Federal contractor · SAN DIEGO, CA

ATA ENGINEERING, INC.

ATA ENGINEERING, INC. received $2.6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 14 awards (−55% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $47.8M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($1.1M).

Obligations · FY2026
$2.6M
New awards
14
Sole-source
6.3%
Single offer
81%
UEI
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Other than small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 3.8MFY2017
  2. 3MFY2018
  3. 7MFY2019
  4. 7.2MFY2020
  5. 4.2MFY2021
  6. 3.8MFY2022
  7. 2.4MFY2023
  8. 8.1MFY2024
  9. 5.7MFY2025
  10. 2.6MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$1.1M43%
    3 awards
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$999.7K39%
    1 awards
  3. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$189.9K7.4%
    5 awards
  4. Missile Defense Agency$180.3K7.1%
    3 awards
  5. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$54.1K2.1%
    1 awards
  6. Federal Aviation Administration$27.2K1.1%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$2.3M89%
  2. IT & telecom$134.4K5.3%
  3. Professional services$55.5K2.2%
  4. Other equipment & supplies$54.1K2.1%
  5. Construction & real property$27.2K1.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. San Diego County, CA$2.5M98%
  2. Allegheny County, PA$54.1K2.1%
  3. Madison County, AL$5000.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition87%
    US 39% · $2.2M
  • Sole-source awards6.3%
    US 30% · $161.6K
  • Single-offer competitions81%
    US 8.8% · $2.1M
  • 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. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$134.4K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1 awards
  2. Federal Aviation Administration$27.2K
    Department of Transportation · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 873AUTHORITY$2M
    Department of the Navy· San Diego County, CA· Research & development· Oct 23, 2023 – Mar 9, 2026· N6833524C0081
  2. SBIR/STTR PHASE II R&D$1.5M
    Missile Defense Agency· San Diego County, CA· Research & development· Mar 11, 2024 – Apr 15, 2026· HQ086024C7607
  3. 873AUTHORITY$1.2M
    Department of the Navy· San Diego County, CA· Research & development· Oct 17, 2023 – Jan 29, 2026· N6426724C0001
  4. STTR PHASE II ATA TECHNOLOGIES FOR DIGITAL ENGINEERING SUPPORTED CHARACTERIZATION AND EVALUATION OF RF APERTURE MATERIAL ADVERTISED UNDER #SBIR 25.D TOPIC #DLA25D-003$999.7K
    Defense Logistics Agency· San Diego County, CA· Research & development· Apr 10, 2026 – Apr 20, 2026· SP470126C0067
  5. STTR PHASE II - 3D AUTOMATED ANISOTROPIC METRIC-BASED MESH ADAPTION FOR HYPERSONIC FLOW$849.7K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· San Diego County, CA· Research & development· Feb 11, 2025 – Jul 8, 2026· 80NSSC25CA022
  6. 873AUTHORITY$239.2K
    Department of the Navy· San Diego County, CA· Research & development· Jul 23, 2025 – Apr 20, 2026· N6426725C7670
  7. DESIGN AND EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR HYPERSONIC PERFORMANCE-ORIENTED MORPHING INTERCEPTORS (HYPERFORM)$179.8K
    Missile Defense Agency· San Diego County, CA· Research & development· Dec 4, 2025 – Dec 4, 2025· HQ086026CE033
  8. REQUIREMENT: SIEMENS FEMAP RENEWAL$134.4K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· San Diego County, CA· IT & telecom· Jun 23, 2026 – Jun 23, 2026· 80NSSC26P0859

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: $2.3M (8 subawards)

6 primes

  1. YULISTA SOLUTIONS LLC$1M44%
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 1 subaward
  2. LEIDOS, INC.$591.3K26%
    GAITHERSBURG, MD · 1 subaward
  3. HX5,, LLC$289.4K13%
    FORT WALTON BEACH, FL · 3 subawards
  4. BOEING COMPANY, THE$200K8.8%
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 1 subaward
  5. AVARINT, LLC$134.8K5.9%
    BUFFALO, NY · 1 subaward
  6. SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLC$60.3K2.6%
    ENGLEWOOD, CO · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $2.6M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $3.2M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $3.2M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $4M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $5.2M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $2.3M 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

23 companies · $20.3M reported

  1. BAE SYSTEMS LAND & ARMAMENTS L.P.$7.1M
    YORK, PA · 8 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLC$2.1M
    ENGLEWOOD, CO · 5 subawards · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  3. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$1.3M
    FORT WORTH, TX · 4 subawards · Scientific research and development services

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

  1. SPECTER AEROSPACE INC.$12.1M−67% in FY2026
    PEABODY, MA · 64% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesMissile Defense Agency · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development services
  2. NOU SYSTEMS INC$17.4M−91% in FY2026
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 75% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesMissile Defense Agency · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development services+2 more
  3. NANOHMICS INC$20.5M−50% in FY2026
    AUSTIN, TX · 76% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesMissile Defense Agency · Scientific research and development services+2 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 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.