Federal contractor · CAMBRIDGE, MA

RTX BBN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

RTX BBN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. received $77.1M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 50 awards (−19% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $912.5M. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($34.5M). It also received $1.4M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$77.1M
New awards
50
Sole-source
4.9%
Single offer
28%
UEI
JAXJSTJJSP74
Parent company
RTX 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.

Part of the RAYTHEON COMPANY company family: 227 registered entities, $25.3B in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. RAYTHEON COMPANYTUCSON, AZ · Family page
    $10.9B
  2. RTX CORPORATIONEAST HARTFORD, CT
    $3.9B
  3. RAYTHEON COMPANYANDOVER, MA
    $3.4B
  4. RAYTHEON COMPANYMARLBOROUGH, MA
    $1.2B
  5. RAYTHEON COMPANYMCKINNEY, TX
    $1.1B

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-10-05

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 91.4MFY2017
  2. 90.4MFY2018
  3. 85.3MFY2019
  4. 97.3MFY2020
  5. 102MFY2021
  6. 87.2MFY2022
  7. 90MFY2023
  8. 97.2MFY2024
  9. 94.7MFY2025
  10. 77.1MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Air Force$34.5M45%
    12 awards
  2. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$17M22%
    9 awards
  3. USTRANSCOM$14.2M18%
    2 awards
  4. Department of the Navy$5.9M7.6%
    6 awards
  5. U.S. Customs and Border Protection$2.2M2.9%
    1 awards
  6. Defense Threat Reduction Agency$1.5M1.9%
    1 awards
  7. Department of the Army$1.2M1.5%
    4 awards
  8. Office of Procurement Operations$900K1.2%
    1 awards
  9. Defense Contract Management Agency-$258.4K0.0%
    14 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$60.5M78%
  2. IT & telecom$14.2M18%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$2.2M2.9%
  4. Construction & real property$169.9K0.2%

Where the work was performed

  1. Middlesex County, MA$67.4M87%
  2. St. Clair County, IL$7M9.1%
  3. Newport County, RI$1.9M2.4%
  4. Hennepin County, MN$600K0.8%
  5. San Diego County, CA$169.9K0.2%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition33%
    US 39% · $25.1M
  • Sole-source awards4.9%
    US 30% · $3.8M
  • Single-offer competitions28%
    US 8.8% · $21.4M
  • 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. U.S. Customs and Border Protection$2.2M
    Department of Homeland Security · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. RESEARCH IAW SOW "RAYTHEON BABEL FISH"$23.1M
    Defense Contract Management Agency· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Mar 2, 2020 – Jun 4, 2026· N6600120C4006
  2. DARPA RESEARCH PROJECT$22.9M
    Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Jun 20, 2023 – May 26, 2026· HR001123C0071
  3. WILD CARD$21.5M
    Department of the Air Force· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Jul 11, 2024 – Jun 2, 2026· FA875024CB067
  4. EMU GRAPE$19.5M
    Department of the Air Force· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Jul 18, 2024 – May 18, 2026· FA875024CB089
  5. ANYTIME REASONING AND ANALYSIS FOR KILL-WEB NEGOTIATION AND INSTANTIATION ACROSS DOMAINS (ARAKNID)$18.5M
    Defense Contract Management Agency· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Mar 12, 2019 – May 14, 2026· FA875019C0056
  6. APEX GEAR: DRIVE - AIR PLAN ENVIRONMENT FOR EXECUTION, GAMING, EXPLORATION, ASSESSMENT, AND REFINEMENT: DATA REFINEMENT, INTEGRATION, AND VISUALIZATION ENHANCEMENTS TO DEVELOP AND TRANSITION SOFTWARE TOOLS TO SUPPORT AIR OPERATIONS PLANNING$17.8M
    Department of the Air Force· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Jul 24, 2025 – Jun 2, 2026· FA875025CB064
  7. TO 17 AMP SUPPORT APRIL - SEP 2025$16M
    USTRANSCOM· Middlesex County, MA· IT & telecom· Mar 31, 2025 – Jun 11, 2026· HTC71125FE118
  8. FAST NETWORK INTERFACE CARDS (FASTNICS) PROGRAM WILL SPEED UP APPLICATIONS LIKE DISTRIBUTED TRAINING OF MACHINE LEARNING CLASSIFIERS BY100X THROUGH DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION$12.8M
    Defense Contract Management Agency· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Jun 11, 2020 – Oct 2, 2025· HR001120C0089

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.

RTX BBN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. received $1.4M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 4 actions (0 new awards), −47% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 12.630 · Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering ($738.2K).

Assistance · FY2026
$1.4M
New awards
0
Actions
4
Since FY2021
$12.2M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 0FY2021
  2. 598.4KFY2022
  3. 610.8KFY2023
  4. 7.1MFY2024
  5. 2.6MFY2025
  6. 1.4MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$738.2K54%
  2. Other assistance$622.4K46%

Top programs

  1. 12.630 · Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering$738.2K54%
  2. 12.910 · Research and Technology Development$622.4K46%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of the Army$738.2K54%
    Department of Defense
  2. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$622.4K46%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. MONITORING, EVALUATION AND DIAGNOSING OF INTELLIGENT CHATBOTS (MEDIC)$6.4M
    93.384 · Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (Arpa-H)· National Institutes of Health· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 18, 2024 – Jun 11, 2026· AY2AX000046
  2. DARPA RESEARCH PROJECT$2.6M
    12.910 · Research and Technology Development· Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Other financial assistance· Jul 17, 2025 – Dec 22, 2025· HR00112530200
  3. NEW COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TITLED: DYNAMIC NETWORK RESILIENCE FOR CAPTURING CWOS (DYNER)$2.1M
    12.630 · Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering· Department of the Army· Cooperative agreement· May 21, 2024 – May 12, 2026· W911NF2420131

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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: $1M (7 subawards)

7 sub-recipients

  1. TRIDENT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC$382K37%
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 1 subaward
  2. CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC., THE$262.6K25%
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 1 subaward
  3. THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK$108.6K10%
    ALBANY, NY · 1 subaward
  4. TCI INTERNATIONAL, INC$102.8K9.9%
    FREMONT, CA · 1 subaward
  5. UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEM$82.3K7.9%
    COLUMBIA, MO · 1 subaward
  6. SOURCE CODE LLC$51K4.9%
    NORWOOD, MA · 1 subaward
  7. WORLD WIDE TECHNOLOGY LLC$46.8K4.5%
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $2.5M (1 subaward)
  • Sub-grants: $278.4K (1 subaward)

2 primes

  1. APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.$2.5M90%
    ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 1 subaward
  2. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA$278.4K10%
    GAINESVILLE, FL · 1 subaward

Its reported sub-contracts equal 1.3% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $12.1M paid out · $24.7M received
  • FY2022: $3.4M paid out · $8.3M received
  • FY2023: $4.6M paid out · $45.4M received
  • FY2024: $2.7M paid out · $16.5M received
  • FY2025: $7.4M paid out · $10.8M received
  • FY2026: $1M paid out · $2.8M 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 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

2,985 companies · $42.6B reported

  1. L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INTEGRATED SYSTEMS L.P.$5B
    GREENVILLE, TX · 377 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  2. TTM TECHNOLOGIES, INC$4.3B
    STERLING, VA · 297 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  3. TRIO MANUFACTURING INC$4.3B
    EL SEGUNDO, CA · 336 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing

Primes that pay it

164 companies · $36.5B reported

  1. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$20.2B
    FORT WORTH, TX · 6,713 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS OF SANDIA, LLC$7B
    ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 122 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  3. THE BOEING COMPANY$4.8B
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 2,203 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing

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

  1. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$171.9B−38% in FY2026
    FORT WORTH, TX · 128 entities · 76% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingAir Force · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingDefense Contract Management Agency · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing+13 more
  2. THE BOEING COMPANY$74.6B+20% in FY2026
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 99 entities · 47% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingDefense Contract Management Agency · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingNavy · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing+10 more
  3. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$41.6B−14% in FY2026
    MELBOURNE, FL · 159 entities · 37% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingNavy · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing+16 more

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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Lobbying and PAC activity

Organizations in House lobbying disclosures and FEC records whose names an AI judgment matched to this company. Those records carry no identifier shared with contracts, so every match is by name.

Across the company family of RAYTHEON COMPANY (227 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • RTX CORPORATIONAI match · 100%
  • Raytheon Technologies (formerly Raytheon Company)AI match · 99%
  • Digital Force Technologies (formerly known as Adelos)AI match · 98%
  • Sparton CorporationAI match · 96%
  • Raytheon Technologies CorporationAI match · 90%
Lobbying · 2025
$13.9M
39 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$47.2M
$47.2M in its own reports
PAC giving · 2026
$1.2M
1 PAC

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$11.4M
    43 reports
  2. 2024$13.5M
    43 reports
  3. 2025$13.9M
    39 reports
  4. 2026$8.3M
    20 reports

Top issues

  1. Defense117 reports
  2. Budget and appropriations80 reports
  3. Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code35 reports
  4. Aerospace29 reports
  5. Aviation, aircraft and airlines26 reports
  6. Transportation19 reports
  7. Homeland security15 reports
  8. Communications, broadcasting, radio and TV14 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. SENATE130 reports
  2. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES128 reports
  3. Defense - Dept of (DOD)29 reports
  4. Natl Security Council (NSC)18 reports
  5. Executive Office of the President (EOP)11 reports
  6. Transportation - Dept of (DOT)9 reports
  7. Commerce - Dept of (DOC)7 reports
  8. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)6 reports
  9. Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA)4 reports
  10. Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)4 reports

Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).

Lobbying firms hired

  1. American Defense International, Inc.$880K
    14 reports
  2. Invariant LLC$760K
    12 reports
  3. S-3 Group$640K
    10 reports
  4. Forbes-Tate$570K
    10 reports
  5. DLA Piper LLP (US)$390K
    8 reports
  6. Vantage Point Strategies LLC$260K
    13 reports
  7. Thorn Run Partners$260K
    7 reports
  8. INNOVATIVE FEDERAL STRATEGIES, LLC$240K
    6 reports

22 firms in all. Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.

PAC giving to candidates by party, 2026 cycle

  1. Republican$591K51%
  2. Democratic$559K48%
  3. Other or none$6,0000.5%

PACs sponsored

  • EMPLOYEES OF RTX CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$2.4M raised this cycle

PACs these organizations sponsor (connected organizations in FEC records). A PAC gives employees' and members' voluntary contributions, not the company's own money.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Oct 5, 2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.