Federal contractor · COLUMBIA CITY, IN

UNDERSEA SENSOR SYSTEMS, INC.

UNDERSEA SENSOR SYSTEMS, INC. received $244.9M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 18 awards (−38% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $675.6M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($244.8M).

Obligations · FY2026
$244.9M
New awards
18
Sole-source
1.7%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Other than small businessForeign-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.1MFY2017
  2. -2.2KFY2018
  3. 4MFY2019
  4. 7MFY2020
  5. 7.7MFY2021
  6. 12.1MFY2022
  7. 2.7MFY2023
  8. 1.8MFY2024
  9. 394.2MFY2025
  10. 244.9MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$244.8M100.0%
    17 awards
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$87.6K0.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$243.7M99.5%
  2. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$1.2M0.5%

Where the work was performed

  1. Whitley County, IN$244.9M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition1.7%
    US 39% · $4.1M
  • Sole-source awards1.7%
    US 30% · $4.1M
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · $0
  • 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$4M
    Department of Defense · 7 awards
  2. Defense Logistics Agency$87.6K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. SONOBUOY, AN/SSQ-53H$153.4M
    Department of the Navy· Whitley County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 2, 2025 – Mar 5, 2026· N0001925F2168
  2. ACTIVE PASSIVE COMBO CAPABILITY SONOBUOY$136.9M
    Department of the Navy· Whitley County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 17, 2025 – Apr 23, 2026· N0001925F0199
  3. AN/SSQ-53H FY26 REQUIREMENT$4.3M
    Department of the Navy· Whitley County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 31, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026· N0001926F1065
  4. DT-511C HYDROPHONE PRODUCTION$1.7M
    Department of the Navy· Whitley County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 29, 2024 – Apr 28, 2026· N6660424FE906
  5. RECEIVER RADIO$1.6M
    Department of the Navy· Whitley County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 9, 2026 – Jun 9, 2026· N0038326CBA22
  6. DT-592D PRODUCTION$1.5M
    Department of the Navy· Whitley County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· May 11, 2023 – Jun 12, 2026· N6660423FE905
  7. RECEIVER RADIO$802K
    Department of the Navy· Whitley County, IN· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jun 9, 2026 – Jun 9, 2026· N0038326CBA23
  8. RECEIVER,RADIO$636.9K
    Department of the Navy· Whitley County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 30, 2025 – Jun 5, 2026· N0038326PBA05

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: $6M (12 subawards)

8 sub-recipients

  1. CTS ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (CALIFORNIA) INC$3M51%
    BURBANK, CA · 1 subaward
  2. RIVER CITY WOOD PRODUCTS, LLC$2.1M35%
    ROCKY RIVER, OH · 5 subawards
  3. ELLSWORTH CORP$607.1K10%
    GERMANTOWN, WI · 1 subaward
  4. MCMASTER-CARR SUPPLY CO$59.9K1.0%
    AURORA, OH · 1 subaward
  5. STERLING SPRING LLC$43.1K0.7%
    CHICAGO, IL · 1 subaward
  6. EIS WIRE & CABLE, INC.$42.8K0.7%
    SOUTH HADLEY, MA · 1 subaward
  7. PSP SEALS LLC$35.8K0.6%
    FORT WAYNE, IN · 1 subaward
  8. KENDALL ELECTRIC, INC.$34.5K0.6%
    PALMETTO BAY, FL · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $1.7M (2 subawards)

2 primes

  1. THE BOEING COMPANY$1.6M92%
    HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA · 1 subaward
  2. THE BOEING COMPANY$131.8K7.6%
    SEATTLE, WA · 1 subaward

Its reported sub-contracts equal 2.4% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $1.6M paid out · $16.7M received
  • FY2022: $222.1K paid out · $4.9M received
  • FY2023: $45.5K paid out · $8.8M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $3.9M received
  • FY2025: $36.8K paid out · $9.9M received
  • FY2026: $6M paid out · $1.7M 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

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

Companies it pays

16 companies · $7.9M reported

  1. CTS ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (CALIFORNIA) INC$3M
    BURBANK, CA · 1 subaward · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  2. RIVER CITY WOOD PRODUCTS, LLC$2.1M
    ROCKY RIVER, OH · 5 subawards · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  3. SEALANDAIRE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$1.2M
    JACKSON, MI · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services

Primes that pay it

10 companies · $46M reported

  1. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$22.1M
    FORT WORTH, TX · 39 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  2. THE BOEING COMPANY$12.4M
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 4 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  3. AVON PROTECTION SYSTEMS INCORPORATED$4.3M
    CADILLAC, MI · 10 subawards · Medical equipment and supplies 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 4 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. ULTRA ELECTRONICS OCEAN SYSTEMS INC.$432.2M−74% in FY2026
    BRAINTREE, MA · 14 entities · 58% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  2. KONGSBERG DEFENCE & AEROSPACE AS$2B+11% in FY2026
    KONGSBERG, NOR · 99.7% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  3. HII UNMANNED SYSTEMS, INC$156.6M−7.3% in FY2026
    POCASSET, MA · 2 entities · 23% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing

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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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.