Federal contractor · SAN DIEGO, CA

CUBIC SECURE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC

CUBIC SECURE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC received $2.2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 17 awards (−88% vs FY2025). Since FY2018: $144.2M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($1.2M).

Obligations · FY2026
$2.2M
New awards
17
Sole-source
81%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Parent company
CUBIC CORP
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.

Part of the VALIANT GLOBAL DEFENSE SERVICES INC. company family: 17 registered entities, $198.7M in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. VALIANT GLOBAL DEFENSE SERVICES INC.HERNDON, VA · Family page
    $193.2M
  2. CUBIC DEFENSE APPLICATIONS, INC.SAN DIEGO, CA
    $3.3M
  3. CUBIC CORPORATIONSAN DIEGO, CA
    $0
  4. CUBIC DEFENSE APPLICATIONS INC.PECKVILLE, PA
    $0
  5. CUBIC DEFENSE APPLICATIONS, INC.ORLANDO, FL
    $0

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-10-05

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 5KFY2018
  2. 11.7MFY2019
  3. 24.8MFY2020
  4. 32.1MFY2021
  5. 21.8MFY2022
  6. 22.5MFY2023
  7. 10.8MFY2024
  8. 18.4MFY2025
  9. 2.2MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$1.2M54%
    10 awards
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$1M47%
    3 awards
  3. Defense Contract Management Agency-$9,6770.0%
    2 awards
  4. Department of the Air Force-$15.1K0.0%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$2.1M93%
  2. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$91.1K4.0%
  3. Professional services$57.3K2.5%

Where the work was performed

  1. San Diego County, CA$2.2M98%
  2. St. Mary's County, MD$43.1K1.9%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition81%
    US 39% · $1.8M
  • Sole-source awards81%
    US 30% · $1.8M
  • 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 Navy$1.2M
    Department of Defense · 3 awards
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$652.6K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. HALO-ENABLED RESILIENT MESH (HERMES)$17.7M
    Department of the Air Force· Fairfax County, VA· Research & development· Feb 2, 2023 – Jun 3, 2026· FA875023C1501
  2. AERIAL LAYER MESH NETWORKING WITH HALO$17.1M
    Defense Contract Management Agency· San Diego County, CA· Research & development· Sep 26, 2019 – Nov 18, 2025· FA875019C0100
  3. AMPLIFIER,RADIO FRE$998.2K
    Department of the Navy· San Diego County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 30, 2026 – Feb 4, 2026· N0038326CFA07
  4. LANDING AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION TECHNOLOGY FOR ENHANCED RECOVERY TO NAVY SHIPS (LANTERNS)$919K
    Defense Contract Management Agency· San Diego County, CA· Research & development· Sep 24, 2021 – Feb 23, 2026· N0001421C1102
  5. ANTENNA$652.6K
    Defense Logistics Agency· San Diego County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 14, 2025 – Oct 14, 2025· SPRPA126PVA03
  6. 8511826776!ANTENNA$349K
    Defense Logistics Agency· San Diego County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 19, 2025 – Feb 17, 2026· SPE7M126P2704
  7. TRADE STUDY NEEDED FOR A FORM-FIT-FUNCTION (FFF) HARDWARE REPLACEMENT FOR THE CURRENT LARS V12 DUE TO OBSOLESCENCE ISSUES.$344.8K
    Department of the Air Force· San Diego County, CA· Professional services· May 14, 2025 – Mar 16, 2026· FA850925CB001
  8. CDLS ENGINEERING SERVICES$133.2K
    Department of the Navy· San Diego County, CA· Professional services· Sep 30, 2025 – Jan 28, 2026· N0003925F2165

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

  • Sub-contracts: $550.1K (6 subawards)

5 sub-recipients

  1. EXTREME WAVES, INC.$290K53%
    SAN DIEGO, CA · 2 subawards
  2. EMS DEFENSE TECHNOLOGIES INC$105K19%
    NORCROSS, GA · 1 subaward
  3. CAPO PROJECTS GROUP, LLC$61.3K11%
    SAN CLEMENTE, CA · 1 subaward
  4. RICHARDSON RFPD INC$48.6K8.8%
    DOWNERS GROVE, IL · 1 subaward
  5. AVNET INC$45.2K8.2%
    PHOENIX, AZ · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

Its reported sub-contracts equal 25% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $410.4K paid out · $4.8M received
  • FY2022: $3.7M paid out · $6.4M received
  • FY2023: $462.7K paid out · $6.9M received
  • FY2024: $262K paid out · $36.8K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $8.7M received
  • FY2026: $550.1K paid out · $0 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

191 companies · $264M reported

  1. KATMAI NORTH AMERICA, LLC$47.3M
    ANCHORAGE, AK · 1 subaward · Other schools and instruction
  2. DRS NETWORK & IMAGING SYSTEMS LLC$38.2M
    MELBOURNE, FL · 33 subawards · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance
  3. 1 ACORD SERVICES, LLC$18M
    BOX SPRINGS, GA · 1 subaward · Other schools and instruction

Primes that pay it

22 companies · $629.5M reported

  1. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$379M
    FORT WORTH, TX · 550 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$125.5M
    MELBOURNE, FL · 52 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. CSA GLOBAL LLC$27.6M
    VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 2 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related 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 37 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. BURNS & MCDONNELL ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC.$444.1M−65% in FY2026
    KANSAS CITY, MO · 3 entities · 26% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Architectural, engineering, and related servicesNavy · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. HDR ENVIRONMENTAL, OPERATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION, INC.$619M−51% in FY2026
    ENGLEWOOD, CO · 68 entities · 28% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Architectural, engineering, and related servicesNavy · Architectural, engineering, and related servicesAir Force · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. BLACK & VEATCH SPECIAL PROJECTS CORP.$193.6M−74% in FY2026
    OVERLAND PARK, KS · 2 entities · 21% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Architectural, engineering, and related servicesDefense Threat Reduction Agency · Other professional, scientific, and technical servicesAir Force · Architectural, engineering, and related services

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.

Lobbying and PAC activity

Organizations in House lobbying disclosures and FEC records whose names an AI judgment matched to this company. Those records carry no identifier shared with contracts, so every match is by name.

Across the company family of VALIANT GLOBAL DEFENSE SERVICES INC. (17 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • CUBIC CORPORATIONAI match · 100%
  • Cubic Defense Applications, Inc.AI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$1.2M
20 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$3.8M
$3.8M in its own reports
PAC giving · 2026
$99.5K
1 PAC

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$1.1M
    20 reports
  2. 2024$760K
    22 reports
  3. 2025$1.2M
    20 reports
  4. 2026$720K
    10 reports

Top issues

  1. Defense63 reports
  2. Transportation27 reports
  3. Budget and appropriations21 reports
  4. Manufacturing8 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES71 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE61 reports
  3. Defense - Dept of (DOD)15 reports
  4. Transportation - Dept of (DOT)15 reports

Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).

Lobbying firms hired

  1. Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.$900K
    14 reports
  2. COVENANT GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC$740K
    8 reports
  3. A1.9 STRATEGIES LLC$700K
    14 reports
  4. PASSAGE CONSULTING GROUP LLC$700K
    8 reports
  5. C2 Strategies$420K
    14 reports

Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.

PAC giving to candidates by party, 2026 cycle

  1. Republican$72.5K73%
  2. Democratic$27K27%

PACs sponsored

  • CUBIC CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$185.1K raised this cycle

PACs these organizations sponsor (connected organizations in FEC records). A PAC gives employees' and members' voluntary contributions, not the company's own money.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Oct 5, 2026.

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.