Federal contractor · MANASSAS, VA

NAL RESEARCH CORP

NAL RESEARCH CORP received $325K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 6 awards (−7.8% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $10.4M. Its largest customer was National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($180K).

Obligations · FY2026
$325K
New awards
6
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
VYZ3YSE2K546
Parent company
NAL RESEARCH CORP
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.

2 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $325K in FY2026 together.

  1. NAL RESEARCH CORPMANASSAS, VA · Family page
    $325K
  2. PLAYCORE WISCONSIN, INC.FORT PAYNE, AL
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.6MFY2017
  2. 2MFY2018
  3. 1.3MFY2019
  4. 2.2MFY2020
  5. 1.2MFY2021
  6. 567.1KFY2022
  7. 454.6KFY2023
  8. 353.5KFY2024
  9. 352.5KFY2025
  10. 325KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$180K55%
    3 awards
  2. Forest Service$75K23%
    1 awards
  3. U.S. Customs and Border Protection$70K22%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$255K78%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$70K22%

Where the work was performed

  1. Prince William County, VA$325K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $325K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $325K
  • 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

  1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$180K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2 awards
  2. Forest Service$75K
    Department of Agriculture · 1 awards
  3. U.S. Customs and Border Protection$70K
    Department of Homeland Security · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. SATELLITE USAGE$368.8K
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection· Prince William County, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 26, 2020 – Jul 15, 2026· 70B02C21P00000001
  2. IT STORAGE SERVICES$100.4K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Prince William County, VA· IT & telecom· Aug 20, 2025 – May 27, 2026· 80NSSC25PB805
  3. IRIDIUM CERTUS, AERION AND SBD DATA SERVICE PLANS$95.1K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Prince William County, VA· IT & telecom· Aug 11, 2026 – Sep 24, 2026· 80NSSC26P1233
  4. SKYLINK 7100 AVIATION KIT$75.8K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Prince William County, VA· IT & telecom· May 22, 2026 – May 22, 2026· 80NSSC26P0607
  5. AUTOMATED FLIGHT FOLLOWING (AFF) SERVICES FOR WCF AIRCRAFT TO SUPPORT WILDLAND FIRE. SATELLITE TRACKING SERVICE FOR WORKING CAPITAL FUND (WCF) AIRCRAFT TO MEET POLICY REQUIREMENTS FOR AIRCRAFT OPERATING IN THE WILDLAND FIRE AND NATURAL RESOURCE MISS$75K
    Forest Service· Prince William County, VA· IT & telecom· May 21, 2026 – May 21, 2026· 1202SA26K9704
  6. SATELLITE USAGE AND EQUIPMENT$73.6K
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection· Prince William County, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 4, 2025 – Sep 24, 2026· 70B02C26P00000002

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: $251.7K (3 subawards)

2 primes

  1. AAR GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC.$133.4K53%
    WOOD DALE, IL · 2 subawards
  2. SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$118.3K47%
    RESTON, VA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $3M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $2.5M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $320.2K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $261.9K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $873.9K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $251.7K 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

15 companies · $8.8M reported

  1. ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC.$2.8M
    VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 3 subawards · Other miscellaneous manufacturing
  2. KRATOS S2, INC$2.3M
    COLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. COUNTY OF UNION$763.1K
    MONROE, NC · 3 subawards

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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 10 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF$218.9K−52% in FY2026
    BATON ROUGE, LA · 19% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  2. COYOTE ENTERPRISES, INC$250K0% in FY2026
    COLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 19% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  3. CLAY LACY AVIATION, INC.$318.4K−100% in FY2026
    VAN NUYS, CA · 19% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Other professional, scientific, and technical services

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.