Federal contractor · DETROIT, MI

GM DEFENSE LLC

GM DEFENSE LLC received $169.8M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 22 awards (−47% vs FY2025). Since FY2020: $807.5M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($137.5M).

Obligations · FY2026
$169.8M
New awards
22
Sole-source
19%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
Y3J5B74JL4J1
Parent company
GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY
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.

Part of the GENERAL MOTORS LLC company family: 11 registered entities, $888.2M in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. GENERAL MOTORS LLCWARREN, MI · Family page
    $652.9M
  2. GENERAL MOTORS LLCDETROIT, MI
    $64.2M
  3. GM DEFENSE LLCCONCORD, NC
    $602.6K
  4. GENERAL MOTORS LLCWARREN, MI
    $479.2K
  5. GENERAL MOTORS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CORPNEW YORK, NY
    $150K

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-10-07

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 8.6MFY2020
  2. 58.6MFY2021
  3. 45.7MFY2022
  4. 68MFY2023
  5. 136MFY2024
  6. 320.7MFY2025
  7. 169.8MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Army$137.5M81%
    15 awards
  2. Department of State$31M18%
    5 awards
  3. Federal Bureau of Investigation$1.1M0.6%
    1 awards
  4. U.S. Secret Service$255.6K0.2%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$162.2M95%
  2. Equipment maintenance$7.4M4.4%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$255.6K0.2%

Where the work was performed

  1. Macomb County, MI$112.3M66%
  2. Wayne County, MI$55.6M33%
  3. Oakland County, MI$1.7M1.0%
  4. District of Columbia, DC$255.6K0.2%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition19%
    US 39% · $32.3M
  • Sole-source awards19%
    US 30% · $32.3M
  • 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 State$31M
    Department of State · 3 awards
  2. Federal Bureau of Investigation$1.1M
    Department of Justice · 1 awards
  3. U.S. Secret Service$255.6K
    Department of Homeland Security · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. THE PURPOSE OF THIS DELIVERY ORDER IS TO PROCURE 691 ISVS AND WINCH KITS AS WELL AS OBLIGATE FUNDING FOR A PORTION OF IPS AND SEPM AS REQUIRED.$105.9M
    Department of the Army· Macomb County, MI· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jun 11, 2026 – Jun 11, 2026· W912CH26F0339
  2. ACQUIRE 829 ISV VEHICLES WITH ABS/ESC KITS AND VEHICLE COVERS$99.9M
    Department of the Army· Macomb County, MI· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 24, 2025 – Apr 30, 2026· W912CH25F0454
  3. GMD OEM LARGE SUV ARMORED$53M
    Department of State· Wayne County, MI· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 27, 2024 – Sep 29, 2026· 19AQMM24F1346
  4. THE PURPOSE OF THIS DELIVERY ORDER IS TO PROCURE 206 INFANTRY SQUAD VEHICLES, ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM/ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL KITS, AND VEHICLE STORAGE COVERS.$32M
    Department of the Army· Wayne County, MI· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 30, 2025 – Apr 20, 2026· W912CH25F0473
  5. GMD OEM LARGE SUV PRODUCTION UNITS$24.6M
    Department of State· Wayne County, MI· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 29, 2023 – Mar 5, 2026· 19AQMM23F3366
  6. THE PURPOSE OF THIS DELIVERY ORDER IS TO PROCURE 121 INFANTRY SQUAD VEHICLES, ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM/ELECTRONIC STABILITY KITS, AND VEHICLE STORAGE COVERS.$18.8M
    Department of the Army· Wayne County, MI· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Mar 4, 2026 – Jun 8, 2026· W912CH26F0123
  7. GMD OEM LARGE SUV ARMORED$17.5M
    Department of State· Wayne County, MI· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 8, 2026 – Sep 24, 2026· 19AQMM26F0999
  8. GMD OEM LARGE SUV ARMORED$13M
    Department of State· Wayne County, MI· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 18, 2026 – Sep 18, 2026· 19AQMM26F1337

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.

GM DEFENSE LLC received $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 2 actions (0 new awards).

Assistance · FY2026
$0
New awards
0
Actions
2
Since FY2021
$0

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 0FY2021
  2. 0FY2022
  3. 0FY2023
  4. 0FY2024
  5. 0FY2026

Largest awards

  1. NRL SEEKING AUTOMOTIVE FUEL CELL SYSTEMS FOR USE IN UNMANNED UNDERSEA APPLICATIONS$265K
    12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research· Defense Contract Management Agency· Cooperative agreement· Jan 6, 2021 – Mar 19, 2026· N00173192C002

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–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: $363.5K (2 subawards)

2 primes

  1. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC.$235.5K65%
    MCLEAN, VA · 1 subaward
  2. OSHKOSH DEFENSE, LLC$128K35%
    OSHKOSH, WI · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $39.8M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $363.5K 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

18 companies · $22.8M reported

  1. SOUTHERN COMPANY SERVICES, INC.$9.2M
    BIRMINGHAM, AL · 1 subaward
  2. PROTON ENERGY SYSTEMS INC$2.6M
    WALLINGFORD, CT · 1 subaward
  3. SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC$2.2M
    SCOTTSDALE, AZ · 1 subaward

Primes that pay it

12 companies · $44.7M reported

  1. OSHKOSH DEFENSE LLC$39.9M
    OSHKOSH, WI · 2 subawards · Other transportation equipment manufacturing
  2. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO$1.2M
    LA JOLLA, CA · 2 subawards
  3. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA$744.4K
    MINNEAPOLIS, MN · 1 subaward

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

  1. FCA US LLC$1.1B+110% in FY2026
    AUBURN HILLS, MI · 2 entities · 60% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Acquisition Service · Motor vehicle manufacturing
  2. FLEET VEHICLE SOURCE INC$1.1B+16% in FY2026
    LAS VEGAS, NV · 60% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Acquisition Service · Motor vehicle manufacturing
  3. FORD MOTOR CO$1.8B+63% in FY2026
    DEARBORN, MI · 60% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Acquisition Service · Motor vehicle 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.

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.

Across the company family of GENERAL MOTORS LLC (11 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • GENERAL MOTORS COMPANYAI match · 100%
  • GM Defense, LLCAI match · 99%
Lobbying · 2025
$19.6M
70 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$61.1M
$61.1M in its own reports
PAC giving · 2026
$684K
1 PAC

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$13M
    67 reports
  2. 2024$13.7M
    64 reports
  3. 2025$19.6M
    70 reports
  4. 2026$14.8M
    36 reports

Top issues

  1. Automotive industry177 reports
  2. Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code87 reports
  3. Trade (domestic and foreign)52 reports
  4. Manufacturing43 reports
  5. Defense42 reports
  6. Environment and Superfund39 reports
  7. Financial institutions, investments and securities32 reports
  8. Computer industry28 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES231 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE216 reports
  3. Commerce - Dept of (DOC)21 reports
  4. Defense - Dept of (DOD)21 reports
  5. Treasury - Dept of21 reports
  6. U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)20 reports
  7. Transportation - Dept of (DOT)19 reports
  8. Executive Office of the President (EOP)18 reports
  9. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)14 reports
  10. Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)14 reports

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

Lobbying firms hired

  1. Fierce Government Relations$880K
    14 reports
  2. The Washington Tax & Public Policy Group$860K
    14 reports
  3. Ervin Graves Strategy Group, LLC$840K
    14 reports
  4. Roberti Global (fka Roberti White, LLC)$720K
    10 reports
  5. ELEVATE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC$700K
    14 reports
  6. RESOLUTION PUBLIC AFFAIRS, LLC$620K
    14 reports
  7. Polaris-Hutton Group, LLC$570K
    14 reports
  8. The Williams Group$542.5K
    14 reports

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

PAC giving to candidates by party, 2026 cycle

  1. Democratic$363K53%
  2. Republican$318.5K47%
  3. Other or none$2,5000.4%

PACs sponsored

  • GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GM PAC)$2.2M raised this cycle

PACs these organizations sponsor (connected organizations in FEC records). A PAC gives employees' and members' voluntary contributions, not the company's own money.

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 Oct 7, 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.