Federal contractor · ARLINGTON, VA

THE CNA CORPORATION

THE CNA CORPORATION received $68M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 185 awards (−41% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $1.1B. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($64.3M).

Obligations · FY2026
$68M
New awards
185
Sole-source
95%
Single offer
0.3%
UEI
MC5HF1LR16H1
Other than small businessNonprofit
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 117.2MFY2017
  2. 108.6MFY2018
  3. 100.6MFY2019
  4. 114.2MFY2020
  5. 104MFY2021
  6. 110.4MFY2022
  7. 105MFY2023
  8. 114.3MFY2024
  9. 114.6MFY2025
  10. 68MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$64.3M95%
    165 awards
  2. Federal Emergency Management Agency$3.4M5.0%
    16 awards
  3. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$216.4K0.3%
    1 awards
  4. Office of Procurement Operations$00.0%
    2 awards
  5. Office of Justice Programs$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$67.8M99.7%
  2. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$216.4K0.3%

Where the work was performed

  1. Arlington County, VA$64.1M94%
  2. District of Columbia, DC$3.9M5.7%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition95%
    US 39% · $64.6M
  • Sole-source awards95%
    US 30% · $64.3M
  • Single-offer competitions0.3%
    US 8.7% · $216.4K
  • 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$64.3M
    Department of Defense · 96 awards

Largest awards

  1. FY2025 NAVY FIELD REPRESENTATIVE PROGRAM$13.5M
    Department of the Navy· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Nov 27, 2024 – Apr 1, 2026· N0001425FT219
  2. PROJECT TITLE: FY24 ANALYTIC MODELING FOR PERFORMANCE-TO-PLAN PROJECT NO. 0007.5849.F308.01$12.7M
    Department of the Navy· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Mar 4, 2024 – Mar 11, 2026· N0001424FT135
  3. PROJECT TITLE: FY25 NAVY STUDIES$11.6M
    Department of the Navy· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Oct 1, 2024 – Apr 7, 2026· N0001425FT215
  4. EDAMI BAT SERVICES IS TO ACQUIRE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND EXPERTISE TO TRANSFORM THE BAT TRANSFORMATION ACTIVITIES FOR EDAMI PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OFFICE (PMO).$9.3M
    Federal Emergency Management Agency· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Aug 31, 2022 – Oct 24, 2025· 70FA3122F00000049
  5. AWARD TASK ORDER UNDER BASE IDIQ FY22 USMC FIELD BILLETS B541$6.1M
    Department of the Navy· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Feb 28, 2022 – Feb 5, 2026· N0001422FB003
  6. DETECTION AND MITIGATION OF COVID-19 IN CONFINEMENT FACILITIES FOR THE USDOJ/OJP BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE - SINGLE AWARD TASK ORDER TO CNA CORPORATION$5.7M
    Office of Justice Programs· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Jul 27, 2022 – Jun 9, 2026· 15PBJA22F00000005
  7. PROJECT TITLE: FY2025 NAVY SCIENTIFIC ANALYST PROGRAM$5.3M
    Department of the Navy· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Nov 26, 2024 – Mar 27, 2026· N0001425FT220
  8. PROJECT TITLE: ENHANCING INTEGRATED PREVENTION IN THE ARMY PROJECT NO. 0007.5867.F330.00$5.2M
    Department of the Navy· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· May 6, 2024 – May 5, 2026· N0001424FT160

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

THE CNA CORPORATION received -$3,918 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 15 actions (1 new awards), −100% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 19.124 · East Asia and Pacific Grants Program ($250K).

Assistance · FY2026
-$3,918
New awards
1
Actions
15
Since FY2021
$74.8M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 867.5KFY2021
  2. 23.6MFY2022
  3. 14.2MFY2023
  4. 30.8MFY2024
  5. 5.4MFY2025
  6. -3.9KFY2026

By type

  1. Grants-$3,9180.0%

Top programs

  1. 19.124 · East Asia and Pacific Grants Program$250K0.0%
  2. 16.738 · Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program-$1,9460.0%
  3. 19.026 · Global Peace Operations Initiative-$252K0.0%

Largest awards

  1. LAW ENFORCEMENTAGENCIES IN THE UNITED STATES ARE CONFRONTING NEW CHALLENGES; AS A RESULT, THEY REQUIRE A FRESH, EVIDENCE-BASED, AND…$10.5M
    16.710 · Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants· Offices, Boards and Divisions· Cooperative agreement· Oct 13, 2023 – Jul 31, 2026· 15JCOPS23GK01741CRIT
  2. THE DOMESTIC VIOLENT EXTREMISM AND RADICALIZATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING (DVERT) CENTER OF EXCELLENCE (COE) WILL BE DEFINED BY ITS…$7M
    16.560 · National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants· Office of Justice Programs· Cooperative agreement· Sep 20, 2024 – Dec 11, 2025· 15PNIJ24GK00750DOMR
  3. POLICE AGENCIES IN THE UNITED STATES ARE CONFRONTING NEW CHALLENGES; AS A RESULT, THEY REQUIRE A FRESH, EVIDENCE-BASED, AND OBJECTIVE…$5M
    16.710 · Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants· Offices, Boards and Divisions· Cooperative agreement· Oct 13, 2022 – Jun 24, 2026· 15JCOPS22GK03336CRIT
  4. JUSTICE REINVESTMENT INITIATIVE: NATIONAL TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CATEGORY 3$4.4M
    16.827 · Justice Reinvestment Initiative· Office of Justice Programs· Cooperative agreement· Feb 6, 2024 – Jul 30, 2026· 2019ZBBXK001
  5. FOR 15 YEARS, THE BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCES (BJA) SMART POLICING INITIATIVE (SPI) HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF EVIDENCE-BASED LAW…$2.4M
    16.738 · Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program· Office of Justice Programs· Cooperative agreement· Nov 13, 2023 – Jul 1, 2026· 15PBJA23GK05522JAGP
  6. POLICE AGENCIES IN THE US ARE CONFRONTING NEW CHALLENGES; AS A RESULT, THEY REQUIRE CONTINUING, EVIDENCE-BASED, AND OBJECTIVE APPROACHES TO…$1.7M
    16.710 · Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants· Offices, Boards and Divisions· Cooperative agreement· Sep 19, 2024 – Jul 31, 2026· 15JCOPS24GK00123CRIT

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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-grants: $560.2K (4 subawards)

3 sub-recipients

  1. AMERICAN UNIVERSITY$228.5K41%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 2 subawards
  2. GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC$216.7K39%
    ATLANTA, GA · 1 subaward
  3. TRUSTEES OF THE HAMLINE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA$114.9K21%
    SAINT PAUL, MN · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $1.9M (3 subawards)

3 primes

  1. DEWBERRY ENGINEERS INC.$1.4M75%
    FAIRFAX, VA · 1 subaward
  2. ICF INCORPORATED, L.L.C.$314.8K16%
    RESTON, VA · 1 subaward
  3. LS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC$154.8K8.1%
    FAIRFAX, VA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $3.3M paid out · $464.7K received
  • FY2022: $3.6M paid out · $1.4M received
  • FY2023: $6.2M paid out · $1.8M received
  • FY2024: $2.7M paid out · $1.8M received
  • FY2025: $1.9M paid out · $2.1M received
  • FY2026: $560.2K paid out · $1.9M 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

39 companies · $18.2M reported

  1. THE INSTITUTE FOR INTERGOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH, INC.$4.2M
    TALLAHASSEE, FL · 3 subawards
  2. INNOVATIVE ARCHITECTS, LLC$1.5M
    ALPHARETTA, GA · 4 subawards · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  3. UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA$1.4M
    TUCSON, AZ · 2 subawards

Primes that pay it

15 companies · $9.5M reported

  1. DEWBERRY ENGINEERS INC.$3M
    FAIRFAX, VA · 7 subawards · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  2. KARSUN SOLUTIONS LLC$860.7K
    HERNDON, VA · 1 subaward · Computer systems design and related services
  3. SOCIAL IMPACT INC$847.6K
    ARLINGTON, VA · 1 subaward · Management, scientific, and technical consulting 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 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 8 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS, INC.$56.3M−8.9% in FY2026
    SPRINGFIELD, VA · 14% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  2. FGS, LLC$160.9M−18% in FY2026
    LA PLATA, MD · 17% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  3. SYSTEM HIGH CORPORATION$258.8M+4.2% in FY2026
    CHANTILLY, VA · 19% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Other professional, scientific, and technical services

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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 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.