Federal contractor · ROANOKE, VA
BUTLER PARACHUTE SYSTEMS, INC
BUTLER PARACHUTE SYSTEMS, INC received $2.8M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 16 awards (−90% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $74.1M. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($1.8M).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $2.8M
- New awards
- 16
- Sole-source
- 68%
- Single offer
- 32%
- UEI
- E1URFZC1QLL7
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 4MFY2017
- 5.8MFY2018
- 6.7MFY2019
- 4.2MFY2020
- 9.3MFY2021
- 2.7MFY2022
- 534.7KFY2023
- 10.7MFY2024
- 27.4MFY2025
- 2.8MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Defense Logistics Agency$1.8M64%4 awards
- Department of the Air Force$806.4K29%5 awards
- 2 awards
- Department of the Army$96.3K3.4%5 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$2.6M95%
- Other equipment & supplies$98.2K3.5%
- Research & development$55K2.0%
Where the work was performed
- Roanoke city, VA$2.1M74%
- Oklahoma County, OK$588.5K21%
- Bernalillo County, NM$98.2K3.5%
- Pima County, AZ$47.9K1.7%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition100%US 39% · $2.8M
- Sole-source awards68%US 30% · $1.9M
- Single-offer competitions32%US 8.7% · $889.6K
- 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
- Department of Defense · 2 awards
- Department of the Air Force$634.5KDepartment of Defense · 2 awards
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2 awards
- Department of the Army$96.3KDepartment of Defense · 1 awards
Largest awards
- Department of the Army· Roanoke city, VA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Mar 14, 2025 – Jun 6, 2026· W912CH25F0223
- Department of the Army· Roanoke city, VA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Apr 30, 2025 – Mar 27, 2026· W912CH25F0283
- Defense Logistics Agency· Roanoke city, VA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Feb 11, 2026 – Feb 11, 2026· SPE4A726P6421
- Defense Logistics Agency· Roanoke city, VA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Oct 23, 2025 – Oct 23, 2025· SPE4A726P0687
- Department of the Air Force· Oklahoma County, OK· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jun 4, 2026 – Jun 4, 2026· FA812526P0052
- EQUIPMENT$396.7KDepartment of the Army· Roanoke city, VA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 9, 2024 – Dec 2, 2025· W911QY24F0240
- Defense Logistics Agency· Roanoke city, VA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jan 27, 2026 – Jan 27, 2026· SPE4A726P5559
- Department of the Air Force· Roanoke city, VA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 23, 2025 – Apr 10, 2026· FA855325PB001
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: $108.1K (1 subaward)
1 prime
- PERATON INC.$108.1K100%HERNDON, VA · 1 subaward
By fiscal year
- FY2022: $0 paid out · $232.7K received
- FY2023: $0 paid out · $697.2K received
- FY2026: $0 paid out · $108.1K 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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
2 companies · $1M reported
- BELL TEXTRON INC$929.9KFORT WORTH, TX · 2 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
- CHANTILLY, VA · 1 subaward · Architectural, engineering, and related 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 10 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- MILLS MANUFACTURING CORPORATION$59.7M−63% in FY2026ASHEVILLE, NC · 63% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Other textile product millsDefense Logistics Agency · Other textile product millsDefense Logistics Agency · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
- COMPLETE PARACHUTE SOLUTIONS, INC.$45.5M−23% in FY2026DELAND, FL · 49% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Other textile product millsAir Force · Other textile product mills
- VIGIL AMERICA INC$10.8M−24% in FY2026DELAND, FL · 25% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Other textile product mills
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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.
Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.