar 31, 2021 – Apr 29, 2026· HQ051621C0003
  5. AFN-BC-BASE PERIOD$21.8M
    TAFT BROADCASTING COMPANY, L.L.C.· Harris County, TX· IT & telecom· Aug 29, 2021 – Apr 21, 2026· HQ051621C0012
  6. DINFOS TECHNOLOGY AND LOGISTICS SUPPORT$21.8M
    SOS INTERNATIONAL LLC· Anne Arundel County, MD· IT & telecom· Jan 28, 2021 – Jun 10, 2026· HQ051621F0011
  7. PAKP SUPPORT$18.3M
    TAFT BROADCASTING COMPANY, L.L.C.· Riverside County, CA· Professional services· Sep 25, 2020 – Nov 20, 2025· HQ051620C0016
  8. IT AND NON IT LABOR$9.1M
    IT DATA CONSULTING LLC· Anne Arundel County, MD· Professional services· Nov 21, 2023 – Jun 8, 2026· HQ051624F0002

Committees that oversee and fund it

Congressional committees whose jurisdiction includes this agency, and the appropriations subcommittees that write its spending bill (Analisa's reading of the House and Senate rules; committees share jurisdiction). Leaders as currently published.

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Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.