Federal contractor · ENGLEWOOD, CO

SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLC

SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLC received $2B in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 45 awards (−12% vs FY2025). Since FY2019: $7B. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($1.9B).

Obligations · FY2026
$2B
New awards
45
Sole-source
21%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
N1PWVLN6F4U1
Other than small businessWoman-owned
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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 SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLC company family: 18 registered entities, $2.3B in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLCSPARKS, NV · Family page
    $295.6M
  2. SIERRA SPACE CORPLOUISVILLE, CO
    $10.9M
  3. SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLCHAGERSTOWN, MD
    $7.2M
  4. SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLCSHALIMAR, FL
    $5.4M
  5. SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLCFAYETTEVILLE, NC
    $632.8K

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

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 10.3MFY2019
  2. 99.5MFY2020
  3. 111.7MFY2021
  4. 539.5MFY2022
  5. 698.9MFY2023
  6. 1.3BFY2024
  7. 2.2BFY2025
  8. 2BFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Air Force$1.9B94%
    41 awards
  2. U.S. Special Operations Command$115.6M5.8%
    1 awards
  3. U.S. Customs and Border Protection$122.3K0.0%
    1 awards
  4. Department of the Navy$20K0.0%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$1.5B78%
  2. Professional services$324.4M16%
  3. Research & development$118.3M6.0%
  4. Equipment maintenance$122.3K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Denver County, CO$1.7B83%
  2. Arapahoe County, CO$251.5M13%
  3. Douglas County, CO$59.4M3.0%
  4. Greene County, OH$20.6M1.0%
  5. Abroad$20K0.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition21%
    US 39% · $407.4M
  • Sole-source awards21%
    US 30% · $407.4M
  • 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 Air Force$407.3M
    Department of Defense · 7 awards

Largest awards

  1. SURVIVABLE AIRBORNE OPERATIONS CENTER (SAOC)$3.4B
    Department of the Air Force· Denver County, CO· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Apr 26, 2024 – Jun 9, 2026· FA283424CB002
  2. ENGINEERING&MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT$548.2M
    U.S. Special Operations Command· Arapahoe County, CO· Research & development· Jul 15, 2020 – Jun 11, 2026· H9240820C0004
  3. AFLCMC/WI$300.2M
    Department of the Air Force· Arapahoe County, CO· Professional services· Oct 30, 2024 – Apr 29, 2026· FA862025FB029
  4. BIG SAFARI$265.6M
    Department of the Air Force· Denver County, CO· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Apr 6, 2023 – Nov 19, 2025· FA862023F4075
  5. BIG SAFARI$159.6M
    Department of the Air Force· Denver County, CO· Professional services· Jul 31, 2024 – May 6, 2026· FA862024FB024
  6. BIG SAFARI$111.6M
    Department of the Air Force· Denver County, CO· Professional services· Nov 22, 2024 – Jan 28, 2026· FA862025FB039
  7. BIG SAFARI$92.3M
    Department of the Air Force· Denver County, CO· Professional services· Nov 13, 2023 – Nov 20, 2025· FA862024F4030
  8. FOLLOW ON AWARD CONTRACT FOR AIRCRAFT MODIFICATIONS$70.4M
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection· Denver County, CO· Equipment maintenance· Sep 28, 2023 – Sep 21, 2026· 70B02C23C00000124

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: $319.5M (273 subawards)

128 sub-recipients

  1. RADA TECHNOLOGIES LLC$61M19%
    GERMANTOWN, MD · 6 subawards
  2. ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC.$55.9M18%
    CEDAR RAPIDS, IA · 1 subaward
  3. CAE USA INC.$51.2M16%
    ORLANDO, FL · 1 subaward
  4. BROADWING AVIATION, LLC$30.7M9.6%
    FORT WORTH, TX · 23 subawards
  5. WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY$16.2M5.1%
    WICHITA, KS · 2 subawards
  6. ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES INC$8.8M2.7%
    INDIANAPOLIS, IN · 2 subawards
  7. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY$8.1M2.5%
    CINCINNATI, OH · 3 subawards
  8. LUFTHANSA TECHNIK COMPONENT SERVICES LLC$7.9M2.5%
    TULSA, OK · 5 subawards
  9. LUFTHANSA TECHNIK AG$7.8M2.4%
    HAMBURG, DE · 6 subawards
  10. APPLIED SYSTEMS ENGINEERING INCORPORATED$5.3M1.7%
    NICEVILLE, FL · 9 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

Its reported sub-contracts equal 16% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $20.7M paid out · $63.3K received
  • FY2022: $141.2M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2023: $276.9M paid out · $6.5M received
  • FY2024: $338.6M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2025: $483.2M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $319.5M 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

1,029 companies · $3.1B reported

  1. RAYTHEON COMPANY$256.9M
    TUCSON, AZ · 121 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  2. CREATION TECHNOLOGIES WASHINGTON LLC$171.2M
    EVERETT, WA · 92 subawards · Communications equipment manufacturing
  3. DRS NETWORK & IMAGING SYSTEMS LLC$149.1M
    MELBOURNE, FL · 87 subawards · Communications equipment manufacturing

Primes that pay it

40 companies · $562.6M reported

  1. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$235.5M
    FORT WORTH, TX · 77 subawards · Other support services
  2. SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$75.9M
    RESTON, VA · 11 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. MANTECH ADVANCED SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.$32.5M
    HERNDON, VA · 7 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 41 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INTEGRATED SYSTEMS L.P.$22.8B−25% in FY2026
    GREENVILLE, TX · 154 entities · 63% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingArmy · Communications equipment manufacturing+2 more
  2. KONGSBERG DEFENCE & AEROSPACE AS$2B+11% in FY2026
    KONGSBERG, NOR · 15% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNavy · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  3. THE MITRE CORPORATION$5.7B−14% in FY2026
    MC LEAN, VA · 3 entities · 21% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Other professional, scientific, and technical servicesArmy · 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.

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 SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLC (18 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • SIERRA NEVADA CORPORATIONAI match · 100%
  • SIERRA SPACE CORPORATIONAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$510K
27 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$4M
$4M in its own reports
PAC giving · 2026
$290.5K
2 PACs

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$1.3M
    26 reports
  2. 2024$1.8M
    33 reports
  3. 2025$510K
    27 reports
  4. 2026$500K
    16 reports

Top issues

  1. Defense74 reports
  2. Aerospace46 reports
  3. Budget and appropriations11 reports
  4. Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code10 reports
  5. Energy and nuclear4 reports
  6. Homeland security3 reports
  7. Aviation, aircraft and airlines2 reports
  8. Computer industry2 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES98 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE96 reports
  3. Defense - Dept of (DOD)19 reports
  4. Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)11 reports
  5. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)10 reports
  6. Commerce - Dept of (DOC)9 reports
  7. Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)8 reports
  8. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)1 reports
  9. Energy - Dept of1 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. CROSS POTOMAC CONSULTING LLC$840K
    14 reports
  2. Venture Government Strategies, LLC (fka Hobart Hallaway & Quayle Ventures, LLC)$700K
    14 reports
  3. Icebreaker Strategies, LLC$380K
    7 reports
  4. Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.$300K
    6 reports
  5. Meeks, Butera & Israel PLLC$220K
    14 reports
  6. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP$180K
    2 reports
  7. Atlantic Strategies Group LLC$140K
    9 reports
  8. Covington & Burling LLP$100K
    2 reports

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

PAC giving to candidates by party, 2026 cycle

  1. Republican$224K77%
  2. Democratic$62.5K22%
  3. Other or none$4,0001.4%

PACs sponsored

  • SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$306.4K raised this cycle
  • SIERRA SPACE CORPORATION PAC$3,470 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Sep 30, 2026.

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.