Contracting office · Defense Logistics Agency

DLA AVIATION

DLA AVIATION obligated $575M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 68,904 contract actions (−39% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was NOBLE SUPPLY & LOGISTICS, LLC ($55.2M).

Obligations · FY2026
$575M
Actions
68.9K
New awards: 56.3K
Sole-source
76%
Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.1BFY2017
  2. 1.5BFY2018
  3. 1.5BFY2019
  4. 850.8MFY2020
  5. 614.1MFY2021
  6. 673.6MFY2022
  7. 642.8MFY2023
  8. 715.9MFY2024
  9. 943.1MFY2025
  10. 575MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. NOBLE SUPPLY & LOGISTICS, LLC$55.2M9.6%
  2. SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION$38.3M6.7%
  3. THE BOEING COMPANY$38.2M6.6%
  4. HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.$37.9M6.6%
  5. AAR SUPPLY CHAIN, INC$31.7M5.5%
  6. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY$25.6M4.5%
  7. MEGGITT AIRCRAFT BRAKING SYSTEMS CORPORATION$16.3M2.8%
  8. PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION$14.7M2.6%
  9. ONTIC ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING, INC$14.6M2.5%
  10. ROLLS-ROYCE CORPORATION$12M2.1%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$323.7M56%
  2. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$251.1M44%
  3. Fuel$147.7K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. California$78.8M14%
  2. Mississippi$55.2M9.6%
  3. Connecticut$50.2M8.7%
  4. New York$45.6M7.9%
  5. Ohio$39.4M6.9%
  6. Missouri$35M6.1%
  7. Arizona$35M6.1%
  8. Illinois$29.3M5.1%
  9. Massachusetts$23.1M4.0%
  10. Texas$22.4M3.9%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition84%
    US 39% · $483.4M
  • Sole-source awards76%
    US 30% · $439.2M
  • Single-offer competitions7.7%
    US 8.8% · $44.1M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush0.0%
    US 5.6% · $0
  • Undefinitized contracts0.1%
    US 5.0% · $391.1K
  • 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
$19.3K
3 awards · 3 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 4, 2026, loaded Oct 5, 2026 · Exclusions as listed on Oct 4, 2026, history from Apr 28, 2022.

Largest awards

  1. 8510672182!CYLINDER BLOCK UNIT$15.5M
    HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION· Winnebago County, IL· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jun 3, 2024 – Dec 18, 2025· SPE4A524F026M
  2. 8510946264!ANTENNA$11.8M
    LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION· Onondaga County, NY· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 25, 2024 – May 4, 2026· SPE4A525F0315
  3. 8511865923!BAFFLE,ACOUSTIC,SON$9.6M
    NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION· Anne Arundel County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 6, 2026 – Feb 6, 2026· SPE4A526C0022
  4. 8511869268!ROTOR ASSEMBLY,DISC$9.6M
    MEGGITT AIRCRAFT BRAKING SYSTEMS CORPORATION· Boyle County, KY· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jan 21, 2026 – Jan 21, 2026· SPE4A526F3486
  5. 8511664475!THERMOCOUPLE,CONTAC$9.2M
    ROLLS-ROYCE CORPORATION· Marion County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 24, 2025 – Oct 6, 2025· SPE4A525F148N
  6. 8509612916!STABILIZER,HORIZON$8.5M
    NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION· Davis County, UT· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Dec 30, 2022 – Apr 30, 2026· SPE4A523F3753
  7. 8512109713!CONNECTING LINK,RIG$5.2M
    SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION· Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT· Other equipment & supplies· May 28, 2026 – May 28, 2026· SPE4A526F6307
  8. 8511884761!ALARM,SMOKE,AUTOMAT$5M
    MEGGITT SAFETY SYSTEMS INC· Ventura County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 5, 2026 – May 20, 2026· SPE4A526P2706

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.