Federal contractor · LAWRENCEVILLE, GA

ECI DEFENSE GROUP, INC.

ECI DEFENSE GROUP, INC. received $100.6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1,337 awards (−16% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $499.2M. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($85.3M).

Obligations · FY2026
$100.6M
New awards
1,337
Sole-source
27%
Single offer
46%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 13.2MFY2017
  2. 21.7MFY2018
  3. 22.7MFY2019
  4. 24.1MFY2020
  5. 22.2MFY2021
  6. 31.8MFY2022
  7. 68.5MFY2023
  8. 74.6MFY2024
  9. 119.9MFY2025
  10. 100.6MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Logistics Agency$85.3M85%
    1,276 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$14.9M15%
    55 awards
  3. Department of the Air Force$151.8K0.2%
    2 awards
  4. U.S. Coast Guard$123.5K0.1%
    1 awards
  5. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$69.4K0.1%
    2 awards
  6. U.S. Special Operations Command$13K0.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$57M56%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$43.6M43%
  3. Equipment maintenance$164.8K0.2%
  4. Health & medical$90.6K0.1%

Where the work was performed

  1. Gwinnett County, GA$99.7M99%
  2. Franklin County, OH$435.9K0.4%
  3. Columbiana County, OH$185.2K0.2%
  4. Abroad$124.8K0.1%
  5. King County, WA$123.5K0.1%
  6. Erie County, NY$54K0.1%
  7. San Diego County, CA$13K0.0%
  8. Scott County, IA$10.3K0.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition73%
    US 39% · $73.1M
  • Sole-source awards27%
    US 30% · $27.1M
  • Single-offer competitions46%
    US 8.7% · $46M
  • 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$15M
    Department of Defense · 14 awards
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$11.8M
    Department of Defense · 68 awards
  3. Department of the Air Force$151.8K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards
  4. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$69.4K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. BOTTLE OXYGEN,AIRCR$5.4M
    Department of the Navy· Gwinnett County, GA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Dec 23, 2025 – Mar 12, 2026· N0038326CBA10
  2. PROCURE 137 AERIAL NOZZLE PRESS/COUPLERS (1680015303831LG) IN SUPPORT OF MC/HC130J AIRCRAFT$4.9M
    Defense Logistics Agency· Gwinnett County, GA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· May 13, 2026 – May 13, 2026· SPRWA126C0004
  3. BOTTLE OXYGEN,AIRCR$4.9M
    Department of the Navy· Gwinnett County, GA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Mar 20, 2026 – Apr 6, 2026· N0038326CBA16
  4. 8512001709!PARTS KIT,REGULATOR$2.1M
    Defense Logistics Agency· Gwinnett County, GA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Apr 29, 2026 – Apr 29, 2026· SPE7M426C0010
  5. PUMP UNIT,CENTRIFUG$2M
    Department of the Navy· Gwinnett County, GA· Other equipment & supplies· May 23, 2023 – Feb 19, 2026· N0010423CJA16
  6. PARADROGUE ASSEMBLY$2M
    Defense Logistics Agency· Gwinnett County, GA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Feb 27, 2026 – Apr 1, 2026· SPRPA126CXA04
  7. ACCUMULATOR,PNEUMAT$1.8M
    Department of the Navy· Gwinnett County, GA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Aug 19, 2021 – Jan 12, 2026· N0038321CN040
  8. 8511196866!REGULATOR,OXYGEN,DE$1.7M
    Defense Logistics Agency· Gwinnett County, GA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Feb 28, 2025 – Nov 21, 2025· SPE4A625PG092

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

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $396.5K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $12.9M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $2.2M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $3.6M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $81.3K 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 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

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

6 companies · $19.1M reported

  1. ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC.$17.9M
    VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 16 subawards · Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers
  2. ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION$522.8K
    GROTON, CT · 1 subaward · Ship and boat building
  3. CACI, INC. - FEDERAL$344.7K
    CHANTILLY, VA · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services

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

  1. TRANSAERO, INC.$330.1M−14% in FY2026
    MELVILLE, NY · 67% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Other fabricated metal product manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing+10 more
  2. INTEGRATED PROCUREMENT TECHNOLOGIES$305.2M−25% in FY2026
    VANDALIA, OH · 2 entities · 62% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Other fabricated metal product manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Other general purpose machinery manufacturing+15 more
  3. HYDRO-AIRE AEROSPACE CORP$131M−34% in FY2026
    BURBANK, CA · 2 entities · 42% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Other fabricated metal product manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing+7 more

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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.