Federal contractor · HERNDON, VA

IRON BOW TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

IRON BOW TECHNOLOGIES, LLC received $345.2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 413 awards (−27% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $5.1B. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($170.7M). It also received $2.1M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$345.2M
New awards
413
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
1.3%
UEI
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Other than small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 521.1MFY2017
  2. 613.6MFY2018
  3. 456.4MFY2019
  4. 472.9MFY2020
  5. 513.1MFY2021
  6. 580.5MFY2022
  7. 654.6MFY2023
  8. 507.4MFY2024
  9. 470.9MFY2025
  10. 345.2MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Air Force$170.7M49%
    11 awards
  2. Federal Aviation Administration$56.8M16%
    297 awards
  3. Defense Information Systems Agency$54M16%
    21 awards
  4. Department of Veterans Affairs$48.9M14%
    7 awards
  5. Department of the Army$13M3.8%
    46 awards
  6. Federal Bureau of Investigation$1.5M0.4%
    3 awards
  7. Smithsonian Institution$600.7K0.2%
    2 awards
  8. Defense Health Agency$523.9K0.2%
    2 awards
  9. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission$435.7K0.1%
    1 awards
  10. U.S. Agency for Global Media$197.2K0.1%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$343.4M99%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$964.9K0.3%
  3. Professional services$452.7K0.1%
  4. Health & medical$286.7K0.1%
  5. Construction & real property$140K0.0%
  6. Equipment maintenance$20.5K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Fairfax County, VA$250.5M73%
  2. Oklahoma County, OK$19.4M5.6%
  3. Madison County, AL$18.2M5.3%
  4. Atlantic County, NJ$16.3M4.7%
  5. District of Columbia, DC$8.4M2.4%
  6. Anne Arundel County, MD$6.6M1.9%
  7. Jackson County, MO$5.9M1.7%
  8. Canadian County, OK$3.5M1.0%
  9. Harford County, MD$3.4M1.0%
  10. Davis County, UT$3.2M0.9%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition1.4%
    US 39% · $4.7M
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $131.8K
  • Single-offer competitions1.3%
    US 8.7% · $4.5M
  • 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 the Army$111.3K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. EA BUNDLE$328.6M
    Defense Information Systems Agency· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Jul 1, 2021 – Nov 18, 2025· HC108421F0168
  2. CISCO GEMSS$293.2M
    Defense Information Systems Agency· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Jul 7, 2022 – Mar 18, 2026· HC108422F0162
  3. THEATER DEPLOYABLE COMMUNICATIONS- AGILE COMMUNICATIONS PACKAGE$188.4M
    Department of the Air Force· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Dec 20, 2022 – May 27, 2026· FA872623F0005
  4. CISCO ENTERPRISE INFRASTRUCTURE & ADVANCED ENGINEERING SUPPORT AGREEMENT$154.6M
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Oct 1, 2024 – Sep 25, 2026· 36C10B25C0002
  5. CISCO NEXTGEN ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT (EA) BUNDLE COMPRISED OF SMART NET TOTAL CARE (SNTC), DNA ADVANTAGE, LEGACY SOFTWARE SUPPORT SERVICE (SWSS), AND ADVANCE SERVICES TO SUPPORT DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE USERS.$100M
    Department of the Air Force· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Apr 23, 2026 – Apr 23, 2026· FA700026C0005
  6. CISCO GEMSS$35.6M
    Defense Information Systems Agency· Madison County, AL· IT & telecom· Apr 22, 2025 – Apr 30, 2026· HC108425F0249
  7. THEATER DEPLOYABLE COMMUNICATIONS COLORLESS CORE VOICE TOTAL VALUE OF DELIVERY ORDER: $14,840,592.00$14.8M
    Department of the Air Force· Dallas County, TX· IT & telecom· Sep 23, 2024 – Feb 9, 2026· FA872624FB104
  8. NETAPP HW SW SUPPORT-ASSORTED SERIALS AND INSTALLATION$11.8M
    Department of the Army· Cochise County, AZ· IT & telecom· May 3, 2023 – Jun 12, 2026· W91RUS23F0118

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.

IRON BOW TECHNOLOGIES, LLC received $2.1M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 40 actions (36 new awards), +248% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries ($2.2M).

Assistance · FY2026
$2.1M
New awards
36
Actions
40
Since FY2022
$4.7M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 579.7KFY2022
  2. 101.3KFY2023
  3. 1.3MFY2024
  4. 600KFY2025
  5. 2.1MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$2.1M100%

Top programs

  1. 32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries$2.2M100%
  2. 32.007 · Connected Care Pilot Program-$101.3K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Communications Commission$2.1M100%

Largest awards

  1. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$1.1M
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· May 31, 2026 – May 31, 2026· SL-2699049640
  2. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$182.7K
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Jun 30, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026· SL-2699044641
  3. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$92.7K
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· May 31, 2026 – May 31, 2026· SL-2699021776
  4. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$77.9K
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Jul 31, 2026 – Jul 31, 2026· SL-2699041549
  5. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$76.7K
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Jul 31, 2026 – Jul 31, 2026· SL-2699040816
  6. THE SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM KEEPS STUDENTS AND LIBRARY PATRONS CONNECTED TO BROADBAND SERVICES.$76.3K
    32.004 · Universal Service Fund - Schools and Libraries· Federal Communications Commission· Direct payment for specified use· Jul 31, 2026 – Jul 31, 2026· SL-2699035479

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 · FY2022–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: $35.9M (60 subawards)

18 primes

  1. SALIENT CRGT, INC.$10.7M30%
    FAIRFAX, VA · 3 subawards
  2. INNOVATIVE MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS, INC.$6.6M18%
    BLAIRSVILLE, GA · 9 subawards
  3. HII MISSION TECHNOLOGIES CORP$4.6M13%
    MC LEAN, VA · 4 subawards
  4. SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$3.4M9.6%
    RESTON, VA · 4 subawards
  5. PERATON INC.$1.8M5.1%
    HERNDON, VA · 5 subawards
  6. GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.$1.6M4.4%
    FAIRFAX, VA · 7 subawards
  7. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC.$1.1M3.1%
    MCLEAN, VA · 2 subawards
  8. PERSPECTA ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS LLC$1.1M3.0%
    CHANTILLY, VA · 1 subaward
  9. SUPPLYCORE LLC$1.1M3.0%
    ROCKFORD, IL · 1 subaward
  10. BOWHEAD ENTERPRISE, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, LLC$948.9K2.6%
    SPRINGFIELD, VA · 5 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $55.8M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $37.7M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $59.2M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $109.1M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $63M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $35.9M 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

44 companies · $360.6M reported

  1. PERATON ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS LLC$67.5M
    CHANTILLY, VA · 161 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
  2. ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC.$42.9M
    VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 101 subawards · Other miscellaneous manufacturing
  3. HUNTINGTON INGALLS INCORPORATED$40.3M
    PASCAGOULA, MS · 28 subawards · Scientific research and development services

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

  1. WORLD WIDE TECHNOLOGY LLC$1.4B−26% in FY2026
    MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MO · 2 entities · 55% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Information Systems Agency · Computer systems design and related servicesArmy · Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturingVeterans Affairs · Computer systems design and related services+3 more
  2. MICROSOFT CORPORATION$1.5B−17% in FY2026
    REDMOND, WA · 11 entities · 34% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Information Systems Agency · Computer systems design and related services
  3. EMERGENT, LLC$1.2B+4.3% in FY2026
    VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 9 entities · 28% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Computer systems design and related servicesVeterans Affairs · Computer systems design and related servicesOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management · Computer systems design 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

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.