Federal contractor · MILFORD, CT

AIR-LOCK, INCORPORATED

AIR-LOCK, INCORPORATED received $2.8M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 18 awards (+122% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $23.1M. Its largest customer was National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($2.7M).

Obligations · FY2026
$2.8M
New awards
18
Sole-source
96%
Single offer
2.2%
UEI
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Small business

Company family

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

Part of the DAVID CLARK COMPANY INCORPORATED company family: 2 registered entities, $16.8M in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. DAVID CLARK COMPANY INCORPORATEDWORCESTER, MA · Family page
    $14M

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 185.4KFY2017
  2. 1.4MFY2018
  3. 1.5MFY2019
  4. 6.5MFY2020
  5. 5.9MFY2021
  6. 285.5KFY2022
  7. 2.2MFY2023
  8. 960.2KFY2024
  9. 1.3MFY2025
  10. 2.8MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. 10 awards
  2. 8 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$2.5M88%
  2. Equipment maintenance$221.3K7.9%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$90.4K3.2%
  4. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$12.1K0.4%

Where the work was performed

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition99%
    US 39% · $2.8M
  • Sole-source awards96%
    US 30% · $2.7M
  • Single-offer competitions2.2%
    US 8.7% · $62.6K
  • 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. National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 9 awards

Largest awards

  1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration· South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT· Equipment maintenance· Apr 15, 2025 – Feb 24, 2026· 80JSC025F7043
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration· South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT· Research & development· Jul 30, 2026 – Jul 30, 2026· 80NSSC26F0075
  3. National Aeronautics and Space Administration· South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT· Research & development· Jun 22, 2026 – Aug 3, 2026· 80NSSC26F0053
  4. National Aeronautics and Space Administration· South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT· Research & development· May 12, 2026 – May 12, 2026· 80NSSC26F0037
  5. National Aeronautics and Space Administration· South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT· Research & development· Jul 15, 2026 – Jul 15, 2026· 80NSSC26F0072
  6. National Aeronautics and Space Administration· South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT· Research & development· Apr 30, 2026 – Apr 30, 2026· 80NSSC26F0033
  7. National Aeronautics and Space Administration· South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT· Research & development· Jun 2, 2026 – Jun 2, 2026· 80NSSC26F0050
  8. National Aeronautics and Space Administration· South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT· Research & development· May 18, 2026 – May 18, 2026· 80NSSC26F0036

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

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $293.2K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $607.1K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $38.5K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $329K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $183.5K 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

7 companies · $14.8M reported

  1. GERMANTOWN, MD · 30 subawards
  2. SAINT LOUIS, MO · 5 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  3. TUCSON, AZ · 5 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing

Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.

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

  1. TAC INDUSTRIES INC$28.8M+26% in FY2026
    SPRINGFIELD, OH · 55% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  2. DMAERO, LLC$27.7M−110% in FY2026
    BYRON, GA · 52% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  3. WARNER ROBINS, GA · 50% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing

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.