Contracting office · Department of the Air Force

FA9453 AFRL RVK

FA9453 AFRL RVK obligated $192.3M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 426 contract actions (−41% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY SPACE DYNAMICS LABORATORY ($48.2M).

Obligations · FY2026
$192.3M
Actions
426
New awards: 21
Sole-source
37%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 171.5MFY2017
  2. 168.5MFY2018
  3. 244.7MFY2019
  4. 183.3MFY2020
  5. 230.5MFY2021
  6. 312.5MFY2022
  7. 352.2MFY2023
  8. 430.5MFY2024
  9. 327.1MFY2025
  10. 192.3MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY SPACE DYNAMICS LABORATORY$48.2M25%
  2. AXIENT LLC$15M7.8%
  3. BLUEHALO LLC$13.8M7.2%
  4. VARDA SPACE INDUSTRIES, INC.$12.6M6.5%
  5. KBR WYLE SERVICES, LLC$10M5.2%
  6. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$10M5.2%
  7. WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$9M4.7%
  8. KBR WYLE SERVICES, LLC$7.2M3.8%
  9. LINQUEST CORPORATION$5.1M2.6%
  10. LOADPATH, LLC$4.4M2.3%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$181.3M94%
  2. Professional services$7.9M4.1%
  3. IT & telecom$2.8M1.5%
  4. Construction & real property$294.7K0.2%

Where the work was performed

  1. Utah$48.5M25%
  2. California$40.4M21%
  3. Maryland$25M13%
  4. New Mexico$22.1M11%
  5. Alabama$20.2M11%
  6. Virginia$13M6.8%
  7. Colorado$5.7M3.0%
  8. Massachusetts$3.6M1.8%
  9. Pennsylvania$3.1M1.6%
  10. Connecticut$2.9M1.5%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition70%
    US 39% · $135.2M
  • Sole-source awards37%
    US 30% · $71.7M
  • Single-offer competitions33%
    US 8.8% · $63.4M
  • 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. SNAPET TO 08 ADVANCED ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS$75.5M
    UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY SPACE DYNAMICS LABORATORY· Cache County, UT· Research & development· Mar 16, 2022 – May 11, 2026· FA945322F0005
  2. NEW RISE TO5 - SPACE SOLAR POWER INCREMENTAL DEMONSTRATION&RESEARCH (SSPIDR)$61.4M
    AXIENT LLC· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Jul 8, 2020 – Apr 21, 2026· FA945320F0205
  3. RISE - SMALL SATELLITE PORTFOLIO (SSP)$58.6M
    AXIENT LLC· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Mar 1, 2019 – Dec 22, 2025· FA945319F0203
  4. STRATEGIC COMPACT INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT (SCIMU)$55.3M
    HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.· Pinellas County, FL· Research & development· Feb 5, 2022 – May 28, 2026· FA945322C0020
  5. SMALLSAT SUPPORT TASK$51.9M
    THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC· Howard County, MD· Research & development· Sep 20, 2018 – Jun 11, 2026· FA945318F0007
  6. SPARROW RFROG$49.1M
    HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.· Maricopa County, AZ· Research & development· Jun 3, 2020 – Apr 7, 2026· FA945320C0013
  7. USSF DECISION ANALYSIS SUPPORT$46.3M
    LINQUEST CORPORATION· Fairfax County, VA· Research & development· Aug 4, 2022 – Apr 13, 2026· FA945322F0010
  8. SURVIVABILITY, ATTRIBUTION, AND SELF-SENSING INTEGRATED EXPERIMENT (SASSIE)$35.4M
    BLUEHALO LLC· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Dec 4, 2020 – Jun 3, 2026· FA945321C0002

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.