Federal contractor · CLARKSBURG, MD

THALES DEFENSE & SECURITY INC

THALES DEFENSE & SECURITY INC received $86.4M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 192 awards (−29% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $1.6B. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($48.2M).

Obligations · FY2026
$86.4M
New awards
192
Sole-source
54%
Single offer
41%
UEI
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Parent company
THALES
Other than small businessForeign-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.

32 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $116.5M in FY2026 together.

  1. THALES DEFENSE & SECURITY INCCLARKSBURG, MD · Family page
    $86.4M
  2. ADVANCED ACOUSTIC CONCEPTS, LLCGREAT RIVER, NY
    $19.7M
  3. THALES USA, INC.ARLINGTON, VA
    $7.5M
  4. THALES USA, INC.OVERLAND PARK, KS
    $2.4M
  5. THALES BELGIUMHERSTAL, BEL
    $564K
  6. ADVANCED ACOUSTIC CONCEPTS, LLCWASHINGTON, DC
    $31.3K
  7. THALES USA, INCSALT LAKE CITY, UT
    $18.1K
  8. ADVANCED ACOUSTIC CONCEPTS, LLCLEMONT FURNACE, PA
    $0
  9. GEMALTO COGENT, INC.PASADENA, CA
    $0
  10. MARQUIS CONSULTING SERVICES, INC.FORT WAYNE, IN
    $0
  11. SAFENET ASSURED TECHNOLOGIES, LLCABINGDON, MD
    $0
  12. TAMPA MICROWAVE, LLCCLEARWATER, FL
    $0
  13. TDA ARMEMENTS SASLA FERTE ST AUBIN, FRA
    $0
  14. THALES ALENIA SPACE BELGIUM SACHARLEROI, BEL
    $0
  15. THALES ALENIA SPACE ESPANA SATRES CANTOS, ESP
    $0
  16. THALES ALENIA SPACE FRANCETOULOUSE, FRA
    $0
  17. THALES ALENIA SPACE ITALIA S.P.A.ROMA, ITA
    $0
  18. THALES AVIONICS, INC., AVIATION SOLUTIONS DIVISIONARLINGTON, VA
    $0
  19. THALES CRYOGENICS B.V.EINDHOVEN, NLD
    $0
  20. THALES DIS USA INC.AUSTIN, TX
    $0
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  1. THALES DMS FRANCE SASVALBONNE, FRA
    $0
  2. THALES E-SECURITY, INC.PLANTATION, FL
    $0
  3. THALES NEDERLAND B.V.HENGELO OV, NLD
    $0
  4. THALES NEDERLAND B.V.HUIZEN, NLD
    $0
  5. THALES NORWAY ASOSLO, NOR
    $0
  6. THALES SIX GTS FRANCE SASGENNEVILLIERS, FRA
    $0
  7. THALES TRANSPORT & SECURITY, INC.PITTSBURGH, PA
    $0
  8. THALES UK LIMITEDREADING, GBR
    $0
  9. THALES UNDERWATER SYSTEMS SASVALBONNE, FRA
    $0
  10. THALES USA DEFENSE & SECURITY, INC.ARLINGTON, VA
    $0
  11. THALES VISIONIX, INCCLARKSBURG, MD
    $0
  12. THALES DEFENSE & SECURITY, INC.OVERLAND PARK, KS
    -$20.1K

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

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 83.9MFY2017
  2. 155MFY2018
  3. 157.4MFY2019
  4. 221.2MFY2020
  5. 180.8MFY2021
  6. 192.7MFY2022
  7. 183.2MFY2023
  8. 217.4MFY2024
  9. 121.7MFY2025
  10. 86.4MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Logistics Agency$48.2M56%
    138 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$36.3M42%
    40 awards
  3. Department of the Air Force$1.4M1.7%
    4 awards
  4. U.S. Coast Guard$396.8K0.5%
    4 awards
  5. Department of the Army$00.0%
    6 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$54.6M63%
  2. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$31.5M37%
  3. Equipment maintenance$199.2K0.2%
  4. IT & telecom$6,6490.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Montgomery County, MD$86.4M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition95%
    US 39% · $82M
  • Sole-source awards54%
    US 30% · $46.7M
  • Single-offer competitions41%
    US 8.7% · $35.3M
  • 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 Navy$36.3M
    Department of Defense · 26 awards
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$9M
    Department of Defense · 35 awards
  3. Department of the Air Force$1.4M
    Department of Defense · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. LEADER RADIO PROGRAM FULL RATE PRODUCTION 2 (FRP-2) AWARD IN SUPPORT OF ACAT IC PEO-C3T/PM-TR/PDM-HMS.$106.9M
    Department of the Army· Montgomery County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 7, 2022 – May 11, 2026· W15P7T22F0155
  2. THIS LEADER RADIO FULL RATE PRODUCTION ORDER AUTHORIZES THE PURCHASE OF RADIO AND COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT.$104.2M
    Department of the Army· Montgomery County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 18, 2024 – May 5, 2026· W15P7T24F0050
  3. THE PURPOSE OF THIS DELIVERY ORDER IS TO ISSUE THE SECOND DELIVERY ORDER QUANTITY FOR RADIO TRANSMITTER (R/T) AGAINST COMBAT NET RADIO (CNR) POST- FIRST ARTICLE TESTING (FAT) ORDERING PERIOD 3.$95.9M
    Department of the Army· Montgomery County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· May 15, 2024 – Feb 25, 2026· W15P7T24F0047
  4. LEADER RADIO PROGRAM LOW RATE INITIAL PRODUCTION 3 ORDER AWARD IN SUPPORT OF ACAT IC PEO-C3T/PM-TR/PDM-HMS$62.8M
    Department of the Army· Montgomery County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 12, 2020 – Apr 7, 2026· W15P7T21F0014
  5. LEADER RADIO FULL RATE PRODUCTION 1 (FRP-1) AWARD IN SUPPORT OF ACAT IC PEO-C3T/PM-TR/PDM-HMS$55.1M
    Department of the Army· Montgomery County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 22, 2021 – Apr 7, 2026· W15P7T21F0188
  6. COMBAT NETWORKING RADIO, A MODERNIZED RADIO USED ON THE GROUND AND IN VEHICLES, IN SUPPORT OF PROJECT MANAGER TACTICAL RADIOS/PRODUCT MANAGER WAVEFORMS$30.3M
    Department of the Army· Montgomery County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 7, 2025 – Mar 24, 2026· W15P7T25F0198
  7. VENTILATED MOUNTING, EQUIPPED HELMET,STD, PROCESSOR,HELMET, DISPLAY UNIT,HEAD-U$28.9M
    Department of the Navy· Montgomery County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· May 19, 2025 – Jun 10, 2026· N0038325FZK01
  8. DOME,SONAR$15.9M
    Defense Logistics Agency· Montgomery County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· May 6, 2026 – May 20, 2026· SPRPA126CRA24

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: $31.1M (92 subawards)

32 sub-recipients

  1. THALES AVS FRANCE SAS$12.4M40%
    MERIGNAC, AQ · 28 subawards
  2. QIOPTIQ LIMITED$4.8M15%
    ST ASAPH, GBR · 5 subawards
  3. THOMAS ELECTRONICS, INC$4.7M15%
    CLYDE, NY · 5 subawards
  4. TRELLISWARE TECHNOLOGIES INC$2.1M6.7%
    SAN DIEGO, CA · 2 subawards
  5. THALES DMS FRANCE SAS$1.2M3.9%
    VALBONNE, FRA · 3 subawards
  6. ARROW ELECTRONICS INC$715.9K2.3%
    RENO, NV · 5 subawards
  7. COIL-Q CORP$650.5K2.1%
    BRONXVILLE, NY · 1 subaward
  8. PEI/GENESIS, INC.$603.9K1.9%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 3 subawards
  9. EMERGING POWER INC$445.1K1.4%
    HACKENSACK, NJ · 4 subawards
  10. GOWANDA - BTI LLC$426.8K1.4%
    ARCADE, NY · 4 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $5.3M (6 subawards)

5 primes

  1. SUPPLYCORE LLC$4.3M81%
    ROCKFORD, IL · 1 subaward
  2. L-3 COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATED SYSTEMS L.P.$551.7K10%
    GREENVILLE, TX · 1 subaward
  3. CAE USA INC.$197.6K3.7%
    ARLINGTON, TX · 1 subaward
  4. CAE USA INC.$144.7K2.7%
    ARLINGTON, TX · 2 subawards
  5. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$121.6K2.3%
    LEXINGTON, KY · 1 subaward

Its reported sub-contracts equal 36% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $41M paid out · $269.5M received
  • FY2022: $113.9M paid out · $75.1M received
  • FY2023: $113M paid out · $32.3M received
  • FY2024: $71.6M paid out · $40.7M received
  • FY2025: $42.8M paid out · $19M received
  • FY2026: $31.1M paid out · $5.3M 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

154 companies · $385.8M reported

  1. THALES AVS FRANCE SAS$68.6M
    MERIGNAC, FRA · 176 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  2. VIASAT INC$63.8M
    CARLSBAD, CA · 7 subawards · Communications equipment manufacturing
  3. ULTRALIFE CORP.$24.5M
    NEWARK, NY · 12 subawards · Communications equipment manufacturing

Primes that pay it

28 companies · $3.6B reported

  1. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$2.9B
    FORT WORTH, TX · 271 subawards · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  2. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$220.1M
    MELBOURNE, FL · 21 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC.$119.6M
    VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 98 subawards · Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers

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 76 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. TRACE SYSTEMS, INC.$316.3M−58% in FY2026
    VIENNA, VA · 40% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Communications equipment manufacturing
  2. WOODWARD HRT INC$314M−20% in FY2026
    VALENCIA, CA · 12 entities · 24% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing+2 more
  3. ENVISTACOM, L.L.C$104.4M−100% in FY2026
    DULUTH, GA · 2 entities · 18% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Communications equipment 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 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 THALES DEFENSE & SECURITY INC (32 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • Thales Defense & Security, Inc.AI match · 100%
  • THALES USA, INC.AI match · 100%
  • Advanced Acoustic ConceptsAI match · 99%
Lobbying · 2025
$820K
21 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$2.6M
PAC giving · 2026
$76.8K
1 PAC

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$510K
    12 reports
  2. 2024$580K
    14 reports
  3. 2025$820K
    21 reports
  4. 2026$660K
    13 reports

Top issues

  1. Defense35 reports
  2. Aviation, aircraft and airlines17 reports
  3. Budget and appropriations14 reports
  4. Homeland security5 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES46 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE43 reports
  3. Defense - Dept of (DOD)19 reports
  4. State - Dept of (DOS)14 reports
  5. Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)5 reports
  6. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)3 reports
  7. Transportation - Dept of (DOT)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

  1. BAKER DONELSON BEARMAN CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ$780K
    14 reports
  2. INNOVATIVE FEDERAL STRATEGIES, LLC$750K
    14 reports
  3. HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP$440K
    8 reports
  4. Strategic Marketing Innovations$230K
    8 reports
  5. JTR STRATEGIES LLC$210K
    3 reports
  6. AUBREY MATURIN LLC$160K
    5 reports
  7. 262 STRATEGY LLC$0
    7 reports
  8. Continental Consulting Group Corporation$0
    1 reports

Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.

PAC giving to candidates by party, 2026 cycle

  1. Republican$46.8K61%
  2. Democratic$30K39%

PACs sponsored

  • THALES USA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (THALES USA PAC)$99.2K 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 Oct 5, 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.