Federal contractor · WEST CHESTER, OH

3DB LABS INC

3DB LABS INC received $14.6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 19 awards (+111% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $36.9M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($10.1M).

Obligations · FY2026
$14.6M
New awards
19
Sole-source
72%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Other than small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 269.6KFY2017
  2. 1.4MFY2018
  3. 236.5KFY2019
  4. 1.1MFY2020
  5. 2.5MFY2021
  6. 2.1MFY2022
  7. 2.2MFY2023
  8. 5.6MFY2024
  9. 6.9MFY2025
  10. 14.6MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Army$10.1M70%
    8 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$2.7M18%
    5 awards
  3. Office of Procurement Operations$996K6.8%
    1 awards
  4. Department of the Air Force$494K3.4%
    1 awards
  5. Department of Energy$174.1K1.2%
    2 awards
  6. U.S. Customs and Border Protection$71.8K0.5%
    1 awards
  7. U.S. Special Operations Command$33.5K0.2%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$8.9M61%
  2. Research & development$4.5M31%
  3. IT & telecom$946.4K6.5%
  4. Education & social services$210K1.4%

Where the work was performed

  1. Butler County, OH$11.2M77%
  2. Prince William County, VA$1.8M12%
  3. District of Columbia, DC$843.5K5.8%
  4. Abroad$494K3.4%
  5. Aiken County, SC$174.1K1.2%
  6. Hillsborough County, FL$33.5K0.2%
  7. King George County, VA$30K0.2%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition72%
    US 39% · $10.5M
  • Sole-source awards72%
    US 30% · $10.5M
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · $0
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

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

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Department of the Army$6.3M
    Department of Defense · 6 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$2.6M
    Department of Defense · 3 awards
  3. Office of Procurement Operations$996K
    Department of Homeland Security · 1 awards
  4. Department of the Air Force$494K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards
  5. U.S. Customs and Border Protection$71.8K
    Department of Homeland Security · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. THIS CONTRACT IS FOR THE PRODUCTION AND FIELDING OF THE SPECTRUM SITUATIONAL AWARENESS SYSTEM$2.4M
    Department of the Army· Butler County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· May 29, 2026 – Jun 4, 2026· W56KGY26F0057
  2. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND EQUIPMENT FOR ELECTRONIC WARFARE EQUIPMENT.$2.3M
    Department of the Army· Butler County, OH· Research & development· Jan 28, 2026 – Jun 11, 2026· W911QY26CA012
  3. NCIS SCEPTRE AND MONARCH UPGRADE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROCUREMENT IS TO UPGRADE THE CURRENT EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE CURRENTLY FIELDED THROUGHOUT NCIS.$1.8M
    Department of the Navy· Prince William County, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 14, 2026 – Apr 14, 2026· N0018926PW059
  4. PROCUREMENT OF ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT$1.6M
    Department of the Army· Butler County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 13, 2026 – Jan 13, 2026· W911QY26FA018
  5. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIALIZED ELECTRONIC WARFARE EQUIPMENT$1.5M
    Department of the Army· Butler County, OH· Research & development· Dec 18, 2025 – May 27, 2026· W911QY26CA005
  6. THIS CONTRACT IS FOR THE PRODUCTION AND FIELDING OF THE SPECTURM SITURATIONAL AWARENESS SYSTEM.$1.4M
    Department of the Army· Butler County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· May 29, 2026 – Jun 4, 2026· W56KGY26F0058
  7. OCSO REQUESTS FIVE (5) 3DB MONARCH SPECTRUM ANALYZERS FOR THE TECHNICAL OPERATIONS BRANCH. POP: SEVEN (7) MONTHS FROM DATE OF AWARD WITH ONE (1) YEAR WARRANTIES.$996K
    Office of Procurement Operations· Butler County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 23, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026· 70RDA226P00000020
  8. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIALIZED ELECTRONIC WARFARE EQUIPMENT$715K
    Department of the Army· Butler County, OH· Research & development· Dec 17, 2025 – May 6, 2026· W911QY26CA004

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $346.2K (2 subawards)

2 primes

  1. SALIENT CRGT, INC.$217.7K63%
    FAIRFAX, VA · 1 subaward
  2. BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE$128.5K37%
    COLUMBUS, OH · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $3.2M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $1.4M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $1.8M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $2.2M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $4.4M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $346.2K received

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.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

27 companies · $13.5M reported

  1. ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC.$4.1M
    VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 10 subawards · Other miscellaneous manufacturing
  2. CACI, INC. - FEDERAL$2.2M
    CHANTILLY, VA · 10 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION$1.4M
    GROTON, CT · 7 subawards · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services

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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 2021.

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 23 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. MINUTEMAN SECURITY SOLUTIONS LLC$33.2M−74% in FY2026
    LORTON, VA · 2 entities · 43% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Communications equipment manufacturing
  2. DATRON WORLD COMMUNICATIONS, INC.$5M−100% in FY2026
    VISTA, CA · 2 entities · 18% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Communications equipment manufacturing
  3. TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS INC$56.1M
    ANNAPOLIS, MD · 8 entities · 48% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Communications equipment manufacturingNavy · Communications equipment manufacturing

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Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.