Federal contractor · MCKINNEY, TX

UNMANNED SYSTEMS INCORPORATED

UNMANNED SYSTEMS INCORPORATED received $29.7M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 8 awards (−64% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $145M. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($28.9M).

Obligations · FY2026
$29.7M
New awards
8
Sole-source
92%
Single offer
1.0%
UEI
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Small businessVeteran-ownedService-disabled veteran-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 2.1MFY2017
  2. 5.5MFY2018
  3. 6.1MFY2019
  4. 7.3MFY2020
  5. 5.7MFY2021
  6. 0FY2022
  7. 2.1MFY2023
  8. 3.3MFY2024
  9. 83.1MFY2025
  10. 29.7MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Air Force$28.9M97%
    4 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$763.1K2.6%
    2 awards
  3. Missile Defense Agency$5000.0%
    1 awards
  4. U.S. Customs and Border Protection$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$22.4M76%
  2. Professional services$4.9M17%
  3. Research & development$1.5M5.2%
  4. Equipment maintenance$459.2K1.5%
  5. Other equipment & supplies$303.9K1.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Collin County, TX$29.2M98%
  2. Beaufort County, SC$459.2K1.5%
  3. Madison County, AL$5000.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition93%
    US 39% · $27.7M
  • Sole-source awards92%
    US 30% · $27.4M
  • Single-offer competitions1.0%
    US 8.7% · $303.9K
  • 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 Air Force$27.4M
    Department of Defense · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. BIG SAFARI$85.9M
    Department of the Air Force· Collin County, TX· Professional services· Mar 13, 2025 – May 29, 2026· FA862025CB016
  2. CORROSION MAINTENANCE SUPPORT (CMS)$2.8M
    Department of the Navy· Beaufort County, SC· Equipment maintenance· Aug 17, 2023 – Mar 17, 2026· N6852023F0206
  3. SOFTWARE UPGRADES AND REFURBISHMENT TO EQUIPMENT HELD BY GOVERNMENT.$1.7M
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection· Bernalillo County, NM· IT & telecom· Mar 22, 2025 – Jun 26, 2026· 70B03C25C00000021
  4. SBIR PH 2 MIGHTY MUOOS$1.5M
    Department of the Air Force· Collin County, TX· Research & development· Nov 24, 2025 – Dec 18, 2025· FA229126CB002
  5. AI (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE) VISION BASED GUIDANCE$1.2M
    Department of the Air Force· Collin County, TX· Research & development· Jun 27, 2024 – Mar 25, 2026· FA864924P0441
  6. EMULATOR SYSTEM$303.9K
    Department of the Navy· Collin County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· May 14, 2026 – May 14, 2026· N0017826P6709
  7. SCALABLE HOMELAND INNOVATIVE ENTERPRISE LAYERED DEFENSE (SHIELD) INITIAL ORDER.$500
    Missile Defense Agency· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Dec 19, 2025 – Jun 4, 2026· HQ085926FE099
  8. AFLCMC/WI$0
    Department of the Air Force· Collin County, TX· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· May 9, 2026 – May 9, 2026· FA862026FB099

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: $2M (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC.$2M100%
    FAIRFAX, VA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $1M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $116.5K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $712.8K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $336.2K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $2M 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

5 companies · $4.2M reported

  1. ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION$2M
    GROTON, CT · 1 subaward · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  2. LEIDOS, INC.$1.2M
    RESTON, VA · 5 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
  3. V2X AEROSPACE LLC$623.4K
    MADISON, MS · 2 subawards · Support activities for air transportation

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

  1. EAGLEPICHER TECHNOLOGIES LLC$98.5M−59% in FY2026
    JOPLIN, MO · 2 entities · 35% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Other electrical equipment and component manufacturingAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  2. APEX TECHNOLOGY, INC.$25.6M−100% in FY2026
    CULVER CITY, CA · 21% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingAir Force · Scientific research and development services
  3. AIRDYNE AEROSPACE INC.$22.3M+184% in FY2026
    BROOKSVILLE, FL · 19% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Aerospace product and parts 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 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.