Federal contractor · EL SEGUNDO, CA

VARDA SPACE INDUSTRIES, INC.

VARDA SPACE INDUSTRIES, INC. received $12.6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 6 awards (−29% vs FY2025). Since FY2021: $48.5M. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($12.6M).

Obligations · FY2026: $12.6M
New awards: 6
Sole-source: 0.0%
Single offer: 37%

UEI: J3R2KNLS7GE4

Small business

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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

443.5KFY2021
46.4KFY2022
9MFY2023
8.6MFY2024
17.8MFY2025
12.6MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Department of the Air Force$12.6M100.0%
4 awards
Missile Defense Agency$5000.0%
1 awards
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$00.0%
1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

Professional services$7.9M63%
Research & development$4.7M37%

Where the work was performed

Los Angeles County, CA$12.6M100.0%
Madison County, AL$5000.0%

Integrity signals

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

Low competition37%
US 39% · $4.7M
Sole-source awards0.0%
US 30% · $0
Single-offer competitions37%
US 8.7% · $4.7M
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

STRATFI, SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATIVE RESEARCH, ECONOMICAL REENTRY CAPSULES FOR HYPERSONIC TESTING$27M
Department of the Air Force· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· May 12, 2023 – Jan 8, 2026· FA945323CA035
TASK ORDER 3 - TWO NOMINAL SCHEDULE INTERIOR PAYLOAD LAUNCHES FOR OCTOBER 2025.$10.2M
Department of the Air Force· Los Angeles County, CA· Professional services· Dec 30, 2024 – May 28, 2026· FA945325FX010
THIS TASK ORDER IS FOR THE ORDER OF LAUNCH SERVICES IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2026.$4.1M
Department of the Air Force· Los Angeles County, CA· Professional services· Jan 28, 2026 – Jan 28, 2026· FA945326FX010
THIS TASK ORDER IS FOR THE ORDER OF ELEVEN (11) MONTHLY REPORTS TO PROVIDE STATUS UPDATES FROM 30 NOV 2025 THROUGH 30 SEPT 2026$159.6K
Department of the Air Force· Los Angeles County, CA· Professional services· Nov 26, 2025 – Mar 21, 2026· FA945326FX002
MINIMUM GUARANTEED$25K
National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Los Angeles County, CA· Transportation & logistics· Mar 15, 2024 – Dec 1, 2025· 80AFRC24FA018
SCALABLE HOMELAND INNOVATIVE ENTERPRISE LAYERED DEFENSE (SHIELD) INITIAL ORDER.$500
Missile Defense Agency· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Dec 5, 2025 – Jun 4, 2026· HQ085926FF090

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

DEFENSE ENGINEERING CORP$36.7M−18% in FY2026
BEAVERCREEK, OH · 94% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development services
SPARC RESEARCH LLC$39.3M−95% in FY2026
WARRENTON, VA · 2 entities · 94% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development services
GENEVA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$33.1M+65% in FY2026
MONUMENT, CO · 85% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development 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.

Lobbying and PAC activity

Organizations in House lobbying disclosures and FEC records whose names an AI judgment matched to this company. Those records carry no identifier shared with contracts, so every match is by name.

Matched organizations

VARDA SPACE INDUSTRIES INC.AI match · 97%

Lobbying · 2025: $500K; 14 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026: $1.5M; $1.5M in its own reports
PAC giving · 2026: $50.5K; 1 PAC

Lobbying by year

2023$350K
8 reports
2024$410K
12 reports
2025$500K
14 reports
2026$280K
6 reports

Top issues

Defense27 reports
Aerospace25 reports
Science and technology11 reports
Trade (domestic and foreign)5 reports
Budget and appropriations4 reports

Who was contacted

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES37 reports
U.S. SENATE37 reports
Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)15 reports
Defense - Dept of (DOD)12 reports
State - Dept of (DOS)7 reports
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)5 reports
Executive Office of the President (EOP)1 reports

Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).

Lobbying firms hired

American Defense International, Inc.$270K
14 reports
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD$200K
8 reports
Greenberg Traurig, LLP$160K
4 reports

Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.

PAC giving to candidates by party, 2026 cycle

Republican$33.5K66%
Democratic$17K34%

PACs sponsored

VARDA SPACE INDUSTRIES INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (VARDA PAC)$65.8K raised this cycle

PACs these organizations sponsor (connected organizations in FEC records). A PAC gives employees' and members' voluntary contributions, not the company's own money.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Sep 30, 2026.

Congress: members and bills

Through the organizations matched to this company: members of Congress whose campaigns received contributions from their PACs, and the bills their lobbying reports named. Shown beside the company's contracts as a comparison, not a cause.

Members whose campaigns received from its PACs, 2026 cycle

Ken Calvert$5,000
R-CA-41 · House · 1 PAC
Ted Lieu$5,000
D-CA-36 · House · 1 PAC
Robert J. Wittman$4,500
R-VA-1 · House · 1 PAC
George Whitesides$4,500
D-CA-27 · House · 1 PAC
Brian Babin$3,500
R-TX-36 · House · 1 PAC
Ronny Jackson$3,500
R-TX-13 · House · 1 PAC
Jeff Crank$3,000
R-CO-5 · House · 1 PAC
Vince Fong$3,000
R-CA-20 · House · 1 PAC
Dale W. Strong$3,000
R-AL-5 · House · 1 PAC
Mark R. Warner$2,500
D-VA · Senate · 1 PAC

$50.5K of the $50.5K its PACs gave to federal candidates went to 20 members of Congress.

Members whose campaigns received from its PACs, 2024 cycle

Ken Calvert$3,000
R-CA-41 · House · 1 PAC
Mike Garcia$2,500
R-CA-27 · House · 1 PAC
Brian Babin$1,000
R-TX-36 · House · 1 PAC
Salud O. Carbajal$1,000
D-CA-24 · House · 1 PAC
Ted Lieu$1,000
D-CA-36 · House · 1 PAC

Direct and in-kind contributions the members' campaigns received (FEC), net of refunds. Party and seat are the member's current or latest.

Bills named in its lobbying reports

H.R. 6131 · Commercial Space Act of 20236 reports
118th Congress · Introduced · 2023–2025
H.R. 8070 · Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20254 reports
118th Congress · Passed one chamber · 2024–2025
H.R. 8774 · Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 20254 reports
118th Congress · Passed one chamber · 2024–2025
H.R. 8958 · NASA Reauthorization Act of 20244 reports
118th Congress · Passed one chamber · 2024–2025
S. 4638 · National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20254 reports

Amounts, members and bills are as recorded, shown side by side. They say nothing about why a contribution was made, how a member voted or what a report sought. A bill number written in a report is read as the measure of the Congress its context points to (a law's number, the Congress written next to it, the title), else of the Congress then sitting.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

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.