Federal contractor · HUNTSVILLE, AL

BLUEHALO LLC

BLUEHALO LLC received $73.1M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 29 awards (−32% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $462.6M. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($71M).

Obligations · FY2026
$73.1M
New awards
29
Sole-source
1.2%
Single offer
24%
UEI
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Parent company
AEROVIRONMENT, INC
Other than 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 AEROVIRONMENT, INC company family: 9 registered entities, $595.2M in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. AEROVIRONMENT, INCSIMI VALLEY, CA · Family page
    $510.9M
  2. BLUEHALO, LLCDAYTON, OH
    $15.5M
  3. AEROVIRONMENT INCLAWRENCE, KS
    $0
  4. AEROVIRONMENT INCHUNTSVILLE, AL
    $0
  5. AEROVIRONMENT, INC.SIMI VALLEY, CA
    $0

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-10-05

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 9.4MFY2017
  2. 17.1MFY2018
  3. 20.7MFY2019
  4. 28.8MFY2020
  5. 43.7MFY2021
  6. 51.4MFY2022
  7. 48.9MFY2023
  8. 61.2MFY2024
  9. 108.2MFY2025
  10. 73.1MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Air Force$71M97%
    22 awards
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$868.4K1.2%
    2 awards
  3. Department of the Army$750K1.0%
    2 awards
  4. Missile Defense Agency$555.8K0.8%
    2 awards
  5. Department of the Navy$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$72.3M99%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$843.3K1.2%
  3. IT & telecom$25.1K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Greene County, OH$42.4M58%
  2. Madison County, AL$24.6M34%
  3. Bernalillo County, NM$3.7M5.1%
  4. Montgomery County, OH$2.4M3.2%
  5. Santa Barbara County, CA$122.6K0.2%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition25%
    US 39% · $18.5M
  • Sole-source awards1.2%
    US 30% · $868.4K
  • Single-offer competitions24%
    US 8.7% · $17.6M
  • 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$868.4K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. POLYMERS AND RESPONSIVE MATERIALS R&D AND EXPLORATION$36.2M
    Department of the Air Force· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Jun 15, 2022 – Jun 11, 2026· FA865022F5402
  2. SURVIVABILITY, ATTRIBUTION, AND SELF-SENSING INTEGRATED EXPERIMENT (SASSIE)$35.4M
    Department of the Air Force· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Dec 4, 2020 – Jun 3, 2026· FA945321C0002
  3. SPACE LOGISTICS ASSEMBLY DISASSEMBLY EXPERIMENT WITH SWARMS (SLADES)$30.4M
    Department of the Air Force· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Sep 24, 2020 – Jun 1, 2026· FA945320C0031
  4. BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOMATERIALS R&D AND EXPLORATION$29.7M
    Department of the Air Force· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Jun 15, 2022 – May 19, 2026· FA865022F5401
  5. HIGH-PERFORMANCE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM SURVIVABLE MATERIALS ADVANCEMENT (HELMSSMAN) TASK ORDER (TO) 2, ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT OF MATERIALS FOR EMS RESILIENCE$27.4M
    Department of the Air Force· Greene County, OH· Research & development· Sep 10, 2025 – Jun 8, 2026· FA239425FB011
  6. FLASH AND LASER AIRBORNE PROTECTION SYSTEM (FLAPS) TASK ORDER 0005$27.2M
    Department of the Air Force· Greene County, OH· Research & development· Jul 11, 2024 – Mar 4, 2026· FA239424FB009
  7. EO14042 DEVELOPMENT OF COMMAND, ACQUIRE, TRACK, ASSESS, ENGAGE, AND ANALYZE (CATANA) CLOUD FOCUSED ON RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF NEW COMPONENTS AND THE INTEGRATION AND DEPLOYMENT OF NOVEL COMPONENTS FOR THE MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA).$25.6M
    Missile Defense Agency· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Nov 24, 2021 – May 7, 2026· HQ085222C0001
  8. CERAMIC ADVANCED MATERIALS AND PROCESSES (CAMP)$19.4M
    Department of the Air Force· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Sep 29, 2021 – Mar 30, 2026· FA865021F5280

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

BLUEHALO LLC received $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 2 actions (0 new awards), −100% vs FY2025.

Assistance · FY2026
$0
New awards
0
Actions
2
Since FY2025
$231.1K

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 231.1KFY2025
  2. 0FY2026

Largest awards

  1. ADVANCED RESEARCH CONCEPTS HYBRIDIZING BIOLOGY AND ROBOTICS THROUGH INTEGRATION FOR DEPLOYABLE SYSTEMS (HYBRIDS) OPPORTUNITY$231.1K
    12.910 · Research and Technology Development· Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Other financial assistance· Jun 6, 2025 – Mar 5, 2026· HR00112530201

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2025–FY2026.

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: $3.8M (9 subawards)

9 sub-recipients

  1. ASTRA SOLUTIONS LLC$1.4M35%
    CLARKSVILLE, MD · 1 subaward
  2. SGL INTERNATIONAL INC$750K20%
    OCEANSIDE, CA · 1 subaward
  3. SCITEC, INC$455.6K12%
    URBANA, IL · 1 subaward
  4. ACAP, LLC$398.6K10%
    HAYMARKET, VA · 1 subaward
  5. AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC$390.2K10%
    HERNDON, VA · 1 subaward
  6. DICKMAN TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANTS, LLC$252.2K6.6%
    ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 1 subaward
  7. UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY (INC)$100K2.6%
    LOGAN, UT · 1 subaward
  8. GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORP$78K2.0%
    ATLANTA, GA · 1 subaward
  9. SCITEC INNOVATIONS LLC$48.4K1.3%
    PRINCETON, NJ · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $2.5M (1 subaward)
  • Sub-grants: $500K (1 subaward)

2 primes

  1. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC.$2.5M83%
    MCLEAN, VA · 1 subaward
  2. SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS INTERNATIONAL$500K17%
    SAN JOSE, CA · 1 subaward

Its reported sub-contracts equal 5.2% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $142.7M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $37.8M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $8M received
  • FY2024: $2.4M paid out · $47.3M received
  • FY2025: $9M paid out · $44.4M received
  • FY2026: $3.8M paid out · $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 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

196 companies · $121.8M reported

  1. L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INTEGRATED SYSTEMS L.P.$15.1M
    GREENVILLE, TX · 4 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. HAMMER DEFENSE TECHNOLOGIES LLC$5.5M
    GRANT VALKARIA, FL · 4 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. INTELLISENSE SYSTEMS INC$5M
    TORRANCE, CA · 5 subawards · Scientific research and development services

Primes that pay it

42 companies · $416.6M reported

  1. TORCH TECHNOLOGIES INC$156.2M
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 160 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC.$104.1M
    VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 87 subawards · Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers
  3. SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$49.1M
    RESTON, VA · 11 subawards · Scientific research and development 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 33 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. DEFENSE SYSTEMS AND SOLUTIONS$1.6B−48% in FY2026
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 71% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  2. RAYTHEON/LOCKHEED MARTIN JAVELIN JV$2.2B−97% in FY2026
    TUCSON, AZ · 71% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  3. GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.$5.7B+7.1% in FY2026
    POWAY, CA · 83% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingAir Force · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingAir Force · Scientific research and development services+2 more

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.

Lobbying and PAC activity

Organizations in House lobbying disclosures and FEC records whose names an AI judgment matched to this company. Those records carry no identifier shared with contracts, so every match is by name.

Across the company family of AEROVIRONMENT, INC (9 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • AEROVIRONMENT, INC.AI match · 100%
  • BlueHalo CorporationAI match · 96%
Lobbying · 2025
$680K
22 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$2.1M
$2.1M in its own reports
PAC giving · 2026
$117.3K
1 PAC

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$440K
    16 reports
  2. 2024$650K
    23 reports
  3. 2025$680K
    22 reports
  4. 2026$320K
    10 reports

Top issues

  1. Defense63 reports
  2. Budget and appropriations6 reports
  3. Aerospace4 reports
  4. Science and technology1 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES69 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE69 reports
  3. Defense - Dept of (DOD)18 reports
  4. Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)4 reports

Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).

Lobbying firms hired

  1. DLA Piper LLP (US)$1.5M
    15 reports
  2. Venture Government Strategies, LLC (fka Hobart Hallaway & Quayle Ventures, LLC)$340K
    10 reports
  3. Brian Glackin & Associates LLC$310K
    10 reports
  4. THE LIVINGSTON GROUP, L.L.C.$170K
    5 reports
  5. Ervin Graves Strategy Group, LLC$130K
    6 reports
  6. The Dionne Company$90K
    6 reports
  7. Atlantic Strategies Group LLC$40K
    5 reports

Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.

PAC giving to candidates by party, 2026 cycle

  1. Republican$79.3K68%
  2. Democratic$38K32%

PACs sponsored

  • AEROVIRONMENT, INC PAC$228.3K raised this cycle

PACs these organizations sponsor (connected organizations in FEC records). A PAC gives employees' and members' voluntary contributions, not the company's own money.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Sep 30, 2026.

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.