Federal contractor · INDIANAPOLIS, IN

VERTEX MODERNIZATION AND SUSTAINMENT LLC

VERTEX MODERNIZATION AND SUSTAINMENT LLC received $51.6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 104 awards (−86% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $935.3M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($21.4M).

Obligations · FY2026
$51.6M
New awards
104
Sole-source
72%
Single offer
5.2%
UEI
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Other than small business
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Company family

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

2 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $51.7M in FY2026 together.

  1. VERTEX MODERNIZATION AND SUSTAINMENT LLCINDIANAPOLIS, IN · Family page
    $51.6M
  2. VERTEX MODERNIZATION AND SUSTAINMENT LLCINDIANAPOLIS, IN
    $33.2K

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-09-30

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 35.2MFY2017
  2. 73.9MFY2018
  3. 115.4MFY2019
  4. 14MFY2020
  5. 93MFY2021
  6. 50.5MFY2022
  7. 55.3MFY2023
  8. 74.2MFY2024
  9. 372.2MFY2025
  10. 51.6MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$21.4M41%
    57 awards
  2. Department of the Air Force$20.4M39%
    9 awards
  3. Department of the Army$9.2M18%
    7 awards
  4. Defense Logistics Agency$659.8K1.3%
    31 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$23.7M46%
  2. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$22.4M43%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$4.5M8.7%
  4. Equipment maintenance$741.6K1.4%
  5. IT & telecom$201.3K0.4%

Where the work was performed

  1. Marion County, IN$44M85%
  2. Greene County, OH$7.6M15%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition77%
    US 39% · $39.8M
  • Sole-source awards72%
    US 30% · $37.1M
  • Single-offer competitions5.2%
    US 8.7% · $2.7M
  • 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.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Department of the Air Force$20.4M
    Department of Defense · 3 awards
  2. Department of the Army$9.2M
    Department of Defense · 2 awards
  3. Department of the Navy$6.8M
    Department of Defense · 18 awards
  4. Defense Logistics Agency$686.2K
    Department of Defense · 12 awards

Largest awards

  1. BIG SAFARI$65.6M
    Department of the Air Force· Marion County, IN· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Mar 13, 2023 – May 18, 2026· FA862023C4020
  2. LAU 115 D/A AND LAU-116 B/A MISSILE LAUNCHER$49.6M
    Department of the Navy· Marion County, IN· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 30, 2021 – Jun 11, 2026· N0001921F0570
  3. BIG SAFARI$47.8M
    Department of the Air Force· Marion County, IN· Professional services· Sep 15, 2025 – May 22, 2026· FA862025FB118
  4. BIG SAFARI$47.5M
    Department of the Air Force· Greene County, OH· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Aug 5, 2024 – May 28, 2026· FA862024FB081
  5. CAVITY,TUNED$47.3M
    Department of the Navy· Marion County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 13, 2018 – Dec 2, 2025· N0038318FN700
  6. NAVAL AVIATION$45.6M
    Department of the Navy· Marion County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 27, 2016 – Feb 12, 2026· 7000
  7. TRANSMITTER,RADAR$42.9M
    Department of the Navy· Marion County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 24, 2021 – Dec 2, 2025· N0038321FN700
  8. CENTER DISPLAY UNIT (CDU) PROGRAM FOR F-16 BLOCK 25/30/32/40/42/50/52 C AND D MODEL AIRCRAFT. CONTRACT FOR FULL KIT PURCHASES, SPARES SUPPORT, ICS, SOFTWARE AND FIRMWARE UPDATES, DEPOT STAND-UP EFFORTS, AND CONTINUED CDU INTEGRATION.$35.4M
    Department of the Air Force· Marion County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 29, 2025 – May 13, 2026· FA823225FB239

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

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $1.4M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $36.3M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $8.7M received
  • FY2025: $2.2M paid out · $1.3M 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

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

Companies it pays

1 company · $2.2M reported

  1. SECURE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.$2.2M
    SANTA ANA, CA · 1 subaward · Computer systems design and related services

Primes that pay it

8 companies · $47.8M reported

  1. INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS FOR SYSTEMS, INC.$24.4M
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 1 subaward · Other fabricated metal product manufacturing
  2. SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLC$8.2M
    SPARKS, NV · 4 subawards · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  3. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$7.3M
    MCLEAN, VA · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 27 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. EAGLE INTEGRATED SERVICES, LLC$202.4M−39% in FY2026
    SAN ANTONIO, TX · 17% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Other professional, scientific, and technical servicesArmy · Computer systems design and related services
  2. CALVERT SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, INC$58M+5.1% in FY2026
    BELLEVUE, NE · 9.9% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  3. FILIUS CORPORATION$68.8M−32% in FY2026
    SAN JOSE, CA · 9.9% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Other professional, scientific, and technical services

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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.