Contracting office · Department of the Navy

PAE STRATEGIC SYSTEMS PROGRAMS

PAE STRATEGIC SYSTEMS PROGRAMS obligated $5.1B on federal contracts in FY2026 across 819 contract actions (+1.2% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION ($2.3B).

Obligations · FY2026
$5.1B
Actions
819
New awards: 69
Sole-source
99%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.5BFY2017
  2. 1.3BFY2018
  3. 1.9BFY2019
  4. 1.3BFY2020
  5. 2.1BFY2021
  6. 2.5BFY2022
  7. 4BFY2023
  8. 4.7BFY2024
  9. 5BFY2025
  10. 5.1BFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$2.3B45%
  2. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP$718.5M14%
  3. THE CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC.$571.3M11%
  4. GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC.$535.8M10%
  5. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$303.1M5.9%
  6. BAE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS & SERVICES INC.$154.4M3.0%
  7. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$137.3M2.7%
  8. SYSTEMS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS, INC.$89.5M1.8%
  9. L3HARRIS INTERSTATE ELECTRONICS CORPORATION$59.5M1.2%
  10. ANALEX CORPORATION$49.6M1.0%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$2.9B57%
  2. Professional services$779.6M15%
  3. Research & development$771.5M15%
  4. Equipment maintenance$585.9M11%
  5. IT & telecom$39.1M0.8%
  6. Construction & real property$25.5M0.5%
  7. Facilities & utilities$6.8M0.1%
  8. Education & social services$6.2M0.1%
  9. Other equipment & supplies$2.2M0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Florida$2.3B45%
  2. Massachusetts$1.1B22%
  3. Colorado$763.4M15%
  4. District of Columbia$434.6M8.5%
  5. California$132.3M2.6%
  6. Virginia$129.8M2.5%
  7. New York$119.6M2.3%
  8. Maryland$61.1M1.2%
  9. Ohio$35M0.7%
  10. Connecticut$13.8M0.3%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition99.7%
    US 39% · $5.1B
  • Sole-source awards99%
    US 30% · $5.1B
  • Single-offer competitions0.3%
    US 8.8% · $13.2M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush0.0%
    US 5.6% · $0
  • Undefinitized contracts23%
    US 5.0% · $1.2B
  • Time-and-materials pricing0.0%
    US 4.2% · $306.3K

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

Largest awards

  1. IR CPS WS DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION$4B
    LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP· Douglas County, CO· Research & development· Dec 20, 2018 – Jun 5, 2026· N0003019C0025
  2. FY25 TRIDENT PRODUCTION AND DEPLOYED SYSTEMS SUPPORT$2.9B
    LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION· Brevard County, FL· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 12, 2024 – Jun 3, 2026· N0003024C0100
  3. FY26 TRIDENT PRODUCTION AND DEPLOYED SYSTEMS SUPPORT$1.3B
    LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION· Brevard County, FL· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 12, 2025 – May 29, 2026· N0003025C0100
  4. TES FY24--SEE NOTE A$1.2B
    THE CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC.· Middlesex County, MA· Equipment maintenance· Oct 1, 2023 – Jun 3, 2026· N0003024C6001
  5. FY19 TRIDENT PRODUCTION AND DEPLOYED SYSTEMS SUPPORT$626M
    LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP· Santa Clara County, CA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Aug 8, 2018 – Apr 22, 2026· N0003018C0100
  6. FY20 NAVIGATION SSI INC 8$351.4M
    LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION· Nassau County, NY· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Mar 28, 2020 – Apr 3, 2026· N0003020C0045
  7. REFRESH 2 US COLUMBIA PRODUCTION (UK CLINS)$348.4M
    GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC.· Berkshire County, MA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jan 29, 2026 – Apr 16, 2026· N0003026C1005
  8. MK6 GUIDANCE GEUS FY23$242.3M
    THE CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC.· Middlesex County, MA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Aug 30, 2023 – Dec 1, 2025· N0003023C6008

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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.