Federal contractor · CARLSBAD, CA

EXPEDITION COMMUNICATIONS, LLC

EXPEDITION COMMUNICATIONS, LLC received $454.6K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 17 awards (−51% vs FY2025). Since FY2018: $5.6M. Its largest customer was U.S. Geological Survey ($258K).

Obligations · FY2026
$454.6K
New awards
17
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
15%
UEI
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Parent company
EXPEDITION COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Small businessVeteran-owned
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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, $454.6K in FY2026 together.

  1. EXPEDITION COMMUNICATIONS, LLCCARLSBAD, CA · Family page
    $454.6K
  2. BURTON ENTERPRISES, L.L.C.CHESAPEAKE, VA
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 123.5KFY2018
  2. 113.7KFY2019
  3. 559.6KFY2020
  4. 481.9KFY2021
  5. 1MFY2022
  6. 752.6KFY2023
  7. 1.2MFY2024
  8. 930.1KFY2025
  9. 454.6KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. U.S. Geological Survey$258K57%
    1 awards
  2. U.S. Coast Guard$132.4K29%
    3 awards
  3. Department of the Navy$28.9K6.3%
    2 awards
  4. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$11.6K2.6%
    1 awards
  5. Defense Health Agency$11.2K2.5%
    1 awards
  6. Department of Veterans Affairs$10.8K2.4%
    8 awards
  7. Department of the Air Force$1,5600.3%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$586.7K93%
  2. Professional services$42K6.7%

Where the work was performed

  1. San Diego County, CA$112.8K25%
  2. Erie County, NY$111.7K25%
  3. Cuyahoga County, OH$91.9K20%
  4. Charleston County, SC$40.6K8.9%
  5. Adams County, CO$27.5K6.1%
  6. Norfolk city, VA$27.4K6.0%
  7. Oklahoma County, OK$15.3K3.4%
  8. Navajo County, AZ$11.6K2.6%
  9. Portsmouth city, VA$11.2K2.5%
  10. Davis County, UT$1,5600.3%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition15%
    US 39% · $68.1K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · -$0.08
  • Single-offer competitions15%
    US 8.8% · $68.1K
  • 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. VAKN SATELLITE DOWNLINK MAINTENANCE$757.4K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· San Diego County, CA· Equipment maintenance· Jul 23, 2020 – Apr 8, 2026· 36C10A20C0004
  2. VSAT SATELLITE SUPPORT SERVICES ANSS AND GSN VS$751.7K
    U.S. Geological Survey· San Diego County, CA· IT & telecom· Sep 10, 2024 – Jul 24, 2026· 140G0224C0015
  3. BUFFALO AND BATAVIA VAMCS TELEVISION SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES$502.5K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Erie County, NY· IT & telecom· Jun 3, 2022 – Sep 25, 2026· 36C24222P0906
  4. CY25 & CY26 D9 CONSOLIDATED SATELLITE TV SERVICES - 01JAN2025-31DEC2026 CY25 - BASE YEAR - 01JAN-31DEC2025 CY26 - OPTION YEAR 1 - 01JAN-31DEC2026$205K
    U.S. Coast Guard· Cuyahoga County, OH· IT & telecom· Jan 1, 2025 – Jun 15, 2026· 70Z03025PCLEV0029
  5. SATELLITE TV CONSOLIDATED CONTRACT FOR NINTH COAST GUARD DISTRICT$183.4K
    U.S. Coast Guard· Cuyahoga County, OH· IT & telecom· May 19, 2023 – Nov 18, 2025· 70Z03023PCLEV0049
  6. FLTHRO NORFOLK PHONE SYSTEM MAINTENANCE CONTRACT$95.7K
    Department of the Navy· Norfolk city, VA· IT & telecom· May 30, 2023 – Jun 3, 2026· N0018923P0377
  7. CABLE TELEVISION SERVICES$91.1K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Adams County, CO· IT & telecom· Oct 1, 2022 – Sep 22, 2026· 36C25923C0010
  8. FY26 SOUTHEAST DISTRICT NORTH CONSOLIDATED INTERNET & CABLE$40.6K
    U.S. Coast Guard· Charleston County, SC· Professional services· Sep 16, 2025 – Aug 4, 2026· 70Z03625FCHAR0011

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

  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $43.1K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $68K 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

2 companies · $111.1K reported

  1. HUNTINGTON INGALLS INCORPORATED$68K
    PASCAGOULA, MS · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
  2. RELIANCE TEST & TECHNOLOGY, LLC$43.1K
    CRESTVIEW, FL · 1 subaward · Architectural, engineering, and related services

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

  1. RETIREMENTHOMETV CORPORATION$2.3M−46% in FY2026
    FORT WAYNE, IN · 17% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · NAICS 5152Veterans Affairs · Satellite telecommunications
  2. AVIDEX INDUSTRIES, L.L.C.$441.3K+18% in FY2026
    REDMOND, WA · 10% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · NAICS 5152Veterans Affairs · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance
  3. CABLEVISION SYSTEMS CORPORATION$708.5K−54% in FY2026
    BETHPAGE, NY · 5 entities · 11% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · NAICS 5152Veterans Affairs · NAICS 5178Army · NAICS 5152+1 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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.