Federal contractor · MCLEAN, VA

ARES TECHNICAL SERVICES CORPORATION

ARES TECHNICAL SERVICES CORPORATION received $30.7M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 11 awards (+59% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $229M. Its largest customer was National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($27.6M).

Obligations · FY2026
$30.7M
New awards
11
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
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.

2 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $30.7M in FY2026 together.

  1. ARES TECHNICAL SERVICES CORPORATIONMCLEAN, VA · Family page
    $30.7M
  2. $0

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-09-30

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 17.4MFY2017
  2. 22.3MFY2018
  3. 23.7MFY2019
  4. 16.6MFY2020
  5. 22.8MFY2021
  6. 31.8MFY2022
  7. 16.6MFY2023
  8. 27.7MFY2024
  9. 19.3MFY2025
  10. 30.7MFY2026
  11. 27.5KFY2027

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. 9 awards
  2. 2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$30.6M99.5%
  2. Research & development$152K0.5%

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 8.7% · $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. National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Prince George's County, MD· Research & development· Oct 20, 2016 – Jul 20, 2026· NNG12CR32C
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Brevard County, FL· Professional services· Aug 13, 2019 – Sep 24, 2026· 80KSC019C0016
  3. Missile Defense Agency· San Mateo County, CA· Professional services· Nov 17, 2020 – Jun 12, 2026· HQ085821C0011
  4. National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· Aug 31, 2026 – Sep 25, 2026· 80MSFC26F0030
  5. National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Harris County, TX· Professional services· Aug 31, 2026 – Sep 29, 2026· 80JSC026F0085
  6. National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Cuyahoga County, OH· Professional services· Aug 31, 2026 – Sep 25, 2026· 80GRC026F0017
  7. National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Santa Clara County, CA· Professional services· Aug 31, 2026 – Oct 5, 2026· 80ARC026F0027
  8. National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Cuyahoga County, OH· Professional services· Aug 31, 2026 – Sep 25, 2026· 80GRC026F0018

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 · $103.5M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $13.3M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $74.8M received
  • FY2024: $1M paid out · $91.4M 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

1 company · $1M reported

  1. ORLANDO, FL · 1 subaward · Architectural, engineering, and related services

Primes that pay it

13 companies · $335M reported

  1. HOUSTON, TX · 5 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. TUCSON, AZ · 6 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. RESTON, VA · 2 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services

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

  1. HONEYBEE ROBOTICS LLC$50.2M−40% in FY2026
    LONGMONT, CO · 2 entities · 65% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Architectural, engineering, and related servicesNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development services
  2. STELLAR SOLUTIONS INC$45.7M−32% in FY2026
    LOS ALTOS, CA · 49% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. OPR LLC$99.9M+18% in FY2026
    BELTSVILLE, MD · 67% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Architectural, engineering, and related services

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.