Federal contractor · LOUISVILLE, CO

VAISALA INC.

VAISALA INC. received $16.2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 74 awards (−18% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $220.8M. Its largest customer was National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ($11.5M).

Obligations · FY2026
$16.2M
New awards
74
Sole-source
31%
Single offer
37%
UEI
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Other than small business

Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

5 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $16.6M in FY2026 together.

  1. VAISALA INC.LOUISVILLE, CO · Family page
    $16.2M
  2. VAISALA INCBURLINGTON, MA
    $370.3K
  3. VAISALA INC.TUCSON, AZ
    $0
  4. VAISALA INC.LOUISVILLE, CO
    $0
  5. WHETHER OR KNOT LLCEDEN PRAIRIE, MN
    $0

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

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 17.1MFY2017
  2. 13.3MFY2018
  3. 19.1MFY2019
  4. 21.3MFY2020
  5. 18.2MFY2021
  6. 33.9MFY2022
  7. 30.5MFY2023
  8. 31.5MFY2024
  9. 19.7MFY2025
  10. 16.2MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. 11 awards
  2. 41 awards
  3. 4 awards
  4. 1 awards
  5. 6 awards
  6. 4 awards
  7. 3 awards
  8. 1 awards
  9. 1 awards
  10. 2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$15M93%
  2. IT & telecom$562.9K3.5%
  3. Professional services$487K3.0%
  4. Equipment maintenance$140.3K0.9%

Where the work was performed

  1. Abroad$3.6M22%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition67%
    US 39% · $10.9M
  • Sole-source awards31%
    US 30% · $5M
  • Single-offer competitions37%
    US 8.8% · $5.9M
  • 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 Commerce · 6 awards
  2. Department of Transportation · 5 awards
  3. Department of Defense · 1 awards
  4. Department of Defense · 2 awards
  5. National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Jackson County, MO· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 20, 2023 – Sep 10, 2026· 1305M223FNWWG0132
  2. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Boulder County, CO· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 3, 2026 – Apr 3, 2026· 1305M226F0138
  3. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Montgomery County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 4, 2022 – May 13, 2026· 1305M222FNWWG0018
  4. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 24, 2026 – Feb 24, 2026· 1305M226F0071
  5. Department of the Air Force· Boulder County, CO· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 10, 2026 – Apr 10, 2026· FA301026F0008
  6. Department of the Navy· Boulder County, CO· IT & telecom· Mar 21, 2024 – Apr 14, 2026· N0018924F0194
  7. Federal Aviation Administration· Boulder County, CO· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 6, 2025 – Dec 3, 2025· 6973GH25C00134
  8. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Jackson County, MO· Other equipment & supplies· May 19, 2026 – May 19, 2026· 1305M226F0179

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: $287.3K (2 subawards)

2 primes

  1. GREENBELT, MD · 1 subaward
  2. COLUMBUS, OH · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $979K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $230.2K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $905.2K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $653.2K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $409.7K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $287.3K 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 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

15 companies · $3.8M reported

  1. COLUMBUS, OH · 2 subawards · Facilities support services
  2. VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 4 subawards · Other miscellaneous manufacturing
  3. IDAHO FALLS, ID · 4 subawards · Facilities support 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 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 33 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. DB SYSTEMS, INC.$15.9M−57% in FY2026
    HURRICANE, UT · 21% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Aviation Administration · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  2. EWR RADAR SYSTEMS INC$15.4M−11% in FY2026
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 20% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNavy · Software publishers
  3. NEW BEDFORD PANORAMEX CORP.$33.8M+196% in FY2026
    CLAREMONT, CA · 24% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Aviation Administration · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.