Federal contractor · HOLLYWOOD, MD

COHERENT TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC.

COHERENT TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC. received $11.9M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 19 awards (−58% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $210.8M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($11.9M).

Obligations · FY2026
$11.9M
New awards
19
Sole-source
28%
Single offer
13%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 16.6MFY2017
  2. 25.7MFY2018
  3. 23.6MFY2019
  4. 24.2MFY2020
  5. 19.5MFY2021
  6. 18.7MFY2022
  7. 20.5MFY2023
  8. 21.3MFY2024
  9. 28.7MFY2025
  10. 11.9MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$11.9M100.0%
    16 awards
  2. Missile Defense Agency$5000.0%
    1 awards
  3. Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation$00.0%
    1 awards
  4. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$11.6M97%
  2. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$267.4K2.2%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$97.9K0.8%

Where the work was performed

  1. St. Mary's County, MD$7.5M63%
  2. San Diego County, CA$4.4M37%
  3. Madison County, AL$5000.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition42%
    US 39% · $5M
  • Sole-source awards28%
    US 30% · $3.4M
  • Single-offer competitions13%
    US 8.8% · $1.6M
  • 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$3.4M
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. LABOR - WORKING CAPITAL FUND (WCF)$25M
    Department of the Navy· St. Mary's County, MD· Research & development· Nov 30, 2020 – Mar 3, 2026· N0042121F4727
  2. CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR COORDINATED OPERATIONS$13.1M
    Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· St. Mary's County, MD· Research & development· Sep 30, 2024 – Jun 3, 2026· HR001124C0513
  3. IGF::OT::IGF$12.2M
    Department of the Navy· St. Mary's County, MD· Research & development· May 16, 2017 – Apr 14, 2026· N0042117F0522
  4. PROTOTYPING AND TEST AND EVALUATION SERVICES FOR EMERGING POSITIONING, NAVIGATION AND TIMING (PNT) TECHNOLOGIES$8.1M
    Department of the Navy· San Diego County, CA· Research & development· Oct 23, 2024 – May 21, 2026· N6600125F3502
  5. SBIR PHASE III R&D$7.4M
    Department of the Navy· St. Mary's County, MD· Research & development· Sep 22, 2023 – May 5, 2026· N6833523F0034
  6. LABOR (PROC)-PMA- 213$6.2M
    Department of the Navy· St. Mary's County, MD· Equipment maintenance· May 18, 2022 – May 21, 2026· N0042122F0556
  7. MAINTENANCE ITEMS/SPARES FOR CH53K$6.1M
    Department of the Navy· St. Mary's County, MD· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Mar 21, 2024 – Apr 3, 2026· N0042124F0410
  8. SBIR PHASE III RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT$3.6M
    Department of the Navy· St. Mary's County, MD· Research & development· Sep 9, 2024 – May 29, 2026· N6833524F0151

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: $141K (2 subawards)

1 prime

  1. BAE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS & SERVICES INC.$141K100%
    ROCKVILLE, MD · 2 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $18.2M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $6.4M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $5.4M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $9.4M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $3.6M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $141K 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

10 companies · $43.1M reported

  1. BAE SYSTEMS LAND & ARMAMENTS L.P.$25.3M
    YORK, PA · 88 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$8.4M
    RESTON, VA · 12 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. CACI, INC. - FEDERAL$5.8M
    CHANTILLY, VA · 11 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 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 12 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. HODGES TRANSPORTATION, INC.$34.3M−29% in FY2026
    SILVER SPRINGS, NV · 45% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. PROGRAMS MANAGEMENT ANALYTICS & TECHNOLOGIES INC$36.2M−6.9% in FY2026
    NORFOLK, VA · 45% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. MAKAI OCEAN ENGINEERING INC$37M−25% in FY2026
    WAIMANALO, HI · 41% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Architectural, engineering, and related servicesNavy · Scientific research and development servicesDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency · Scientific research and development services+1 more

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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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.