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TELECOMMUNICATIONS DIVISION- HC1013

TELECOMMUNICATIONS DIVISION- HC1013 obligated $550.5M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 10,894 contract actions (−55% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was VERIZON BUSINESS NETWORK SERVICES LLC ($144.8M).

Obligations · FY2026
$550.5M
Actions
10.9K
New awards: 1,601
Sole-source
50%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.4BFY2017
  2. 918.9MFY2018
  3. 723.1MFY2019
  4. 1.8BFY2020
  5. 920.5MFY2021
  6. 804.1MFY2022
  7. 1BFY2023
  8. 1.2BFY2024
  9. 1.2BFY2025
  10. 550.5MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. VERIZON BUSINESS NETWORK SERVICES LLC$144.8M26%
  2. IRIDIUM GOVERNMENT SERVICES LLC$82.9M15%
  3. THE BOEING COMPANY$29.6M5.4%
  4. INMARSAT GOVERNMENT, INC.$26.3M4.8%
  5. AT&T ENTERPRISES, LLC$25.6M4.7%
  6. AT&T ENTERPRISES, LLC$23.8M4.3%
  7. LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, INC.$19.2M3.5%
  8. GLOBAL ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS, INC.$18.7M3.4%
  9. SATCOM DIRECT GOVERNMENT, LLC$17.1M3.1%
  10. ARINC INCORPORATED$14.2M2.6%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$449.8M82%
  2. Professional services$100.6M18%
  3. Equipment maintenance$110.5K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Virginia$172.4M31%
  2. Maryland$104.2M19%
  3. Arizona$91.7M17%
  4. District of Columbia$52.9M9.6%
  5. Oklahoma$31.4M5.7%
  6. Illinois$17.5M3.2%
  7. California$17.3M3.1%
  8. Florida$11.9M2.2%
  9. South Carolina$10.5M1.9%
  10. Georgia$6.8M1.2%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition60%
    US 39% · $332.3M
  • Sole-source awards50%
    US 30% · $273.7M
  • Single-offer competitions11%
    US 8.8% · $58.6M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush7.3%
    US 5.6% · $40.1M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $197.3K
  • 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. AIRTIME SERVICES$738.5M
    IRIDIUM GOVERNMENT SERVICES LLC· Maricopa County, AZ· IT & telecom· Sep 13, 2019 – May 12, 2026· HC101319C0006
  2. AWARD FOR AMSS III$477M
    VIASAT INC· San Diego County, CA· IT & telecom· Aug 30, 2018 – May 14, 2026· HC101318C0001
  3. SBS003512 BEST EFFORT$198.6M
    SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP.· Anne Arundel County, MD· IT & telecom· Sep 11, 2024 – Nov 26, 2025· HC101324F0144
  4. SERVICES$154.6M
    THE BOEING COMPANY· Oklahoma County, OK· IT & telecom· Mar 31, 2021 – Jun 1, 2026· HC101321C0003
  5. SPACE SEGMENT- 250 MHZ (KU)$128M
    ARTEL LLC· Sumter County, SC· IT & telecom· Jun 28, 2021 – Jun 9, 2026· HC101321F0110
  6. NATIONAL SECURITY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PRIORITY SERVICE 2 CONTRACT WITH VERIZON FY24-FY34.$97.7M
    VERIZON BUSINESS NETWORK SERVICES LLC· Loudoun County, VA· Professional services· Apr 30, 2024 – Sep 29, 2026· HC101324CA003
  7. OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE$83.9M
    LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, INC.· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Sep 27, 2021 – Jan 8, 2026· HC101321F0178
  8. VPNS DEDICATED ACCESS ARRANGEMENT$70.6M
    AT&T ENTERPRISES, LLC· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Aug 26, 2021 – Sep 8, 2026· HC101321F0196

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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.