Federal contractor · SILVER SPRING, MD

AD ASTRA, INC.

AD ASTRA, INC. received $5M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 46 awards (+4.6% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $25.6M. Its largest customer was Internal Revenue Service ($1.7M).

Obligations · FY2026
$5M
New awards
46
Sole-source
3.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Parent company
AD ASTRA INC.
Small businessWoman-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 378.8KFY2017
  2. 657.8KFY2018
  3. 660.2KFY2019
  4. 1.7MFY2020
  5. 1.7MFY2021
  6. 2.5MFY2022
  7. 3.8MFY2023
  8. 4.4MFY2024
  9. 4.8MFY2025
  10. 5MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Internal Revenue Service$1.7M33%
    16 awards
  2. National Institutes of Health$983.3K20%
    2 awards
  3. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services$799.3K16%
    5 awards
  4. Offices, Boards and Divisions$754.9K15%
    8 awards
  5. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$283.2K5.7%
    1 awards
  6. Agency for International Development$149.3K3.0%
    2 awards
  7. Executive Office of the President$139.6K2.8%
    2 awards
  8. U.S. Customs and Border Protection$118.3K2.4%
    1 awards
  9. Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency$55K1.1%
    2 awards
  10. Agricultural Research Service$16.5K0.3%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$5M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Montgomery County, MD$4.7M94%
  2. District of Columbia, DC$151.9K3.0%
  3. Middlesex County, MA$113K2.3%
  4. Howard County, MD$18.4K0.4%
  5. San Bernardino County, CA$3,7650.1%
  6. Solano County, CA$1,8170.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition2.7%
    US 39% · $134.9K
  • Sole-source awards3.0%
    US 30% · $149.9K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · -$15K
  • 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. Internal Revenue Service$149.9K
    Department of the Treasury · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. ON-SITE LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION, VIDEO TELEHEALTH, AND DOCUMENT TRANSLATION$4.8M
    National Institutes of Health· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Jul 20, 2022 – Jun 15, 2026· 75N90022F00081
  2. U.S. BORDER PATROL TRANSLATION SERVICES$1.2M
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· May 30, 2023 – Jul 7, 2026· 70B03C23F00000416
  3. LANGUAGE & INTERPRETATION SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES (USCIS) REFUGEE, ASYLUM, INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS (RAIO) DIRECTORATE. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE 9/19/2026-9/18/2027$1M
    U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Aug 26, 2026 – Aug 26, 2026· 70SBUR26F00000214
  4. TRANSLATION SERVICES$905.6K
    Internal Revenue Service· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Jul 23, 2024 – Apr 29, 2026· 2032H824F00095
  5. FOREIGN LANGUAGE TRANSLATION SERVICE$805K
    U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· May 4, 2022 – Mar 6, 2026· 70SBUR22F00000089
  6. OVER THE PHONE VOICE INTERPRETER SERVICES FOR THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE'S SMALL BUSINESS/SELF-EMPLOYED DIVISION.$480.5K
    Internal Revenue Service· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Jun 27, 2025 – Apr 28, 2026· 2043FY25F00077
  7. TASK ORDER TO OBTAIN LANGUAGE SERVICES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES FOR DOJ$445K
    Offices, Boards and Divisions· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Jul 28, 2025 – Jul 16, 2026· 15JPSS25F00000629
  8. THIS ORDER IS FOR OVER-THE-PHONE VOICE INTERPRETER SERVICES FOR THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE'S (IRS) ACCOUNTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION. THE RATES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ORDER ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE UNDERLYING BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENT 2032H8-25-A-00035$413K
    Internal Revenue Service· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Jun 18, 2026 – Jun 18, 2026· 2043FY26F00088

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 17 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. VITAL SIGNS, LLC.$5.9M+93% in FY2026
    SILVER SPRING, MD · 26% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveInternal Revenue Service · Other professional, scientific, and technical servicesU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services · Other professional, scientific, and technical servicesAgricultural Research Service · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  2. PRISMA INTERNATIONAL, INC.$4.5M+973% in FY2026
    MINNEAPOLIS, MN · 24% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services · Other professional, scientific, and technical servicesU.S. Customs and Border Protection · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  3. KOMAN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT SERVICES, LLC$4.5M−62% in FY2026
    ANCHORAGE, AK · 24% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Institutes of Health · Other professional, scientific, and technical services

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

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.