Federal contractor · ARLINGTON, VA
BLACK CAPE, INC.
BLACK CAPE, INC. received $51.3M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 6 awards (+282% vs FY2025). Since FY2018: $82.5M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($27.1M).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $51.3M
- New awards
- 6
- Sole-source
- 47%
- Single offer
- 0.0%
- UEI
- W173F7G4S3C7
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 3.9KFY2018
- 74.2KFY2019
- 4.2KFY2020
- 1.9MFY2021
- 3.7MFY2022
- 4.4MFY2023
- 7.7MFY2024
- 13.5MFY2025
- 51.3MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Department of the Army$27.1M53%2 awards
- Federal Acquisition Service$24.2M47%2 awards
- Missile Defense Agency$5000.0%1 awards
- 1 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Professional services$26.2M51%
- Research & development$25.1M49%
Where the work was performed
- Arlington County, VA$27.1M53%
- District of Columbia, DC$22.8M44%
- Hillsborough County, FL$1.4M2.8%
- Madison County, AL$5000.0%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition47%US 39% · $24.2M
- Sole-source awards47%US 30% · $24.2M
- 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
- General Services Administration · 1 awards
Largest awards
- Department of the Army· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· May 27, 2025 – Jun 5, 2026· W519TC25F0178
- Federal Acquisition Service· District of Columbia, DC· Research & development· Mar 30, 2026 – Aug 31, 2026· 47QFLA26F0020
- Department of the Air Force· Arlington County, VA· Research & development· May 4, 2022 – Apr 29, 2026· FA864922P0936
- Department of the Army· Arlington County, VA· Research & development· May 6, 2024 – Jun 2, 2026· W5170124C0137
- Federal Acquisition Service· Hillsborough County, FL· Research & development· Sep 25, 2025 – Sep 25, 2026· 47QFLA25F0086
- Missile Defense Agency· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Jan 16, 2026 – Jan 16, 2026· HQ085926FF181
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: $746.9K (1 subaward)
1 prime
- IRONCLAD TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LLC$746.9K100%ARLINGTON, VA · 1 subaward
By fiscal year
- FY2022: $0 paid out · $9M received
- FY2023: $0 paid out · $2.8M received
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $717.1K received
- FY2025: $0 paid out · $809.9K received
- FY2026: $0 paid out · $746.9K 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 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
3 companies · $14.1M reported
- WOBURN, MA · 5 subawards · Scientific research and development services
- VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 1 subaward · Computer systems design and related services
- KRATOS S2, INC$717.1KCOLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 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 7 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- BYTECUBED, LLC$34.2M+73% in FY2026CHEVY CHASE, MD · 48% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Data processing, hosting, and related services
- NIMBIS SERVICES INC$28.7M−100% in FY2026ORO VALLEY, AZ · 34% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Acquisition Service · Scientific research and development services
- TRANSTECS CORPORATION$32.8M−76% in FY2026WICHITA, KS · 34% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Acquisition Service · Scientific research and development services
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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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.
Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.