Federal contractor · WICHITA, KS

TEXTRON AVIATION INC

TEXTRON AVIATION INC received $85.3M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 32 awards (−82% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $1.4B. Its largest customer was Federal Aviation Administration ($73.6M).

Obligations · FY2026
$85.3M
New awards
32
Sole-source
88%
Single offer
1.0%
UEI
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Parent company
TEXTRON INC
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 BELL TEXTRON INC company family: 33 registered entities, $2.6B in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. BELL TEXTRON INCFORT WORTH, TX · Family page
    $2.1B
  2. TEXTRON SYSTEMS CORPNEW ORLEANS, LA
    $152M
  3. AIRBORNE TACTICAL ADVANTAGE CO LLCNEWPORT NEWS, VA
    $140.3M
  4. TEXTRON SYSTEMS CORPORATIONHUNT VALLEY, MD
    $74M
  5. TEXTRON AVIATION DEFENSE LLCWICHITA, KS
    $49.8M

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

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 16.1MFY2017
  2. 27.2MFY2018
  3. 58.7MFY2019
  4. 82.3MFY2020
  5. 32.6MFY2021
  6. 50MFY2022
  7. 191.4MFY2023
  8. 344.2MFY2024
  9. 468.3MFY2025
  10. 85.3MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Federal Aviation Administration$73.6M86%
    7 awards
  2. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$9M11%
    1 awards
  3. Federal Bureau of Investigation$1.2M1.4%
    1 awards
  4. Department of the Navy$1.2M1.4%
    2 awards
  5. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$174.9K0.2%
    12 awards
  6. Department of the Army$156.8K0.2%
    7 awards
  7. Forest Service$143.3K0.2%
    1 awards
  8. Defense Contract Management Agency-$177.9K0.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$84.6M99%
  2. Equipment maintenance$375.2K0.4%
  3. Professional services$275.7K0.3%

Where the work was performed

  1. Sedgwick County, KS$76.2M89%
  2. Montgomery County, KS$9M11%
  3. Hillsborough County, FL$53.2K0.1%
  4. Glynn County, GA$38.6K0.0%
  5. Oklahoma County, OK$18.4K0.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition89%
    US 39% · $76.1M
  • Sole-source awards88%
    US 30% · $75.2M
  • Single-offer competitions1.0%
    US 8.8% · $870.7K
  • 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. Federal Aviation Administration$73.6M
    Department of Transportation · 2 awards
  2. Federal Bureau of Investigation$1.2M
    Department of Justice · 1 awards
  3. Department of the Navy$296.7K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards
  4. Forest Service$143.3K
    Department of Agriculture · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. METS A/C FULL RATE PRODUCTION LOT I$677M
    Department of the Navy· Sedgwick County, KS· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jan 25, 2023 – May 13, 2026· N0001923C0020
  2. PROCURE MODIFIED COMMERCIAL KING AIR 360ER AIRCRAFT - FPFM$181.1M
    Federal Aviation Administration· Sedgwick County, KS· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· May 21, 2026 – May 26, 2026· 6973GH26F00864
  3. 18 BEECHCRAFT AIRCRAFT FOR FLIGHT PROGRAM OPERATIONS (AJF) THE TOTAL ESTIMATED POTENTIAL VALUE (TEPV) IS ESTABLISHED AT AN AMOUNT OF $282.6M. FUNDING WILL BE OBLIGATED UPON THE EXECUTION OF TASK ORDERS (TOS)$57M
    Federal Aviation Administration· Sedgwick County, KS· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 24, 2023 – May 19, 2026· 6973GH23F01933
  4. PROCURE MODIFIED COMMERCIAL KING AIR 360ER AIRCRAFT - DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND$49.9M
    Federal Aviation Administration· Sedgwick County, KS· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jan 29, 2025 – Jun 18, 2026· 6973GH25F00411
  5. FIVE-YEAR, FIRM FIXED PRICE, INDEFINITE DELIVERY - INDEFINITE QUANTITY FOR PROCUREMENT OF KING AIR B200 SERIES, KING AIR B300, CESSNA C-408 AIRCRAFT, TO SATISFY FOREIGN MILITARY SALES (FMS) REQUIREMENTS.$25.9M
    Department of the Army· Sedgwick County, KS· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Dec 19, 2024 – May 26, 2026· W58RGZ25F0136
  6. FIVE-YEAR FIRM-FIXED PRICE INDEFINITE DELIVERY INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF A NEW KING AIR B300 SERIES, FOR FOREIGN MILITARY SALES REQUIREMENTS.$23.9M
    Department of the Army· Sedgwick County, KS· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 28, 2023 – May 20, 2026· W58RGZ23F0542
  7. PROCURE COMPONENTS FOR MODIFIED COMMERCIAL KING AIR 360ER AIRCRAFT - FPFM P2$14.3M
    Federal Aviation Administration· Sedgwick County, KS· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Aug 19, 2024 – Jun 4, 2026· 6973GH24F01335
  8. FIVE-YEAR FIRM-FIXED PRICE INDEFINITE DELIVERY INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF NEW KING AIR B300 SERIES AIRCRAFT FOR FOREIGN MILITARY SALES REQUIREMENTS$12.8M
    Department of the Army· Sedgwick County, KS· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jun 25, 2024 – Nov 19, 2025· W58RGZ24F0358

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: $5.4M (30 subawards)

6 sub-recipients

  1. CHELTON AVIONICS, INC$2.1M40%
    PRESCOTT, AZ · 13 subawards
  2. B/E AEROSPACE, INC.$1.4M25%
    LENEXA, KS · 1 subaward
  3. ACRON AVIATION, INC.$734.6K14%
    GRAND RAPIDS, MI · 6 subawards
  4. NORTH FLIGHT DATA SYSTEMS LLC$678.6K13%
    SHREVEPORT, LA · 6 subawards
  5. PRATT & WHITNEY COMPONENT SOLUTIONS, INC.$385.4K7.1%
    NORTON SHORES, MI · 3 subawards
  6. ATI ENGINEERING SERVICES LLC$107.8K2.0%
    JOHNSTOWN, PA · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $4.5M (22 subawards)

8 primes

  1. AMENTUM SERVICES INC$2.5M55%
    CHANTILLY, VA · 10 subawards
  2. JPATS LOGISTICS SERVICES, LLC$1.2M27%
    CAPE CANAVERAL, FL · 3 subawards
  3. SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SERVICES, LLC$346.3K7.7%
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 3 subawards
  4. V2X AEROSPACE LLC$143.1K3.2%
    MADISON, MS · 2 subawards
  5. DEFENSE SYSTEMS AND SOLUTIONS$104K2.3%
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 1 subaward
  6. L-3 COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATED SYSTEMS L.P.$98.5K2.2%
    GREENVILLE, TX · 1 subaward
  7. GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.$76.6K1.7%
    POWAY, CA · 1 subaward
  8. TEXTRON AVIATION DEFENSE LLC$45.8K1.0%
    WICHITA, KS · 1 subaward

Its reported sub-contracts equal 6.3% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $7.1M received
  • FY2022: $6M paid out · $10M received
  • FY2023: $7.6M paid out · $60.2M received
  • FY2024: $24.7M paid out · $33.7M received
  • FY2025: $17.6M paid out · $17.1M received
  • FY2026: $5.4M paid out · $4.5M 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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

929 companies · $4.2B reported

  1. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$636.9M
    FORT WORTH, TX · 25 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  2. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY$409.6M
    LYNN, MA · 72 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  3. MOOG INC$266.9M
    EAST AURORA, NY · 34 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing

Primes that pay it

33 companies · $3.3B reported

  1. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$2.4B
    MELBOURNE, FL · 57 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  2. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$402.6M
    FORT WORTH, TX · 81 subawards · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  3. JPATS LOGISTICS SERVICES, LLC$111M
    CAPE CANAVERAL, FL · 731 subawards · Support activities for air transportation

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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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 74 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. RAYTHEON/LOCKHEED MARTIN JAVELIN JV$2.2B−97% in FY2026
    TUCSON, AZ · 25% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  2. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY$8.5B−29% in FY2026
    LYNN, MA · 71 entities · 38% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingArmy · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing+1 more
  3. DEFENSE SYSTEMS AND SOLUTIONS$1.6B−48% in FY2026
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 19% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Aerospace product and parts 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 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 BELL TEXTRON INC (33 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • TEXTRON INC.AI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$5.9M
24 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$19.5M
$19.5M in its own reports

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$4.4M
    26 reports
  2. 2024$5.4M
    26 reports
  3. 2025$5.9M
    24 reports
  4. 2026$3.8M
    12 reports

Top issues

  1. Defense61 reports
  2. Aviation, aircraft and airlines42 reports
  3. Budget and appropriations14 reports
  4. Foreign relations14 reports
  5. Homeland security14 reports
  6. Aerospace13 reports
  7. Trade (domestic and foreign)9 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES88 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE85 reports
  3. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)12 reports
  4. Transportation - Dept of (DOT)12 reports
  5. Defense - Dept of (DOD)9 reports
  6. Army - Dept of (Other)4 reports
  7. State - Dept of (DOS)2 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. BGR Government Affairs$840K
    14 reports
  2. S-3 Group$700K
    14 reports
  3. Crossroads Strategies, LLC$650K
    13 reports
  4. American Defense International, Inc.$410K
    14 reports
  5. The Doerrer Group LLC$360K
    14 reports
  6. HITHER CREEK STRATEGIES, LLC$120K
    5 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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

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