Federal contractor · WALPOLE, MA

BIRD-JOHNSON PROPELLER COMPANY, LLC

BIRD-JOHNSON PROPELLER COMPANY, LLC received $48.1M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 35 awards (+31% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $186.2M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($47.8M).

Obligations · FY2026
$48.1M
New awards
35
Sole-source
95%
Single offer
4.9%
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. 8.7MFY2017
  2. 2.9MFY2018
  3. 6.5MFY2019
  4. 3.4MFY2020
  5. 46.4MFY2021
  6. 13.1MFY2022
  7. 12.6MFY2023
  8. 7.7MFY2024
  9. 36.8MFY2025
  10. 48.1MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$47.8M99%
    24 awards
  2. U.S. Coast Guard$530K1.1%
    5 awards
  3. Departmental Offices$00.0%
    1 awards
  4. Defense Contract Management Agency-$212.6K0.0%
    5 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$45.5M95%
  2. Equipment maintenance$2.2M4.6%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$387.4K0.8%

Where the work was performed

  1. Norfolk County, MA$41.7M87%
  2. Jackson County, MS$6.4M13%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $48.1M
  • Sole-source awards95%
    US 30% · $45.8M
  • Single-offer competitions4.9%
    US 8.7% · $2.4M
  • 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$45.7M
    Department of Defense · 9 awards
  2. U.S. Coast Guard$65.8K
    Department of Homeland Security · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. VIRGINIA CLASS SUBMARINE ROTOR AND SCOOP BAR$28.9M
    Department of the Navy· Norfolk County, MA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 30, 2021 – Apr 7, 2026· N0002421C4111
  2. ROLLS-ROYCE MISSION CRITICAL CLASS SPARES INCLUDES THE MANUFACTURING, INSPECTION, ACCEPTANCE TESTING, PRESERVATION, PACKAGING, PACKING, MARKING, AND SHIPPING OF WMSL PROPULSION AND BOW THRUSTER IN SUPPORT OF NATIONAL SECURITY CUTTER (NSC) FLEET.$26.4M
    U.S. Coast Guard· Norfolk County, MA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Aug 3, 2021 – Sep 9, 2026· 70Z02321CADB00700
  3. HUB,PROPELLER,SHIP$21.6M
    Department of the Navy· Norfolk County, MA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· May 29, 2026 – May 29, 2026· N0010426CTA08
  4. MANUFACTURE AND DELIVERY OF QTY 20 - 1A STATOR BLADES (10 BLADES WITH ICCP HOLES / 10 BLADES WITHOUT ICCP HOLES)$9.9M
    Department of the Navy· Jackson County, MS· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Aug 22, 2025 – Feb 3, 2026· N0016725F1139
  5. HUB,PROPELLER,SHIP$8.1M
    Department of the Navy· Norfolk County, MA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jun 5, 2026 – Jun 5, 2026· N0010426PTB31
  6. DDG-51 ATD PORT BLADE SET$7.7M
    Defense Contract Management Agency· Norfolk County, MA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Dec 21, 2021 – Jun 10, 2026· N6449822F4013
  7. FLEET PORT HUB$7.6M
    Defense Contract Management Agency· Norfolk County, MA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Dec 29, 2020 – Apr 10, 2026· N6449821F4004
  8. DDG 51 ATD PORT BLADE SET$7M
    Defense Contract Management Agency· Norfolk County, MA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Dec 16, 2022 – Mar 12, 2026· N6449823F4027

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: $1.8M (6 subawards)

3 primes

  1. VIGOR MARINE LLC$1.1M60%
    PORTLAND, OR · 4 subawards
  2. BAE SYSTEMS NORFOLK SHIP REPAIR INC.$616.8K33%
    NORFOLK, VA · 1 subaward
  3. HII UNMANNED SYSTEMS, INC$126K6.8%
    POCASSET, MA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2025: $5.3M paid out · $32.9K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $1.8M 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

6 companies · $5.3M reported

  1. FEDERAL METAL CO$4.3M
    BEDFORD, OH · 3 subawards · Ship and boat building
  2. FITCHBURG WELDING CO INC$327.2K
    WESTMINSTER, MA · 1 subaward · Other fabricated metal product manufacturing
  3. KONGSBERG DEFENCE & AEROSPACE AS$305.7K
    KONGSBERG, NOR · 1 subaward · Other fabricated metal product manufacturing

Primes that pay it

3 companies · $1.9M reported

  1. VIGOR MARINE LLC$1.1M
    PORTLAND, OR · 5 subawards · Ship and boat building
  2. BAE SYSTEMS LAND & ARMAMENTS L.P.$616.8K
    YORK, PA · 1 subaward · Ship and boat building
  3. HII UNMANNED SYSTEMS, INC$126K
    POCASSET, MA · 1 subaward · 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 17 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. BRODOGRADILISTE VIKTOR LENAC D.D.$73.4M−6.9% in FY2026
    RIJEKA, HRV · 75% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Ship and boat building
  2. UNITHAI SHIPYARD & ENGINEERING LIMITED - BRANCH$87.8M−64% in FY2026
    SRIRACHA, THA · 2 entities · 75% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Ship and boat building
  3. SILVER SHIPS, INC$61M−51% in FY2026
    THEODORE, AL · 63% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Ship and boat building

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.