Federal contractor · ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MD

ACE ELECTRONICS DEFENSE SYSTEMS, LLC

ACE ELECTRONICS DEFENSE SYSTEMS, LLC received $16.6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 137 awards (−34% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $386.4M. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($14.3M).

Obligations · FY2026
$16.6M
New awards
137
Sole-source
3.1%
Single offer
4.7%
UEI
XDL4P26A24R4
Small businessVeteran-ownedService-disabled veteran-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 22.9MFY2017
  2. 33.3MFY2018
  3. 81.8MFY2019
  4. 42.1MFY2020
  5. 33.9MFY2021
  6. 32.1MFY2022
  7. 65.6MFY2023
  8. 33.1MFY2024
  9. 25MFY2025
  10. 16.6MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Logistics Agency$14.3M86%
    126 awards
  2. Department of the Army$1.2M7.0%
    4 awards
  3. Department of the Navy$527.6K3.2%
    2 awards
  4. Defense Information Systems Agency$248.9K1.5%
    1 awards
  5. Department of the Air Force$227.7K1.4%
    1 awards
  6. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$98.5K0.6%
    2 awards
  7. Missile Defense Agency$5000.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$14.1M85%
  2. IT & telecom$2.5M15%
  3. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$11.7K0.1%
  4. Research & development$5000.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Harford County, MD$12.5M75%
  2. Los Angeles County, CA$1.6M9.6%
  3. Middlesex County, NJ$1.1M6.5%
  4. Charles County, MD$532.6K3.2%
  5. Collin County, TX$481.4K2.9%
  6. Roosevelt County, MT$185.6K1.1%
  7. Williamson County, IL$166.6K1.0%
  8. Oakland County, MI$95.7K0.6%
  9. Madison County, AL$5000.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition7.9%
    US 39% · $1.3M
  • Sole-source awards3.1%
    US 30% · $520.6K
  • Single-offer competitions4.7%
    US 8.8% · $786.9K
  • 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. Defense Logistics Agency$525.6K
    Department of Defense · 4 awards

Largest awards

  1. IEC-2024-022 PROCUREMENT OF 16X NIINS$5.1M
    Defense Logistics Agency· York County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 17, 2024 – Apr 17, 2026· SPRBL124F0168
  2. CONTROL,INTERCOMMUN$3.9M
    Defense Logistics Agency· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 22, 2025 – Jan 15, 2026· SPRBL126F0045
  3. NEW DELIVERY ORDER$3.1M
    Defense Logistics Agency· Milwaukee County, WI· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 4, 2025 – Apr 13, 2026· SPRBL125F0119
  4. POWER MODULE ASSEMB$3.1M
    Defense Logistics Agency· Harford County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 26, 2022 – Feb 17, 2026· SPRMM122FQV01
  5. ESA CIRCUIT CARD ASSEMBLIES$2.8M
    Defense Logistics Agency· Allen County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 28, 2023 – Mar 5, 2026· SPRBL123F0171
  6. CECOM SPOT BUY$2.4M
    Defense Logistics Agency· Harford County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 3, 2025 – Apr 8, 2026· SPRBL125F0080
  7. JOINT BATTLE COMMAND PLATFORM (JBC-P) AN/UYK-128A MULTIPLE NIIN(S) 7010-01-678-2141,7010-01-680-7924,7010-01-683-1533$2.2M
    Defense Logistics Agency· Harford County, MD· IT & telecom· Apr 2, 2026 – Apr 2, 2026· SPRBL126F0098
  8. NSN: 7010-01-683-1549 JOINT BATTLE COMMAND PLATFORM (JBC-P) AN/UYK-128A UNITS: 333$1.7M
    Defense Logistics Agency· Harford County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 22, 2026 – Apr 22, 2026· SPRBL126F0105

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: $978.8K (4 subawards)

3 primes

  1. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$895.6K92%
    MINNEAPOLIS, MN · 2 subawards
  2. SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$46.1K4.7%
    RESTON, VA · 1 subaward
  3. GENERAL DYNAMICS LAND SYSTEMS INC.$37.1K3.8%
    STERLING HEIGHTS, MI · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $1M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $2.2M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $3.2M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $4.8M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $1.6M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $978.8K 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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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

12 companies · $13.8M reported

  1. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$5.6M
    FORT WORTH, TX · 50 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  2. ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION$1.9M
    GROTON, CT · 13 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. AM GENERAL LLC$1.5M
    SOUTH BEND, IN · 1 subaward · Motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing

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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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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 32 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. FIAMM ENERGY TECHNOLOGY (USA) LLC$40.4M−25% in FY2026
    WAYNESBORO, GA · 46% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Other electrical equipment and component manufacturing
  2. CLARIOS, LLC$45.6M+9.8% in FY2026
    MILWAUKEE, WI · 46% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Other electrical equipment and component manufacturing
  3. BREN-TRONICS DEFENSE LLC$30.1M−72% in FY2026
    COMMACK, NY · 40% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Other electrical equipment and component manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Electrical equipment manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Semiconductor and other electronic component 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

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.