Federal contractor · SAN DIEGO, CA

SHIELD AI INC

SHIELD AI INC received $46.2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 11 awards (+227% vs FY2025). Since FY2018: $98.5M. Its largest customer was U.S. Coast Guard ($42.8M).

Obligations · FY2026
$46.2M
New awards
11
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
7.3%
UEI
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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, $46.2M in FY2026 together.

  1. SHIELD AI INCSAN DIEGO, CA · Family page
    $46.2M
  2. HERON SYSTEMS, INC.CALIFORNIA, MD
    -$86.3K

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 500FY2018
  2. 1.5MFY2020
  3. 800KFY2021
  4. 16.7MFY2022
  5. 6MFY2023
  6. 13.1MFY2024
  7. 14.1MFY2025
  8. 46.2MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. U.S. Coast Guard$42.8M93%
    9 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$3.4M7.3%
    1 awards
  3. Missile Defense Agency$5000.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$42.8M93%
  2. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$3.4M7.3%
  3. Research & development$5000.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia, DC$29.7M64%
  2. San Diego County, CA$16.6M36%
  3. Madison County, AL$5000.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition7.3%
    US 39% · $3.4M
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions7.3%
    US 8.8% · $3.4M
  • 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.

Largest awards

  1. VBAT SHORE BASED SERVICES. TASK ORDER FOR PUERTO RICO.$16M
    U.S. Coast Guard· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Mar 2, 2026 – Jun 24, 2026· 70Z02326F93130005
  2. V-BAT VTOL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT$11.3M
    Department of the Navy· San Diego County, CA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 3, 2025 – May 1, 2026· N0001925F0971
  3. TASK ORDER FOR MR-UAS GUAM SHORE EXPANSION.$8.4M
    U.S. Coast Guard· San Diego County, CA· Professional services· Jul 21, 2026 – Jul 21, 2026· 70Z02326F93130008
  4. TO#3 FOR SHORE-BASED VBAT DEPLOYMENTS$5.9M
    U.S. Coast Guard· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Sep 25, 2025 – Mar 19, 2026· 70Z02325F93130002
  5. TASK ORDER FOR MR-UAS INSTALLATION AND DEPLOYMENT SERVICES FOR COAST GUARD NATIONAL SECURITY CUTTERS.$4.7M
    U.S. Coast Guard· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· May 27, 2026 – May 27, 2026· 70Z02326F93130007
  6. UPGRADE CURRENT AND FUTURE VBAT OPERATIONS WITH EXTRA SENSOR CAPABILITY.$4.7M
    U.S. Coast Guard· San Diego County, CA· Professional services· Sep 28, 2026 – Sep 28, 2026· 70Z02326F93130011
  7. TASK ORDER FOR MR-UAS DEPLOYMENT SERVICES FOR CG NATIONAL SECURITY CUTTERS.$3.5M
    U.S. Coast Guard· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Dec 10, 2025 – Dec 10, 2025· 70Z02326F93130002
  8. TASK ORDER FOR MR-UAS DEPLOYMENT SERVICES FOR CG NATIONAL SECURITY CUTTERS.$2.4M
    U.S. Coast Guard· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Feb 11, 2026 – Feb 11, 2026· 70Z02326F93130004

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: $290.1K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. CACI NSS, LLC$290.1K100%
    RESTON, VA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $214.8K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $1M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $17.4M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $6.2M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $1.3M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $290.1K 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

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

8 companies · $34.4M reported

  1. ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC.$22.8M
    VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 11 subawards · Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers
  2. SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH LLC$5.9M
    WOBURN, MA · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. KBR SERVICES, LLC$2.1M
    HOUSTON, TX · 7 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 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 5 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. THOR SOLUTIONS LLC$101.7M+48% in FY2026
    ARLINGTON, VA · 84% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Coast Guard · Architectural, engineering, and related servicesNavy · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. VECTOR CSP LLC$95.5M+67% in FY2026
    ELIZABETH CITY, NC · 49% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Coast Guard · Architectural, engineering, and related servicesNavy · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. APPLEDORE MARINE ENGINEERING, LLC$23M+91% in FY2026
    PORTSMOUTH, NH · 24% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Coast Guard · Architectural, engineering, and related servicesNavy · 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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

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.