Contracting office · Department of the Air Force

FA8638 AFLCMC HBKD

FA8638 AFLCMC HBKD obligated $150.1M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 120 contract actions (−16% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION ($146.2M).

Obligations · FY2026
$150.1M
Actions
120
New awards: 11
Sole-source
100.0%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 273.6MFY2017
  2. 248.7MFY2018
  3. 210.7MFY2019
  4. 286.7MFY2020
  5. 236.6MFY2021
  6. 212.6MFY2022
  7. 355.4MFY2023
  8. 195.4MFY2024
  9. 178.8MFY2025
  10. 150.1MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$146.2M97%
  2. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORP$2.3M1.6%
  3. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$1.3M0.9%
  4. FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION$211.5K0.1%
  5. TEXTRON SYSTEMS CORPORATION$9,5110.0%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$135.9M91%
  2. Equipment maintenance$12.9M8.6%
  3. Professional services$1.3M0.9%

Where the work was performed

  1. Illinois$146.2M97%
  2. Georgia$2.3M1.6%
  3. Maryland$1.3M0.9%
  4. Ohio$211.5K0.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $150.1M
  • Sole-source awards100.0%
    US 30% · $150.1M
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · $9,511
  • 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. LARGE AIRCRAFT INFRARED COUNTERMEASURES ACQUISITION SUSTAINMENT AND ENGINEERING REQUIREMENTS CROSS FUNCTIONAL$146.1M
    NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 19, 2024 – Mar 4, 2026· FA863824FB005
  2. LARGE AIRCRAFT INFRARED COUNTERMEASURES ACQUISITION SUSTAINMENT ENGINEERING REQUIREMENTS CROSS FUNCTIONAL$115.6M
    NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· May 22, 2020 – Mar 31, 2026· FA863820F0042
  3. THE PURPOSE OF THIS DELIVERY ORDER IS TO INCORPORATE THE CY25 LAIRCM HARDWARE BASE-BUY DELIVERY ORDER AND RELATED FUNDS OBLIGATION.$112.5M
    NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· May 14, 2025 – Jun 10, 2026· FA863825FB007
  4. LARGE AIRCRAFT INFRARED COUNTERMEASURES ACQUISITION SUSTAINMENT ENGINEERING REQUIREMENTS CROSSFUNTIONAL$91.9M
    NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION· Cook County, IL· Equipment maintenance· Aug 30, 2020 – Apr 21, 2026· FA863820F0051
  5. LARGE AIRCRAFT INFRARED COUNTERMEASURES ACQUISITION SUSTAINMENT ENGINEERING REQUIREMENTS CROSS FUNCTIONAL$66.4M
    NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 21, 2023 – Mar 18, 2026· FA863823F0026
  6. LARGE AIRCRAFT INFARED COUNTERMEASURES ACQUISITION SUSTAINMENT ENGINEERING REQUIREMENTS CROSS FUNCTIONAL$57.8M
    NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· May 31, 2022 – Mar 31, 2026· FA863822F0025
  7. LARGE AIRCRAFT INFRARED COUNTERMEASURES ACQUISITION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING REQUIREMENT CROSS FUNCTIONAL (LASER X) CY24-26 SOFTWARE SUSTAINMENT$47.2M
    NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION· Cook County, IL· Equipment maintenance· Jun 5, 2024 – Jun 10, 2026· FA863824F0012
  8. LARGE AIRCRAFT INFRARED COUNTERMEASURES ACQUISITION SUSTAINMENT ENGINEERING REQUIREMENT CROSS FUNCTIONAL (LASER X) INFRARED MISSILE WARNING SENSOR (IRMWS)$31M
    NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· May 17, 2022 – May 14, 2026· FA863822F0014

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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.