Federal contractor · ALLENTOWN, PA

AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC

AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC received $90.5M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 203 awards (−15% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $713.6M. Its largest customer was National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($85.2M).

Obligations · FY2026: $90.5M
New awards: 203
Sole-source: 66%
Single offer: 18%

UEI: LBB8AYRX1F85

Other than small business

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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

14.9MFY2017
22.5MFY2018
18.5MFY2019
33.5MFY2020
44.1MFY2021
63.6MFY2022
185.7MFY2023
133.6MFY2024
106.7MFY2025
90.5MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration$85.2M94%
25 awards
Defense Logistics Agency$4.6M5.0%
167 awards
Department of the Navy$590K0.7%
2 awards
Department of Veterans Affairs$180.1K0.2%
8 awards
U.S. Coast Guard-$3,3910.0%
1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

Fuel$88.3M98%
Other equipment & supplies$2.2M2.4%

Where the work was performed

Integrity signals

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

Low competition84%
US 39% · $76.1M
Sole-source awards66%
US 30% · $60M
Single-offer competitions18%
US 8.7% · $16.1M
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

THIS DELIVERY ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES, CONTRACT PERIOD PRICING, OTHER PRICING OPTIONS, AND TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT 80KSC023DA010 FOR HELIUM AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.$356.7M
National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Brevard County, FL· Fuel· Dec 6, 2022 – Sep 24, 2026· 80KSC023FA026
HELIUM SUPPORT$120.3M
National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Brevard County, FL· Fuel· Sep 30, 2019 – Jul 20, 2026· 80KSC019F0298
FIXED PRICE DELIVERY ORDER ISSUED FOR THE DELIVERY OF LIQUID HYDROGEN TO KENNEDY SPACE CENTER$27.7M
National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Brevard County, FL· Fuel· Jan 24, 2023 – Dec 17, 2025· 80KSC023FA036
DELIVERY ORDER FOR LIQUID HYDROGEN FOR STENNIS SPACE CENTER (SSC) AS DESCRIBED ON KENNEDY SPACE CENTER'S (KSC) BASE CONTRACT.$23.7M
National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Hancock County, MS· Fuel· Nov 29, 2022 – Feb 6, 2026· 80SSC023FA007
FIXED PRICE DELIVERY ORDER FOR THE PURCHASE OF LIQUID HYDROGEN REQUIRED FOR MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER AS DESCRIBED ON KENNEDY SPACE CENTER'S BASE CONTRACT.$18.4M
National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Lehigh County, PA· Fuel· Jan 19, 2023 – Jul 22, 2026· 80MSFC23FA010
SSC DELIVERY ORDER (DO) FOR LIQUID HYDROGEN (LH)$11.3M
National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Hancock County, MS· Fuel· Dec 9, 2025 – Sep 24, 2026· 80SSC026F0003
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROCUREMENT IS FOR LIQUID NITROGEN AND LIQUID OXYGEN.$7.9M
National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Lehigh County, PA· Fuel· Jul 19, 2024 – Sep 22, 2026· 80MSFC24FA087
THIS DELIVERY ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES, CONTRACT PERIOD PRICING, OTHER PRICING OPTIONS, AND TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT 80KSC026D0002.$4.3M
National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Lehigh County, PA· Fuel· Dec 18, 2025 – Jul 31, 2026· 80KSC026F0003

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC received $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 1 actions (0 new awards).

Assistance · FY2026: $0
New awards: 0
Actions: 1
Since FY2021: -$97.1K

Assistance by fiscal year

0FY2021
-97.1KFY2022
0FY2023
0FY2025
0FY2026

Largest awards

ULTRA-CRYOPUMP FOR HIGH-DEMAND TRANSPORTATION FUELING$1.7M
81.086 · Conservation Research and Development· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Nov 24, 2020 – Oct 21, 2025· DEEE0008819

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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: $7.2M (4 subawards)
Sub-grants: $944.7K (3 subawards)

4 primes

PERATON INC.$6.3M77%
HERNDON, VA · 2 subawards
GENERAL ATOMICS$944.7K12%
SAN DIEGO, CA · 3 subawards
AMENTUM TECHNOLOGY, INC.$846.7K10%
TULLAHOMA, TN · 1 subaward
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC, THE$69.4K0.9%
LAUREL, MD · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

FY2021: $0 paid out · $3.2M received
FY2022: $0 paid out · $4.7M received
FY2023: $0 paid out · $4.6M received
FY2024: $0 paid out · $1.4M received
FY2025: $0 paid out · $826.1K received
FY2026: $0 paid out · $8.2M 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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

8 companies · $22.9M reported

GENERAL ATOMICS$9.2M
SAN DIEGO, CA · 10 subawards
PERATON ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS LLC$8.6M
CHANTILLY, VA · 7 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
ASRC FEDERAL FACILITIES LOGISTICS, LLC$2.6M
FAIRFIELD, NJ · 10 subawards · Facilities support services

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

MESSER LLC$65.1M−18% in FY2026
BRIDGEWATER, NJ · 3 entities · 19% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Basic chemical manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Basic chemical manufacturing
LINDE INC.$53M−14% in FY2026
DANBURY, CT · 25 entities · 14% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Basic chemical manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Basic chemical manufacturingNavy · Basic chemical manufacturing
AIRGAS USA, LLC$92.4M−75% in FY2026
LONG BEACH, CA · 31 entities · 7.1% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Basic chemical manufacturingNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Basic chemical manufacturingNavy · Basic chemical manufacturing+1 more

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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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Lobbying and PAC activity

Organizations in House lobbying disclosures and FEC records whose names an AI judgment matched to this company. Those records carry no identifier shared with contracts, so every match is by name.

Matched organizations

AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.AI match · 100%

Lobbying · 2025: $560K; 14 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026: $3.7M; $3.7M in its own reports
PAC giving · 2026: $20K; 1 PAC

Lobbying by year

2023$1.3M
26 reports
2024$1.6M
26 reports
2025$560K
14 reports
2026$160K
4 reports

Top issues

Energy and nuclear56 reports
Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code22 reports
Chemicals and chemical industry19 reports
Trade (domestic and foreign)12 reports
Economics and economic development3 reports
Manufacturing3 reports
Science and technology3 reports
Environment and Superfund2 reports

Who was contacted

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES59 reports
U.S. SENATE59 reports
Executive Office of the President (EOP)14 reports
Commerce - Dept of (DOC)12 reports
Treasury - Dept of11 reports
White House Office6 reports
Energy - Dept of3 reports
Interior - Dept of (DOI)3 reports
State - Dept of (DOS)3 reports
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)2 reports

Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).

Lobbying firms hired

KLEIN/JOHNSON GROUP$830K
12 reports
Venable LLP$530K
8 reports
Crossroads Strategies, LLC$470K
9 reports
CT Group fka CTF GLOBAL LLC$300K
10 reports
VNF Solutions, LLC$300K
5 reports
Steptoe LLP$90K
2 reports
AJW, Inc.$60K
10 reports

Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.

PAC giving to candidates by party, 2026 cycle

Democratic$10K50%
Republican$10K50%

PACs sponsored

AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC. POLITICAL ALLIANCE$12.1K raised this cycle

PACs these organizations sponsor (connected organizations in FEC records). A PAC gives employees' and members' voluntary contributions, not the company's own money.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Sep 30, 2026.

Congress: members and bills

Through the organizations matched to this company: members of Congress whose campaigns received contributions from their PACs, and the bills their lobbying reports named. Shown beside the company's contracts as a comparison, not a cause.

Members whose campaigns received from its PACs, 2026 cycle

Ryan Mackenzie$5,000
R-PA-7 · House · 1 PAC
Lloyd Smucker$5,000
R-PA-11 · House · 1 PAC
Kathy Castor$2,500
D-FL-14 · House · 1 PAC
Martin Heinrich$2,500
D-NM · Senate · 1 PAC
Rick Larsen$2,500
D-WA-2 · House · 1 PAC
Scott H. Peters$2,500
D-CA-50 · House · 1 PAC

$20K of the $20K its PACs gave to federal candidates went to 6 members of Congress.

Members whose campaigns received from its PACs, 2024 cycle

Christopher A. Coons$1,000
D-DE · Senate · 1 PAC

$1,000 of the $1,000 its PACs gave to federal candidates went to 1 members of Congress.

Direct and in-kind contributions the members' campaigns received (FEC), net of refunds. Party and seat are the member's current or latest.

Bills named in its lobbying reports

H.R. 5376 · Inflation Reduction Act of 20224 reports
117th Congress · Became law · 2023–2024
H.R. 4821 · Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20242 reports
118th Congress · Passed one chamber · 2023–2024
S. 2605 · Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20242 reports
118th Congress · Reported by committee · 2023–2024
H.R. 2548 · Sanctioning Russia Act of 20252 reports
119th Congress · Introduced · 2026
S. 1241 · Sanctioning Russia Act of 20252 reports

Amounts, members and bills are as recorded, shown side by side. They say nothing about why a contribution was made, how a member voted or what a report sought. A bill number written in a report is read as the measure of the Congress its context points to (a law's number, the Congress written next to it, the title), else of the Congress then sitting.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.