Federal contractor · UTICA, NY

BLACK RIVER SYSTEMS COMPANY, INC.

BLACK RIVER SYSTEMS COMPANY, INC. received $21M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 25 awards (−36% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $346.2M. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($20.2M).

Obligations · FY2026
$21M
New awards
25
Sole-source
35%
Single offer
25%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 13.8MFY2017
  2. 18MFY2018
  3. 61.1MFY2019
  4. 65.4MFY2020
  5. 37.5MFY2021
  6. 48.8MFY2022
  7. 27.4MFY2023
  8. 20.4MFY2024
  9. 33MFY2025
  10. 21MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Air Force$20.2M96%
    18 awards
  2. Department of the Army$362.1K1.7%
    4 awards
  3. U.S. Coast Guard$353.2K1.7%
    1 awards
  4. Department of the Navy$52.4K0.2%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$12.2M58%
  2. IT & telecom$7.2M35%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$1.5M7.2%
  4. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$31.1K0.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. Oneida County, NY$12.8M61%
  2. Middlesex County, MA$7.2M34%
  3. Abroad$409.5K1.9%
  4. Kent County, DE$378K1.8%
  5. Montgomery County, AL$93.2K0.4%
  6. Oklahoma County, OK$87.9K0.4%
  7. Fairfax County, VA$73.2K0.3%
  8. King George County, VA$31.1K0.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition59%
    US 39% · $12.5M
  • Sole-source awards35%
    US 30% · $7.3M
  • Single-offer competitions25%
    US 8.7% · $5.2M
  • 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$7.2M
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. COGNITIVE ALGORITHMS FOR SIGINT CONTESTED AND DEGRADED ENVIRONMENTS (CASCADE)$24M
    Department of the Air Force· Oneida County, NY· Research & development· Jun 3, 2021 – Apr 8, 2026· FA875021C1505
  2. DELIVERY ORDER 03 - SOFTWARE VERSION 1.14$8.7M
    Department of the Air Force· Middlesex County, MA· IT & telecom· Sep 18, 2025 – May 14, 2026· FA238125FB018
  3. THE PURPOSE OF THIS EFFORT IS TO DELIVER AND INSTALL SPECIFIED EQUIPMENT TO TWO CONUS BASES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF WORK. 1. F.E. WARREN AFB2. MINOT AFB SEE ATTACHED SOW.$6.2M
    Department of the Air Force· Middlesex County, MA· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 9, 2025 – May 11, 2026· FA238125FB014
  4. PROCURE AND INSTALL C-SUAS EQUIPMENT$6.1M
    Department of the Air Force· Middlesex County, MA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 23, 2024 – Jun 3, 2026· FA238124FB008
  5. FUTURE ARCHITECTURE FOR NATIONAL AND TACTICAL OPERATIONS AND MISSIONS$5M
    Department of the Air Force· Oneida County, NY· Research & development· Sep 17, 2024 – May 20, 2026· FA875024CB124
  6. DEVELOP REAL-TIME SIGNAL PROCESSING SOLUTIONS FOR COMMAND AND CONTROL AND SIZE WEIGHT AND POWER CONSTRAINED PLATFORMS TO EXPLOIT 5G COMMUNICATIONS WAVEFORMS AND ASSOCIATED TECHNOLOGIES.$4.6M
    Department of the Air Force· Oneida County, NY· Research & development· Jun 7, 2022 – Jun 5, 2026· FA875022F1002
  7. THE PURPOSE OF THIS ACQUISITION IS TO PROCURE NINJA GEN2 AT 4 USAF SITES: THE THREE CONUS SITES ARE STRATCOM (MALSTROM, KIRTLAND, BARKSDALE) AND THE OCONUS SITE IS EARECKSON AIR FIELD.$4.2M
    Department of the Air Force· Middlesex County, MA· Other equipment & supplies· May 28, 2025 – May 11, 2026· FA238125FB007
  8. THE PURPOSE OF THIS EFFORT IS TO EXPAND U.S. GOV SPONSORED TEST FACILITIES & CAPABILITIES INCLUDING INFRASTRUCTURE TO PERFORM INTENSIVE TEST AND EVALUATION TO TARGET AND EXPLOIT NEXT-GENERATION COMMUNICATIONS$3.6M
    Department of the Air Force· Oneida County, NY· Research & development· Sep 22, 2025 – Jun 15, 2026· FA875025FB022

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: $174.9K (2 subawards)

2 sub-recipients

  1. TRACEWELL SYSTEMS, INC.$130K74%
    LEWIS CENTER, OH · 1 subaward
  2. RF-LAMBDA USA, LLC$44.9K26%
    CARROLLTON, TX · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $3.1M (6 subawards)

4 primes

  1. HII MISSION TECHNOLOGIES CORP$1.3M42%
    MC LEAN, VA · 1 subaward
  2. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC.$659.3K21%
    MCLEAN, VA · 2 subawards
  3. SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$655.6K21%
    RESTON, VA · 1 subaward
  4. GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.$497.1K16%
    FAIRFAX, VA · 2 subawards

Its reported sub-contracts equal 0.8% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $15.1M paid out · $2.8M received
  • FY2022: $12.3M paid out · $5.4M received
  • FY2023: $7.7M paid out · $5.9M received
  • FY2024: $3.5M paid out · $8.5M received
  • FY2025: $2.1M paid out · $10.4M received
  • FY2026: $174.9K paid out · $3.1M 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

43 companies · $40.9M reported

  1. TRUST AUTOMATION INC$21.9M
    SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA · 55 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. EDGESOURCE CORPORATION$4.3M
    ALEXANDRIA, VA · 12 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. TECHNOLOGY SERVICE CORP$3M
    ARLINGTON, VA · 6 subawards · Scientific research and development services

Primes that pay it

15 companies · $36M reported

  1. SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$11.1M
    RESTON, VA · 28 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$9.9M
    MCLEAN, VA · 9 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION$4.6M
    GROTON, CT · 15 subawards · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services

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

  1. EXOANALYTIC SOLUTIONS INC$42.3M−21% in FY2026
    EL TORO, CA · 52% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesMissile Defense Agency · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development services
  2. DEFENSE ENGINEERING CORP$36.7M−18% in FY2026
    BEAVERCREEK, OH · 47% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development services
  3. GLOBAL INFOTEK INC$47.9M+16% in FY2026
    RESTON, VA · 51% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Computer systems design and related services

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.