Contracting office · Department of the Air Force

FA8538 AFSC PZAAB

FA8538 AFSC PZAAB obligated $45M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 119 contract actions (−39% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORP ($11M).

Obligations · FY2026
$45M
Actions
119
New awards: 42
Sole-source
82%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 45.1MFY2017
  2. 55.6MFY2018
  3. 34.7MFY2019
  4. 16MFY2020
  5. 57.7MFY2021
  6. 49.2MFY2022
  7. 47.8MFY2023
  8. 53.2MFY2024
  9. 73.5MFY2025
  10. 45MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORP$11M24%
  2. PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION$9.4M21%
  3. ENGINEERING AND SOFTWARE SYSTEM SOLUTIONS, INC.$9.1M20%
  4. THOMAS INSTRUMENT, INCORPORATED$5M11%
  5. HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.$3.5M7.7%
  6. ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC.$2.1M4.6%
  7. SARGENT AEROSPACE & DEFENSE, LLC$1.3M2.8%
  8. HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.$1.2M2.6%
  9. HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION$679.6K1.5%
  10. SYMETRICS INDUSTRIES, LLC$665.6K1.5%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Equipment maintenance$38.8M86%
  2. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$6.2M14%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$54.7K0.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. Georgia$20.6M46%
  2. California$9.2M20%
  3. Arizona$5.6M12%
  4. Texas$5M11%
  5. Florida$2.2M5.0%
  6. Iowa$2M4.5%
  7. Ohio$551.5K1.2%
  8. Vermont$323.4K0.7%
  9. New Hampshire$175.2K0.4%
  10. New York$65.9K0.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition82%
    US 39% · $36.7M
  • Sole-source awards82%
    US 30% · $36.7M
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · $0
  • 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.

Largest awards

  1. CONVERSION OF LPCR RTP LRU$10.7M
    NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORP· Houston County, GA· Equipment maintenance· Nov 13, 2025 – Nov 13, 2025· FA853826F0004
  2. REPAIR OF THE C 5 MANIFOLD ASSY, INBOARD ELEVATOR$9.4M
    PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION· Orange County, CA· Equipment maintenance· Apr 28, 2026 – May 5, 2026· FA853826F0022
  3. IGF: :OT: :IGF REPAIR OF FSC 1560 NSNS$5.6M
    ENGINEERING AND SOFTWARE SYSTEM SOLUTIONS, INC.· Houston County, GA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Mar 25, 2025 – May 7, 2026· FA853825F0032
  4. REPAIR OF AN/APN LOW POWER COLOR RADAR (LPCR) APPLICABLE TO C-130$5.3M
    NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORP· Houston County, GA· Equipment maintenance· Dec 10, 2024 – Jun 3, 2026· FA853825F0010
  5. REPAIR OF AN/APN-241 LOW POWER COLOR RADAR (LPCR) APPLICABLE TO C-130$4.6M
    NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORP· Houston County, GA· Equipment maintenance· Dec 9, 2024 – Apr 20, 2026· FA853825F0009
  6. REPAIR OF FSC 1560 NSNS$4.5M
    ENGINEERING AND SOFTWARE SYSTEM SOLUTIONS, INC.· Houston County, GA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Aug 27, 2024 – Mar 25, 2026· FA853824F0087
  7. REPAIR OF THE C-5 MANIFOLD ASSY, INBOARD ELEVATOR.$3.7M
    PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION· Orange County, CA· Equipment maintenance· Sep 29, 2020 – Jan 16, 2026· FA853820F0103
  8. REPAIR AND REMANFACTURE OF THE C-5 PANEL, CONTROL, ELECT$3.6M
    PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION· Orange County, CA· Equipment maintenance· Sep 22, 2022 – Jan 16, 2026· FA853822F0125

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.