Federal contractor · NEWARK, CA

SMITHS DETECTION, INC

SMITHS DETECTION, INC received $10.5M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 7 awards (+3.2% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $281.1M. Its largest customer was Transportation Security Administration ($10.5M).

Obligations · FY2026: $10.5M
New awards: 7
Sole-source: 0.0%
Single offer: 0.0%

UEI: C5L8ZMERFR53

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 SMITHS DETECTION INC. company family: 3 registered entities, $163.2M in FY2026 together. See the family

SMITHS DETECTION INC.EDGEWOOD, MD · Family page
AI name match · 98%$152.7M
SMITHS DETECTION INC.BALTIMORE, MD
AI name match · 98%$0

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

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

121.6MFY2017
133.8MFY2018
4.1MFY2019
-2MFY2020
-1.7MFY2021
1.7MFY2022
3.9MFY2023
-1.1MFY2024
10.2MFY2025
10.5MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Transportation Security Administration$10.5M100%
7 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

Other equipment & supplies$10.9M100%

Where the work was performed

Fairfax County, VA$9.6M91%
Alameda County, CA$983.7K9.3%

Integrity signals

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

Low competition0.0%
US 39% · -$2.9M
Sole-source awards0.0%
US 30% · $0
Single-offer competitions0.0%
US 8.8% · -$2.9M
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

THE PURPOSE OF DELIVERY ORDER 70T04018F5CAP1017(DO84) UNDER IDIQ HSTS04-12-D-CT1173 IS FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF MEDIUM SPEED EXPLOSIVE DETECTION SYSTEMS (MSEDS) AT LOCATIONS NATIONWIDE.$67.7M
Transportation Security Administration· Alameda County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 28, 2018 – Sep 9, 2026· 70T04018F5CAP1017
THIS DELIVERY ORDER (DO #55) IS TO PROVIDE FORTY (40) CTX 9800 MEDIUM SPEED (MS) EDS SIMPLIFIED ENCLOSURE INPUT/OUTPUT (SEIO) AT VARIOUS AIRPORTS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH CLIN 0003A OF CONTRACT HSTS04-12-D-CT1173. THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE IS MAY 1, 2015 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2018. THIS POP ENCOMPASSES BOTH THE DELIVERY AND INSTALLATION OF THE UNITS AS WELL AS THE NON-SEVERABLE 2 YEAR WARRANTY PERIOD FOR EACH UNIT.$41.8M
Transportation Security Administration· Alameda County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 21, 2016 – Sep 8, 2026· HSTS0415JCT1106
THIS CONTRACT IS FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF MEDIUM SPEED EXPLOSIVE DETECTION SYSTEMS (MSEDS), INSTALLATION SERVICES, AND ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT. THESE SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT WILL ALLOW TSA TO DEPLOY MSEDS AT MULTIPLE AIRPORTS ACROSS THE NATION.$19.2M
Transportation Security Administration· Alameda County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 25, 2020 – Jul 17, 2026· 70T04020C9CAP1112
THIS PROCUREMENT IS FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF QUALIFIED STAND-ALONE (NON-INTEGRATED) RSEDS, ALONG WITH THE INSTALLATION, AND WARRANTY OF THOSE SYSTEMS AND PERIPHERAL/ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE A BASE ORDER OF THIRTY-FOUR (34) RSEDS UNITS AND ASSOCIATED PERIPHERALS, WITH AN OPTION TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL TWENTY-FIVE (25) RSEDS UNITS AND ASSOCIATED PERIPHERALS.$18.3M
Transportation Security Administration· Alameda County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 28, 2018 – Jul 9, 2026· 70T04018C9CAP1094
THIS COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT IS FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF TWENTY-EIGHT (28) MEDIUM SPEED EXPLOSIVE DETECTION SYSTEMS (MSEDS), INCLUDING PERIPHERALS AND ANCILLARY SERVICES FOR THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (TSA).$17.8M
Transportation Security Administration· Fairfax County, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 30, 2024 – Jul 9, 2026· 70T04024C7672N002
COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT OF 10 MSEDS UNITS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES FOR RECAPITALIZATION AT IND AIRPORT.$5.4M
Transportation Security Administration· Alameda County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 27, 2018 – Jul 9, 2026· 70T04018C9CAP1043
THE PURPOSE OF HSTS04-16-J-CT1119 IS TO PROCURE ENGINEERING SERVICES TO SUPPORT THREE CAPABILITY INITIATIVES THROUGH PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT, AND TEST SUPPORT. THESE INITIATIVES ARE ON-SCREEN ALARM RESOLUTION PROTOCOL (OSARP) IN THE CHECKED BAGGAGE RESOLUTION AREA (CBRA), NETWORK ACCEPTANCE TEST&PHYSICAL SECURITY COMPLIANCE, AND AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE (ANSI) N42.45-2011 IMAGE QUALITY. THE SOWS IN THE FOLLOWING PAGES OUTLINE THE REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS THE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, INVOICING GUIDELINES AND PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE.$727.9K
Transportation Security Administration· Alameda County, CA· Equipment maintenance· Sep 7, 2017 – Jan 12, 2026· HSTS0416JCT1119

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

10 companies · $918.1M reported

LEIDOS, INC.$908.2M
RESTON, VA · 9 subawards · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance
ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION$6M
GROTON, CT · 103 subawards · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
PANTEXAS DETERRENCE, LLC$1.4M
LYNCHBURG, VA · 1 subaward · Facilities support 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 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 70 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

ANALOGIC CORP$322.8M+119% in FY2026
PEABODY, MA · 2 entities · 40% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveTransportation Security Administration · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingTransportation Security Administration · Architectural, engineering, and related services
RAPISCAN SYSTEMS INC$359.7M+17% in FY2026
TORRANCE, CA · 4 entities · 24% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Customs and Border Protection · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingU.S. Customs and Border Protection · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenanceU.S. Marshals Service · Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and maintenance
ASTROPHYSICS INC$97.9M+155% in FY2026
CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA · 15% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Customs and Border Protection · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingOffice of Procurement Operations · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingFederal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing

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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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 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 SMITHS DETECTION INC. (3 recipients).

Matched organizations

SMITHS DETECTION INC.AI match · 97%

Lobbying · 2025: $180K; 5 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026: $600K; $100K in its own reports

Lobbying by year

2023$200K
5 reports
2024$200K
4 reports
2025$180K
5 reports
2026$20K
1 reports

Top issues

Budget and appropriations12 reports
Defense3 reports
Homeland security3 reports

Who was contacted

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES15 reports
U.S. SENATE15 reports
Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)3 reports
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)3 reports

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

Lobbying firms hired

METANOIC STRATEGIES$400K
9 reports
CHIC PRODUCTIONS, LLC$120K
3 reports

Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.

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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

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

Congress: members and bills

Through the organizations matched to this company: members of Congress whose campaigns received contributions from their PACs, and the bills their lobbying reports named. Shown beside the company's contracts as a comparison, not a cause.

Bills named in its lobbying reports

H.R. 3061 · Aviation Security Checkpoint Technology Fund Act of 20235 reports
118th Congress · Introduced · 2023–2024
S. 2548 · Aviation Security Checkpoint Technology Fund Act of 20235 reports
118th Congress · Introduced · 2023–2024
H.R. 4016 · Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 20265 reports
119th Congress · Passed one chamber · 2025–2026
H.R. 4213 · Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 20265 reports
119th Congress · Introduced · 2025–2026
S. 2378 · SAFEGUARDS Act of 20254 reports
119th Congress · Introduced · 2025–2026
S. 2572 · Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 20264 reports
119th Congress · Reported by committee · 2025–2026
H.R. 8752 · Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 20253 reports
118th Congress · Passed one chamber · 2024
H.R. 8774 · Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 20253 reports
118th Congress · Passed one chamber · 2024
H.R. 4365 · Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 20242 reports
118th Congress · Passed one chamber · 2023–2024
H.R. 4367 · Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 20242 reports
118th Congress · Passed one chamber · 2023–2024

11 of 15 reports (2023–2026) name at least one bill. Bills and resolutions the current reports name in their issue descriptions, by number of reports. A report names what it lobbied on, not which side it took.

Amounts, members and bills are as recorded, shown side by side. They say nothing about why a contribution was made, how a member voted or what a report sought. A bill number written in a report is read as the measure of the Congress its context points to (a law's number, the Congress written next to it, the title), else of the Congress then sitting.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.

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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.