Federal contractor · DALLAS, TX

CONTINENTAL ELECTRONICS CORP

CONTINENTAL ELECTRONICS CORP received $56.8M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 9 awards (−16% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $294.6M. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($56.8M).

Obligations · FY2026
$56.8M
New awards
9
Sole-source
100.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Parent company
LONE STAR INVESTMENT ADVISORS LLC
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.

2 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $56.9M in FY2026 together.

  1. CONTINENTAL ELECTRONICS CORPDALLAS, TX · Family page
    $56.8M
  2. TRINITY FORGE, INC.MANSFIELD, TX
    $103.3K

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 5.6MFY2017
  2. 5.8MFY2018
  3. 12.5MFY2019
  4. 4MFY2020
  5. 14.8MFY2021
  6. 7.8MFY2022
  7. 97.4MFY2023
  8. 22.5MFY2024
  9. 67.3MFY2025
  10. 56.8MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Air Force$56.8M100.0%
    4 awards
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$13.9K0.0%
    1 awards
  3. Missile Defense Agency$5000.0%
    1 awards
  4. Defense Contract Management Agency$00.0%
    3 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$56.8M100.0%
  2. Research & development$5000.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Dallas County, TX$56.8M100.0%
  2. Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT$13.9K0.0%
  3. Madison County, AL$5000.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100.0%
    US 39% · $56.8M
  • Sole-source awards100.0%
    US 30% · $56.8M
  • 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. Department of the Air Force$56.8M
    Department of Defense · 1 awards
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$13.9K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. SPARES, IN-PLANT ENGINEERING, KITS, TECHNICAL SERVICES, SUPPORT EQUIPMENT, TECHNICAL DATA AND REPORTS SUPPORTING THE PROJECT 481 (P-481) SYSTEM JEON (EC-0015)$147.8M
    Department of the Air Force· Dallas County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 17, 2022 – May 18, 2026· FA855523F0001
  2. HLD-OTHR TRANSMIT SUBSYSTEM UNDEFINITIZED CONTRACT ACTION (UCA) LETTER CONTRACT$46.3M
    Department of the Air Force· Dallas County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 1, 2026 – May 22, 2026· FA220426CB006
  3. THE SCOPE OF THIS EFFORT IS TO PROCURE AND DELIVER FULLY QUALIFIED CTX400 AMPLIFIER CABINETS (PART NUMBER: 219069-1) IN SUPPORT OF THE SUSTAINMENT OF THE CURRENT HIGH FREQUENCY SYSTEM (HFS) ANALOG TRANSMIT SUBSYSTEM.$42.1M
    Department of the Air Force· Dallas County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 17, 2025 – Dec 10, 2025· FA850725FB001
  4. PROJECT 481 (P-481) SUPPORT AND SERVICES$5.2M
    Department of the Air Force· Dallas County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 22, 2025 – May 11, 2026· FA850725F0001
  5. SPARES, IN-PLANT ENGINEERING, KITS, TECHNICAL SERVICES, SUPPORT EQUIPMENT, TECHNICAL DATA AND REPORTS SUPPORTING THE PROJECT 481 (P-481) SYSTEM$4.3M
    Defense Contract Management Agency· Dallas County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 21, 2022 – Jan 22, 2026· FA855522F0010
  6. ENGINEERING SUPPORT FOR FULL CAPACITY OF PROJECT 481$4.1M
    Defense Contract Management Agency· Dallas County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 11, 2023 – Jan 22, 2026· FA855523F0005
  7. ENGINEERING SUPPORT FOR FULL CAPACITY OF PROJECT 481$3.4M
    Defense Contract Management Agency· Dallas County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 22, 2024 – Jan 22, 2026· FA855524F0009
  8. 8511937221!BEARING,BALL,ANNULAR$13.9K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 5, 2026 – Mar 5, 2026· SPE4A626PG494

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: $197.4K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. SALIENT CRGT, INC.$197.4K100%
    FAIRFAX, VA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $37.1M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $10.7M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $5.9M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $3.3M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $30.8M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $197.4K 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 · $114M reported

  1. SALIENT CRGT, INC.$39.2M
    FAIRFAX, VA · 9 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. W R SYSTEMS LTD.$37.1M
    FAIRFAX, VA · 2 subawards · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  3. ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION$18.1M
    GROTON, CT · 10 subawards · Other fabricated metal product manufacturing

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

  1. R4 INTEGRATION INC$68.2M
    FORT WALTON BEACH, FL · 46% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Communications equipment manufacturing
  2. EWING ELECTRONICS, INC.$63.6M−91% in FY2026
    AUBREY, TX · 37% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Communications equipment manufacturing
  3. TERADYNE, INC.$108.2M−38% in FY2026
    NORTH READING, MA · 4 entities · 32% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments 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 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.