Federal contractor · ASTON, PA

CONTAINER RESEARCH CORP

CONTAINER RESEARCH CORP received $4.7M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 84 awards (−55% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $91.6M. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($4.2M).

Obligations · FY2026
$4.7M
New awards
84
Sole-source
57%
Single offer
12%
UEI
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Parent company
CONTAINER RESEARCH CORP
Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 4.9MFY2017
  2. 3.9MFY2018
  3. 7.4MFY2019
  4. 17MFY2020
  5. 15.9MFY2021
  6. 11.2MFY2022
  7. 13.6MFY2023
  8. 2.6MFY2024
  9. 10.5MFY2025
  10. 4.7MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Logistics Agency$4.2M90%
    59 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$489.6K10%
    25 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$4.7M99%
  2. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$51.9K1.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. Delaware County, PA$4.7M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition69%
    US 39% · $3.2M
  • Sole-source awards57%
    US 30% · $2.7M
  • Single-offer competitions12%
    US 8.8% · $558.3K
  • 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$2.7M
    Department of Defense · 8 awards

Largest awards

  1. SHIPPING AND STORAG$2.8M
    Department of the Navy· Delaware County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 24, 2025 – Oct 23, 2025· N0038325CC311
  2. SHIPPING AND STORAG$1.3M
    Defense Logistics Agency· Delaware County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 13, 2026 – Jan 27, 2026· SPRPA126CVA01
  3. SHIPPING AND STORAG$1.1M
    Defense Logistics Agency· Delaware County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· May 29, 2026 – May 29, 2026· SPRPA126CVA15
  4. SHIPPING AND STORAG$826.9K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Delaware County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· May 29, 2026 – May 29, 2026· SPRPA126CVA17
  5. SHIPPING AND STORAG$744.2K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Delaware County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· May 28, 2026 – May 28, 2026· SPRPA126CVA16
  6. SHIPPING AND STORAG$737K
    Department of the Navy· Delaware County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 15, 2025 – Dec 3, 2025· N0038325CC265
  7. SHIPPING AND STORAG$677.2K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Delaware County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 3, 2025 – Mar 27, 2026· SPRPA125CEG37
  8. SHIPPING AND STORAG$635K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Delaware County, PA· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 13, 2025 – May 19, 2026· SPRPA125CEG31

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: $5M (10 subawards)

5 primes

  1. SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORP$3.9M79%
    STRATFORD, CT · 6 subawards
  2. RAYTHEON COMPANY$645.4K13%
    EL SEGUNDO, CA · 1 subaward
  3. JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC, THE$251.3K5.0%
    LAUREL, MD · 1 subaward
  4. THE BOEING COMPANY$113.5K2.3%
    RIDLEY PARK, PA · 1 subaward
  5. THE BOEING COMPANY$45.4K0.9%
    MESA, AZ · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $2.8M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $1.1M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $4.6M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $6.4M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $993.7K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $5M 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

5 companies · $20.9M reported

  1. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$17.3M
    FORT WORTH, TX · 59 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  2. THE BOEING COMPANY$1.9M
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 16 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  3. RAYTHEON COMPANY$1.3M
    TUCSON, AZ · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services

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

  1. CONTRACT INDUSTRIAL TOOLING INC$13.7M−84% in FY2026
    RICHMOND, IN · 57% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Boiler, tank, and shipping container manufacturingNavy · Boiler, tank, and shipping container manufacturingNavy · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing+2 more
  2. ERIE ENGINEERED PRODUCTS, INC.$14.5M+488% in FY2026
    LANCASTER, NY · 53% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Boiler, tank, and shipping container manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Boiler, tank, and shipping container manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Support activities for air transportation+2 more
  3. AQUA-CHEM, INC.$22.9M+53% in FY2026
    KNOXVILLE, TN · 58% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Boiler, tank, and shipping container manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Boiler, tank, and shipping container manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Hardware manufacturing+2 more

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.

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.