Federal contractor · TAMPA, FL

CAE USA INC.

CAE USA INC. received $135.3M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 31 awards (−35% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $1.3B. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($72.2M).

Obligations · FY2026
$135.3M
New awards
31
Sole-source
35%
Single offer
16%
UEI
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Other than small businessForeign-owned
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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 CAE USA INC. company family: 15 registered entities, $385.4M in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. CAE USA INC.ARLINGTON, TX · Family page
    $128M
  2. CAE USA INC.ARLINGTON, TX
    $79.3M
  3. CAE USA, INC.TAMPA, FL
    $45.3M
  4. ELEVATE HEALTHCARE, INC.SARASOTA, FL
    $163.3K
  5. CAE INCSAINT-LAURENT, CAN
    $6,103

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-09-30

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 33MFY2017
  2. 110.9MFY2018
  3. 82.5MFY2019
  4. 75MFY2020
  5. 86.6MFY2021
  6. 147.6MFY2022
  7. 190MFY2023
  8. 259.4MFY2024
  9. 207.4MFY2025
  10. 135.3MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Air Force$72.2M53%
    14 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$61.8M46%
    13 awards
  3. Department of the Army$1.5M1.1%
    2 awards
  4. Defense Contract Management Agency-$1,0000.0%
    1 awards
  5. U.S. Coast Guard-$110.8K0.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$57.7M43%
  2. Facilities & utilities$57.2M42%
  3. Equipment maintenance$8.3M6.1%
  4. Professional services$6.7M4.9%
  5. Education & social services$5.5M4.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Hillsborough County, FL$124.6M92%
  2. Kern County, CA$5.2M3.8%
  3. Orange County, FL$4.1M3.0%
  4. El Paso County, TX$1.5M1.1%
  5. Abroad$157.5K0.1%
  6. Bernalillo County, NM$129.8K0.1%
  7. Bexar County, TX$36.4K0.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition51%
    US 39% · $68.7M
  • Sole-source awards35%
    US 30% · $47.5M
  • Single-offer competitions16%
    US 8.8% · $21.3M
  • 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$40.5M
    Department of Defense · 3 awards
  2. Department of the Air Force$7M
    Department of Defense · 3 awards

Largest awards

  1. KC-135 TRAINING SYSTEMS$383.9M
    Department of the Air Force· Hillsborough County, FL· Facilities & utilities· Dec 21, 2020 – Jun 12, 2026· FA862121F6253
  2. C-130H AIRCREW TRAINING SYSTEM$333.6M
    Department of the Air Force· Hillsborough County, FL· Equipment maintenance· Aug 28, 2018 – Jun 5, 2026· FA862118F6260
  3. MH-60 TECHNOLOGY REFRESH AND PROCUREMENT OF SIMULATORS$167.8M
    Department of the Navy· Hillsborough County, FL· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 23, 2016 – Mar 4, 2026· 0007
  4. MH-60R AUSTRALIA TOFT S/N 1 AND 2$69.8M
    Department of the Navy· Hillsborough County, FL· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 25, 2018 – Feb 23, 2026· 0002
  5. MH-60R ROKN TOFT$40M
    Department of the Navy· Hillsborough County, FL· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 2, 2023 – Apr 23, 2026· N6134023C0017
  6. SERVICES - BASE YEAR$39.6M
    Department of the Army· Dale County, AL· Education & social services· Aug 29, 2024 – Jan 13, 2026· W9124G24C0007
  7. KIRTLAND, DAVIS-MONTHAN, JOINT BASE ANDREWS, AND MOODY (KDAM) AIRCREW TRAINING AND REHEARSAL SUPPORT (ATARS) COURSEWARE AND INSTRUCTION (C AND I) BRIDGE CONTRACT$26.9M
    Department of the Air Force· Bernalillo County, NM· Education & social services· Mar 28, 2024 – Jan 13, 2026· FA862124CB007
  8. SC24 UPGRADE TO TOFT TRAINING DEVICES.$22.7M
    Department of the Navy· Hillsborough County, FL· Other equipment & supplies· May 18, 2026 – May 18, 2026· N6134026F0032

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: $6.3M (12 subawards)

10 sub-recipients

  1. J. F. TAYLOR, INC.$2.3M37%
    LEXINGTON PARK, MD · 2 subawards
  2. STRATEGIC PLANNING CENTER$2M31%
    SHARQ, KWT · 1 subaward
  3. ADVANCED ACOUSTIC CONCEPTS, LLC$1.5M23%
    GREAT RIVER, NY · 1 subaward
  4. DEDICATED COMPUTING LLC$141.5K2.2%
    WAUKESHA, WI · 2 subawards
  5. ROCKWELL COLLINS SIMULATION & TRAINING SOLUTIONS, LLC$113K1.8%
    STERLING, VA · 1 subaward
  6. ACME WORLDWIDE ENTERPRISES, INC$105.7K1.7%
    ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 1 subaward
  7. TREALITY SVS LLC$82.6K1.3%
    XENIA, OH · 1 subaward
  8. SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORP$54.2K0.9%
    STRATFORD, CT · 1 subaward
  9. INSIGHT PUBLIC SECTOR, INC.$44K0.7%
    CHANDLER, AZ · 1 subaward
  10. ANACAPA MICRO PRODUCTS, INC.$3,1610.1%
    OXNARD, CA · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $807.4K (3 subawards)

1 prime

  1. BOEING COMPANY, THE$807.4K100%
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 3 subawards

Its reported sub-contracts equal 4.7% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $32.6M paid out · $516.4M received
  • FY2022: $18.5M paid out · $40.6M received
  • FY2023: $21.6M paid out · $92M received
  • FY2024: $35.3M paid out · $60.2M received
  • FY2025: $35.6M paid out · $115.9M received
  • FY2026: $6.3M paid out · $807.4K 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

187 companies · $339.3M reported

  1. DELAWARE RESOURCE GROUP OF OKLAHOMA LLC$51M
    OKLAHOMA CITY, OK · 20 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  2. J.F. TAYLOR, INC.$33.6M
    LEXINGTON PARK, MD · 19 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. CYMSTAR LLC$23.6M
    BROKEN ARROW, OK · 10 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing

Primes that pay it

27 companies · $1.2B reported

  1. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$771.4M
    FORT WORTH, TX · 275 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  2. ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION$103.9M
    GROTON, CT · 4 subawards · Other support services
  3. THE BOEING COMPANY$102M
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 78 subawards · Commercial and service industry machinery 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 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 47 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. FLIGHTSAFETY DEFENSE CORPORATION$794.5M+742% in FY2026
    CENTENNIAL, CO · 47% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingNavy · Technical and trade schoolsAir Force · Technical and trade schools
  2. KONGSBERG DEFENCE & AEROSPACE AS$2B+11% in FY2026
    KONGSBERG, NOR · 44% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  3. ROLLS-ROYCE CORPORATION$3.5B−27% in FY2026
    INDIANAPOLIS, IN · 29 entities · 58% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Architectural, engineering, 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 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 CAE USA INC. (15 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • CAE (US) INC.AI match · 100%
  • CAE USA INC.AI match · 100%
  • CAE Inc.AI match · 90%
Lobbying · 2025
$240K
5 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$1M
$730K in its own reports
PAC giving · 2024
$41.5K
1 PAC

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$400K
    12 reports
  2. 2024$240K
    9 reports
  3. 2025$240K
    5 reports
  4. 2026$160K
    4 reports

Top issues

  1. Defense25 reports
  2. Aviation, aircraft and airlines20 reports
  3. Budget and appropriations15 reports
  4. Homeland security14 reports
  5. Aerospace12 reports
  6. Transportation10 reports
  7. Health issues8 reports
  8. Trade (domestic and foreign)5 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES26 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE26 reports
  3. Defense - Dept of (DOD)11 reports
  4. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)10 reports
  5. Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)9 reports
  6. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)8 reports
  7. Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)8 reports
  8. Transportation - Dept of (DOT)7 reports
  9. State - Dept of (DOS)5 reports
  10. U.S. Customs & Border Protection5 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. ALPINE GROUP PARTNERS, LLC.$700K
    14 reports
  2. HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP$80K
    2 reports
  3. The Duberstein Group Inc.$60K
    5 reports

Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.

PAC giving to candidates by party, 2024 cycle

  1. Republican$23.5K57%
  2. Democratic$18K43%

PACs sponsored

  • CAE (US) INC. PAC$13K 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.