Federal sub-agency · Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration obligated $2.3B on federal contracts in FY2026 across 5,346 contract actions (+11% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was PERATON INC. ($144.5M). It also awarded $1.5B in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$2.3B
Actions
5,346
New awards: 1,943
Sole-source
15%
Small business
48%
Open in the contracts explorerRelationship graphFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.4BFY2017
  2. 1.5BFY2018
  3. 1.8BFY2019
  4. 1.6BFY2020
  5. 1.8BFY2021
  6. 1.8BFY2022
  7. 2.4BFY2023
  8. 2.6BFY2024
  9. 2.1BFY2025
  10. 2.3BFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. PERATON INC.$144.5M6.3%
  2. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$136.4M5.9%
  3. EARTH RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY, LLC$115.9M5.0%
  4. JAG KETCHIKAN, LLC$102.5M4.5%
  5. LYNKER CORPORATION$72M3.1%
  6. GAMA-1 TECHNOLOGIES, LLC$67.1M2.9%
  7. NV5 GEOSPATIAL, INC.$56.4M2.5%
  8. L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$55M2.4%
  9. SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$45.2M2.0%
  10. ACCENTURE FEDERAL SERVICES LLC$40.7M1.8%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$919.3M40%
  2. Professional services$537M23%
  3. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$337.4M15%
  4. Construction & real property$205.8M8.9%
  5. Other equipment & supplies$92.6M4.0%
  6. Facilities & utilities$90.1M3.9%
  7. Equipment maintenance$61.8M2.7%
  8. Research & development$36.5M1.6%
  9. Education & social services$10.8M0.5%
  10. Transportation & logistics$6.5M0.3%
  11. Health & medical$1.6M0.1%
  12. Fuel$428.9K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Maryland$817.5M36%
  2. Virginia$329.6M14%
  3. Alaska$140.8M6.1%
  4. Georgia$138.9M6.0%
  5. Florida$130.8M5.7%
  6. Washington$89.1M3.9%
  7. Mississippi$57.1M2.5%
  8. Massachusetts$53.1M2.3%
  9. Colorado$51.7M2.2%
  10. California$39.5M1.7%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition29%
    US 39% · $664.4M
  • Sole-source awards15%
    US 30% · $345.7M
  • Single-offer competitions14%
    US 8.7% · $318.7M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $515.4K
  • Year-end rush18%
    US 6.0% · $424M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.7%
    US 5.0% · $16.3M
  • Time-and-materials pricing22%
    US 4.2% · $508.5M

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Offices with the most sole-source money

  1. DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA$129.8M13%
  2. DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA$82.3M21%
  3. DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA$67.9M22%
  4. DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA$56.3M9.6%
  5. DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA$4.4M55%

Contracts terminated for default: 1

Awards to excluded parties

New awards, options exercised and added work this agency signed while the recipient was listed in SAM.gov as debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment or excluded (exact identifier matches).

In FY2026
$0
0 awards · 0 recipients
All loaded years
$56.1K
4 awards · 2 recipients

None in FY2026.

SAM.gov lists what agencies report, and only exclusions in effect: those that ended are known from twice-yearly snapshots, so an end date is approximate. Agencies may award to an excluded party with a documented compelling reason. An exclusion is an administrative measure, not a conviction.

Source: Exclusions (debarred, suspended and otherwise excluded parties) (U.S. General Services Administration, SAM.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · Exclusions as listed on Oct 8, 2026, history from Apr 28, 2022.

Largest awards

  1. THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO DEVELOP THE GROUND SYSTEM THAT WILL SUPPORT NOAA S NEXT GENERATION GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE SERIES, GOES-R. THIS NEW SERIES OF SPACECRAFT, SET TO BEGIN LAUNCHING IN 2015, IS EXPECTED TO DOUBLE THE CLARITY OF TODAY S SATELLITE IMAGERY AND PROVIDE AT LEAST 20 TIMES MORE ATMOSPHERIC OBSERVATIONS FROM SPACE. THE CONTRACTOR IS TO DESIGN, DEVELOP, TEST AND IMPLEMENT THE GOES-R GROUND SYSTEM. THE GROUND SYSTEM WILL CAPTURE DATA FROM THE GOES-R SATELLITES, AND PROCESS AND DISTRIBUTE THE INFORMATION TO OPERATIONAL USERS.$1.8B
    L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.· Brevard County, FL· IT & telecom· Oct 11, 2016 – Apr 10, 2026· DOCDG133E09CN0094
  2. ENGINEERING SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT LEADING TO THE DELIVERY OF THE JPSS COMMON GROUND SYSTEM INSTRUMENT AND SUPPORT. THIS CONTRACT ACTION ABSORBS NASA'S CONTRACT ACTION NNG10XA03C.$606.7M
    RAYTHEON COMPANY· Arapahoe County, CO· IT & telecom· Aug 30, 2018 – Jul 1, 2026· 1332KP18CNEEJ0005
  3. NOAA/OMAO_PRODUCTION OF UP TO FOUR (4) FULLY MODIFIED C130J AIRCRAFT$489.9M
    LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION· Cobb County, GA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 24, 2024 – Sep 10, 2026· 1305M224C0039
  4. LOW-EARTH ORBIT (LEO) GROUND SUSTAINMENT SERVICES (LGSS)$353.3M
    PERATON INC.· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Feb 17, 2023 – Sep 22, 2026· 1332KP23CNEEJ0001
  5. DETAIL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF CLASS B VESSELS - NOAA$331.2M
    THOMA-SEA MARINE CONSTRUCTORS, L.L.C.· Terrebonne Parish, LA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jun 23, 2023 – Jul 13, 2026· 1305M223CNMAN0006
  6. PROCUREMENT OF G550 AIRCRAFT FOR NOAA AOC$251.6M
    GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE CORPORATION· Chatham County, GA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jul 16, 2019 – Sep 1, 2026· 1305M219CNMAN0018
  7. SUSTAINMENT SUPPORT (TASK ORDER 3) UNDER THE OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, AND SUSTAINMENT (OMS) IDIQ$188.8M
    EARTH RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY, LLC· Prince George's County, MD· IT & telecom· Mar 29, 2021 – Jul 14, 2026· 1332KP21FNEEB0011
  8. GGSS TASK ORDER 0002 - SUSTAINMENT SERVICES - 5 YEARS$175.1M
    L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.· Brevard County, FL· Professional services· May 11, 2023 – Aug 10, 2026· 1332KP23FNAAA0022

Federal grants & assistance awarded

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration obligated $1.5B in federal assistance in FY2026, on 3,699 actions (670 new awards), −22% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 11.432 · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Cooperative Institutes ($351M).

Assistance · FY2026
$1.5B
Loan face value
$49M
lent or guaranteed
Actions
3,699
Since FY2021
$12B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 1.4BFY2021
  2. 1.4BFY2022
  3. 2.5BFY2023
  4. 3.3BFY2024
  5. 1.9BFY2025
  6. 1.5BFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$1.5B100%
  2. Loans$00.0%
    $49M lent or guaranteed

Top programs

  1. 11.432 · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Cooperative Institutes$351M23%
  2. 11.463 · Habitat Conservation$202.3M13%
  3. 11.417 · Sea Grant Support$103.3M6.9%
  4. 11.419 · Coastal Zone Management Administration Awards$87.4M5.8%
  5. 11.469 · Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects$69.7M4.6%
  6. 11.454 · Unallied Projects$55.3M3.7%
  7. 11.012 · Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)$54.4M3.6%
  8. 11.431 · Climate and Atmospheric Research$51.1M3.4%

Top recipients (organizations)

  1. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$70.3M4.7%
    BOULDER, CO
  2. PACIFIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION$65.7M4.4%
    PORTLAND, OR
  3. NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION$59.9M4.0%
    WASHINGTON, DC
  4. ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION$56.6M3.8%
    ARLINGTON, VA
  5. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$47M3.1%
    SEATTLE, WA
  6. COASTAL PROTECTION & RESTORATION AUTHORITY OF LOUISIANA$41.8M2.8%
    BATON ROUGE, LA
  7. UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND$41.3M2.7%
    KINGSTON, RI
  8. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO$37.5M2.5%
    LA JOLLA, CA

Where it went

  1. Colorado$128.1M8.5%
  2. Washington$115.9M7.7%
  3. Oregon$114.6M7.6%
  4. Virginia$89.2M5.9%
  5. Florida$83M5.5%
  6. California$82M5.5%
  7. Louisiana$80.4M5.3%
  8. District of Columbia$75M5.0%
  9. Maryland$64.5M4.3%
  10. Alaska$64.1M4.3%

By state of the place of performance.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Subawards under this agency's awards

First-tier subawards that recipients of this agency's contracts and financial assistance reported, by the fiscal year of the subaward.

FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $107.3M (200 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $421.1M (1,090 subawards)

718 sub-recipients

Largest sub-recipients

  1. MAINE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS$27.3M5.2%
    AUGUSTA, ME · 9 subawards
  2. GAMA-1 TECHNOLOGIES, LLC$22.2M4.2%
    GREENBELT, MD · 5 subawards
  3. MARINE RESOURCES, MAINE DEPARTMENT OF$17.3M3.3%
    WEST BOOTHBAY HARBOR, ME · 1 subaward
  4. RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY$17.2M3.2%
    NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ · 13 subawards
  5. TD SYNNEX CORPORATION$11.6M2.2%
    GREENVILLE, SC · 1 subaward
  6. STATE OF OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE$9.2M1.7%
    SALEM, OR · 9 subawards
  7. ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH & GAME$8.5M1.6%
    JUNEAU, AK · 15 subawards
  8. DUCKS UNLIMITED, INC.$7.9M1.5%
    RIDGELAND, MS · 3 subawards
  9. THUNDERCAT TECHNOLOGY, LLC$7.9M1.5%
    RESTON, VA · 15 subawards
  10. UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS$6.6M1.2%
    FAIRBANKS, AK · 17 subawards

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Who lobbies this agency

Organizations whose quarterly lobbying reports list this agency as contacted, ranked by the reports' spending. A report's amount covers all its issues and every agency it lists; reports do not split it.

Lobbying in 2026
$84M
Clients
183
Reports
354

The whole amount of every report that lists this agency.

Organizations lobbying it, 2026

  1. Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.$36.7M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Environment and Superfund, Transportation
  2. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS$14.6M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Environment and Superfund, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
  3. OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION$4.1M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Marine, maritime, boating and fisheries, Natural resources, Environment and Superfund
  4. Chevron U.S.A. Inc.AI match · 100%$3.3M
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Budget and appropriations, Marine, maritime, boating and fisheries, Natural resources
  5. University of California$2M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Defense, Science and technology
  6. AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE$1.9M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Marine, maritime, boating and fisheries, Natural resources, Trade (domestic and foreign)
  7. HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANYAI match · 100%$1.7M
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Budget and appropriations, Defense, Trade (domestic and foreign)
  8. L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.AI match · 100%$1.5M
    1.2% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Budget and appropriations, Transportation, Defense
  9. Aerospace Industries Association of America, Inc.$1.4M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Defense, Trade (domestic and foreign)
  10. Military Officers Association of America$1.3M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Defense, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Veterans
  11. The Nature ConservancyAI match · 100%$900K
    No FY2026 contracts in its family · Budget and appropriations, Natural resources, Transportation
  12. REINSURANCE ASSN OF AMERICA$890K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Agriculture, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
  13. NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION$680K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Budget and appropriations, Marine, maritime, boating and fisheries, Environment and Superfund
  14. University of WashingtonAI match · 100%$630K
    0.2% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Budget and appropriations, Environment and Superfund, Defense
  15. American Society of Civil EngineersAI match · 100%$473.5K
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Budget and appropriations, Environment and Superfund, Transportation

9 more clients ($414K) are counted but not named: their names may be a person's.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Oct 5, 2026.

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.