Federal contractor · LEXINGTON, KY

ADAMS COMMUNICATION & ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY, INC.

ADAMS COMMUNICATION & ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY, INC. received $8.3M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 30 awards (−69% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $692.5M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($5M).

Obligations · FY2026
$8.3M
New awards
30
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
65%
UEI
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Small businessVeteran-owned
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Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

2 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $8.3M in FY2026 together.

  1. ADAMS COMMUNICATION & ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY, INC.LEXINGTON, KY · Family page
    $8.3M
  2. ADAMS COMMUNICATION & ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY INCABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MD
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 230.5MFY2017
  2. -16.2MFY2018
  3. 246.8MFY2019
  4. 66.7MFY2020
  5. 65.1MFY2021
  6. 13.5MFY2022
  7. 12.3MFY2023
  8. 39MFY2024
  9. 26.4MFY2025
  10. 8.3MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Army$5M61%
    1 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$2.6M31%
    14 awards
  3. Department of the Air Force$357.6K4.3%
    3 awards
  4. Defense Logistics Agency$306.1K3.7%
    9 awards
  5. Defense Contract Management Agency$00.0%
    3 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$5M61%
  2. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$1.8M21%
  3. Equipment maintenance$1.1M14%
  4. Research & development$356.6K4.3%

Where the work was performed

  1. Fairfax County, VA$6.1M74%
  2. St. Mary's County, MD$1.4M16%
  3. Monterey County, CA$356.6K4.3%
  4. Fayette County, KY$226.4K2.7%
  5. Onslow County, NC$218.7K2.6%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition65%
    US 39% · $5.4M
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions65%
    US 8.7% · $5.4M
  • 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.

Largest awards

  1. TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES NEEDED TO SUPPORT EXISTING NAVAL AIRCRAFTS THAT ARE UNDERGOING AIRCRAFT MODIFICATIONS TO MEET THE WARFIGHTERS NEEDS.$26.8M
    Department of the Army· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· Jun 11, 2024 – Jun 4, 2026· W15P7T24F0071
  2. CH-53K CONTRACTOR MAINTENANCE SUPPOR.$23.1M
    Department of the Navy· St. Mary's County, MD· Equipment maintenance· Jul 17, 2023 – Mar 27, 2026· N0042123F0619
  3. NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL UNMANNED AND ROBOTIC SYSTEMS RESEARCH$19.3M
    Department of the Air Force· Monterey County, CA· Research & development· Jun 29, 2020 – Mar 26, 2026· FA807520F0050
  4. PROGRAM MANAGEMENT$3.6M
    Department of the Navy· Fairfax County, VA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Nov 18, 2022 – Feb 23, 2026· N0001923F2568
  5. EMERGENT MODIFICATION INSTALLATIONS$493.3K
    Department of the Navy· Onslow County, NC· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Apr 2, 2025 – May 13, 2026· N0001925F2074
  6. TRAVEL$445.2K
    Department of the Navy· Fairfax County, VA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Mar 21, 2024 – Mar 25, 2026· N0001924F0186
  7. EMERGENT MODIFICATION INSTALLATIONS$405.8K
    Department of the Navy· Fairfax County, VA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Mar 3, 2025 – Jan 28, 2026· N0001925F2248
  8. EMERGENT MODIFICATION INSTALLATIONS$261.7K
    Department of the Navy· St. Mary's County, MD· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jul 9, 2025 – May 13, 2026· N0001925F0987

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

  • Sub-contracts: $200K (3 subawards)

3 sub-recipients

  1. M & S MACHINING INC$80.8K40%
    WINCHESTER, KY · 1 subaward
  2. BAKER & ASSOCIATES INC$62.9K31%
    DAYTON, OH · 1 subaward
  3. PHILLIPS CORPORATION$56.3K28%
    HANOVER, MD · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $175.1K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. DEFENSE SYSTEMS AND SOLUTIONS$175.1K100%
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 1 subaward

Its reported sub-contracts equal 2.4% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $229.7K paid out · $787.7K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $3.8M received
  • FY2023: $229.7K paid out · $0 received
  • FY2024: $2.2M paid out · $13.2M received
  • FY2025: $485.6K paid out · $20.3M received
  • FY2026: $200K paid out · $175.1K 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

21 companies · $3.3M reported

  1. AVIATION DEVICES AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, L.L.C.$1.1M
    FORT WORTH, TX · 2 subawards
  2. AMERICAN CIRCUITS, INC$372.1K
    CHARLOTTE, NC · 2 subawards · Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing
  3. M & S MACHINING INC$320.7K
    WINCHESTER, KY · 6 subawards · Scientific research and development services

Primes that pay it

5 companies · $38.2M reported

  1. DEFENSE SYSTEMS AND SOLUTIONS$34.3M
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 13 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  2. MANTECH ADVANCED SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.$2.5M
    HERNDON, VA · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
  3. PRECISE SYSTEMS, INC.$1.3M
    LEXINGTON PARK, MD · 1 subaward · 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 11 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY$43.4M−73% in FY2026
    HOUGHTON, MI · 54% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development services
  2. TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION$41.1M−77% in FY2026
    COLLEGE STATION, TX · 48% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development services
  3. THE SURVICE ENGINEERING COMPANY LLC$178.5M−41% in FY2026
    BELCAMP, MD · 98% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingAir Force · Scientific research and development services

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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.