Federal contractor · BLAIRSVILLE, PA

NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEFENSE MANUFACTURING AND MACHINING

NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEFENSE MANUFACTURING AND MACHINING received $1.6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 11 awards (−89% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $182.3M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($1.6M). It also received $359.2M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$1.6M
New awards
11
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Other than small businessNonprofit
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 20MFY2017
  2. 7.3MFY2018
  3. 9.9MFY2019
  4. 18.2MFY2020
  5. 1.2MFY2021
  6. 37MFY2022
  7. 35.1MFY2023
  8. 38.1MFY2024
  9. 13.9MFY2025
  10. 1.6MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Army$1.6M100%
    9 awards
  2. Missile Defense Agency$5000.0%
    1 awards
  3. Defense Logistics Agency-$8,1960.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$1.6M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Dallas County, TX$1M66%
  2. Cambria County, PA$550K35%
  3. Madison County, AL$5000.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition0.0%
    US 39% · -$8,196
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · -$8,196
  • 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. SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS$12.7M
    Department of the Army· Indiana County, PA· Research & development· Jan 3, 2023 – Jan 29, 2026· W31P4Q23F0008
  2. THE TASK ORDER IS IN SUPPORT OF THE PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT, ENTITLED "ADVANCED COMPOSITE ASSEMBLY INNOVATION - PHASE 2".$9.2M
    Department of the Army· Indiana County, PA· Research & development· Sep 20, 2024 – Dec 11, 2025· W31P4Q24F0182
  3. LOW-COST MISSILE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT$9M
    Department of the Army· Indiana County, PA· Research & development· Jan 8, 2024 – Dec 18, 2025· W31P4Q24F0002
  4. CH-47 BLOCK II MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT AND SUPPORT$7.9M
    Department of the Army· Indiana County, PA· Research & development· Feb 2, 2022 – Apr 30, 2026· W31P4Q22F0021
  5. CONTRACT DESCRIPTION: ANALYSIS, DEVELOPMENT, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY FOR THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE TASK ORDER DESCRIPTION: HIGH-SPEED COMPUTER NUMERICAL CONTROL MILLING MACHINE FOR FIXTURELESS MACHINING$2.3M
    Department of the Army· Dallas County, TX· Research & development· Apr 9, 2025 – Jun 10, 2026· W31P4Q25F0029
  6. EMERGENT IV AWARD FOR FRONT-END ENGINEERING DESIGN (FEED) STUDY OF A DOMESTIC SYSTEM FOR REE AND METALS RECOVERY FROM E-WASTE$1.8M
    Defense Logistics Agency· Marion County, IN· Research & development· Mar 8, 2023 – Jan 29, 2026· SP470123C0017
  7. NEW TASK OF TO BUILD A MORE ROBUST CASTING AND FORGING$1M
    Department of the Army· Cambria County, PA· Research & development· Sep 17, 2024 – May 14, 2026· W31P4Q24F0184
  8. CONTRACT DESCRIPTION: ANALYSIS, DEVELOPMENT, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY FOR THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE TASK ORDER DESCRIPTION: ORGANIC INDUSTRIAL BASE MODERNIZATION MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY TRANSITION HUMAN CAPITAL$954.4K
    Department of the Army· Cambria County, PA· Research & development· Jun 6, 2025 – Jun 3, 2026· W31P4Q25F0077

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEFENSE MANUFACTURING AND MACHINING received $359.2M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 52 actions (1 new awards), +543% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 12.800 · Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program ($358.2M).

Assistance · FY2026
$359.2M
New awards
1
Actions
52
Since FY2021
$671.8M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 51.9MFY2021
  2. 33.6MFY2022
  3. 74.5MFY2023
  4. 96.8MFY2024
  5. 55.8MFY2025
  6. 359.2MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$359.2M100%

Top programs

  1. 12.800 · Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program$358.2M99.7%
  2. 11.617 · Congressionally-Identified Projects$1M0.3%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of the Air Force$358.2M99.7%
    Department of Defense
  2. National Institute of Standards and Technology$1M0.3%
    Department of Commerce

Largest awards

  1. AMERICA MAKES PARTNERSHIP (AMP) THE NATIONAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING INNOVATION INSTITUTE$702.1M
    12.800 · Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program· Department of the Air Force· Cooperative agreement· Oct 1, 2020 – Sep 23, 2026· FA86502025700
  2. THE NATIONAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING INNOVATION INSTITUTE$49.6M
    12.800 · Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program· Department of the Air Force· Cooperative agreement· Feb 12, 2021 – Aug 11, 2026· FA86501625700
  3. TITLE: NCDMM ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING (AM) OF NONWOVEN MATERIALS FOR RPPE (28NCDMM21) (AKA ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF NONWOVEN MATERIALS FOR…$3M
    11.619 · Arrangements for Interdisciplinary Research Infrastructure· National Institute of Standards and Technology· Cooperative agreement· Feb 28, 2022 – Aug 27, 2026· 70NANB22H014
  4. PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO ESTABLISH A MODULAR, SCALABLE, AND DIGITALLY THREADED MANUFACTURING CAPABILITY IN EL PASO, TEXAS…$1M
    11.617 · Congressionally-Identified Projects· National Institute of Standards and Technology· Project grant· Aug 31, 2026 – Aug 31, 2026· 60NANB26D266

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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

  • Sub-contracts: $3.4M (1 subaward)
  • Sub-grants: $34.4M (27 subawards)

24 sub-recipients

  1. COLLINS ENGINE NOZZLES, INC$10M27%
    WEST DES MOINES, IA · 1 subaward
  2. QARBON AEROSPACE FOUNDATION LLC$8.2M22%
    RED OAK, TX · 1 subaward
  3. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$3.4M9.1%
    EL SEGUNDO, CA · 2 subawards
  4. ARC AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE SYSTEMS LLC$3.4M8.9%
    EL PASO, TX · 1 subaward
  5. RTX CORPORATION$2.2M5.9%
    EAST HARTFORD, CT · 3 subawards
  6. TAILORED ALLOYS LLC$1.9M5.1%
    YOUNGSTOWN, OH · 1 subaward
  7. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$1.5M4.0%
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 1 subaward
  8. TRUSTEES OF THE COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES$1.1M2.9%
    GOLDEN, CO · 2 subawards
  9. APPLIED SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA CORP$1.1M2.9%
    MOLINE, IL · 1 subaward
  10. HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.$873.4K2.3%
    PHOENIX, AZ · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

Its reported sub-contracts equal 213% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $40M paid out · $839.1K received
  • FY2022: $19.4M paid out · $545K received
  • FY2023: $61.1M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2024: $92M paid out · $105K received
  • FY2025: $52.4M paid out · $51.5M received
  • FY2026: $37.8M paid out · $0 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

110 companies · $302.6M reported

  1. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO$46.3M
    EL PASO, TX · 17 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. BULL CITY LEARNING, INC.$20.4M
    CARRBORO, NC · 3 subawards · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  3. QARBON AEROSPACE FOUNDATION LLC$18M
    RED OAK, TX · 3 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services

Primes that pay it

8 companies · $52.9M reported

  1. DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP$51M
    ARLINGTON, VA · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
  2. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO$587.5K
    EL PASO, TX · 3 subawards
  3. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$359.1K
    FORT WORTH, TX · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services

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

  1. MPR ASSOCIATES, INC.$43.6M−4.9% in FY2026
    ALEXANDRIA, VA · 81% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. AECOM + TETRA TECH JOINT VENTURE$48.3M+235% in FY2026
    BOSTON, MA · 83% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. TECNICA Y PROYECTOS TYPSA FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES$41M−96% in FY2026
    RIYADH, SAU · 76% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Architectural, engineering, and related 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 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.