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NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER

NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER obligated $755.3M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 1,814 contract actions (−27% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was THE BOEING COMPANY ($259.8M).

Obligations · FY2026
$755.3M
Actions
1,814
New awards: 564
Sole-source
63%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 879.3MFY2017
  2. 904.5MFY2018
  3. 1BFY2019
  4. 979.4MFY2020
  5. 985.3MFY2021
  6. 817.2MFY2022
  7. 952MFY2023
  8. 1.1BFY2024
  9. 1BFY2025
  10. 755.3MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. THE BOEING COMPANY$259.8M34%
  2. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$58.5M7.7%
  3. V2X AEROSPACE LLC$39.5M5.2%
  4. RAYTHEON COMPANY$29.2M3.9%
  5. AMENTUM TECHNOLOGY, INC.$25.9M3.4%
  6. ADVANCED SYSTEMS & SOFTWARE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES LLC$25.5M3.4%
  7. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$24M3.2%
  8. NEW DIRECTIONS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$21.9M2.9%
  9. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CORPORATION$19.4M2.6%
  10. EWA TRIAD, LLC$18M2.4%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Equipment maintenance$469.1M62%
  2. Research & development$130.1M17%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$64.7M8.6%
  4. Professional services$38.2M5.1%
  5. IT & telecom$31.6M4.2%
  6. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$11.7M1.5%
  7. Construction & real property$6.4M0.9%
  8. Facilities & utilities$2.4M0.3%
  9. Education & social services$1.1M0.1%
  10. Transportation & logistics$45.9K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. California$367.4M49%
  2. Missouri$254M34%
  3. Virginia$33.5M4.4%
  4. Georgia$20.5M2.7%
  5. Maryland$17.7M2.3%
  6. Arizona$15.4M2.0%
  7. Colorado$9.8M1.3%
  8. Illinois$9.2M1.2%
  9. Massachusetts$3.4M0.4%
  10. Abroad$3M0.4%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition70%
    US 39% · $527.6M
  • Sole-source awards63%
    US 30% · $479.1M
  • Single-offer competitions6.4%
    US 8.7% · $48.4M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $44.9K
  • Year-end rush0.0%
    US 6.0% · $0
  • Undefinitized contracts0.2%
    US 5.0% · $1.7M
  • 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. NTWP O-LEVEL MAINTENANCE$306.3M
    DYNCORP INTERNATIONAL LLC· Tarrant County, TX· Equipment maintenance· Aug 18, 2017 – Oct 21, 2025· N6893617C0052
  2. H20 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION SETS$217.7M
    THE BOEING COMPANY· St. Louis County, MO· Equipment maintenance· Mar 10, 2023 – May 18, 2026· N6893623F0237
  3. NAVAL TEST WING PACIFIC AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE (VX-30 AND VX-31)$185.3M
    V2X AEROSPACE LLC· Kern County, CA· Equipment maintenance· Mar 29, 2023 – Apr 29, 2026· N6893623F0268
  4. F/A-18 H18 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION SETS (SCS)$164.6M
    THE BOEING COMPANY· St. Louis County, MO· Equipment maintenance· Sep 27, 2018 – Dec 2, 2025· N6893618F0667
  5. F/A-18 H16 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION SETS (SCS)$146.6M
    THE BOEING COMPANY· St. Louis County, MO· Equipment maintenance· Sep 25, 2018 – Dec 2, 2025· N6893618F0666
  6. F/A-18 AND EA-18G FISCAL YEAR 2026 CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION SETS (SCS) SUPPORT$126.8M
    THE BOEING COMPANY· St. Louis County, MO· Equipment maintenance· Dec 22, 2025 – Jun 3, 2026· N6893626F5003
  7. AIRBORNE ELECTRONIC ATTACK INTEGRATION$120M
    THE BOEING COMPANY· St. Louis County, MO· Equipment maintenance· Apr 15, 2020 – Dec 3, 2025· N6893620F0382
  8. F/A-18 RADAR DEV&BIT STABILITY SAR BURNDOWN$98.6M
    THE BOEING COMPANY· St. Louis County, MO· Equipment maintenance· Dec 17, 2018 – Dec 2, 2025· N6893619F0107

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.