Federal contractor · CADILLAC, MI

AAR MANUFACTURING, INC.

AAR MANUFACTURING, INC. received $90.3M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 114 awards (+30% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $569.7M. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($76.8M).

Obligations · FY2026
$90.3M
New awards
114
Sole-source
85%
Single offer
2.4%
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. 35.2MFY2017
  2. 56.2MFY2018
  3. 51.6MFY2019
  4. 67.1MFY2020
  5. 62.3MFY2021
  6. 58.8MFY2022
  7. 35.3MFY2023
  8. 43.3MFY2024
  9. 69.6MFY2025
  10. 90.3MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Air Force$76.8M85%
    9 awards
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$9M10%
    96 awards
  3. Federal Acquisition Service$4.4M4.9%
    6 awards
  4. U.S. Special Operations Command$150K0.2%
    1 awards
  5. Department of the Army$47.3K0.1%
    1 awards
  6. Defense Contract Management Agency-$185.6K0.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Equipment maintenance$42M46%
  2. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$34.8M38%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$13.6M15%

Where the work was performed

  1. Wexford County, MI$87.3M97%
  2. Greene County, OH$2.8M3.1%
  3. Abroad$140.8K0.2%
  4. Washoe County, NV$47.3K0.1%
  5. Wayne County, NC$13K0.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition87%
    US 39% · $79M
  • Sole-source awards85%
    US 30% · $76.8M
  • Single-offer competitions2.4%
    US 8.7% · $2.2M
  • 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 Air Force$76.8M
    Department of Defense · 7 awards
  2. U.S. Special Operations Command$150K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards
  3. Defense Logistics Agency$61.3K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. 463L CARGO PALLETS REPAIR$23.2M
    Department of the Air Force· Wexford County, MI· Equipment maintenance· Mar 6, 2026 – Jun 9, 2026· FA853426F0028
  2. 463L CARGO PALLET PRODUCTION AND REPAIR$22.6M
    Defense Contract Management Agency· Wexford County, MI· Equipment maintenance· Nov 22, 2024 – Mar 10, 2026· FA853425F0011
  3. PRODUCTION OF THE 463 LEGACY AIR CARGO PALLETS$21.4M
    Department of the Air Force· Wexford County, MI· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jun 8, 2026 – Jun 8, 2026· FA853426F0057
  4. 463L CARGO PALLETS REPAIR$18.8M
    Department of the Air Force· Wexford County, MI· Equipment maintenance· Apr 9, 2026 – Jun 9, 2026· FA853426F0039
  5. PRODUCTION OF THE 463 LEGACY AIR CARGO PALLETS$13.1M
    Department of the Air Force· Wexford County, MI· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Mar 20, 2026 – Mar 20, 2026· FA853426F0035
  6. PALLETIZED SEATING SYSTEMS CALL ORDER 0002$10.9M
    Federal Acquisition Service· Greene County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· May 20, 2025 – Apr 22, 2026· 47QSWC25F0089
  7. PALLETIZED SEATING SYSTEMS CALL ORDER 0001$5.2M
    Federal Acquisition Service· Greene County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· May 16, 2025 – Mar 19, 2026· 47QSWC25F0073
  8. PALLETIZED SEATING CALL ORDER 0005$2.8M
    Federal Acquisition Service· Greene County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 8, 2026 – Jun 8, 2026· 47QSWC26F0103

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: $3.8M (18 subawards)

4 primes

  1. RAYTHEON COMPANY$3.5M91%
    EL SEGUNDO, CA · 2 subawards
  2. OSHKOSH DEFENSE, LLC$219.6K5.7%
    OSHKOSH, WI · 14 subawards
  3. SIERRA NEVADA CORPORATION$72.8K1.9%
    SPARKS, NV · 1 subaward
  4. SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLC$65.3K1.7%
    ENGLEWOOD, CO · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $47.9M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $3.3M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $12.3M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $6M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $5.2M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $3.8M 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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

19 companies · $78.6M reported

  1. SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLC$41.9M
    SPARKS, NV · 13 subawards · Support activities for air transportation
  2. OSHKOSH DEFENSE LLC$22.1M
    OSHKOSH, WI · 30 subawards · Motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing
  3. RAYTHEON COMPANY$4.5M
    TUCSON, AZ · 7 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 34 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. SEA BOX, INC.$60.3M−28% in FY2026
    CINNAMINSON, NJ · 2 entities · 21% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Boiler, tank, and shipping container manufacturingFederal Acquisition Service · Architectural and structural metals manufacturingAir Force · Architectural and structural metals manufacturing+3 more
  2. INTREPID EAGLE LOGISTICS, INC.$39.3M−3.7% in FY2026
    BETHESDA, MD · 17% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Boiler, tank, and shipping container manufacturing
  3. BOH ENVIRONMENTAL, L.L.C.$89.4M−29% in FY2026
    HOUSTON, TX · 2 entities · 19% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Boiler, tank, and shipping container manufacturingArmy · Boiler, tank, and shipping container 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.