Federal contractor · ARLINGTON, VA

SYNOPTIC ENGINEERING, LLC

SYNOPTIC ENGINEERING, LLC received $1.7M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 2 awards (+98% vs FY2025). Since FY2020: $7.2M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($1.7M).

Obligations · FY2026
$1.7M
New awards
2
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
59%
UEI
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Parent company
SYNOPTIC ENGINEERING LLC
Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 224.9KFY2020
  2. 166.5KFY2021
  3. 613.8KFY2022
  4. 1.3MFY2023
  5. 2.4MFY2024
  6. 854.3KFY2025
  7. 1.7MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$1.7M100%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$1.7M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Arlington County, VA$1.7M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition59%
    US 39% · $999K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions59%
    US 8.8% · $999K
  • 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. EMPLOY THE CHARACTERISTICS OF ATMOSPHERIC DUCTING AND ITS EFFECTS ON RF PROPAGATION TO CATEGORIZE THE ELEVATION OF AN OVERWATER RF EMITTER AS BEING WITHIN THE DUCT OR ABOVE THE DUCT.$2.7M
    Department of the Navy· Arlington County, VA· Research & development· Jun 30, 2023 – May 26, 2026· N0001423C1054
  2. SBIR PHASE II$999K
    Department of the Navy· Arlington County, VA· Research & development· Jun 8, 2026 – Jun 8, 2026· N6833526C0183

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. MINNESOTA WIRE & CABLE CO$5M
    SAINT PAUL, MN · 98% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development services
  2. WOLF TECHNICAL SERVICES INC$4.6M+114% in FY2026
    FISHERS, IN · 93% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development services
  3. METAL IMPROVEMENT COMPANY, LLC$4.5M
    LIVERMORE, CA · 93% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.