Federal contractor · BUFFALO, NY
KISTLER INSTRUMENT CORPORATION
KISTLER INSTRUMENT CORPORATION received $291.7K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 6 awards (+65% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $3.4M. Its largest customer was Federal Aviation Administration ($193.5K).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $291.7K
- New awards
- 6
- Sole-source
- 100%
- Single offer
- 0.0%
- UEI
- HHKRKKU8C4W8
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 119.8KFY2017
- 516.4KFY2018
- 67.1KFY2019
- 287.3KFY2020
- 250.1KFY2021
- 1MFY2022
- 487KFY2023
- 184.1KFY2024
- 176.4KFY2025
- 291.7KFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Federal Aviation Administration$193.5K66%1 awards
- 2 awards
- Department of the Air Force$17.1K5.9%1 awards
- Department of the Navy$14.6K5.0%1 awards
- Department of the Army-$3,2200.0%1 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Other equipment & supplies$221.9K76%
- Transportation & logistics$38K13%
- IT & telecom$31.8K11%
Where the work was performed
- Atlantic County, NJ$193.5K66%
- Erie County, NY$98.3K34%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition100%US 39% · $291.7K
- Sole-source awards100%US 30% · $291.7K
- Single-offer competitions0.0%US 8.7% · $0
- 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
- Department of Transportation · 1 awards
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2 awards
- Department of Defense · 1 awards
- Department of the Navy$14.6KDepartment of Defense · 1 awards
Largest awards
- KISTLER SENSORS$193.5KFederal Aviation Administration· Atlantic County, NJ· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 3, 2026 – Sep 10, 2026· 697DCK26P00102
- Department of the Army· Erie County, NY· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 6, 2025 – Mar 19, 2026· W911QX25PA039
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Erie County, NY· Transportation & logistics· Jul 29, 2026 – Jul 29, 2026· 80NSSC26P1150
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Erie County, NY· IT & telecom· Sep 3, 2026 – Sep 3, 2026· 80NSSC26P1537
- Department of the Air Force· Erie County, NY· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 9, 2026 – Jun 9, 2026· FA930226P0062
- HIGH PRESSURE SENSOR$14.6KDepartment of the Navy· Erie County, NY· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 12, 2026 – Jan 12, 2026· N0016426PJ017
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: $236.9K (3 subawards)
3 primes
- LAUREL, MD · 1 subaward
- JACOBS TECHNOLOGY INC.$55.1K23%TULLAHOMA, TN · 1 subaward
- CAPE CANAVERAL, FL · 1 subaward
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $0 paid out · $152K received
- FY2022: $0 paid out · $312.4K received
- FY2023: $0 paid out · $669.5K received
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $1.2M received
- FY2025: $0 paid out · $332.2K received
- FY2026: $0 paid out · $236.9K 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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
18 companies · $2.9M reported
- CHANTILLY, VA · 3 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
- LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$400.2KFORT WORTH, TX · 7 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
- CAPE CANAVERAL, FL · 4 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 6 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- CORRELATED SOLUTIONS INC$1.2M+146% in FY2026IRMO, SC · 90% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingFederal Aviation Administration · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing+2 more
- PLASTOMETREX USA, INC.$564.5K−89% in FY2026HOUSTON, TX · 60% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
- RESODYN ACOUSTIC MIXERS, INCORPORATED$557.3K−30% in FY2026BUTTE, MT · 2 entities · 55% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingArmy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing+2 more
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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.
Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.