Contracting office · Department of the Air Force

FA8523 AFMC/AFLCMC ESYC

FA8523 AFMC/AFLCMC ESYC obligated $102.6M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 120 contract actions (−75% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was GEORGIA TECH APPLIED RESEARCH CORP ($24.4M).

Obligations · FY2026
$102.6M
Actions
120
New awards: 19
Sole-source
100%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 261.5MFY2017
  2. 289.1MFY2018
  3. 404.2MFY2019
  4. 184.8MFY2020
  5. 229.6MFY2021
  6. 251.3MFY2022
  7. 303.6MFY2023
  8. 197.6MFY2024
  9. 402.5MFY2025
  10. 102.6MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. GEORGIA TECH APPLIED RESEARCH CORP$24.4M24%
  2. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$18.6M18%
  3. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$12.2M12%
  4. L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$11.1M11%
  5. RAYTHEON COMPANY$8.1M7.9%
  6. DYNETICS, INC.$7.7M7.6%
  7. PERATON INC.$6.3M6.1%
  8. THE CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY$4.5M4.4%
  9. BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION INC.$4.4M4.3%
  10. SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE$2.7M2.7%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$85.3M83%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$8.5M8.3%
  3. Research & development$8.4M8.2%
  4. Equipment maintenance$380.5K0.4%

Where the work was performed

  1. Georgia$38M37%
  2. Virginia$24.9M24%
  3. New Jersey$15.5M15%
  4. California$9.5M9.3%
  5. Alabama$7.7M7.6%
  6. New York$4.2M4.1%
  7. Texas$2.7M2.7%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $102.6M
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $102.6M
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush0.0%
    US 6.0% · $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.

Largest awards

  1. MINIATURIZED AIRBORNE GPS RECEIVER (MAGR) 2000$154.5M
    RAYTHEON COMPANY· Los Angeles County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 1, 2017 – Mar 12, 2026· FA852316F0049
  2. ADVANCED INTEGRATED DEFENSIVE ELECTRONIC WARFARE SYSTEMS (AIDEWS) (V)4 SHIP SETS, SPARES AND RELATED SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF THE IRAQI AIR FORCE.$111.4M
    L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.· Passaic County, NJ· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 25, 2018 – Mar 25, 2026· FA852319F0001
  3. ALQ 161A DSU BAND 8 REACTIVATION$99.7M
    GEORGIA TECH APPLIED RESEARCH CORP· Fulton County, GA· Professional services· Jul 28, 2021 – Jan 28, 2026· FA852321C0001
  4. CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT FOR SPECIALIZED TACTICAL ELECTRONIC WARFARE SYSTEMS (STEWS)$93.6M
    NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· Apr 25, 2022 – May 29, 2026· FA852322C0001
  5. AIDEWS AN/ALQ-211(V)9 SYSTEMS, SPARES, SUPPORT EQUIPMENT, AND ASSOCIATED SERVICES FOR THE TURKISH AIR FORCE$81.6M
    L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.· Passaic County, NJ· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 27, 2018 – Apr 13, 2026· FA852318F0031
  6. TURKEY ALQ-211(V) 9 AIDEWS$74.5M
    L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.· Passaic County, NJ· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 26, 2016 – Apr 13, 2026· FA854014C0007
  7. UPGRADE OF KOREA F-16C/D LEGACY RADAR WARNING RECEIVER, THE AN/ALR-56M, TO A NEW CONFIGURATION, THE AN/ALR-56M(V)-1.$60M
    BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION INC.· Passaic County, NJ· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 28, 2017 – May 21, 2026· FA852317C0018
  8. ALQ-135 REPAIR$47.2M
    NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORP· Houston County, GA· Equipment maintenance· Nov 29, 2016 – Feb 10, 2026· FA854014C0009

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.