Contracting office · Department of the Air Force

FA8219 AFNWC PZBG

FA8219 AFNWC PZBG obligated $3B on federal contracts in FY2026 across 44 contract actions (+80% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORP ($2.9B).

Obligations · FY2026
$3B
Actions
44
New awards: 2
Sole-source
97%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 4.9MFY2017
  2. 18.3MFY2018
  3. 11.4MFY2019
  4. 160.9MFY2020
  5. 1.2BFY2021
  6. 2.1BFY2022
  7. 3BFY2023
  8. 3.8BFY2024
  9. 1.7BFY2025
  10. 3BFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORP$2.9B96%
  2. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP$85.2M2.9%
  3. DARK WOLF SOLUTIONS, LLC$13M0.4%
  4. UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY SPACE DYNAMICS LABORATORY$11.2M0.4%
  5. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUILDING SCIENCES$9.8M0.3%
  6. SERCO INC$1.2M0.0%
  7. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$88.6K0.0%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$2.9B99%
  2. IT & telecom$13M0.4%
  3. Professional services$11M0.4%
  4. Construction & real property$9.8M0.3%
  5. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$1.2M0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Utah$2.9B96%
  2. Pennsylvania$85.2M2.9%
  3. Virginia$14.3M0.5%
  4. Alabama$9.8M0.3%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $3B
  • Sole-source awards97%
    US 30% · $2.9B
  • Single-offer competitions2.8%
    US 8.7% · $84.4M
  • Urgency justifications0.1%
    US 5.1% · $2.3M
  • Year-end rush0.0%
    US 6.0% · $0
  • Undefinitized contracts0.1%
    US 5.0% · $2.3M
  • 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.

Largest awards

  1. GROUND-BASED STRATEGIC DETERRENT (GBSD) ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT (EMD) AND EARLY PRODUCTION AND DEPLOYMENT (P&D)$14.4B
    NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORP· Weber County, UT· Research & development· Sep 8, 2020 – Jun 8, 2026· FA821920C0006
  2. MK21A RE-ENTRY VEHICLE -ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT (EMD) EARLY PRODUCTION AND DEPLOYMENT (P&D)$725M
    LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP· Montgomery County, PA· Research & development· Oct 27, 2023 – Apr 23, 2026· FA821924C0001
  3. ADVERSARY ASSESSMENT AND PENETRATION TESTING SERVICES FOR GBSD NETWORKS$62.1M
    DARK WOLF SOLUTIONS, LLC· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Apr 11, 2022 – May 26, 2026· FA820422C0001
  4. ENGINEERING SUPPORT.$44.1M
    UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY SPACE DYNAMICS LABORATORY· Cache County, UT· Professional services· Mar 12, 2024 – Apr 22, 2026· FA820424F0001
  5. PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR SENTINEL WEAPON SYSTEM$14.9M
    BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC· Fairfax County, VA· Research & development· Aug 17, 2024 – Jan 12, 2026· FA821924F0010
  6. NIBS TASK ORDER FOR THE PURCHASE OF SENTINEL DESIGN CRITERIA AND INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN MANUAL. TWELVE MONTH PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE.$9.8M
    NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUILDING SCIENCES· Madison County, AL· Construction & real property· Dec 19, 2025 – Apr 8, 2026· FA821926FB001
  7. THE GBSD WEAPONS SYSTEM INTEGRATION EFFORT WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE GBSD FUZE PROGRAM OFFICE IN ITS EFFORTS TO INTEGRATE THE FUZE ON THE GBSD WEAPONS SYSTEM.$9M
    LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP· Montgomery County, PA· Professional services· May 11, 2021 – Mar 16, 2026· FA821921F0002
  8. BUSINESS CASE ANALYSIS$5.9M
    SERCO INC· Fairfax County, VA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Mar 23, 2023 – Jun 10, 2026· FA820423F0009

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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.