Federal contractor · PLANO, TX

APPLIED OPTICAL SYSTEMS INC

APPLIED OPTICAL SYSTEMS INC received $93.1K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 5 awards (−64% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $5.5M. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($93.1K).

Obligations · FY2026
$93.1K
New awards
5
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
6.5%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 216KFY2017
  2. 1.3MFY2018
  3. 1.2MFY2019
  4. 330.2KFY2020
  5. 191.2KFY2021
  6. 688.1KFY2022
  7. 658.1KFY2023
  8. 533KFY2024
  9. 258.9KFY2025
  10. 93.1KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Logistics Agency$93.1K100%
    5 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$93.1K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Collin County, TX$93.1K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition6.5%
    US 39% · $6,065
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions6.5%
    US 8.8% · $6,065
  • 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. 8511823977!REEL,CABLE$38.6K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Collin County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 18, 2025 – Dec 18, 2025· SPE8ED26P0312
  2. 8512118613!CONNECTOR,PLUG,FIBER$34.9K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Collin County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· May 18, 2026 – May 18, 2026· SPE7M226V3552
  3. 8511874815!CONNECTOR,PLUG,FIBER$13.2K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Collin County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 22, 2026 – Jan 22, 2026· SPE7M126F1567
  4. 8512162726!REEL,CABLE$6,065
    Defense Logistics Agency· Collin County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 4, 2026 – Jun 4, 2026· SPE8ED26V0335
  5. 8511691615!CABLE ASSEMBLY AND$398
    Defense Logistics Agency· Collin County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 8, 2025 – Oct 8, 2025· SPE4A626P1594

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: $155.3K (3 subawards)

2 primes

  1. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$81.7K53%
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 2 subawards
  2. DYNETICS, INC.$73.6K47%
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $533K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $1.4M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $3.1M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $1.2M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $537.8K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $155.3K 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 · $7M reported

  1. ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION$2.9M
    GROTON, CT · 17 subawards · Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing
  2. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$1.9M
    FORT WORTH, TX · 1 subaward · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  3. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$1.4M
    MELBOURNE, FL · 18 subawards · Aerospace product and parts 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 13 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. HYDRAULIC TECHNOLOGY, INC$381.4K+18% in FY2026
    ROCKLIN, CA · 38% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Commercial and service industry machinery manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Other fabricated metal product manufacturing+1 more
  2. FLUID-AIR PRODUCTS INC.$517.4K−34% in FY2026
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 40% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Commercial and service industry machinery manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Other general purpose machinery manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Other fabricated metal product manufacturing+1 more
  3. GMP SOLUTIONS LLC$530K+309% in FY2026
    ARLINGTON, TX · 41% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Commercial and service industry machinery manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Other electrical equipment and component manufacturing+4 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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.