Federal contractor · FAIRFAX, VA

ARGON ST, INC.

ARGON ST, INC. received $16.2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 25 awards (−58% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $207.2M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($16.2M).

Obligations · FY2026
$16.2M
New awards
25
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Parent company
THE BOEING COMPANY
Other than small business
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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 THE BOEING COMPANY company family: 99 registered entities, $27.2B in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. THE BOEING COMPANYSAINT LOUIS, MO · Family page
    $6.1B
  2. THE BOEING COMPANYTUKWILA, WA
    $9B
  3. THE BOEING COMPANYMESA, AZ
    $2.5B
  4. THE BOEING COMPANYRIDLEY PARK, PA
    $2.3B
  5. THE BOEING COMPANYLONG BEACH, CA
    $1.8B

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · jev-1.13.0 · 2026-10-05

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 6.9MFY2017
  2. 3.7MFY2018
  3. 1.5MFY2019
  4. 957.6KFY2020
  5. 1.3MFY2021
  6. 22.3MFY2022
  7. 69.7MFY2023
  8. 45.8MFY2024
  9. 38.9MFY2025
  10. 16.2MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$16.2M100%
    25 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$22.9M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Fairfax County, VA$16.2M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $16.2M
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $16.2M
  • 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.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Department of the Navy$16.2M
    Department of Defense · 5 awards

Largest awards

  1. INTERFACE UNIT,COMM$22.9M
    Department of the Navy· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Sep 26, 2023 – May 15, 2026· N0038323FST05
  2. ARGON SOLE SOURCE HARDWARE ORDER$21M
    Department of the Navy· Fairfax County, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 22, 2024 – Jun 12, 2026· N0001924F1848
  3. CHASSIS,AMPLIFIER$18.3M
    Department of the Navy· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Sep 29, 2022 – Oct 28, 2025· N0038322FST00
  4. PROCUREMENT OF MISD PRODUCTION LOW BAND HARDWARE FY 26.$15.9M
    Department of the Navy· Fairfax County, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 17, 2025 – Apr 23, 2026· N0001926F0074
  5. FY25 ARGON SOLE SOURCE MISD LOW BAND SUITE HARDWARE$15.8M
    Department of the Navy· Fairfax County, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 20, 2024 – Jan 6, 2026· N0001925F0141
  6. CHASSIS,ELECTRICAL-$11.9M
    Department of the Navy· Fairfax County, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 10, 2024 – Jun 9, 2026· N0038324FST04
  7. FY25 ARGON MISD 10 CHANNEL COMMON CHASSIS$6.5M
    Department of the Navy· Fairfax County, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 20, 2024 – Apr 3, 2026· N0001925F0196
  8. MISD 10 CHANNEL COMMON CHASSIS$6.3M
    Department of the Navy· Fairfax County, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 26, 2025 – Nov 26, 2025· N0001926F0065

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

  • Sub-contracts: $474.2K (4 subawards)

4 sub-recipients

  1. ABACO SYSTEMS, INC.$168.2K35%
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 1 subaward
  2. EXTREME ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS, INC.$141K30%
    VERONA, WI · 1 subaward
  3. SIERRA NEVADA CORPORATION$127.6K27%
    SPARKS, NV · 1 subaward
  4. ALTA DATA TECHNOLOGIES LLC$37.5K7.9%
    RIO RANCHO, NM · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $493.8K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. HII MISSION TECHNOLOGIES CORP$493.8K100%
    MC LEAN, VA · 1 subaward

Its reported sub-contracts equal 2.9% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $7.9M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $17.2M received
  • FY2023: $35.8M paid out · $13.8M received
  • FY2024: $31.4M paid out · $8M received
  • FY2025: $15.6M paid out · $4.8M received
  • FY2026: $474.2K paid out · $493.8K 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

2,364 companies · $39.4B reported

  1. RAYTHEON COMPANY$4.8B
    TUCSON, AZ · 2,203 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  2. BAE SYSTEMS LAND & ARMAMENTS L.P.$2.6B
    YORK, PA · 796 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  3. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$2B
    MELBOURNE, FL · 696 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing

Primes that pay it

94 companies · $8.9B reported

  1. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$7.5B
    FORT WORTH, TX · 809 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  2. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$580.6M
    MELBOURNE, FL · 205 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. BELL TEXTRON INC$101.1M
    FORT WORTH, TX · 47 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 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 167 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. RAYTHEON COMPANY$84.4B−24% in FY2026
    TUCSON, AZ · 227 entities · 53% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingDefense Contract Management Agency · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingNavy · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing+10 more
  2. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$171.9B−38% in FY2026
    FORT WORTH, TX · 128 entities · 72% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingDefense Contract Management Agency · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingNavy · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing+7 more
  3. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$41.6B−14% in FY2026
    MELBOURNE, FL · 159 entities · 33% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingNavy · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingArmy · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing+12 more

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.

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.

Across the company family of THE BOEING COMPANY (99 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • Jeppesen ForeFlightAI match · 100%
  • SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS, INC.AI match · 100%
  • THE BOEING COMPANYAI match · 99%
Lobbying · 2025
$11.3M
52 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$42.9M
$42.9M in its own reports
PAC giving · 2026
$1.4M
2 PACs

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$14.4M
    71 reports
  2. 2024$11.9M
    65 reports
  3. 2025$11.3M
    52 reports
  4. 2026$5.2M
    29 reports

Top issues

  1. Defense110 reports
  2. Aviation, aircraft and airlines104 reports
  3. Budget and appropriations60 reports
  4. Aerospace53 reports
  5. Health issues39 reports
  6. Trade (domestic and foreign)39 reports
  7. Environment and Superfund28 reports
  8. Foreign relations21 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES201 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE198 reports
  3. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)22 reports
  4. Navy - Dept of21 reports
  5. Air Force - Dept of19 reports
  6. Army - Dept of (Other)18 reports
  7. Transportation - Dept of (DOT)18 reports
  8. Commerce - Dept of (DOC)16 reports
  9. U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)16 reports
  10. White House Office16 reports

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

Lobbying firms hired

  1. Crossroads Strategies, LLC$1.3M
    14 reports
  2. S-3 Group$960K
    14 reports
  3. Venture Government Strategies, LLC (fka Hobart Hallaway & Quayle Ventures, LLC)$880K
    15 reports
  4. Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.$770K
    10 reports
  5. The Lugar Group (FKA Lugar Hellmann Group)$650K
    13 reports
  6. Empire Consulting Group$630K
    14 reports
  7. Avoq, LLC$560K
    7 reports
  8. Squire Patton Boggs$490K
    11 reports

22 firms in all. Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.

PAC giving to candidates by party, 2026 cycle

  1. Republican$844.5K62%
  2. Democratic$512.5K37%
  3. Other or none$11.5K0.8%

PACs sponsored

  • THE BOEING COMPANY PAC$3.9M raised this cycle
  • SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS, INC. PAC$44.6K 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 5, 2026, loaded Oct 5, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 5, 2026, loaded Oct 5, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: AI name judgments (entity-match@1, jev-1.13.0), updated Oct 5, 2026.

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.