Federal contractor · LONG BEACH, CA
M4 ENGINEERING, INC.
M4 ENGINEERING, INC. received $1.3M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 6 awards (−52% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $20.8M. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($659.8K).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $1.3M
- New awards
- 6
- Sole-source
- 0.0%
- Single offer
- 0.0%
- UEI
- DM3EW67JLQM1
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 130KFY2017
- 3.2MFY2018
- 1.8MFY2019
- 2.5MFY2020
- 1.2MFY2021
- 3.5MFY2022
- 1.5MFY2023
- 3MFY2024
- 2.6MFY2025
- 1.3MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Department of the Air Force$659.8K52%1 awards
- 4 awards
- Department of the Navy$140K11%1 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$659.8K52%
- Research & development$615K48%
Where the work was performed
- Los Angeles County, CA$1.3M100%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition0.0%US 39% · $0
- Sole-source awards0.0%US 30% · $0
- Single-offer competitions0.0%US 8.8% · $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.
Largest awards
- Department of the Air Force· Los Angeles County, CA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 29, 2025 – Apr 9, 2026· FA820325C0022
- PHASE II SBIR 80NSSC25C0005 UAM DESIGN SPACE EXPLORATION FRAMEWORK WITH EMBEDDED VERSION CONTROL$850KNational Aeronautics and Space Administration· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Jul 10, 2025 – Jun 23, 2026· 80NSSC25C0005
- PHASE III - IXGEN,$250KNational Aeronautics and Space Administration· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Sep 29, 2026 – Sep 29, 2026· 80NSSC26C0443
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Sep 24, 2026 – Sep 24, 2026· 80NSSC26C0268
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Sep 17, 2025 – Feb 4, 2026· 80NSSC25C0243
- Department of the Navy· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Oct 14, 2025 – Oct 14, 2025· N6833526C0029
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
No subawards reported to it in FY2026.
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
2 companies · $357.8K reported
- LA JOLLA, CA · 1 subaward
- UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON$177KDAYTON, OH · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
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 4 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- METROLASER, INCORPORATED$7M−100% in FY2026LAGUNA HILLS, CA · 72% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development servicesMissile Defense Agency · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development services
- SPORIAN MICROSYSTEMS, INC$7.5M−59% in FY2026LAFAYETTE, CO · 73% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development servicesMissile Defense Agency · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development services
- QMAGIQ LLC$3.6M+133% in FY2026NASHUA, NH · 50% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development services
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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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.
Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.