Federal contractor · HERNDON, VA

CHARON TECHNOLOGIES LLC

CHARON TECHNOLOGIES LLC received $403.3K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 6 awards (−70% vs FY2025). Since FY2018: $20.9M. Its largest customer was Federal Bureau of Investigation ($214.6K).

Obligations · FY2026
$403.3K
New awards
6
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Other than small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 44.8KFY2018
  2. 1.6MFY2019
  3. 1.6MFY2020
  4. 6.9MFY2021
  5. 2.2MFY2022
  6. 4.5MFY2023
  7. 2.2MFY2024
  8. 1.4MFY2025
  9. 403.3KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Federal Bureau of Investigation$214.6K53%
    1 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$115.2K29%
    1 awards
  3. U.S. Secret Service$33.3K8.3%
    1 awards
  4. Department of the Army$24K6.0%
    2 awards
  5. U.S. Coast Guard$16.1K4.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$387.2K96%
  2. Equipment maintenance$16.1K4.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Fairfax County, VA$272K67%
  2. Prince William County, VA$115.2K29%
  3. District of Columbia, DC$16.1K4.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $403.3K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $403.3K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · $0
  • 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. Federal Bureau of Investigation$214.6K
    Department of Justice · 1 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$115.2K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards
  3. U.S. Secret Service$33.3K
    Department of Homeland Security · 1 awards
  4. Department of the Army$24K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards
  5. U.S. Coast Guard$16.1K
    Department of Homeland Security · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. SPECTRUM GUARD ANALYZER KITS FOR THE MISSION COMMAND TRAINING PROGRAM.$227.4K
    Department of the Army· Leavenworth County, KS· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 17, 2025 – Mar 9, 2026· W91QF425PA039
  2. MISSION CRYPTOGRAPHIC LOADER$214.6K
    Federal Bureau of Investigation· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Sep 23, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026· 15F06726P0000916
  3. SYSTEMWARE WARRANTY RENEWAL AND SOFTWARE UPDATES.$115.2K
    Department of the Navy· Prince William County, VA· IT & telecom· Dec 22, 2025 – Dec 22, 2025· N6328526PS009
  4. PURCHASE ORDER FOR SPECTRUM GUARD TRAINING AND MAINTENANCE$33.3K
    U.S. Secret Service· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· May 29, 2026 – May 29, 2026· 70US0926P70092798
  5. SEE SUMMARY OF CHANGES$24K
    Department of the Army· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· May 21, 2026 – May 21, 2026· W912PB26PA032
  6. WARRANTY CONTRACTOR (OEM) SUPPORT OF SPECTRUM GUARD PRO EQUIPMENT$16.1K
    U.S. Coast Guard· District of Columbia, DC· Equipment maintenance· Jun 23, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026· 70Z02326P20000003

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: $358.1K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.$358.1K100%
    KANSAS CITY, MO · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $2.7M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $181.9K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $1.2M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $143.1K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $358.1K 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 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

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

6 companies · $4.6M reported

  1. MANTECH TSG-2 JOINT VENTURE$1.5M
    FAIRFAX, VA · 4 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.$1.2M
    ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 3 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$1M
    MCLEAN, VA · 2 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related 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 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 15 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. RUSSELLS TECHNICAL PRODUCTS INC$1.1M−31% in FY2026
    HOLLAND, MI · 21% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  2. ACCELLERON US INC.$937.8K+381% in FY2026
    SOMERSET, NJ · 20% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Communications equipment manufacturingNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  3. CALIFORNIA SURVEYING & DRAFTING SUPPLY, INC.$896.1K−81% in FY2026
    SACRAMENTO, CA · 20% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNavy · Communications equipment manufacturingNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments 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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

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.