Federal contractor · BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC
KEARFOTT CORP
KEARFOTT CORP received $1.3M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 16 awards (−85% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $83.1M. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($1.1M).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $1.3M
- New awards
- 16
- Sole-source
- 12%
- Single offer
- 26%
- UEI
- JJJPRCSJ9RK6
- Parent company
- ASTRONAUTICS CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Company family
Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.
3 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $13.7M in FY2026 together.
- KEARFOTT CORPBLACK MOUNTAIN, NC · Family page$1.3M
- KEARFOTT CORPORATIONPINE BROOK, NJ$11.5M
- ASTRONAUTICS CORPORATION OF AMERICAOAK CREEK, WI$903.7K
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 4.9MFY2017
- 9.1MFY2018
- 16.6MFY2019
- 15.7MFY2020
- -120.1KFY2021
- -306.2KFY2022
- 14.7MFY2023
- 12.6MFY2024
- 8.6MFY2025
- 1.3MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Defense Logistics Agency$1.1M88%5 awards
- U.S. Coast Guard$475.5K37%4 awards
- Department of the Navy$57.3K4.5%3 awards
- Department of the Army$00.0%3 awards
- Defense Contract Management Agency-$374.4K0.0%1 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Other equipment & supplies$698.8K55%
- Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$579.3K45%
Where the work was performed
- Buncombe County, NC$1.3M100%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition38%US 39% · $485.7K
- Sole-source awards12%US 30% · $158.4K
- Single-offer competitions26%US 8.8% · $327.3K
- 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
- U.S. Coast Guard$475.5KDepartment of Homeland Security · 3 awards
- Department of the Navy$57.3KDepartment of Defense · 1 awards
Largest awards
- Defense Logistics Agency· Buncombe County, NC· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jun 26, 2023 – Oct 15, 2025· SPRRA123F0194
- Department of the Army· Buncombe County, NC· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 19, 2023 – Feb 4, 2026· W58RGZ23F0532
- CIRCUIT CARD ASSEMBLY$945.6KDefense Contract Management Agency· Buncombe County, NC· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 26, 2018 – Jun 11, 2026· SPRDL118C0442
- TRIM SERVO ASSY,AIR$841.5KDepartment of the Navy· Buncombe County, NC· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Dec 16, 2024 – Mar 24, 2026· N0038325CF007
- Defense Logistics Agency· Buncombe County, NC· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 11, 2026 – Feb 11, 2026· SPE4A626PF147
- Department of the Army· Buncombe County, NC· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 20, 2023 – Apr 10, 2026· W58RGZ23F0533
- Department of the Army· Buncombe County, NC· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· May 30, 2023 – Mar 25, 2026· W58RGZ23F0345
- Defense Logistics Agency· Buncombe County, NC· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 12, 2026 – Feb 12, 2026· SPE7M826P0850
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: $2.4M (11 subawards)
7 primes
- THE BOEING COMPANY$735.7K30%MESA, AZ · 1 subaward
- GENERAL DYNAMICS LAND SYSTEMS INC.$706.9K29%STERLING HEIGHTS, MI · 2 subawards
- HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.$284.5K12%PHOENIX, AZ · 4 subawards
- BOEING COMPANY, THE$250K10%SAINT LOUIS, MO · 1 subaward
- RAYTHEON COMPANY$209.7K8.7%EL SEGUNDO, CA · 1 subaward
- BOEING COMPANY, THE$166.7K6.9%SAINT LOUIS, MO · 1 subaward
- BELL TEXTRON INC$61.7K2.6%FORT WORTH, TX · 1 subaward
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $0 paid out · $74M received
- FY2022: $0 paid out · $4.7M received
- FY2023: $0 paid out · $14.3M received
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $137.3M received
- FY2025: $0 paid out · $9.4M received
- FY2026: $0 paid out · $2.4M 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
16 companies · $323.2M reported
- THE BOEING COMPANY$160.1MSAINT LOUIS, MO · 80 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
- GROTON, CT · 31 subawards · Other transportation equipment manufacturing
- RAYTHEON COMPANY$33.9MTUCSON, AZ · 46 subawards · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments 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 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 15 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- TAC INDUSTRIES INC$28.8M+26% in FY2026SPRINGFIELD, OH · 47% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
- S & K AEROSPACE, LLC$89.9M+15% in FY2026SAINT IGNATIUS, MT · 2 entities · 78% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturingNavy · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing+1 more
- DMAERO, LLC$27.7M−110% in FY2026BYRON, GA · 45% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Aerospace product and parts 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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.
Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.