Federal contractor · CALIFORNIA, MD

HERON SYSTEMS, INC.

HERON SYSTEMS, INC. received -$86.3K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards. Since FY2017: $5M. Its largest customer was Defense Contract Management Agency (-$86.3K).

Obligations · FY2026
-$86.3K
New awards
1
Sole-source
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Single offer
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UEI
U812ZMD7CUK3
Parent company
SHIELD AI INC
Small businessWoman-ownedMinority-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.

Part of the SHIELD AI INC company family: 2 registered entities, $46.2M in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. SHIELD AI INCSAN DIEGO, CA · Family page
    $46.2M

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 0FY2017
  2. 2.8MFY2018
  3. 406KFY2019
  4. 900KFY2020
  5. -3.1KFY2021
  6. 999.8KFY2022
  7. -14.7KFY2023
  8. -86.3KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Contract Management Agency-$86.3K0.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

Where the work was performed

Integrity signals

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

Largest awards

  1. IGF::OT::IGF$2M
    Defense Contract Management Agency· St. Mary's County, MD· Research & development· Jun 11, 2018 – Apr 29, 2026· N6833518C0147

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

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $6.9M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $855.3K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $158.3K 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

8 companies · $34.4M reported

  1. ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC.$22.8M
    VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 11 subawards · Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers
  2. SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH LLC$5.9M
    WOBURN, MA · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. KBR SERVICES, LLC$2.1M
    HOUSTON, TX · 7 subawards · Scientific research and development services

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

  1. THOR SOLUTIONS LLC$101.7M+48% in FY2026
    ARLINGTON, VA · 84% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Coast Guard · Architectural, engineering, and related servicesNavy · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. VECTOR CSP LLC$95.5M+67% in FY2026
    ELIZABETH CITY, NC · 49% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Coast Guard · Architectural, engineering, and related servicesNavy · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. APPLEDORE MARINE ENGINEERING, LLC$23M+91% in FY2026
    PORTSMOUTH, NH · 24% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Coast Guard · Architectural, engineering, and related servicesNavy · Architectural, engineering, and related services

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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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.