Federal contractor · CHATSWORTH, CA

TELEMETRY & COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.

TELEMETRY & COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. received $780.5K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 5 awards (−66% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $12.7M. Its largest customer was National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($567.5K).

Obligations · FY2026
$780.5K
New awards
5
Sole-source
36%
Single offer
46%
UEI
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Other than small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 914.8KFY2017
  2. 117KFY2018
  3. 304.5KFY2020
  4. 2.4MFY2021
  5. 2.7MFY2022
  6. 701.9KFY2023
  7. 2.5MFY2024
  8. 2.3MFY2025
  9. 780.5KFY2026
  10. 0FY2027

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$567.5K73%
    2 awards
  2. Department of the Air Force$213K27%
    3 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$616.2K75%
  2. Equipment maintenance$205.5K25%

Where the work was performed

  1. Accomack County, VA$362K46%
  2. Davis County, UT$213K27%
  3. Los Angeles County, CA$205.5K26%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition82%
    US 39% · $639.5K
  • Sole-source awards36%
    US 30% · $277.5K
  • Single-offer competitions46%
    US 8.7% · $362K
  • 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. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$205.5K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1 awards
  2. Department of the Air Force$72K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUIREMENT IS THE ACQUISITION OF A NEW TRAILER BASED SMALL APERTURE MOBILE TELEMETRY ANTENNA SYSTEM CAPABLE OF OPERATING IN L/S/C BAND, AS PART OF AN OVERALL RANGE TELEMETRY MODERNIZATION EFFORT UNDERWAY AT THE NASA WALLOPS FLIGH$2.6M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Accomack County, VA· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 1, 2025 – Oct 2, 2026· 80GSFC25P0003
  2. THE PURPOSE OF THIS TELEMETRY ANTENNA CONTROL SYSTEM PROGRAM IS TO UPDATE AND MODERNIZE GROUND EQUIPMENT AT JONATHAN DICKINSON MISSILE TRACKING ANNEX (JDMTA) AND ASCENSION AUXILIARY AIRFIELD (AAAF) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES.$2.3M
    Department of the Air Force· Davis County, UT· IT & telecom· Jul 22, 2024 – Mar 19, 2026· FA822824C0014
  3. MOF3 TCS - UPGRADE UPLINK CAPABILITY & SERVICE MAINTENANCE$205.5K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Los Angeles County, CA· Equipment maintenance· Jul 28, 2026 – Jul 28, 2026· 80NSSC26P1115
  4. THIS IS A REQUIREMENT FOR ANTENNA CONTROL UNITS AND ASSOCIATED PARTS FOR THE TAA50 ANTENNA SYSTEM IN TEQUESTA FLORIDA.$141K
    Department of the Air Force· Davis County, UT· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 9, 2026 – Apr 16, 2026· FA822226PB015
  5. NEW ANTENNA SERVO MOTORS IAW QUOTE NUMBER Q7250701E DATED 12 APRIL 2026$113.2K
    Department of the Air Force· Davis County, UT· Other equipment & supplies· May 27, 2026 – May 27, 2026· FA822226PB022

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: $559.6K (2 subawards)

2 primes

  1. PERATON INC.$516.2K92%
    HERNDON, VA · 1 subaward
  2. KBR WYLE SERVICES, LLC$43.3K7.7%
    GREENBELT, MD · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $1.4M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $1.6M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $1.2M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $887.2K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $7.1M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $559.6K 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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

9 companies · $12.7M reported

  1. SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$3.6M
    RESTON, VA · 2 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. KBR SERVICES, LLC$3.4M
    HOUSTON, TX · 7 subawards · Other telecommunications
  3. BAE SYSTEMS LAND & ARMAMENTS L.P.$3M
    YORK, PA · 8 subawards · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing

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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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 6 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. INFRARED IMAGING, LLC$2.1M
    BOYLSTON, MA · 37% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  2. STAR DYNAMICS CORP$3.4M−100% in FY2026
    HILLIARD, OH · 41% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  3. MENSOR, LP.$3.6M−100% in FY2026
    SAN MARCOS, TX · 41% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing

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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.