Federal contractor · SOUTH WINDSOR, CT

CAPEWELL AERIAL SYSTEMS LLC

CAPEWELL AERIAL SYSTEMS LLC received $2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 9 awards (−29% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $30.9M. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($2.2M).

Obligations · FY2026
$2M
New awards
9
Sole-source
40%
Single offer
49%
UEI
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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.

3 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $2M in FY2026 together.

  1. CAPEWELL AERIAL SYSTEMS LLCSOUTH WINDSOR, CT · Family page
    $2M
  2. AERIAL MACHINE & TOOL CORPARARAT, VA
    $0
  3. AERIAL MACHINE & TOOL CORPORATIONSTUART, VA
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 2.2MFY2017
  2. 5.5MFY2018
  3. 3.6MFY2019
  4. 3.7MFY2020
  5. 2.5MFY2021
  6. 2.3MFY2022
  7. 4.8MFY2023
  8. 1.5MFY2024
  9. 2.8MFY2025
  10. 2MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Logistics Agency$2.2M100%
    8 awards
  2. Department of the Army-$174.9K0.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$1.2M60%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$798K40%

Where the work was performed

  1. Capitol Planning Region, CT$2M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition89%
    US 39% · $1.8M
  • Sole-source awards40%
    US 30% · $798K
  • Single-offer competitions49%
    US 8.7% · $978.8K
  • 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. Defense Logistics Agency$798K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. 8512171193!SAFETY DEVICE,PERSO$798K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Capitol Planning Region, CT· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 10, 2026 – Jun 10, 2026· SPE4A726PC484
  2. 8511756108!BRACKET ASSEMBLY,RE$442.6K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Capitol Planning Region, CT· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Nov 19, 2025 – May 20, 2026· SPE4A726P2502
  3. 8510819041!ROLLER PAD$389K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Capitol Planning Region, CT· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Aug 19, 2024 – Dec 15, 2025· SPE4A724PG042
  4. 8511771528!TIMER DELAY ASSEMBL$370.5K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Capitol Planning Region, CT· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Dec 19, 2025 – Mar 19, 2026· SPE4A726P2943
  5. 8511536221!TIMER DELAY ASSEMBL$297.3K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Capitol Planning Region, CT· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Nov 12, 2025 – Feb 19, 2026· SPE4A726P0091
  6. 8512114710!BRACKET ASSEMBLY,RE$229K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Capitol Planning Region, CT· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· May 20, 2026 – Jun 10, 2026· SPE4A726PB084
  7. TO PURPURE 52EACH CARGO RELEASE$162K
    Department of the Army· Capitol Planning Region, CT· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Mar 6, 2025 – Jan 7, 2026· W912CH25F0140
  8. 8511841264!ROLLER PAD$18.3K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Capitol Planning Region, CT· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jan 6, 2026 – Apr 8, 2026· SPE4A726P4800

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: $85.5K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. BAE SYSTEMS LAND & ARMAMENTS L.P.$85.5K100%
    PHOENIX, AZ · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $823.5K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $800K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $391K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $7M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $255.2K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $85.5K 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

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

6 companies · $9.4M reported

  1. ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC.$6.9M
    VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 7 subawards · Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers
  2. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$1.2M
    FORT WORTH, TX · 6 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  3. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$783.5K
    MELBOURNE, FL · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services

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

  1. ATLAS FLAGS, INC.$4.7M−22% in FY2026
    TUCKER, GA · 48% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Other textile product mills
  2. MARO & ASSOCIATES INC$2.4M
    GWINNER, ND · 38% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Boiler, tank, and shipping container manufacturing
  3. GARRETT CONTAINER SYSTEMS, INC.$4.1M−12% in FY2026
    ACCIDENT, MD · 43% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Boiler, tank, and shipping container manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing

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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 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.