Federal contractor · VIRGINIA BEACH, VA

KITCO FIBER OPTICS INC

KITCO FIBER OPTICS INC received $5.3M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 19 awards (−8.4% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $40.9M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($4.5M).

Obligations · FY2026
$5.3M
New awards
19
Sole-source
93%
Single offer
0.8%
UEI
C18KXNHETC95
Parent company
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Small business
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Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

Part of the LEACHGARNER, INC. company family: 87 registered entities, $44.4M in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. LEACHGARNER, INC.ATTLEBORO, MA · Family page
    $5.2M
  2. THE FECHHEIMER BROTHERS COMPANYCINCINNATI, OH
    $18.8M
  3. TTI INC.FORT WORTH, TX
    $4.7M
  4. TTI INCFORT WORTH, TX
    $3.9M
  5. FATIGUE TECHNOLOGY, INCTUKWILA, WA
    $2.9M

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-10-05

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.6MFY2017
  2. 2.5MFY2018
  3. 952.7KFY2019
  4. 1.9MFY2020
  5. 2.3MFY2021
  6. 2.2MFY2022
  7. 8.4MFY2023
  8. 10MFY2024
  9. 5.8MFY2025
  10. 5.3MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$4.5M85%
    12 awards
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$810.8K15%
    6 awards
  3. Department of the Army$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$5.2M98%
  2. Education & social services$83.8K1.6%

Where the work was performed

  1. Norfolk city, VA$3.6M68%
  2. King George County, VA$1.3M24%
  3. Cook County, IL$288.2K5.4%
  4. St. Mary's County, MD$57.3K1.1%
  5. Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT$35.2K0.7%
  6. Camden County, GA$30.7K0.6%
  7. San Diego County, CA$15.7K0.3%
  8. Portsmouth city, VA$3,0440.1%
  9. Virginia Beach city, VA$2,2000.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition94%
    US 39% · $5M
  • Sole-source awards93%
    US 30% · $4.9M
  • Single-offer competitions0.8%
    US 8.7% · $44.4K
  • 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$4.1M
    Department of Defense · 6 awards
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$811.6K
    Department of Defense · 3 awards

Largest awards

  1. OPTICAL LOSS TEST K$4.8M
    Department of the Navy· Norfolk city, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 6, 2025 – May 28, 2026· N0010425PSB20
  2. THIS IS A FIRM FIXED PRICE DELIVERY ORDER UNDER CONTRACT W31P4Q20D0046, FOR OPTIMAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTORS, IN SUPPORT OF PRODUCT DIRECTOR, TEST MEASUREMENT AND DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT.$2.7M
    Department of the Army· Norfolk city, VA· Other equipment & supplies· May 7, 2025 – Jun 10, 2026· W31P4Q25F0122
  3. FO STAGING KITS$1.3M
    Department of the Navy· King George County, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 21, 2025 – Apr 15, 2026· N0017826PC400
  4. TEST SET$808.5K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Norfolk city, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 5, 2026 – Feb 5, 2026· SPRMM126PRA12
  5. MAX-945-NAV-M2042-KIT$305.1K
    Department of the Navy· Norfolk city, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 18, 2025 – Dec 18, 2025· N6893626F0089
  6. FIBER OPTICS$288.2K
    Department of the Navy· Cook County, IL· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 19, 2025 – Dec 19, 2025· N0017826P6615
  7. NAVSEA CERTIFIED FIBER OPTIC TRAINING$172.3K
    Department of the Navy· Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT· Education & social services· Mar 1, 2022 – Jan 21, 2026· N0018922PG028
  8. N6893626F5097 - FIBER OPTIC TEST SET KITS$76.3K
    Department of the Navy· Norfolk city, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 12, 2026 – Mar 12, 2026· N6893626F5097

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: $1.2M (7 subawards)

4 primes

  1. LEIDOS, INC.$1.1M97%
    RESTON, VA · 3 subawards
  2. GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC.$239.7K20%
    FAIRFAX, VA · 2 subawards
  3. SYSTEMS APPLICATION & TECHNOLOGIES INC$32.3K2.7%
    UPPER MARLBORO, MD · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $2.9M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $2.8M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $3.5M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $4.3M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $4.9M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $1.2M 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

22 companies · $13.1M reported

  1. UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY SPACE DYNAMICS LABORATORY$4.9M
    NORTH LOGAN, UT · 2 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF UTAH$3.2M
    SALT LAKE CITY, UT · 3 subawards
  3. NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORP$955.1K
    AUSTIN, TX · 1 subaward

Primes that pay it

93 companies · $1.8B reported

  1. COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$761.9M
    DENVER, CO · 7 subawards
  2. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$579.6M
    FORT WORTH, TX · 801 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  3. RAYTHEON COMPANY$205.5M
    TUCSON, AZ · 715 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 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 118 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. SAWASAWA LLC$63.7M−15% in FY2026
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 35% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Cut and sew apparel manufacturingAir Force · Cut and sew apparel manufacturing
  2. PUERTO RICO APPAREL MANUFACTURING (PRAMA) CORP.$52.7M+53% in FY2026
    MAYAGUEZ, PR · 33% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Cut and sew apparel manufacturing
  3. PENTAQ MANUFACTURING CORP$60.2M−63% in FY2026
    SABANA GRANDE, PR · 33% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Cut and sew apparel 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 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.

Across the company family of LEACHGARNER, INC. (87 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • BNSF RAILWAY COMPANYAI match · 100%
  • MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANYAI match · 100%
  • PACIFICORPAI match · 100%
  • PacifiCorp EnergyAI match · 99%
  • Shaw Industries GroupAI match · 99%
Lobbying · 2025
$3.1M
42 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$10.7M
$10.6M in its own reports
PAC giving · 2026
$686.5K
3 PACs

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$3M
    45 reports
  2. 2024$2.7M
    46 reports
  3. 2025$3.1M
    42 reports
  4. 2026$1.9M
    24 reports

Top issues

  1. Transportation87 reports
  2. Railroads53 reports
  3. Budget and appropriations52 reports
  4. Environment and Superfund37 reports
  5. Energy and nuclear30 reports
  6. Labor issues, antitrust and workplace28 reports
  7. Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code21 reports
  8. Manufacturing14 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. SENATE124 reports
  2. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES123 reports
  3. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)35 reports
  4. Transportation - Dept of (DOT)28 reports
  5. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)14 reports
  6. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)14 reports
  7. Federal Railroad Administration14 reports
  8. Office of Management & Budget (OMB)14 reports
  9. Surface Transportation Board (STB)14 reports
  10. White House Office14 reports

Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).

Lobbying firms hired

  1. Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.$860K
    28 reports
  2. K&L GATES LLP$430K
    24 reports
  3. COGENT STRATEGIES LLC$420K
    14 reports
  4. ALPINE GROUP PARTNERS, LLC.$340K
    14 reports
  5. Navigators Global LLC (Formerly DC Navigators, LLC)$340K
    14 reports
  6. Cassidy & Associates, Inc.$330K
    15 reports
  7. The Madison Group$210K
    14 reports
  8. S2R, LLC$80K
    2 reports

11 firms in all. Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.

PAC giving to candidates by party, 2026 cycle

  1. Republican$477.5K70%
  2. Democratic$204.5K30%
  3. Other or none$4,5000.7%

PACs sponsored

  • BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY RAILPAC (BNSF RAILPAC)$1.7M raised this cycle
  • MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY PAC$164.7K raised this cycle
  • PACIFICORP - PACIFIC POWER/ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER PAC$71.8K raised this cycle

PACs these organizations sponsor (connected organizations in FEC records). A PAC gives employees' and members' voluntary contributions, not the company's own money.

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.