Federal contractor · HUNTSVILLE, AL

DEFENSE SYSTEMS AND SOLUTIONS

DEFENSE SYSTEMS AND SOLUTIONS received $348.2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 157 awards (−48% vs FY2025). Since FY2018: $3.4B. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($348.2M).

Obligations · FY2026
$348.2M
New awards
157
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Small businessMinority-owned8(a) programNative-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 240KFY2018
  2. 321.9MFY2019
  3. 477.1MFY2020
  4. 322.7MFY2021
  5. 268.5MFY2022
  6. 455.8MFY2023
  7. 546.5MFY2024
  8. 673.1MFY2025
  9. 348.2MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Army$348.2M100%
    157 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$301.3M87%
  2. Equipment maintenance$45.6M13%
  3. Construction & real property$943.6K0.3%
  4. Professional services$350K0.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. Madison County, AL$348.2M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition0.0%
    US 39% · $0
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $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.

Largest awards

  1. THIS EFFORT IS TO PROVIDE PRODUCTION-REPRESENTATIVE HARDWARE KITS AND CORRESPONDING PRODUCTION SUPPORT FOR THE UH-60V PROGRAM.$220.4M
    Department of the Army· Madison County, AL· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Apr 2, 2019 – Feb 9, 2026· W58RGZ19F0163
  2. REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PERSONNEL, MATERIALS, FACILITIES, SERVICES, AND SUPPORT REQUIRED TO DESIGN, MODIFY, VERIFY, AND DOCUMENT SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AND AIRWORTHINESS TO DELIVER UH-60M AIRCRAFT FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.$149.6M
    Department of the Army· Madison County, AL· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Mar 30, 2023 – Mar 10, 2026· W58RGZ23F0140
  3. V-22 MANAGEMENT.$134.1M
    Department of the Army· Madison County, AL· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 20, 2024 – May 21, 2026· W58RGZ24F0429
  4. MV-22 INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SUPPORT.$93.1M
    Department of the Army· Madison County, AL· Equipment maintenance· Dec 23, 2022 – Dec 16, 2025· W58RGZ23F0154
  5. PERSONNEL, MATERIALS, FACILITIES, AND SERVICES REQUIRED TO PROCURE THE MODIFICATION KITS FOR UH-60M AIRCRAFT IN THE UNIQUE GREECE HELLENIC ARMY CONFIGURATION AND SHORT-TERM STORAGE FOR TWELVE (12) AIRCRAFT FOR UP TO SIX (6) MONTHS.$74.2M
    Department of the Army· Madison County, AL· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jul 24, 2025 – Jun 11, 2026· W58RGZ25F0212
  6. BRAZIL UH-60M ACCELERATED AIRCRAFT$48.1M
    Department of the Army· Madison County, AL· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jul 31, 2025 – Jun 3, 2026· W58RGZ25F0233
  7. GAM 67 US$48M
    Department of the Army· Madison County, AL· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 25, 2025 – Dec 4, 2025· W58RGZ25F0413
  8. PERSONNEL, MATERIALS, FACILITIES, AND SERVICES REQUIRED TO PROCURE SELECTED COMPONENTS FOR UH-60M AIRCRAFT IN THE UNIQUE AUSTRIA CONFIGURATION AS DEFINED$44.8M
    Department of the Army· Madison County, AL· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jan 14, 2026 – Jan 14, 2026· W58RGZ26F0135

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: $115M (246 subawards)

146 sub-recipients

  1. AVIATION TRAINING CONSULTING, LLC$14M12%
    ALTUS, OK · 1 subaward
  2. WELDMAC MANUFACTURING COMPANY$8.2M7.1%
    EL CAJON, CA · 6 subawards
  3. THE BOEING COMPANY$7.7M6.7%
    RIDLEY PARK, PA · 3 subawards
  4. DILLON AERO, INC.$6.5M5.6%
    PHOENIX, AZ · 1 subaward
  5. CMS OPERATIONS SP. Z O.O.$6.3M5.5%
    POZNAN, POL · 14 subawards
  6. 9TH DEGREE, LLC$5.4M4.7%
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 1 subaward
  7. SENIOR UK LIMITED$4M3.4%
    MACCLESFIELD, GBR · 2 subawards
  8. ELBITAMERICA, INC.$3.7M3.2%
    FORT WORTH, TX · 1 subaward
  9. ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC.$3.7M3.2%
    VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 2 subawards
  10. SAFRAN ELECTRICAL AND POWER USA, LLC$3.5M3.0%
    DENTON, TX · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

Its reported sub-contracts equal 33% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $117.8M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2022: $67.8M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2023: $155.2M paid out · $796K received
  • FY2024: $137.7M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2025: $119.2M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $115M 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

415 companies · $712.7M reported

  1. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$62.6M
    MELBOURNE, FL · 23 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  2. NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS OF SANDIA, LLC$40.6M
    ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 13 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  3. ADAMS COMMUNICATION & ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY, INC.$34.3M
    LEXINGTON, KY · 13 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing

Primes that pay it

No prime reported paying it.

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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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 2 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. RAYTHEON/LOCKHEED MARTIN JAVELIN JV$2.2B−97% in FY2026
    TUCSON, AZ · 100.0% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  2. AEROVIRONMENT, INC$1.7B−5.9% in FY2026
    SIMI VALLEY, CA · 9 entities · 79% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  3. GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.$5.7B+7.1% in FY2026
    POWAY, CA · 100.0% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing

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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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.