Federal contractor · COLUMBIA, MD

OWL CYBER DEFENSE SOLUTIONS LLC

OWL CYBER DEFENSE SOLUTIONS LLC received $8.6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 6 awards (−26% vs FY2025). Since FY2018: $65.9M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($4.6M).

Obligations · FY2026
$8.6M
New awards
6
Sole-source
39%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Other than small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. -7.4KFY2018
  2. 175.4KFY2019
  3. 365.5KFY2020
  4. 3.2MFY2021
  5. 7MFY2022
  6. 26.7MFY2023
  7. 8.3MFY2024
  8. 11.6MFY2025
  9. 8.6MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$4.6M53%
    2 awards
  2. Department of the Air Force$4M46%
    2 awards
  3. Missile Defense Agency$32.8K0.4%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$5.2M61%
  2. IT & telecom$3.4M39%

Where the work was performed

  1. Howard County, MD$8.6M100.0%
  2. Madison County, AL$5000.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition39%
    US 39% · $3.3M
  • Sole-source awards39%
    US 30% · $3.3M
  • 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. Department of the Navy$3.3M
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. TAWNY OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE SYSTEM DEPLOYMENT, SYSTEM ENHANCEMENTS, UPGRADES, MAINTENANCE, TESTING, HELP DESK, AND SUPPORT FOR ALL OPERATIONAL AND DEPLOYED VERSIONS OF MINERVA INCLUDING ANY ADDITIONAL VERSIONS DEVELOPED AND RELEASED.$4.8M
    Department of the Air Force· Howard County, MD· Research & development· Mar 23, 2026 – May 28, 2026· FA875026FB002
  2. CDS/SPARES HARDWARE/SERVICES/TEST SUPPORT$4M
    Missile Defense Agency· Howard County, MD· IT & telecom· Mar 30, 2023 – Jan 12, 2026· HQ085223F0002
  3. P-8A FMS TS/S CDS$3.3M
    Department of the Navy· Howard County, MD· IT & telecom· Dec 11, 2025 – Apr 30, 2026· N0001926C0120
  4. DEVELOP, IMPROVE, AND APPLY SOFTWARE SECURITY TECHNOLOGY TO CROSS DOMAIN SOLUTION AND SECURE SOLUTION DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, ASSESSMENT, AND DEPLOYMENT.$2.9M
    Department of the Navy· Howard County, MD· Research & development· Sep 18, 2024 – Apr 22, 2026· N0001424C1156
  5. SNOWY- TO RESEARCH, DESIGN, DEVELOP, TEST, INTEGRATE, AND DELIVER CAPABILITIES FOR THE MINERVA BASELINE TO MEET EMERGING OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS$1.5M
    Department of the Air Force· Howard County, MD· Research & development· Jul 29, 2025 – Apr 6, 2026· FA875025FB005
  6. SCALABLE HOMELAND INNOVATIVE ENTERPRISE LAYERED DEFENSE (SHIELD) INITIAL ORDER.$500
    Missile Defense Agency· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Jan 16, 2026 – Jan 16, 2026· HQ085926FG157

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: $2.2M (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC, THE$2.2M100%
    LAUREL, MD · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $2M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $9.8M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $2.9M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $41.7M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $13M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $2.2M 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 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

13 companies · $71.7M reported

  1. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$38M
    FORT WORTH, TX · 10 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  2. ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION$11.9M
    GROTON, CT · 7 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
  3. MANTECH ADVANCED SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.$6.9M
    HERNDON, VA · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services

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

  1. TANGRAM FLEX INC$21.1M+33% in FY2026
    DAYTON, OH · 74% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development services
  2. AUTONODYNE LLC$22.1M+38% in FY2026
    BOSTON, MA · 72% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development services
  3. TRUST AUTOMATION INC$20.4M−100% in FY2026
    SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA · 69% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development 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.