Federal contractor · SALISBURY, MD

K&L MICROWAVE LLC

K&L MICROWAVE LLC received $762.9K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 12 awards (+42% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $3.4M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($480.7K).

Obligations · FY2026
$762.9K
New awards
12
Sole-source
64%
Single offer
0.7%
UEI
H6M1XUMUVYB5
Other than small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 81.9KFY2017
  2. 44KFY2018
  3. 134.5KFY2019
  4. 60.2KFY2020
  5. 130.6KFY2021
  6. 356.9KFY2022
  7. 926.9KFY2023
  8. 328.4KFY2024
  9. 536.8KFY2025
  10. 762.9KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$480.7K63%
    7 awards
  2. Department of the Air Force$238.7K31%
    1 awards
  3. Federal Aviation Administration$32.3K4.2%
    1 awards
  4. Defense Logistics Agency$11.1K1.5%
    3 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$465.1K61%
  2. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$280K37%
  3. IT & telecom$17.7K2.3%

Where the work was performed

  1. Wicomico County, MD$465.1K61%
  2. Martin County, IN$280K37%
  3. St. Mary's County, MD$17.7K2.3%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition64%
    US 39% · $491.8K
  • Sole-source awards64%
    US 30% · $486.3K
  • Single-offer competitions0.7%
    US 8.7% · $5,542
  • 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 Navy$480.7K
    Department of Defense · 5 awards
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$5,542
    Department of Defense · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. LM10-20/X2500, MULTIPLEXER$280K
    Department of the Navy· Martin County, IN· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· May 20, 2026 – May 20, 2026· N0016426PW025
  2. ALR-69A DIPLEXER PRODUCTION UNITS$238.7K
    Department of the Air Force· Wicomico County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 18, 2026 – Feb 18, 2026· FA823226FB113
  3. MULTIPLEXERS PRODUCTION UNITS$195.7K
    Department of the Navy· Wicomico County, MD· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Aug 16, 2024 – Nov 3, 2025· N0016424PW104
  4. TUNING UNIT,RADIO F$105.4K
    Department of the Navy· Wicomico County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 15, 2025 – Mar 26, 2026· N0010426PSA11
  5. BAND PASS FILTER$71.4K
    Department of the Navy· Wicomico County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 10, 2026 – Jun 10, 2026· N0016426PW042
  6. PROCUREMENT OF 5G RF FILTERS IN SUPPORT OF THE AIRPORT SURVEILLANCE RADAR MODEL 11 (ASR-11) SYSTEM.$32.3K
    Federal Aviation Administration· Wicomico County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 10, 2026 – Apr 10, 2026· 6973GH26P01497
  7. RF BAND PASS FILTERS$17.7K
    Department of the Navy· St. Mary's County, MD· IT & telecom· Jan 28, 2026 – Jan 28, 2026· N0042126P0011
  8. DIPLEXER, LOW OMNI$6,175
    Department of the Navy· Wicomico County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 10, 2026 – Mar 10, 2026· N0010426PNA83

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: $8.1M (11 subawards)

4 primes

  1. SIERRA NEVADA CORPORATION$8M98%
    SPARKS, NV · 8 subawards
  2. L-3 COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATED SYSTEMS L.P.$58.7K0.7%
    GREENVILLE, TX · 1 subaward
  3. BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION INC.$57.6K0.7%
    NASHUA, NH · 1 subaward
  4. GENERAL DYNAMICS LAND SYSTEMS INC.$31.9K0.4%
    STERLING HEIGHTS, MI · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $7.1M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $3.8M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $3.1M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $11.1M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $20M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $8.1M 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

16 companies · $53.2M reported

  1. SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLC$34.1M
    SPARKS, NV · 29 subawards · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  2. RAYTHEON COMPANY$8.2M
    TUCSON, AZ · 31 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  3. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$5.5M
    FORT WORTH, TX · 36 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing

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

  1. CHENEGA MANUFACTURING SERVICES LLC$824K
    PANAMA CITY, FL · 51% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing
  2. X DISPLAY COMPANY TECHNOLOGY LIMITED$965K
    DUBLIN, IRL · 51% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing
  3. ROBERT M. HADLEY COMPANY, INC.$723.4K−96% in FY2026
    VENTURA, CA · 41% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Other general purpose machinery manufacturing

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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.