Contracting office · Department of the Navy

NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER AIR DIV

NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER AIR DIV obligated $2.8B on federal contracts in FY2026 across 3,877 contract actions (−24% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was V2X AEROSPACE LLC ($215.5M).

Obligations · FY2026
$2.8B
Actions
3,877
New awards: 591
Sole-source
25%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 2.1BFY2017
  2. 2.3BFY2018
  3. 2.4BFY2019
  4. 2.5BFY2020
  5. 2.6BFY2021
  6. 2.8BFY2022
  7. 3.3BFY2023
  8. 3.5BFY2024
  9. 3.7BFY2025
  10. 2.8BFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. V2X AEROSPACE LLC$215.5M7.6%
  2. BAE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS & SERVICES INC.$175.7M6.2%
  3. KAY AND ASSOCIATES, INC.$127.4M4.5%
  4. AIRBORNE TACTICAL ADVANTAGE CO LLC$121.1M4.3%
  5. PRECISE SYSTEMS, INC.$86M3.1%
  6. AMERICAN ELECTRONIC WARFARE ASSOCIATES, INCORPORATED$84.7M3.0%
  7. RELIANCE TEST & TECHNOLOGY, LLC$71.7M2.5%
  8. GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.$70.4M2.5%
  9. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$66.3M2.3%
  10. ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC.$64.8M2.3%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$819.5M29%
  2. Equipment maintenance$782.6M28%
  3. Research & development$356.4M13%
  4. IT & telecom$340.1M12%
  5. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$148.3M5.3%
  6. Other equipment & supplies$130.4M4.6%
  7. Education & social services$115M4.1%
  8. Transportation & logistics$100.3M3.6%
  9. Construction & real property$22.5M0.8%
  10. Facilities & utilities$4.4M0.2%

Where the work was performed

  1. Maryland$1.9B68%
  2. Virginia$241.3M8.6%
  3. Abroad$144M5.1%
  4. California$134.8M4.8%
  5. Mississippi$91.9M3.3%
  6. Iowa$65.4M2.3%
  7. Massachusetts$51.4M1.8%
  8. Oklahoma$33.9M1.2%
  9. Texas$28.8M1.0%
  10. Pennsylvania$24.6M0.9%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition32%
    US 39% · $905.5M
  • Sole-source awards25%
    US 30% · $691M
  • Single-offer competitions7.6%
    US 8.7% · $214.5M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $253.1K
  • Year-end rush0.0%
    US 6.1% · $0
  • Undefinitized contracts9.5%
    US 5.0% · $266.8M
  • 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.

Contracts terminated for default: 1

Largest awards

  1. IGF:OT:IGF NAVAL TEST WING ATLANTIC (NTWL) AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE$565.4M
    V2X AEROSPACE LLC· St. Mary's County, MD· Equipment maintenance· Mar 2, 2022 – May 21, 2026· N0042122F0116
  2. AWARD CMSS$428.9M
    KAY AND ASSOCIATES, INC.· Equipment maintenance· Dec 23, 2021 – Apr 14, 2026· N0042122C0013
  3. AWARDING AND ADDING FUNDING TO THE CONTRACT$425.4M
    PAE APPLIED TECHNOLOGIES LLC· St. Mary's County, MD· Research & development· Oct 26, 2016 – Apr 20, 2026· N0042114C0038
  4. ATLANTIC RANGES AND TARGETS DEPARTMENT SERVICES CONTRACT AWARD$367.3M
    RELIANCE TEST & TECHNOLOGY, LLC· St. Mary's County, MD· Research & development· Sep 1, 2020 – Jun 11, 2026· N0042120C0033
  5. IGF::OT::IGF$215.8M
    SMARTRONIX, LLC· St. Mary's County, MD· IT & telecom· Mar 1, 2019 – Nov 18, 2025· N0042119F0422
  6. F-5 AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE$202.7M
    V2X AEROSPACE LLC· Madison County, MS· Equipment maintenance· Oct 26, 2023 – May 15, 2026· N0042124F0048
  7. RCS ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL SERVICES$183.2M
    BAE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS & SERVICES INC.· St. Mary's County, MD· Research & development· Oct 28, 2016 – May 18, 2026· N0042115C0008
  8. NEW TASK ORDER FOR TO COVER THE ENDING TASK ORDERS FROM PREVIOUS IDIQ.$154.5M
    J.F. TAYLOR, INC.· St. Mary's County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 6, 2024 – May 18, 2026· N0042124F0979

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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.