Federal contractor · IRVING, TX

CATERPILLAR INC

CATERPILLAR INC received $188.3M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 318 awards (−55% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $2.5B. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($85.8M).

Obligations · FY2026
$188.3M
New awards
318
Sole-source
58%
Single offer
5.3%
UEI
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Parent company
CATERPILLAR 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.

3 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $190.2M in FY2026 together.

  1. CATERPILLAR INCIRVING, TX · Family page
    $188.3M
  2. SOLAR TURBINES INCORPORATEDSAN DIEGO, CA
    $1.9M
  3. CATERPILLAR, INCCHILLICOTHE, IL
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 186.6MFY2017
  2. 296.8MFY2018
  3. 250.9MFY2019
  4. 283.1MFY2020
  5. 145.4MFY2021
  6. 189.7MFY2022
  7. 132.2MFY2023
  8. 377.7MFY2024
  9. 420.7MFY2025
  10. 188.3MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Logistics Agency$85.8M46%
    185 awards
  2. Department of the Army$83.1M44%
    36 awards
  3. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$8.1M4.3%
    49 awards
  4. U.S. Coast Guard$3.1M1.6%
    6 awards
  5. National Park Service$2.1M1.1%
    6 awards
  6. Forest Service$1.5M0.8%
    9 awards
  7. Department of Veterans Affairs$1M0.5%
    4 awards
  8. Federal Acquisition Service$854.8K0.5%
    4 awards
  9. Bureau of Reclamation$771.8K0.4%
    1 awards
  10. Bureau of Land Management$550.2K0.3%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$126.1M67%
  2. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$47M25%
  3. Professional services$8.4M4.5%
  4. Equipment maintenance$6.5M3.5%
  5. Construction & real property$97.1K0.1%
  6. Education & social services$39.9K0.0%
  7. Research & development$5000.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Dallas County, TX$163.4M87%
  2. Bowie County, TX$8.2M4.3%
  3. Abroad$3.4M1.8%
  4. Winnebago County, WI$1.9M1.0%
  5. Socorro County, NM$771.8K0.4%
  6. San Juan County, UT$693.8K0.4%
  7. Garland County, AR$691.9K0.4%
  8. Essex County, NJ$538.4K0.3%
  9. Hudson County, NJ$459.3K0.2%
  10. San Luis Obispo County, CA$422.3K0.2%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition63%
    US 39% · $118.5M
  • Sole-source awards58%
    US 30% · $108.5M
  • Single-offer competitions5.3%
    US 8.8% · $10M
  • Urgency justifications0.2%
    US 5.1% · $461.5K

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 Army$83.1M
    Department of Defense · 25 awards
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$22.8M
    Department of Defense · 4 awards
  3. U.S. Coast Guard$2.5M
    Department of Homeland Security · 2 awards
  4. Department of the Navy$75K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards
  5. Forest Service$43.6K
    Department of Agriculture · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. 8511390294!D9R TRACTOR DOZER$97.2M
    Defense Logistics Agency· Dallas County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· May 21, 2025 – May 15, 2026· SPE8EC25F0653
  2. 8511336920!TRACTOR DOZER$83.5M
    Defense Logistics Agency· Dallas County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 29, 2025 – May 15, 2026· SPE8EC25F0559
  3. 8511039903!WHEEL LOADER$32.6M
    Defense Logistics Agency· Dallas County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 26, 2024 – Jun 8, 2026· SPE8EC25F0183
  4. DELIVERY ORDER W912CH-26-F-0173 IS FOR THE PROCUREMENT 34 TYPE II EH DOZERS, 34 STTE KITS, AND 34 LOTS OF ICLS SERVICES.$25.3M
    Department of the Army· Dallas County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 20, 2026 – Mar 20, 2026· W912CH26F0173
  5. THE PURPOSE OF THIS FIRM FIXED PRICE DELIVERY ORDER IS TO PURCHASE CATERPILLAR SPARE PARTS FOR THE COUNTRY OF ISRAEL. THE TOTAL DELIVERY ORDER AMOUNT IS $23,126,792.92.$23.4M
    Department of the Army· Dallas County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 14, 2025 – Jan 27, 2026· W91CRB26FA009
  6. ITEM: ENGINE, DIESEL NSN: 2815-01-578-3605 QTY: 318$20.8M
    Defense Logistics Agency· Dallas County, TX· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Nov 3, 2025 – May 26, 2026· SPRDL126C0001
  7. DELIVERY ORDER W56HZV-24-F-0236 IS FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF 24 TYPE I EH DOZERS, 8 TYPE II EH DOZERS, 11 STTE KITS, AND 32 LOTS OF ICLS SERVICES.$19M
    Department of the Army· Dallas County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 27, 2024 – Jun 12, 2026· W56HZV24F0236
  8. 8510840154!D9R DOZERS$18.3M
    Defense Contract Management Agency· Dallas County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 22, 2024 – Feb 23, 2026· SPE8EC24F0895

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: $21.1M (122 subawards)

5 primes

  1. OSHKOSH DEFENSE LLC$18.8M89%
    OSHKOSH, WI · 118 subawards
  2. GENERAL DYNAMICS LAND SYSTEMS INC.$1M4.7%
    STERLING HEIGHTS, MI · 1 subaward
  3. PANTEXAS DETERRENCE, LLC$782K3.7%
    LYNCHBURG, VA · 1 subaward
  4. STAMPEDE VENTURES, INC.$369.2K1.7%
    NOME, AK · 1 subaward
  5. FLUOR MARINE PROPULSION, LLC$227.9K1.1%
    GREENVILLE, SC · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $17.2M paid out · $38.1M received
  • FY2022: $8.4M paid out · $30.7M received
  • FY2023: $13.2M paid out · $54.8M received
  • FY2024: $1.7M paid out · $74.9M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $137.4M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $21.1M 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

92 companies · $43.9M reported

  1. O'GARA-HESS & EISENHARDT ARMORING COMPANY LLC$4.1M
    FAIRFIELD, OH · 4 subawards · Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery manufacturing
  2. FOLEY INC$3.5M
    PISCATAWAY, NJ · 7 subawards · Electric power generation, transmission and distribution
  3. NEBRASKA MACHINERY COMPANY, LLC$1.7M
    OMAHA, NE · 4 subawards · Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery manufacturing

Primes that pay it

21 companies · $362.6M reported

  1. OSHKOSH DEFENSE LLC$187.5M
    OSHKOSH, WI · 1,114 subawards · Motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing
  2. DOMESTIC AWARDEES (UNDISCLOSED)$78.4M
    WASHINGTON, DC · 2 subawards · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  3. HUNTINGTON INGALLS INCORPORATED$32.5M
    PASCAGOULA, MS · 5 subawards · Ship and boat building

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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 54 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. AMERICAN MATERIAL HANDLING, INC.$255.2M−38% in FY2026
    WATKINSVILLE, GA · 17% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery manufacturingArmy · Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery manufacturingFederal Acquisition Service · Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery manufacturing+6 more
  2. JCB INC.$247.4M−23% in FY2026
    POOLER, GA · 14% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery manufacturing
  3. TAYLOR DEFENSE PRODUCTS, LLC$158.8M+82% in FY2026
    LOUISVILLE, MS · 13% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery manufacturing

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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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 CATERPILLAR INC (3 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • CATERPILLAR INC.AI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$5.4M
13 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$17.6M
$17.6M in its own reports
PAC giving · 2026
$730.5K
1 PAC

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$4.8M
    13 reports
  2. 2024$4.5M
    12 reports
  3. 2025$5.4M
    13 reports
  4. 2026$2.8M
    8 reports

Top issues

  1. Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code30 reports
  2. Trade (domestic and foreign)19 reports
  3. Copyright, patent and trademark18 reports
  4. Energy and nuclear17 reports
  5. Transportation15 reports
  6. Trucking and shipping12 reports
  7. Education9 reports
  8. Miscellaneous tariff bills9 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES33 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE33 reports
  3. Commerce - Dept of (DOC)14 reports
  4. U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)14 reports
  5. Transportation - Dept of (DOT)6 reports
  6. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)5 reports
  7. State - Dept of (DOS)4 reports
  8. Energy - Dept of3 reports
  9. Treasury - Dept of3 reports
  10. Executive Office of the President (EOP)1 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. The Duberstein Group Inc.$1.4M
    14 reports
  2. The Washington Tax & Public Policy Group$600K
    14 reports
  3. AUSTIN LEGAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS PLLC$90K
    3 reports

Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.

PAC giving to candidates by party, 2026 cycle

  1. Republican$530.5K73%
  2. Democratic$196.5K27%
  3. Other or none$3,5000.5%

PACs sponsored

  • CATERPILLAR INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CATPAC)$1.3M 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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.