Federal sub-agency · Department of Defense

U.S. Special Operations Command

U.S. Special Operations Command obligated $3.2B on federal contracts in FY2026 across 3,277 contract actions (−25% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION ($616.8M).

Obligations · FY2026
$3.2B
Actions
3,277
New awards: 1,055
Sole-source
39%
Small business
28%
Open in the contracts explorerRelationship graphFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 3.2BFY2017
  2. 3.6BFY2018
  3. 4BFY2019
  4. 4.6BFY2020
  5. 4.4BFY2021
  6. 4.3BFY2022
  7. 4.2BFY2023
  8. 4.6BFY2024
  9. 4.2BFY2025
  10. 3.2BFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$616.8M19%
  2. THE BOEING COMPANY$550.8M17%
  3. ANDURIL INDUSTRIES, INC.$179.8M5.6%
  4. BOEING SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT SUPPORT, LLC$118.9M3.7%
  5. SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLC$115.6M3.6%
  6. KBR WYLE SERVICES, LLC$100.3M3.2%
  7. GLOBAL ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS, INC.$98.5M3.1%
  8. L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$88.8M2.8%
  9. DELL MARKETING L.P.$70.6M2.2%
  10. SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLC$59.9M1.9%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$1.4B43%
  2. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$595M19%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$425.6M13%
  4. IT & telecom$378.4M12%
  5. Research & development$168.7M5.3%
  6. Health & medical$109.1M3.4%
  7. Education & social services$67.1M2.1%
  8. Equipment maintenance$56.6M1.8%
  9. Transportation & logistics$15.1M0.5%
  10. Construction & real property$4.3M0.1%
  11. Facilities & utilities$3.6M0.1%
  12. Fuel$243.1K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Kentucky$684.7M22%
  2. Florida$582.8M18%
  3. Pennsylvania$556.5M17%
  4. California$245.6M7.7%
  5. Virginia$199.4M6.3%
  6. North Carolina$183.9M5.8%
  7. Colorado$137.4M4.3%
  8. Tennessee$113.2M3.6%
  9. New York$88.7M2.8%
  10. Washington$72.6M2.3%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition44%
    US 39% · $1.4B
  • Sole-source awards39%
    US 30% · $1.2B
  • Single-offer competitions4.9%
    US 8.8% · $155M
  • Urgency justifications0.1%
    US 5.1% · $2.1M
  • Year-end rush0.0%
    US 5.6% · $0
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $26.8K
  • Time-and-materials pricing9.5%
    US 4.2% · $303.4M

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. AMSAM-SPK$786.6M96%
  2. HQ USSOCOM$157.9M56%
  3. HQ USSOCOM$61.9M21%
  4. HQ USSOCOM$51.9M29%
  5. HQ USSOCOM$46.5M18%

Largest awards

  1. H-47 EXTENDED RANGE FMS PRODUCTION$780.4M
    THE BOEING COMPANY· Delaware County, PA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Feb 15, 2022 – Dec 18, 2025· H9224122F0002
  2. MH-47G BLKII LOT 6 LONG LEAD PRODUCTION$728.2M
    THE BOEING COMPANY· Delaware County, PA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jul 14, 2022 – Apr 27, 2026· H9224122F0073
  3. ENGINEERING&MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT$548.2M
    SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLC· Arapahoe County, CO· Research & development· Jul 15, 2020 – Jun 11, 2026· H9240820C0004
  4. MH-47G BLKII LOT 4 PRODUCTION$517.2M
    THE BOEING COMPANY· Delaware County, PA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Feb 3, 2020 – Apr 27, 2026· H9224120F0020
  5. REQUIREMENT CONTAINED WITHIN SECTION J - LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS, AND OTHER ATTACHMENTS$291.2M
    THE BOEING COMPANY· Delaware County, PA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Nov 20, 2025 – Feb 26, 2026· H9224126FE001
  6. SILENT KNIGHT RADAR SYSTEMS$277.7M
    RAYTHEON COMPANY· Scott County, MS· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 1, 2020 – May 29, 2026· H9240821C0001
  7. ROADRUNNER, ANVIL AND QUASAR PACKAGES$250M
    ANDURIL INDUSTRIES, INC.· Orange County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 31, 2024 – Apr 13, 2026· H9240224F0057
  8. SATCOM 2024-018 J6 MAIN$245M
    GLOBAL ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS, INC.· Hillsborough County, FL· IT & telecom· Jun 27, 2024 – Jun 4, 2026· H9241524F0076

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: $199.6M (336 subawards)

195 sub-recipients

Largest sub-recipients

  1. TORAY ADVANCED COMPOSITES USA, INC.$68.2M34%
    MORGAN HILL, CA · 1 subaward
  2. CARDINAL POINT LLC$23.8M12%
    OKLAHOMA CITY, OK · 3 subawards
  3. CAES SYSTEMS LLC$17.3M8.6%
    LANSDALE, PA · 13 subawards
  4. Y-TECH SERVICES, INC.$17M8.5%
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 2 subawards
  5. YULISTA AEROSPACE & DEFENSE LLC$10.7M5.4%
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 2 subawards
  6. INTEGRAL AEROSPACE, LLC$4.6M2.3%
    SANTA ANA, CA · 2 subawards
  7. FULCRUM CONCEPTS LLC$3.1M1.6%
    MATTAPONI, VA · 3 subawards
  8. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$3M1.5%
    ROLLING MEADOWS, IL · 1 subaward
  9. LIFEPORT LLC$2.8M1.4%
    WOODLAND, WA · 2 subawards
  10. K2 SOLUTIONS INC$2.5M1.2%
    SOUTHERN PINES, NC · 1 subaward

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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

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.