Federal contractor · STATE COLLEGE, PA

PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY

PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY received $130.2K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards. Its largest customer was Federal Aviation Administration ($130.2K). It also received $15.1M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$130.2K
New awards
1
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Other than small businessNonprofitEducational institution
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 130.2KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Federal Aviation Administration$130.2K100%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$130.2K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Centre County, PA$130.2K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $130.2K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $130.2K
  • 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. Federal Aviation Administration$130.2K
    Department of Transportation · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. THIS EFFORT FUNDS SUPERSONIC MCO FLIGHT DEMONSTRATION WITH PENN STATE$130.2K
    Federal Aviation Administration· Centre County, PA· Professional services· Sep 24, 2026 – Sep 24, 2026· 693KA926C00024

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.

PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY received $15.1M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 11 actions (7 new awards), +700% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 20.117 · Airport Infrastructure Grants ($6.8M).

Assistance · FY2026
$15.1M
New awards
7
Actions
11
Since FY2021
$45.4M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 3.7MFY2021
  2. 14MFY2022
  3. 6.6MFY2023
  4. 4.1MFY2024
  5. 1.9MFY2025
  6. 15.1MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$15.1M100%

Top programs

  1. 20.117 · Airport Infrastructure Grants$6.8M45%
  2. 20.118 · Airport Terminal Program$4.5M30%
  3. 20.116 · Airport Improvement Program$4.4M29%
  4. 20.106 · Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs-$564.8K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Aviation Administration$15.1M100%
    Department of Transportation

Largest awards

  1. PURPOSE: REHABILITATE TAXIWAY. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED/EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THIS PROJECT REHABILITATES 6,600 FEET OF THE EXISTING TAXIWAY…$8.4M
    20.106 · Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs· Federal Aviation Administration· Project grant· Sep 13, 2022 – Nov 12, 2025· 34200960742022
  2. PURPOSE: RECONSTRUCT RUNWAY LIGHTING. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED/EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THIS PROJECT RECONSTRUCTS EXISTING RUNWAY 6/24 LIGHTING…$5.6M
    20.117 · Airport Infrastructure Grants· Federal Aviation Administration· Project grant· Sep 16, 2026 – Sep 16, 2026· 34200960902026
  3. PURPOSE: INSTALL PASSENGER BOARDING BRIDGES. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED/EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THIS PROJECT ACQUIRES AND INSTALLS TWO NEW…$4.5M
    20.118 · Airport Terminal Program· Federal Aviation Administration· Project grant· Sep 16, 2026 – Sep 16, 2026· 34200960922026
  4. PURPOSE: RECONSTRUCT RUNWAY LIGHTING. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED/EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THIS PROJECT RECONSTRUCTS EXISTING RUNWAY 6/24 LIGHTING…$4.4M
    20.116 · Airport Improvement Program· Federal Aviation Administration· Project grant· Sep 18, 2026 – Sep 18, 2026· 34200960882026
  5. PURPOSE: REHABILITATE TAXIWAY. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED/EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THIS PROJECT REHABILITATES 6,600 FEET OF THE EXISTING TAXIWAY…$2.3M
    20.106 · Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs· Federal Aviation Administration· Project grant· Aug 26, 2022 – Nov 12, 2025· 34200960752022
  6. PURPOSE: RECONSTRUCT RUNWAY LIGHTING. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED/EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THIS PROJECT RECONSTRUCTS EXISTING RUNWAY 6/24 LIGHTING…$459.2K
    20.117 · Airport Infrastructure Grants· Federal Aviation Administration· Project grant· May 29, 2026 – May 29, 2026· 34200960852026

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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

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 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

1 company · $434K reported

  1. CACI, INC. - FEDERAL$434K
    CHANTILLY, VA · 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 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 1 market (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. BROCKWELL CONSTRUCTION CO, INC$116.5K
    NEWPORT, TN · 90% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Aviation Administration · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. PAUL J. FORD AND CO$80.5K−100% in FY2026
    COLUMBUS, OH · 62% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Aviation Administration · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. LARSON DESIGN GROUP, INC.$244.8K
    WILLIAMSPORT, PA · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Aviation Administration · 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 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.