Federal contractor · DAYTONA BEACH, FL

EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY, INC.

EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY, INC. received $5.6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 5 awards (−32% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $50.3M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($5.6M). It also received $47.7M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$5.6M
New awards
5
Sole-source
78%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Other than small businessNonprofitEducational institution
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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, $5.6M in FY2026 together.

  1. EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY, INC.DAYTONA BEACH, FL · Family page
    $5.6M
  2. EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY INCORPORATEDKAISERSLAUTERN, DEU
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 4MFY2017
  2. 3.7MFY2018
  3. 3.5MFY2019
  4. 5.2MFY2020
  5. 5.4MFY2021
  6. 2.7MFY2022
  7. 5.8MFY2023
  8. 6.3MFY2024
  9. 8.2MFY2025
  10. 5.6MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$5.6M100%
    5 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Education & social services$5.6M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Volusia County, FL$5.6M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition78%
    US 39% · $4.4M
  • Sole-source awards78%
    US 30% · $4.4M
  • 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.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Department of the Navy$4.4M
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. BASE YEAR - AVIATION MAINT.$7.7M
    Department of the Navy· Volusia County, FL· Education & social services· Nov 30, 2022 – May 31, 2026· N0018923FZ088
  2. FALL SEMESTER 2025-2026 NROTC MIDSHIPMEN TUITION AND ALLOWABLE FEES.$2.2M
    Department of the Navy· Volusia County, FL· Education & social services· Sep 29, 2025 – Dec 16, 2025· N3560A25FB257
  3. SPRING 26 NROTC MIDSHIPMEN TUITION AND ALLOWABLE FEES.$2.1M
    Department of the Navy· Volusia County, FL· Education & social services· Feb 20, 2026 – Feb 20, 2026· N3560A26FB111
  4. START UP/ENROLLMENT PERIOD$700.2K
    Department of the Navy· Volusia County, FL· Education & social services· May 14, 2024 – Jan 10, 2026· N0018924FZ378
  5. BASE YEAR$256.5K
    Department of the Navy· Volusia County, FL· Education & social services· Aug 12, 2024 – Jan 11, 2026· N0018924FZ900

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY, INC. received $47.7M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 334 actions (34 new awards), −1.4% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($30.4M).

Assistance · FY2026
$47.7M
New awards
34
Actions
334
Since FY2021
$253.8M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 55.7MFY2021
  2. 22MFY2022
  3. 35.6MFY2023
  4. 44.3MFY2024
  5. 48.4MFY2025
  6. 47.7MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$33.1M69%
  2. Grants$14.7M31%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$30.4M64%
  2. 47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)$2.9M6.2%
  3. 43.001 · Science$2.7M5.6%
  4. 43.002 · Aeronautics$1.9M3.9%
  5. 12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research$1.8M3.8%
  6. 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$1.5M3.2%
  7. 47.050 · Geosciences$1.4M2.9%
  8. 84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants$1.1M2.4%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$33.3M70%
  2. National Science Foundation$6M12%
  3. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$4.8M10%
  4. Department of the Navy$2.3M4.9%
    Department of Defense
  5. Department of Energy$498.6K1.0%
  6. National Institutes of Health$456.9K1.0%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  7. Washington Headquarters Services$317.4K0.7%
    Department of Defense
  8. Department of the Army$46.6K0.1%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. GRANT PROGRAM$31.5M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· May 15, 2024 – Feb 26, 2026· P063P240071
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$31.1M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Jul 16, 2025 – Sep 15, 2026· P063P250071
  3. CYBERCORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOR SERVICE: HIGH-SKILLED WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE AVIATION AND AEROSPACE CYBERSECURITY DOMAINS -AVIATION AND…$3.8M
    47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Jan 20, 2022 – Sep 14, 2026· 2146462
  4. SPORADIC E (ES) LAYERS ARE CHARACTERIZED BY DENSITY ENHANCEMENTS IN THE E-REGION OF THE IONOSPHERE THAT VARY FROM SEVERAL TIMES TO AN ORDER…$3.5M
    43.001 · Science· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Project grant· Mar 10, 2021 – Dec 10, 2025· 80NSSC19K0773
  5. D.4 UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE THE UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE (ULI) IS A PORTFOLIO ITEM IN NASA AERONAUTICS RESEARCH MISSION…$3.4M
    43.002 · Aeronautics· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Cooperative agreement· Jun 30, 2025 – Jul 17, 2026· 80NSSC25M7104
  6. START-UP ACTIVITIES$2.5M
    20.109 · Air Transportation Centers of Excellence· Federal Aviation Administration· Cooperative agreement· Sep 24, 2021 – Jul 1, 2026· 16-C-TTHP-ERAU

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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-grants: $2.8M (11 subawards)

11 sub-recipients

  1. GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORP$617.8K22%
    ATLANTA, GA · 1 subaward
  2. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$583.9K21%
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 1 subaward
  3. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON$507.8K18%
    ARLINGTON, TX · 1 subaward
  4. UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI$342.8K12%
    CORAL GABLES, FL · 1 subaward
  5. ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC.$228.7K8.2%
    CEDAR RAPIDS, IA · 1 subaward
  6. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA$147.4K5.3%
    TAMPA, FL · 1 subaward
  7. TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY$96K3.4%
    BOSTON, MA · 1 subaward
  8. BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY$92.4K3.3%
    BOISE, ID · 1 subaward
  9. SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE$75.9K2.7%
    BOULDER, CO · 1 subaward
  10. CLEMSON UNIVERSITY$62.3K2.2%
    CLEMSON, SC · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $878.9K (2 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $887K (10 subawards)

11 primes

  1. UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION$678.9K38%
    NORTH LOGAN, UT · 1 subaward
  2. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$326.5K18%
    ANN ARBOR, MI · 1 subaward
  3. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC.$200K11%
    MCLEAN, VA · 1 subaward
  4. OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY$118.8K6.7%
    STILLWATER, OK · 1 subaward
  5. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE$95.2K5.4%
    BERKELEY, CA · 1 subaward
  6. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$81.7K4.6%
    BOULDER, CO · 2 subawards
  7. CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$73.8K4.2%
    PASADENA, CA · 1 subaward
  8. STATE OF FLORIDA DIVISION OF EMERGENCY M$72.1K4.1%
    TALLAHASSEE, FL · 1 subaward
  9. VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY$53.9K3.1%
    BLACKSBURG, VA · 1 subaward
  10. UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.$35K2.0%
    ATHENS, GA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $6.7M paid out · $3.5M received
  • FY2022: $1.5M paid out · $2.7M received
  • FY2023: $1.8M paid out · $4M received
  • FY2024: $2.8M paid out · $1.4M received
  • FY2025: $716.9K paid out · $2.1M received
  • FY2026: $2.8M paid out · $1.8M 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

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

Companies it pays

46 companies · $16.4M reported

  1. RHEINISCHE FRIEDRICH-WILHELMS-UNIVERSITAET BONN$1.7M
    BONN, DEU · 4 subawards
  2. BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY$1.6M
    BOISE, ID · 7 subawards
  3. DUKE UNIVERSITY$1.5M
    DURHAM, NC · 3 subawards

Primes that pay it

39 companies · $15.6M reported

  1. INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION INC$2.4M
    NEW YORK, NY · 5 subawards · Educational support services
  2. TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY$1.3M
    BOSTON, MA · 1 subaward
  3. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$1.3M
    BOULDER, CO · 14 subawards

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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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 6 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. ROCKY VISTA UNIVERSITY LLC$8.3M−51% in FY2026
    ENGLEWOOD, CO · 41% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Administration of human resource programsNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  2. MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY$8.5M−30% in FY2026
    GLENDALE, AZ · 2 entities · 40% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  3. UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC$8.5M−29% in FY2026
    STOCKTON, CA · 40% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools

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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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.