Federal contractor · GERMANTOWN, MD
HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS LLC
HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS LLC received $781.9K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 16 awards (−21% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $48.6M. Its largest customer was Department of Veterans Affairs ($378.6K). It also received $11.3K in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.
- Obligations · FY2026
- $781.9K
- New awards
- 16
- Sole-source
- 0.9%
- Single offer
- 65%
- UEI
- G1PMX8473K14
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 5.2MFY2017
- 7.8MFY2018
- 9.9MFY2019
- 8.4MFY2020
- 8.6MFY2021
- 2.6MFY2022
- 3.8MFY2023
- 633.2KFY2024
- 992.1KFY2025
- 781.9KFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Department of Veterans Affairs$378.6K48%5 awards
- Department of the Air Force$259.3K33%1 awards
- Department of the Navy$151.1K19%1 awards
- Bureau of Reclamation$8,5801.1%1 awards
- Bureau of Land Management$8010.1%1 awards
- Missile Defense Agency$5000.1%1 awards
- 2 awards
- Federal Emergency Management Agency-$17K0.0%4 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- IT & telecom$473.6K61%
- Research & development$259.8K33%
- Other equipment & supplies$28.6K3.7%
- Equipment maintenance$20K2.6%
Where the work was performed
- Montgomery County, MD$611.8K78%
- District of Columbia, DC$151.1K19%
- 78$121.6K16%
- Jefferson County, KY$20K2.6%
- Sacramento County, CA$8,5801.1%
- San Mateo County, CA$3,1190.4%
- Merced County, CA$2,9510.4%
- Summit County, CO$8010.1%
- Madison County, AL$5000.1%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition66%US 39% · $513.6K
- Sole-source awards0.9%US 30% · $6,872
- Single-offer competitions65%US 8.7% · $506.7K
- Urgency justifications0.0%US 5.1% · -$138.6K
A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.
Largest awards
- Department of Veterans Affairs· Montgomery County, MD· IT & telecom· Feb 4, 2022 – Jan 30, 2026· 36C10B22F0063
- Department of the Air Force· Montgomery County, MD· Research & development· Sep 30, 2025 – Jan 30, 2026· FA945325CX059
- 5MHZ KU-BAND SATELLITE SPACE$453.4KDepartment of the Navy· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Aug 26, 2024 – May 6, 2026· N0018924F0499
- DIGITAL BULLETIN BOARD$433.3KDepartment of Veterans Affairs· Montgomery County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 30, 2021 – Oct 1, 2025· 36C24921F0265
- Federal Emergency Management Agency· Grady County, GA· IT & telecom· Oct 18, 2018 – Jan 15, 2026· 70FA5019F00000001
- SATELLITE SERVICES$77.3KTransportation Security Administration· Montgomery County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 30, 2024 – Dec 10, 2025· 70T05024F5900N010
- Transportation Security Administration· Montgomery County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 28, 2025 – Sep 9, 2026· 70T05025F5900N007
- Department of Veterans Affairs· Jefferson County, KY· Equipment maintenance· Oct 1, 2023 – Oct 1, 2025· 36C24924F0023
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.
HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS LLC received $11.3K in federal assistance in FY2026, on 79 actions (2 new awards). Its largest program was 32.008 · Affordable Connectivity Program ($8,442).
- Assistance · FY2026
- $11.3K
- New awards
- 2
- Actions
- 79
- Since FY2021
- $33.5M
Assistance by fiscal year
- 115.8KFY2021
- 9.9MFY2022
- 15.9MFY2023
- 7.6MFY2024
- -10.1KFY2025
- 11.3KFY2026
By type
- Direct payments$11.3K100%
Top programs
- 32.008 · Affordable Connectivity Program$8,44275%
- 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries$2,88425%
Awarding agencies
- Federal Communications Commission$11.3K100%
Largest awards
- 32.008 · Affordable Connectivity Program· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· May 22, 2024 – Jul 29, 2026· ACOACP143005653863073042024
- 32.008 · Affordable Connectivity Program· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· May 23, 2024 – Jul 29, 2026· ACOACP143005653844110042024
- 32.008 · Affordable Connectivity Program· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· May 22, 2024 – Jul 29, 2026· ACOACP143005653828066042024
- 32.008 · Affordable Connectivity Program· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· May 23, 2024 – Jul 29, 2026· ACOACP143005653827055042024
- 32.008 · Affordable Connectivity Program· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Jun 25, 2024 – Jul 29, 2026· ACOACP143005653863073052024
- 32.008 · Affordable Connectivity Program· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· May 22, 2024 – Jul 29, 2026· ACOACP143005653843101042024
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: $2.3M (5 subawards)
2 primes
- THE BOEING COMPANY$2.2M96%EL SEGUNDO, CA · 4 subawards
- DENVER, CO · 1 subaward
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $0 paid out · $13.1M received
- FY2022: $0 paid out · $8M received
- FY2023: $0 paid out · $6.3M received
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $6.5M received
- FY2025: $0 paid out · $3.4M received
- FY2026: $0 paid out · $2.3M 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
No subawards reported to other companies.
Primes that pay it
6 companies · $39.4M reported
- THE BOEING COMPANY$34.3MSAINT LOUIS, MO · 44 subawards · Communications equipment manufacturing
- POWAY, CA · 9 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
- VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 1 subaward · Other miscellaneous 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 11 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- HERMTAC LLC$4.3M+345% in FY2026DALLAS, TX · 66% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Satellite telecommunicationsAir Force · Scientific research and development services
- GROOVE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS INC$1.2M−12% in FY2026MIDVALE, UT · 26% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Satellite telecommunicationsNavy · Satellite telecommunications
- KAIROS RESEARCH LLC$918.7KDAYTON, OH · 23% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development services
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.
Matched organizations
- HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLCAI match · 100%
- Lobbying · 2023
- $160K
- 4 reports
Lobbying by year
- 2023$160K4 reports
Top issues
- Communications, broadcasting, radio and TV4 reports
Who was contacted
- U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES4 reports
- U.S. SENATE4 reports
Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).
Lobbying firms hired
- Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP$160K4 reports
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 Oct 5, 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.