Federal contractor · CHELMSFORD, MA
DATACON, INC.
DATACON, INC. received $247.2K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 6 awards (−92% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $6.9M. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($206K).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $247.2K
- New awards
- 6
- Sole-source
- 0.0%
- Single offer
- 84%
- UEI
- NXGLEN3CK1N6
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 48.9KFY2017
- 570.9KFY2019
- 0FY2020
- 786.2KFY2022
- 1.4MFY2023
- 848.6KFY2024
- 3MFY2025
- 247.2KFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Defense Logistics Agency$206K83%4 awards
- Department of the Navy$41.2K17%2 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Other equipment & supplies$208.3K84%
- IT & telecom$38.9K16%
Where the work was performed
- Middlesex County, MA$247.2K100%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition84%US 39% · $208.3K
- Sole-source awards0.0%US 30% · $0
- Single-offer competitions84%US 8.8% · $208.3K
- 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.
Largest awards
- CONVERTER,FREQUENCY$2.6MDepartment of the Navy· Middlesex County, MA· IT & telecom· Feb 6, 2025 – Oct 15, 2025· N0010425CNA14
- Defense Logistics Agency· Middlesex County, MA· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 8, 2025 – Dec 8, 2025· SPE7M426V1091
- Defense Logistics Agency· Middlesex County, MA· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 8, 2025 – Feb 26, 2026· SPE7M125V6385
- CCAS$75KDepartment of the Navy· Middlesex County, MA· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 12, 2025 – Feb 4, 2026· N0016425PJ008
- Defense Logistics Agency· Middlesex County, MA· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 24, 2026 – Apr 24, 2026· SPE4A626PP212
- Defense Logistics Agency· Middlesex County, MA· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 21, 2026 – Jan 21, 2026· SPE4A626PC997
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: $204.3K (1 subaward)
1 prime
- RAYTHEON COMPANY$204.3K100%MCKINNEY, TX · 1 subaward
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $0 paid out · $151.8M received
- FY2022: $0 paid out · $4.2M received
- FY2023: $0 paid out · $608.9K received
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $913.8K received
- FY2025: $0 paid out · $1.7M received
- FY2026: $0 paid out · $204.3K 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 · $159.4M reported
- LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$152.1MFORT WORTH, TX · 66 subawards · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
- RAYTHEON COMPANY$3.5MTUCSON, AZ · 27 subawards · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
- GROTON, CT · 16 subawards · Ship and boat building
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 8 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- BATTI CORPORATION$3.2M−100% in FY2026HILLSBORO, OR · 66% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturingNavy · Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing
- ANNAPOLIS MICRO SYSTEMS, INC.$2.4M−100% in FY2026ANNAPOLIS, MD · 58% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing
- STERLING DESIGN$2.7M−101% in FY2026CHINO HILLS, CA · 60% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Computer and peripheral equipment 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.