Federal contractor · SPRINGFIELD, VA

VAE, INC.

VAE, INC. received $35.7M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 62 awards (−14% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $772.4M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($15.8M).

Obligations · FY2026
$35.7M
New awards
62
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
22%
UEI
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Small businessWoman-ownedMinority-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 96.8MFY2017
  2. 69.9MFY2018
  3. 79.9MFY2019
  4. 105.7MFY2020
  5. 107.6MFY2021
  6. 68.6MFY2022
  7. 108.5MFY2023
  8. 58.4MFY2024
  9. 41.3MFY2025
  10. 35.7MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$15.8M44%
    33 awards
  2. Department of the Air Force$9.9M28%
    9 awards
  3. Department of State$5.2M15%
    9 awards
  4. Defense Information Systems Agency$3.6M10%
    5 awards
  5. USTRANSCOM$1.1M3.0%
    2 awards
  6. Department of the Army$137.5K0.4%
    3 awards
  7. Defense Logistics Agency$7,3660.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$33.5M94%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$2.2M6.2%

Where the work was performed

  1. Fairfax County, VA$12.6M35%
  2. Montgomery County, AL$9.6M27%
  3. San Diego County, CA$7.7M22%
  4. Alexandria city, VA$2.2M6.1%
  5. Baltimore County, MD$1.4M3.9%
  6. St. Clair County, IL$1.1M3.0%
  7. District of Columbia, DC$364.6K1.0%
  8. St. Mary's County, MD$329.9K0.9%
  9. Montgomery County, MD$270.3K0.8%
  10. Bexar County, TX$151.5K0.4%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition22%
    US 39% · $7.8M
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions22%
    US 8.8% · $7.8M
  • 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.

Largest awards

  1. GIGAMON NETWORK TAP$17.3M
    Defense Information Systems Agency· Baltimore County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· May 10, 2023 – Jun 9, 2026· HC102823F0471
  2. CISCO HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTE NODES FOR BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE (BMD) TEST AND EVALUATION (TE) (MOD X) IAW VAE, INC. QUOTE # VAEQ16805-A$7.7M
    Department of the Navy· San Diego County, CA· IT & telecom· May 12, 2026 – May 12, 2026· N6600126F8900
  3. VAE SOFTWARE SUPPORT$6.1M
    Defense Information Systems Agency· Alexandria city, VA· IT & telecom· Aug 7, 2024 – May 14, 2026· HC108424P0007
  4. CISCO C220 M8 SERVERS, C9500 SWITCHES, SPARE DRIVES, RAID CONTROLLERS, AND RACKMOUNT KITS FOR THE EPIC HARDWARE REFRESH.$5.1M
    Department of State· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· May 29, 2026 – May 29, 2026· 19AQMM26F0671
  5. PALO ALTO SOFTWARE LICENSE AND MAINTENANCE RENEWAL$4.9M
    Department of the Air Force· Montgomery County, AL· IT & telecom· May 19, 2026 – May 19, 2026· FA877226F0021
  6. THIS ORDER WILL RENEW PRODUCT SUPPORT ON THE PALO ALTO SOFTWARE LICENSES WHICH PROVIDES HEAVY FORWARDING CAPABILITIES FOR AUDIT AND SYSTEM LOGS.$4.7M
    Department of the Air Force· Montgomery County, AL· IT & telecom· Dec 19, 2025 – Jan 20, 2026· FA877226F0006
  7. SECURITY SUPPORT SERVICES$2.2M
    Department of the Navy· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· May 14, 2025 – Mar 2, 2026· N0016725F0089
  8. DELIVERY ORDER TO EXERCISE OPTION YEAR 1 OF N0016725F0029 DUE TO CONTRACT WRITING SYSTEM (EPS) LIMITATIONS.$2.1M
    Department of the Navy· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· Dec 18, 2025 – Jan 26, 2026· N0016726F1026

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: $852.2K (4 subawards)

2 primes

  1. CACI, INC. - FEDERAL$576K68%
    CHANTILLY, VA · 1 subaward
  2. NOBLIS MSD, LLC$276.2K32%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 3 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $39.3M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $6.8M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $41M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $25.7M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $52.8M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $852.2K 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

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

10 companies · $166.4M reported

  1. LEIDOS, INC.$115.7M
    RESTON, VA · 63 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
  2. CACI, INC. - FEDERAL$26M
    CHANTILLY, VA · 8 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
  3. ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION$15.2M
    GROTON, CT · 33 subawards · Computer systems design and related services

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

  1. AGILE-BOT II LLC$110M−25% in FY2026
    RESTON, VA · 2 entities · 56% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Computer systems design and related servicesAir Force · Computer systems design and related servicesDefense Information Systems Agency · Computer systems design and related services
  2. NORSEMAN INC$113.5M−20% in FY2026
    ELKRIDGE, MD · 49% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Information Systems Agency · Computer systems design and related servicesAir Force · Computer systems design and related servicesNavy · Computer systems design and related services+2 more
  3. DDC IT SERVICES LLC$67.8M−53% in FY2026
    SCOTTSDALE, AZ · 40% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Information Systems Agency · Computer systems design and related servicesAir Force · Computer systems design and related 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.