Federal contractor · SAN DIMAS, CA

ARA, INC

ARA, INC received $170.9K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 3 awards (−69% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $3.8M. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($170.9K).

Obligations · FY2026
$170.9K
New awards
3
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Small businessVeteran-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 402.8KFY2017
  2. 405.1KFY2018
  3. 480.3KFY2019
  4. 370.7KFY2020
  5. 552.7KFY2021
  6. 346.2KFY2022
  7. 96.1KFY2023
  8. 470.6KFY2024
  9. 547.6KFY2025
  10. 170.9KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Logistics Agency$170.9K100%
    3 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$170.9K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Los Angeles County, CA$170.9K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition0.0%
    US 39% · $0
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · $0
  • 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. 8511826041!CUSHION,SEAT,AIRCRA$82.9K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Los Angeles County, CA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Dec 19, 2025 – Dec 19, 2025· SPE4A726F2136
  2. 8512145598!CUSHION,SEAT,AIRCRA$77K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Los Angeles County, CA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· May 28, 2026 – May 28, 2026· SPE4A726F7413
  3. 8512104727!CUSHION,SEAT BACK,A$11.1K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Los Angeles County, CA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· May 27, 2026 – May 27, 2026· SPE4A726PA917

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

  1. KASTALON INC$1.2M−74% in FY2026
    ALSIP, IL · 99% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  2. GREGORY C FORBES$1.2M+666,657% in FY2026
    DIAMOND SPRINGS, CA · 99% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  3. LANIC AEROSPACE LLC$1.1M
    HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA · 2 entities · 90% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.