Federal contractor · HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA

LIGHTNING DIVERSION SYSTEMS, LLC

LIGHTNING DIVERSION SYSTEMS, LLC received $145.9K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 16 awards (−78% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $4.7M. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($145.9K).

Obligations · FY2026
$145.9K
New awards
16
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
7.5%
UEI
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Parent company
NOBLES WORLDWIDE, INC.
Other than 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 NOBLES WORLDWIDE, INC. company family: 5 registered entities, $6.3M in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. NOBLES WORLDWIDE, INC.SAINT CROIX FALLS, WI · Family page
    $4.6M
  2. DUCOMMUN LABARGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.JOPLIN, MO
    $1.2M
  3. DUCOMMUN LABARGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.TULSA, OK
    $385.7K
  4. DUCOMMUN LABARGE TECHNOLOGIES, INCCARSON, CA
    $16K

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-09-30

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 474.4KFY2017
  2. 483.6KFY2018
  3. 1.3MFY2019
  4. 176.4KFY2020
  5. 246.8KFY2021
  6. 550KFY2022
  7. 300.8KFY2023
  8. 379.7KFY2024
  9. 656.2KFY2025
  10. 145.9KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Logistics Agency$145.9K100%
    16 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$96.9K66%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$48.9K34%

Where the work was performed

  1. Orange County, CA$145.9K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition7.5%
    US 39% · $11K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions7.5%
    US 8.7% · $11K
  • 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.

Largest awards

  1. 8511887402!DIVERTER STRIP,AIRC$59.4K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Orange County, CA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jan 28, 2026 – Jan 28, 2026· SPE4A726F2861
  2. 8511987686!DIVERTER STRIP,AIRC$15.6K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Orange County, CA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Apr 2, 2026 – Apr 2, 2026· SPE4A726F4223
  3. 8511994736!ARRESTER,LIGHTNING$14.6K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Orange County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 2, 2026 – Apr 2, 2026· SPE7M126P5226
  4. 8512082060!DIVERTER STRIP,AIRC$9,378
    Defense Logistics Agency· Orange County, CA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Apr 30, 2026 – Apr 30, 2026· SPE4A726F5709
  5. 8512090458!ARRESTER,LIGHTNING$8,780
    Defense Logistics Agency· Orange County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· May 6, 2026 – May 6, 2026· SPE7M126P6542
  6. 8512121015!DIVERTER STRIP,AIRC$8,082
    Defense Logistics Agency· Orange County, CA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jun 2, 2026 – Jun 9, 2026· SPE4A726PB257
  7. 8511794146!STRIP,ELECTRICAL GR$8,001
    Defense Logistics Agency· Orange County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 4, 2025 – Dec 4, 2025· SPE7M526V1655
  8. 8512170817!ARRESTER,LIGHTNING$5,255
    Defense Logistics Agency· Orange County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 11, 2026 – Jun 11, 2026· SPE7M526P3669

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: $422.6K (4 subawards)

3 primes

  1. BOEING COMPANY, THE$226.4K54%
    LONG BEACH, CA · 1 subaward
  2. THE BOEING COMPANY$99.4K24%
    SEATTLE, WA · 2 subawards
  3. BOEING COMPANY, THE$96.8K23%
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $359.5K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $422.6K 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

20 companies · $364.2M reported

  1. RAYTHEON COMPANY$143.4M
    TUCSON, AZ · 286 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  2. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$111.9M
    FORT WORTH, TX · 180 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  3. OSHKOSH DEFENSE LLC$30.4M
    OSHKOSH, WI · 91 subawards · Other transportation equipment 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 21 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. NEW HAMPSHIRE BALL BEARINGS INC$17.8M−51% in FY2026
    LACONIA, NH · 2 entities · 53% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Other fabricated metal product manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  2. DESIGNED METAL CONNECTIONS INC$13.4M
    GARDENA, CA · 46% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Other fabricated metal product manufacturing
  3. E-VAC MAGNETICS LLC$13.5M+4,938% in FY2026
    SUMTER, SC · 6 entities · 46% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Other fabricated metal product 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.

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.