Federal contractor · WALDORF, MD

CARDINAL SCIENTIFIC, INC.

CARDINAL SCIENTIFIC, INC. received $1.2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 7 awards (−30% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $8.3M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($1.1M).

Obligations · FY2026
$1.2M
New awards
7
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
1.2%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 868.7KFY2017
  2. 928.2KFY2018
  3. 600.8KFY2019
  4. 639KFY2020
  5. -8.6KFY2021
  6. 832.2KFY2022
  7. 443.1KFY2023
  8. 1.2MFY2024
  9. 1.6MFY2025
  10. 1.2MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$1.1M99%
    6 awards
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$11.7K1.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$888.8K77%
  2. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$263K23%

Where the work was performed

  1. Charles County, MD$1.2M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition1.2%
    US 39% · $13.4K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions1.2%
    US 8.7% · $13.4K
  • 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.

Largest awards

  1. COMPARTMENT COOLING SETS$850.7K
    Department of the Navy· Charles County, MD· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· May 22, 2025 – Feb 19, 2026· N6833525F0333
  2. MQ-4C COMPARTMENT COOLING EQUIPMENT SET YEAR 2.$802.2K
    Department of the Navy· Charles County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 5, 2026 – Mar 5, 2026· N6833526F1050
  3. UNIT 8, 13, AND 14 METALWORK ASSEMBLY COMPONENTS$261.3K
    Department of the Navy· Charles County, MD· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Mar 19, 2026 – Mar 19, 2026· N6449826P2055
  4. MQ-4 USN COMPARTMENT COOLING EQUIPMENT SET$74.9K
    Department of the Navy· Charles County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· May 20, 2026 – May 20, 2026· N6833526F1140
  5. SHEAR PINS$28.3K
    Department of the Navy· Charles County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 20, 2024 – Dec 10, 2025· N0017424P0020
  6. LESTR 2 DRIVETRAIN HARDWARE$11.7K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Charles County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 19, 2025 – Nov 19, 2025· 80GRC026FA001
  7. GOVT PURCHASE CARD, FEBRUARY 2026$1,693
    Department of the Navy· Charles County, MD· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Feb 1, 2026 – Feb 1, 2026· N6833526LKEFEB04

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: $584.8K (5 subawards)

2 primes

  1. GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.$507.9K87%
    FAIRFAX, VA · 4 subawards
  2. APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.$76.9K13%
    ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $534.6K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $39.9K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $68.8K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $39.4K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $584.8K 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

5 companies · $1.3M reported

  1. ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION$547.3K
    GROTON, CT · 5 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. BAE SYSTEMS LAND & ARMAMENTS L.P.$534.6K
    YORK, PA · 1 subaward · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.$76.9K
    ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 1 subaward · 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 8 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. 901 D LLC$2M−80% in FY2026
    AIRMONT, NY · 38% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Other fabricated metal product manufacturingNavy · Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration equipment manufacturingNavy · Other electrical equipment and component manufacturing+1 more
  2. LINEAR PHOTONICS LLC$2.2M−94% in FY2026
    HAMILTON, NJ · 33% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Other electrical equipment and component manufacturingNavy · Other fabricated metal product manufacturingNavy · Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing+1 more
  3. PJ MACHINE LLC$1.2M−60% in FY2026
    CLIFTON, CO · 28% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Other fabricated metal product manufacturingNavy · Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt 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.