Contracting office · Department of the Air Force

FA8810 SPACE SENSING SSC/SNK

FA8810 SPACE SENSING SSC/SNK obligated $936.5M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 72 contract actions (−33% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP ($448.3M).

Obligations · FY2026
$936.5M
Actions
72
New awards: 4
Sole-source
91%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 220.4MFY2017
  2. 281.2MFY2018
  3. 859.3MFY2019
  4. 1.3BFY2020
  5. 1.8BFY2021
  6. 1.7BFY2022
  7. 2.5BFY2023
  8. 1.6BFY2024
  9. 1.4BFY2025
  10. 936.5MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP$448.3M48%
  2. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$401.4M43%
  3. TECOLOTE RESEARCH, INC.$36.4M3.9%
  4. ISYS, INCORPORATED$18.2M1.9%
  5. BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS INC.$7.4M0.8%
  6. PARSONS TECHNICAL SERVICES INC$5.2M0.6%
  7. QUANTECH SERVICES INC.$4.5M0.5%
  8. RISE8 INC$4.1M0.4%
  9. STELLAR SOLUTIONS INC$4.1M0.4%
  10. ITSC SECURE SOLUTIONS, LLC$3.4M0.4%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$923.7M99%
  2. Professional services$8.4M0.9%
  3. IT & telecom$4.3M0.5%

Where the work was performed

  1. California$902.1M96%
  2. Colorado$29.9M3.2%
  3. Florida$4.1M0.4%
  4. Massachusetts$333.4K0.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition92%
    US 39% · $857.1M
  • Sole-source awards91%
    US 30% · $851M
  • Single-offer competitions0.7%
    US 8.7% · $6.1M
  • Urgency justifications0.4%
    US 5.1% · $4.1M
  • 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. NEXT GENERATION OVERHEAD PERSISTENT INFRARED GEOSYNCHRONOUS EARTH ORBIT SPACE VEHICLE 1-3 PHASE 1$6.5B
    LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP· Santa Clara County, CA· Research & development· Aug 14, 2018 – Jun 4, 2026· FA881018C0005
  2. NEXT GENERATION OVERHEAD PERSISTENT INFRARED POLAR SPACE VEHICLES 1 AND 2 STUDY.$3.2B
    NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Jun 25, 2018 – Jun 11, 2026· FA881018C0006
  3. TOOLS, APPLICATIONS, AND PROCESSING LABORATORY AND OVERHEAD PERSISTENT INFRARED BATTLESPACE AWARENESS CENTER SUPPORT SERVICES.$96.6M
    PARSONS TECHNICAL SERVICES INC· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Aug 12, 2020 – Apr 18, 2026· FA881020C0002
  4. ADVISORY AND ASSISTANCE SERVICES.$76.4M
    TECOLOTE RESEARCH, INC.· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Dec 16, 2024 – Jun 8, 2026· FA881025FB002
  5. WEATHER SYSTEM FOLLOW-ON - MICROWAVE - SYSTEM DESIGN OF SATELLITE WITH MICROWAVE RADIOMETER AND SENSOR$45.2M
    BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS INC.· Jefferson County, CO· Research & development· Nov 8, 2017 – Jun 23, 2026· FA881018C0002
  6. TECH EXPLOITATION, DEVELOPMENT & FACILITY OPERATIONS FOR THE STRATEGIC MISSILE WARNING GROUND ACQUISITION DELTAS OVERHEAD PERSISTENT INFRARED BOULDER GROUND INNOVATION FACILITY PROVIDING OPERATIONAL READINESS OF DEFENSE & INTELLIGENCE PROGRAMS$18.2M
    ISYS, INCORPORATED· Arapahoe County, CO· Research & development· Feb 19, 2026 – Jun 4, 2026· FA881026FB001
  7. PROVIDES A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO SUSTAIN CRITICAL OVERHEAD PERSISTENT INFRARED CAPABILITIES FOR MISSILE WARNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS MISSIONS.$14M
    STELLAR SOLUTIONS INC· Santa Clara County, CA· Professional services· Jun 4, 2026 – Jun 4, 2026· FA881026FB003
  8. AFWERX SOFTWARE DELIVERY ORGANIZATION SBIR P3 IDIQ MODERN SOFTWARE DELIVERY AND ENABLEMENT FOR AUTONOMY, SOFTWARE TRANSITION PROGRAMS, AND OTHER GOVERNMENT-LED SOFTWARE PROGRAMS FUTURE OPERATIONALLY RESILIENT GROUND EVOLUTION PATH TO PRODUCTION$13.3M
    RISE8 INC· Hillsborough County, FL· IT & telecom· Apr 1, 2025 – Apr 23, 2026· FA881025FB005

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.