Federal contractor · SIMSBURY, CT

ENSIGN-BICKFORD AEROSPACE & DEFENSE COMPANY

ENSIGN-BICKFORD AEROSPACE & DEFENSE COMPANY received $3.3M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 26 awards (−89% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $312.5M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($1.5M).

Obligations · FY2026
$3.3M
New awards
26
Sole-source
53%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Parent company
ENSIGN-BICKFORD INDUSTRIES, INC.
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.

2 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $3.4M in FY2026 together.

  1. ENSIGN-BICKFORD AEROSPACE & DEFENSE COMPANYSIMSBURY, CT · Family page
    $3.3M
  2. ENVIROLOGIX INC.PORTLAND, ME
    $74.7K

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 47.9MFY2017
  2. 16.5MFY2018
  3. 50.6MFY2019
  4. 22.8MFY2020
  5. 45.3MFY2021
  6. 14.4MFY2022
  7. 49.7MFY2023
  8. 32.5MFY2024
  9. 29.6MFY2025
  10. 3.3MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Army$1.5M47%
    8 awards
  2. Department of the Air Force$996K30%
    4 awards
  3. Department of the Navy$733.3K22%
    11 awards
  4. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acquisition and Property Management Division$15.5K0.5%
    1 awards
  5. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$00.0%
    1 awards
  6. Defense Contract Management Agency-$5000.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$1.6M48%
  2. Professional services$995.5K30%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$698.3K21%

Where the work was performed

  1. Muhlenberg County, KY$1.5M47%
  2. Chittenden County, VT$996K30%
  3. Capitol Planning Region, CT$743.7K23%
  4. Charles County, MD$4,5810.1%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition53%
    US 39% · $1.7M
  • Sole-source awards53%
    US 30% · $1.7M
  • 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$733.3K
    Department of Defense · 2 awards
  2. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acquisition and Property Management Division$15.5K
    Department of Justice · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. ANTI-PERSONNEL OBSTACLE BREACHING SYSTEM (APOBS) MK7 MOD 2, NSN 1375-01-508-4975, DODIC MN79.$15.3M
    Department of the Army· Muhlenberg County, KY· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Aug 10, 2023 – May 8, 2026· W519TC23F0406
  2. ARM/DISARM SWITCH REPLACEMENT PROGRAM (ADSR)$10.6M
    Department of the Air Force· Chittenden County, VT· Professional services· Jun 11, 2020 – Jun 8, 2026· FA821420F0003
  3. DELIVERY ORDER 6 FOR M19, M21, AND M23S.$7.8M
    Department of the Army· Capitol Planning Region, CT· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jul 30, 2024 – Jan 28, 2026· W15QKN24F0309
  4. DO4 FOR DET CORDS.$5.8M
    Department of the Army· Muhlenberg County, KY· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Aug 21, 2025 – Jan 7, 2026· W519TC25F0283
  5. M456 DET. CORD TYPE 1, CLASS E$5.2M
    Department of the Army· Muhlenberg County, KY· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Aug 22, 2024 – Jan 7, 2026· W519TC24F0378
  6. CHARGE, DEMOLITION - PRODUCTION$3M
    Department of the Navy· Capitol Planning Region, CT· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Mar 8, 2024 – Nov 17, 2025· N0016424FJ049
  7. FAMILY OF SHEET EXPLOSIVES SECOND DELIVERY ORDER FOR THE M980, M981 AND M984.$2.8M
    Department of the Army· Muhlenberg County, KY· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Apr 29, 2024 – Nov 20, 2025· W519TC24F0082
  8. MK 34 MOD 0 PYROTECHNIC LEAD$2.2M
    Department of the Navy· Capitol Planning Region, CT· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 26, 2025 – Mar 23, 2026· N0016425PJ674

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.

ENSIGN-BICKFORD AEROSPACE & DEFENSE COMPANY received $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 1 actions (0 new awards).

Assistance · FY2026
$0
New awards
0
Actions
1
Since FY2024
$11.7M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 11.7MFY2024
  2. 0FY2025
  3. 0FY2026

Largest awards

  1. DPA TITLE III PROGRAM, PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY PRODUCTION & TEST FOR HYPERSONIC MISSILES$11.7M
    12.777 · Defense Production Act Title Iii (Dpa Title III)· Department of the Air Force· Cooperative agreement· Feb 26, 2024 – Jul 22, 2026· FA86502425502

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2024–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

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $64.7M (34 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $47K (1 subaward)

10 primes

  1. RAYTHEON COMPANY$29.7M46%
    TUCSON, AZ · 6 subawards
  2. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$24.4M38%
    CHANDLER, AZ · 10 subawards
  3. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$3.8M5.9%
    REDONDO BEACH, CA · 1 subaward
  4. BOEING COMPANY, THE$3M4.7%
    LAYTON, UT · 6 subawards
  5. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$2.6M4.0%
    CORINNE, UT · 1 subaward
  6. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$566.6K0.9%
    ROY, UT · 2 subawards
  7. THE BOEING COMPANY$287.8K0.4%
    HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA · 1 subaward
  8. RAYTHEON COMPANY$149.5K0.2%
    EL SEGUNDO, CA · 2 subawards
  9. SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE$146.7K0.2%
    SAN ANTONIO, TX · 2 subawards
  10. JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC, THE$44.4K0.1%
    LAUREL, MD · 4 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $195.7M received
  • FY2022: $1.8M paid out · $44.7M received
  • FY2023: $6.7M paid out · $125M received
  • FY2024: $349.2K paid out · $112.5M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $60.1M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $64.7M 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

22 companies · $8.8M reported

  1. DYNO NOBEL, INC$4.7M
    SALT LAKE CITY, UT · 6 subawards · Other chemical product and preparation manufacturing
  2. FLICK LUMBER CO., INC.$992.8K
    GALION, OH · 4 subawards · Other chemical product and preparation manufacturing
  3. ALTA MAX LLC$511.4K
    NEW ORLEANS, LA · 5 subawards · Other chemical product and preparation manufacturing

Primes that pay it

19 companies · $602.8M reported

  1. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$304.3M
    FORT WORTH, TX · 343 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. RAYTHEON COMPANY$127.7M
    TUCSON, AZ · 67 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  3. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$83.9M
    MELBOURNE, FL · 88 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing

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

  1. GOEX INDUSTRIES LLC$25.7M−2% in FY2026
    MINDEN, LA · 39% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Other chemical product and preparation manufacturing
  2. HIGH NOON UNLIMITED INC$83.5M−92% in FY2026
    HOLIDAY, FL · 58% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Other chemical product and preparation manufacturing
  3. IMI SYSTEMS LTD$28.5M−5% in FY2026
    RAMAT HASHARON, ISR · 31% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Other chemical product and preparation 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 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.