Federal contractor · HIAWATHA, IA

CRYSTAL GROUP, INC

CRYSTAL GROUP, INC received $3.5M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 22 awards (+87% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $26M. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($2.8M).

Obligations · FY2026
$3.5M
New awards
22
Sole-source
90%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Parent company
EMPLOYEE OWNED BRANDS, INC.
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, $3.5M in FY2026 together.

  1. CRYSTAL GROUP, INCHIAWATHA, IA · Family page
    $3.5M
  2. EMPLOYEE OWNED BRANDS, INC.FAIRFIELD, IA
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 2.7MFY2017
  2. 4MFY2018
  3. 3.7MFY2019
  4. 2.4MFY2020
  5. 5.2MFY2021
  6. 839.9KFY2022
  7. 947KFY2023
  8. 845KFY2024
  9. 1.9MFY2025
  10. 3.5MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Air Force$2.8M80%
    3 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$685.5K20%
    19 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$2.8M79%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$373.3K11%
  3. IT & telecom$361.3K10%

Where the work was performed

  1. Linn County, IA$2.4M68%
  2. Johnson County, MO$695.1K20%
  3. San Diego County, CA$415.7K12%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition89%
    US 39% · $3.1M
  • Sole-source awards90%
    US 30% · $3.1M
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · -$25.3K
  • 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. Department of the Air Force$2.8M
    Department of Defense · 3 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$336.5K
    Department of Defense · 5 awards

Largest awards

  1. SUBJECT: DELIVERY ORDER AWARD FOR ACS 4.0 PRODUCTION COMPONENTS FOR DO 3005 DO PRICE: $2,030,505.43 DO OBLIGATIONS: $2,030,505.43 PCO EMAIL: [email removed].MIL$2M
    Department of the Air Force· Linn County, IA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jun 3, 2026 – Jun 3, 2026· FA861626FB007
  2. THIS EFFORT SHALL BE PERFORMED (IAW) (BOA), FA8616-24-G-B002 STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW), SECTION J, ATTACHMENT 1 AND THE DELIVERY ORDER (DO) SPECIFIC SOW, SECTION J, ATTACHMENT I ENTITLED STATEMENT OF WORK FOR ACS PRODUCTION AS SET FORTH HEREIN.$695.1K
    Department of the Air Force· Johnson County, MO· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Oct 30, 2025 – Apr 20, 2026· FA861626FB002
  3. THIS IS FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF THE FOLLOWING MATERIALS: SLVR BACKUP CONTROLLER SERVERS; THESE ITEMS ARE NEEDED AS THE BACKUP CONTROLLER FOR THE VLF SYSTEM. THESE WILL BE USED TO REPLACE CURRENT SERVERS AS PART OF THE MODERNIZATION PROJECT.$415.7K
    Department of the Navy· San Diego County, CA· IT & telecom· Apr 9, 2026 – May 11, 2026· N6600126P6118
  4. PROCUREMENT OF A COMPUTER SERVER ASSEMBLY (AND ASSOCIATED BACKUP HARD DRIVES) DESIGNED AND FABRICATED BY CRYSTAL GROUP (BRAND NAME ONLY) TO SUPPORT SYSTEM PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT.$374.3K
    Department of the Navy· Linn County, IA· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 5, 2026 – Jun 5, 2026· N6660426P0314
  5. PROCESSOR,DIGITAL,A$242.7K
    Department of the Navy· Linn County, IA· IT & telecom· Aug 8, 2025 – May 21, 2026· N0038325FNB07
  6. MEDIA CANISTER,MINI$183.8K
    Department of the Navy· Linn County, IA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Dec 13, 2024 – May 26, 2026· N0038325FNB04
  7. THE PURPOSE OF THIS DELIVERY ORDER BETWEEN AFLCMC/WBZ AND CRYSTAL GROUP, INC. IS IN SUPPORT OF B-2 ADAPTABLE COMMUNICATIONS SUITE (ACS) EFFORT.$76.6K
    Department of the Air Force· Linn County, IA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Nov 19, 2025 – Dec 11, 2025· FA861626FB004
  8. STORAGE SERVER COMP$70.1K
    Department of the Navy· Linn County, IA· IT & telecom· Jan 6, 2023 – May 27, 2026· N0038323FWA01

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: $17.8M (31 subawards)

16 primes

  1. SIERRA NEVADA CORPORATION$13.5M76%
    SPARKS, NV · 4 subawards
  2. SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$1.9M10%
    RESTON, VA · 9 subawards
  3. BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION INC.$534.8K3.0%
    NASHUA, NH · 2 subawards
  4. SALIENT CRGT, INC.$322.3K1.8%
    FAIRFAX, VA · 2 subawards
  5. SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE$220.9K1.2%
    SAN ANTONIO, TX · 1 subaward
  6. GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC.$198.9K1.1%
    PITTSFIELD, MA · 1 subaward
  7. DRS LAUREL TECHNOLOGIES$150.3K0.8%
    JOHNSTOWN, PA · 1 subaward
  8. SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLC$149.6K0.8%
    ENGLEWOOD, CO · 2 subawards
  9. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$143.1K0.8%
    LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, MD · 1 subaward
  10. HII MISSION TECHNOLOGIES CORP$132.5K0.7%
    MC LEAN, VA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $35.6M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $34M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $39.8M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $48M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $73.1M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $17.8M 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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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

32 companies · $248.2M reported

  1. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$81.5M
    FORT WORTH, TX · 107 subawards · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  2. SERCO INC$23M
    HERNDON, VA · 32 subawards · Communications equipment manufacturing
  3. SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLC$20.6M
    SPARKS, NV · 36 subawards · Aerospace product and parts 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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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 9 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. AIRCRAFT TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT, INC.$3.2M
    VAN NUYS, CA · 51% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  2. BET SHEMESH ENGINES LTD$3.5M−43% in FY2026
    BET SHEMESH, ISR · 51% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  3. SEGERS AERO CORP$3.3M−23% in FY2026
    FAIRHOPE, AL · 50% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Aerospace product and parts 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.