Federal contractor · OAK CREEK, WI

ASTRONAUTICS CORPORATION OF AMERICA

ASTRONAUTICS CORPORATION OF AMERICA received $903.7K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 5 awards (−51% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $21.3M. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($862.3K).

Obligations · FY2026
$903.7K
New awards
5
Sole-source
95%
Single offer
5.2%
UEI
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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 KEARFOTT CORP company family: 3 registered entities, $13.7M in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. KEARFOTT CORPBLACK MOUNTAIN, NC · Family page
    $1.3M
  2. KEARFOTT CORPORATIONPINE BROOK, NJ
    $11.5M

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 2.2MFY2017
  2. 2.6MFY2018
  3. 5.3MFY2019
  4. 2.9MFY2020
  5. 507KFY2021
  6. -111.9KFY2022
  7. 801KFY2023
  8. 4.3MFY2024
  9. 1.9MFY2025
  10. 903.7KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Air Force$862.3K95%
    3 awards
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$47.1K5.2%
    1 awards
  3. Department of the Navy-$5,7160.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Equipment maintenance$862.3K95%
  2. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$47.1K5.2%

Where the work was performed

  1. Milwaukee County, WI$903.7K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $908.7K
  • Sole-source awards95%
    US 30% · $861.5K
  • Single-offer competitions5.2%
    US 8.7% · $47.1K
  • 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 Air Force$867.3K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. REPAIR OF ENGINE DATA CONCENTRATOR UNIT AND MULTI-FUNCTION DISPLAY APPLICABLE TO THE TH-1H AIRCRAFT$867.3K
    Department of the Air Force· Milwaukee County, WI· Equipment maintenance· Mar 30, 2026 – Mar 30, 2026· FA852426F0019
  2. REPAIR OF ENGINE DATA CONCENTRATOR UNIT AND MULTI-FUNCTION DISPLAY APPLICABLE TO THE TH-1H AIRCRAFT.$454.8K
    Department of the Air Force· Milwaukee County, WI· Equipment maintenance· Feb 13, 2025 – Nov 6, 2025· FA852425F0010
  3. REPAIR OF ENGINE DATA CONCENTRATOR UNIT AND MULTI-FUNCTION DISPLAY APPLICABLE TO THE TH-1H AIRCRAFT.$272.6K
    Department of the Air Force· Milwaukee County, WI· Equipment maintenance· Aug 5, 2024 – Nov 26, 2025· FA852424F0064
  4. 8511683205!RACK ASSEMBLY$47.1K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Milwaukee County, WI· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Oct 3, 2025 – Oct 3, 2025· SPE4A726P0375
  5. CIRCUIT CARD ASSEMB$33.1K
    Department of the Navy· Milwaukee County, WI· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 12, 2021 – Feb 25, 2026· N0038321PF145

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: $1.1M (4 subawards)

3 primes

  1. BOEING COMPANY, THE$974.2K87%
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 2 subawards
  2. BOEING COMPANY, THE$83.9K7.5%
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 1 subaward
  3. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$58.9K5.3%
    MCLEAN, VA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $5.8M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $259.6K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $10.4M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $5.8M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $5.9M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $1.1M 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

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

16 companies · $323.6M reported

  1. THE BOEING COMPANY$160.1M
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 80 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  2. ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION$59.4M
    GROTON, CT · 32 subawards · Other transportation equipment manufacturing
  3. RAYTHEON COMPANY$33.9M
    TUCSON, AZ · 46 subawards · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments 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 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 15 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. TAC INDUSTRIES INC$28.8M+26% in FY2026
    SPRINGFIELD, OH · 47% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  2. S & K AEROSPACE, LLC$89.9M+15% in FY2026
    SAINT IGNATIUS, MT · 2 entities · 78% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturingNavy · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing+1 more
  3. DMAERO, LLC$27.7M−110% in FY2026
    BYRON, GA · 45% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · 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 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.