Contracting office · Department of the Air Force

FA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL/PZL

FA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL/PZL obligated $139.6M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 465 contract actions (−59% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON ($23.4M).

Obligations · FY2026
$139.6M
Actions
465
New awards: 0
Sole-source
7.5%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 875.8MFY2017
  2. 1BFY2018
  3. 1.3BFY2019
  4. 1.3BFY2020
  5. 1.3BFY2021
  6. 1.1BFY2022
  7. 987.3MFY2023
  8. 534.6MFY2024
  9. 343MFY2025
  10. 139.6MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON$23.4M17%
  2. DCS CORPORATION$15.5M11%
  3. BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS INC.$13.4M9.6%
  4. ARCTOS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, LLC$12.1M8.7%
  5. BLUEHALO LLC$11.7M8.4%
  6. INNOVATIVE SCIENTIFIC SOLUTIONS INC$11.5M8.2%
  7. PC KRAUSE & ASSOCIATES INC$4.3M3.1%
  8. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY$4.3M3.1%
  9. SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$4.1M2.9%
  10. CACI, INC. - FEDERAL$3.3M2.3%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$134.5M96%
  2. Professional services$5.1M3.6%

Where the work was performed

  1. Ohio$63.1M45%
  2. Virginia$31.5M23%
  3. Colorado$13.2M9.5%
  4. Alabama$12.2M8.7%
  5. California$5.4M3.9%
  6. Indiana$4.3M3.1%
  7. Maryland$2.4M1.7%
  8. Texas$2.3M1.6%
  9. Florida$1.6M1.2%
  10. New York$1.3M0.9%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition44%
    US 39% · $61.1M
  • Sole-source awards7.5%
    US 30% · $10.5M
  • Single-offer competitions36%
    US 8.7% · $50.6M
  • 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. MISSION EFFECTS ANALYSIS USING MULTI-DOMAIN SENSING$103.9M
    DCS CORPORATION· Fairfax County, VA· Research & development· Aug 24, 2018 – Feb 25, 2026· FA865018C1669
  2. RAPID ASSESSMENT, MATURATION, PROTOTYPING, AND TRANSITION OF EMERGING STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGIES$78.7M
    ARCTOS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, LLC· Montgomery County, OH· Research & development· Apr 21, 2022 – Jun 4, 2026· FA865022C5292
  3. OPTICAL RADIATION BIOEFFECTS AND SAFETY (ORBS) CLOSED BAA$73.8M
    SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION· Fairfax County, VA· Research & development· May 1, 2019 – May 28, 2026· FA865019C6024
  4. ADVANCED MATERIALS AND PROCESSES$55.5M
    UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON· Montgomery County, OH· Research & development· Sep 30, 2020 – May 27, 2026· FA865020C5690
  5. RESEARCH FOR ENHANCING AIRMAN & COGNITIVE HEALTH (REACH)$51.1M
    BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS INC.· Jefferson County, CO· Research & development· Aug 4, 2022 – May 13, 2026· FA865022C6441
  6. BIOEFFECTS RESEARCH OF DIRECTED ENERGY EFFECTS (BRDEE)$50.1M
    GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.· Fairfax County, VA· Research & development· Aug 30, 2019 – Mar 10, 2026· FA865019C6055
  7. AGILE SMALL-SATELLITE EXPERIMENTAL TELESCOPE (ASSET)$48.3M
    L3 TECHNOLOGIES, INC.· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Sep 11, 2018 – Jun 10, 2026· FA865018C7859
  8. ALPHA PRIME - SBIR III$41.7M
    KBR WYLE SERVICES, LLC· Fairfax County, VA· Research & development· Dec 22, 2017 – Nov 18, 2025· FA865018C1655

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.