Contracting office · Defense Logistics Agency

DLA AVIATION

DLA AVIATION obligated $54.8M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 3,751 contract actions (−44% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION ($7.8M).

Obligations · FY2026
$54.8M
Actions
3,751
New awards: 2,686
Sole-source
78%
Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 37.5MFY2017
  2. 55.7MFY2018
  3. 69.1MFY2019
  4. 40.8MFY2020
  5. 48.6MFY2021
  6. 44.9MFY2022
  7. 52.4MFY2023
  8. 77.6MFY2024
  9. 97.7MFY2025
  10. 54.8MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION$7.8M14%
  2. ONTIC ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING, INC$5.8M11%
  3. HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.$5.5M10%
  4. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY$3.8M6.9%
  5. THE BOEING COMPANY$3.3M6.1%
  6. PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION$2.8M5.1%
  7. DERCO AEROSPACE, INC.$1.9M3.6%
  8. MOOG INC.$1.3M2.4%
  9. AEROCONTROLEX GROUP, INC.$1.2M2.1%
  10. AAR SUPPLY CHAIN, INC$1.1M1.9%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$28.7M52%
  2. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$26.1M48%
  3. IT & telecom$16K0.0%
  4. Fuel$5000.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. California$12.3M22%
  2. Connecticut$8.4M15%
  3. Texas$3.5M6.4%
  4. Ohio$3.4M6.2%
  5. Arizona$3.3M6.0%
  6. Massachusetts$2.9M5.3%
  7. New York$2.5M4.5%
  8. Virginia$2.3M4.2%
  9. Georgia$2.1M3.9%
  10. North Carolina$1.6M2.9%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition88%
    US 39% · $47.9M
  • Sole-source awards78%
    US 30% · $42.8M
  • Single-offer competitions9.4%
    US 8.8% · $5.2M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush0.0%
    US 5.6% · $0
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $0
  • 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.

Awards to excluded parties

New awards, options exercised and added work this agency signed while the recipient was listed in SAM.gov as debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment or excluded (exact identifier matches).

In FY2026
$0
0 awards · 0 recipients
All loaded years
$49.7K
2 awards · 2 recipients

None in FY2026.

SAM.gov lists what agencies report, and only exclusions in effect: those that ended are known from twice-yearly snapshots, so an end date is approximate. Agencies may award to an excluded party with a documented compelling reason. An exclusion is an administrative measure, not a conviction.

Source: Exclusions (debarred, suspended and otherwise excluded parties) (U.S. General Services Administration, SAM.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 4, 2026 · Exclusions as listed on Oct 3, 2026, history from Apr 28, 2022.

Largest awards

  1. 8511917675!FLAMEHOLDER,AFTERBU$1.4M
    GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY· Essex County, MA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Feb 13, 2026 – Feb 13, 2026· SPE4A126F0683
  2. 8510710027!LIGHT ASSEMBLY,INDI$1.2M
    AERO INTERNATIONAL, LLC· Jefferson County, WV· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 20, 2024 – Dec 9, 2025· SPE4A124F1118
  3. 8511957726!PARTS KIT,CONTROL S$1.2M
    ONTIC ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING, INC· Los Angeles County, CA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Apr 1, 2026 – Apr 1, 2026· SPE4A126P0566
  4. 8510415710!DUCT ASSEMBLY,AIR C$1.1M
    AERO INTERNATIONAL, LLC· Alexandria city, VA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jan 31, 2024 – Jan 26, 2026· SPE4A124F0532
  5. 8511777574!BULKHEAD,AIRCRAFT$1.1M
    DERCO AEROSPACE, INC.· Tarrant County, TX· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Nov 25, 2025 – Nov 25, 2025· SPE4A126F0297
  6. 8510710029!LIGHT ASSEMBLY,INDI$1M
    AERO INTERNATIONAL, LLC· Jefferson County, WV· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 20, 2024 – Dec 9, 2025· SPE4A124F1119
  7. 8512054397!BAFFLE,AIRFLOW,AIRC$930.2K
    GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY· Essex County, MA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· May 18, 2026 – Jun 4, 2026· SPE4A126F1090
  8. 8511592932!PARTS KIT,ELECTRO-M$905.1K
    ONTIC ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING, INC· Los Angeles County, CA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Aug 31, 2025 – Dec 2, 2025· SPE4A125P2482

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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.