Federal contractor · POWAY, CA

GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.

GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. received $1.8B in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 136 awards (+7.1% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $20.6B. Its largest customer was U.S. Customs and Border Protection ($734.3M).

Obligations · FY2026: $1.8B
New awards: 136
Sole-source: 99%
Single offer: 1.1%

UEI: ZH4NVFG3Z526

Other than small business

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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

2.3BFY2017
2.2BFY2018
2.8BFY2019
1.9BFY2020
2BFY2021
1.9BFY2022
1.8BFY2023
2.3BFY2024
1.6BFY2025
1.8BFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection$734.3M42%
2 awards
Department of the Air Force$711.7M40%
65 awards
Department of the Army$277.1M16%
38 awards
Department of the Navy$27.5M1.6%
10 awards
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$7.6M0.4%
1 awards
U.S. Special Operations Command$4.2M0.2%
6 awards
Federal Aviation Administration$1.3M0.1%
1 awards
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$309.6K0.0%
1 awards
Missile Defense Agency$5000.0%
1 awards
Federal Acquisition Service$00.0%
1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

Professional services$1.1B64%
Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$576.6M33%
Research & development$38.1M2.2%
Equipment maintenance$10.1M0.6%
Construction & real property$6M0.3%
Education & social services$311.6K0.0%

Where the work was performed

Integrity signals

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

Low competition100.0%
US 39% · $1.8B
Sole-source awards99%
US 30% · $1.7B
Single-offer competitions1.1%
US 8.7% · $20.1M
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

Department of the Air Force$698.9M
Department of Defense · 8 awards
Department of the Army$277.1M
Department of Defense · 7 awards
Federal Aviation Administration$1.3M
Department of Transportation · 1 awards
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$309.6K
National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1 awards

Largest awards

REQUIREMENT IS FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF PERFORMANCE BASED LOGISTICS SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE MQ-1C GRAY EAGLE UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM.$1.9B
Department of the Army· San Diego County, CA· Equipment maintenance· Apr 19, 2019 – Dec 11, 2025· W58RGZ19C0027
UAS OPERATIONAL AND MAINTENANCE SUPPORT$1B
U.S. Customs and Border Protection· San Diego County, CA· Professional services· Mar 29, 2022 – Sep 25, 2026· 70B02C22C00000016
GRAY EAGLE PERFORMANCE BASED LOGISTICS 2024-2029$805.9M
Department of the Army· San Diego County, CA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Apr 18, 2024 – Jun 2, 2026· W58RGZ24C0031
CY24-25 MQ-9 (REAPER) SUPPORT AND SERVICES.$646.4M
Department of the Air Force· San Diego County, CA· Professional services· Dec 18, 2023 – Apr 29, 2026· FA857724C0001
MQ-9 REAPER CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT AND SERVICES$575.6M
Department of the Air Force· San Diego County, CA· Professional services· Dec 17, 2021 – May 4, 2026· FA857722C0001
MQ-9B PRODUCTION FMS TAIWAN$471.4M
Department of the Air Force· San Diego County, CA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Apr 27, 2023 – May 12, 2026· FA868923C2018
IRIS DELIVERY ORDER (DO) 1 FOR INDIA MQ-9B FMS$468.9M
Department of the Air Force· San Diego County, CA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 8, 2025 – Apr 2, 2026· FA868925FB010
PRODUCTION READY TEST ASSET UNDEFINITIZED CONTRACT ACTION$424M
Department of the Army· San Diego County, CA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Dec 1, 2023 – Jun 10, 2026· W58RGZ24C0021

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.

GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. received $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 0 actions (0 new awards).

Assistance · FY2026: $0
New awards: 0
Actions: 0
Since FY2021: $423.5K

Assistance by fiscal year

423.5KFY2021
0FY2022
0FY2023

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 · FY2021–FY2023.

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: $82.8M (202 subawards)

89 sub-recipients

L3 TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$32.8M40%
SALT LAKE CITY, UT · 11 subawards
TEXTRON SYSTEMS CORPORATION$9.2M11%
HUNT VALLEY, MD · 3 subawards
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.$4.5M5.5%
PHOENIX, AZ · 35 subawards
T & W OPERATIONS INC$3.7M4.5%
HUNTSVILLE, AL · 1 subaward
CURTISS-WRIGHT DS, INC.$3.3M4.0%
ASHBURN, VA · 13 subawards
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC.$2.6M3.1%
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA · 2 subawards
SHIFT5, INC.$2.4M2.9%
ARLINGTON, VA · 1 subaward
DUCOMMUN LABARGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$2.2M2.6%
JOPLIN, MO · 6 subawards
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.$1.9M2.2%
PHOENIX, AZ · 5 subawards
BAY CITY EQUIPMENT INDUSTRIES INC$1.5M1.8%
POWAY, CA · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

Sub-contracts: $36.6K (1 subaward)

1 prime

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$36.6K100%
LEXINGTON, KY · 1 subaward

Its reported sub-contracts equal 4.7% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

FY2021: $299.1M paid out · $81.2M received
FY2022: $148.8M paid out · $16.9M received
FY2023: $152.7M paid out · $19.3M received
FY2024: $214.1M paid out · $2.8M received
FY2025: $169M paid out · $11.4M received
FY2026: $82.8M paid out · $36.6K 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

309 companies · $1.1B reported

L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INTEGRATED SYSTEMS L.P.$327.1M
GREENVILLE, TX · 140 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS OF SANDIA, LLC$134.5M
ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 447 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
BELL TEXTRON INC$84.9M
FORT WORTH, TX · 42 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing

Primes that pay it

16 companies · $131.6M reported

GENERAL ATOMICS$85.6M
SAN DIEGO, CA · 4 subawards · Scientific research and development services
ECS FEDERAL, LLC$16.8M
FAIRFAX, VA · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
SMARTRONIX, LLC$8.7M
HOLLYWOOD, MD · 1 subaward · Architectural, engineering, and related services

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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.

DEFENSE SYSTEMS AND SOLUTIONS$1.6B−48% in FY2026
HUNTSVILLE, AL · 27% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
RAYTHEON/LOCKHEED MARTIN JAVELIN JV$2.2B−97% in FY2026
TUCSON, AZ · 27% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY$8.5B−29% in FY2026
LYNN, MA · 71 entities · 48% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingArmy · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingNavy · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing+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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Lobbying and PAC activity

Organizations in House lobbying disclosures and FEC records whose names an AI judgment matched to this company. Those records carry no identifier shared with contracts, so every match is by name.

Matched organizations

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.AI match · 100%

Lobbying · 2025: $1.1M; 31 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026: $3.6M

Lobbying by year

2023$770K
24 reports
2024$1M
28 reports
2025$1.1M
31 reports
2026$700K
17 reports

Top issues

Budget and appropriations71 reports
Defense71 reports
Foreign relations14 reports

Who was contacted

U.S. SENATE94 reports
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES81 reports
Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)1 reports

Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).

Lobbying firms hired

Thorn Run Partners$880K
14 reports
S-3 Group$720K
14 reports
Liz Williams and Company$600K
15 reports
SB Strategic Consulting, Inc.$420K
14 reports
FifeStrategies, LLC$380K
14 reports
Icebreaker Strategies, LLC$200K
4 reports
Tidal Strategies, LLC$190K
10 reports
The Dionne Company$120K
6 reports

9 firms in all. Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Sep 30, 2026.

Congress: members and bills

Through the organizations matched to this company: members of Congress whose campaigns received contributions from their PACs, and the bills their lobbying reports named. Shown beside the company's contracts as a comparison, not a cause.

Bills named in its lobbying reports

H.R. 4016 · Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 20268 reports
119th Congress · Passed one chamber · 2025–2026
H.R. 8774 · Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 20256 reports
118th Congress · Passed one chamber · 2024–2025
S. 2572 · Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 20266 reports
119th Congress · Reported by committee · 2025–2026
H.R. 8070 · Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20255 reports
118th Congress · Passed one chamber · 2024
H.R. 8752 · Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 20255 reports
118th Congress · Passed one chamber · 2024
S. 4638 · National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20255 reports
118th Congress · Reported by committee · 2024
S. 4921 · Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 20255 reports
118th Congress · Reported by committee · 2024–2025
H.R. 3838 · Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20265 reports
119th Congress · Passed one chamber · 2025
S. 2296 · National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20265 reports
119th Congress · Passed one chamber · 2025
H.R. 4213 · Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 20264 reports
119th Congress · Introduced · 2025–2026

23 of 100 reports (2023–2026) name at least one bill. Bills and resolutions the current reports name in their issue descriptions, by number of reports. A report names what it lobbied on, not which side it took.

Amounts, members and bills are as recorded, shown side by side. They say nothing about why a contribution was made, how a member voted or what a report sought. A bill number written in a report is read as the measure of the Congress its context points to (a law's number, the Congress written next to it, the title), else of the Congress then sitting.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

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.