Contracting office · U.S. Special Operations Command

USSOCOM

USSOCOM obligated $5M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 53 contract actions (−27% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC ($2.4M).

Obligations · FY2026
$5M
Actions
53
New awards: 8
Sole-source
86%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 2.4MFY2024
  2. 6.9MFY2025
  3. 5MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$2.4M47%
  2. CYLITIX LLC$800K16%
  3. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ENGINEERING, INCORPORATED$733.3K15%
  4. THE CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC.$436.5K8.6%
  5. RUMBLE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$175K3.5%
  6. MERGE PLOT LLC$175K3.5%
  7. WILCOX INDUSTRIES CORP.$174.1K3.5%
  8. AETHER OPTICS LLC$173.7K3.4%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$3.2M63%
  2. Research & development$1.9M37%

Where the work was performed

  1. Maryland$2.4M47%
  2. Virginia$800K16%
  3. Florida$733.3K15%
  4. Massachusetts$611.5K12%
  5. Pennsylvania$175K3.5%
  6. New Hampshire$174.1K3.5%
  7. North Carolina$173.7K3.4%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition86%
    US 39% · $4.3M
  • Sole-source awards86%
    US 30% · $4.3M
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · $0
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush0.0%
    US 5.6% · $0
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $0
  • 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. TO 67 PEO-M AOA$6M
    UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ENGINEERING, INCORPORATED· Hillsborough County, FL· Research & development· Sep 5, 2024 – Apr 28, 2026· H9240524F0022
  2. ADVANCE CAP DEV ASSESSMENT FOE$4.7M
    THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC· Howard County, MD· Professional services· Nov 14, 2024 – May 7, 2026· H9240525F0004
  3. SLIN 000201 PARTIALLY FUNDS THE FVEYS INTERNATIONAL SUITE. THIS FUNDS THE UNITED KINGDOM MINISTRY OF DEFENSE PORTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL SUITE. SUBSEQUENT FUNDING WILL BE ADDED VIA MODIFICATION TO FUND AND ACTIVATE ADDITIONAL FVEY PARTNER SUITES.$1.4M
    CYLITIX LLC· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Jan 30, 2026 – Apr 30, 2026· H9241926FE001
  4. TO-03 ENGINEERING SUPPORT SERVICES$1M
    THE CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC.· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Apr 17, 2025 – Jun 10, 2026· H9240525F0012
  5. WASTEWATER SURVEILLANCE (WS)$348K
    UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ENGINEERING, INCORPORATED· Hillsborough County, FL· Research & development· Mar 19, 2026 – Jun 3, 2026· H9241926FE002
  6. TO-082 SMALL SATELLITE MISSION SUPPORT$300K
    UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ENGINEERING, INCORPORATED· Hillsborough County, FL· Research & development· Feb 27, 2026 – Apr 9, 2026· H9240526FE004
  7. PHASE I DOWN RANGE CROSSWIND SENSING 25D-004_0042$210K
    B.E. MEYERS & CO., INC.· King County, WA· Research & development· Sep 5, 2025 – Mar 31, 2026· H9240525PE008
  8. PHASE I DOWN RANGE CROSSWIND SENSING$210K
    MZA ASSOCIATES CORPORATION· Bernalillo County, NM· Research & development· Sep 5, 2025 – Mar 26, 2026· H9240525PE006

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.