Large federal prime contractors must adopt a small-business subcontracting plan on contracts above $900,000 ($2 million for construction) under FAR 19.702, with goals for small, women-owned, HUBZone, veteran-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned businesses. SBA's directory lists 15 primes with such plans on 43 contracts in NAICS 517410 (FY2023 and FY2024), 2 of them still active, with $6,111,836,491 in total contract value. These are the companies to approach about subcontracting work in this industry.
| Prime contractor | Location | Contracts (active) | Contract value | Main agencies | Latest end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Machines, LLC | Houston, Texas | 1 (1) | $4,820,000,000 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Sep 30, 2029 |
| Eutelsat America Corp. | Washington, District of Columbia | 2 (1) | $4,567,198 | United States Agency for Global Media, BBG | Jun 30, 2029 |
| Space Exploration Technologies Corp. | Hawthorne, California | 4 (0) | $869,800,410 | Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) | Sep 29, 2025 |
| DRS Global Enterprise Solutions, Inc. | Dulles, Virginia | 8 (0) | $138,453,391 | Dept of the Air Force; Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA); Federal Emergency Management Agency | Aug 31, 2025 |
| Ses Government Solutions, Inc. | Reston, Virginia | 4 (0) | $88,098,320 | Dept of the Air Force; Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA); United States Agency for Global Media, BBG | Jan 31, 2025 |
| Artel, LLC | Herndon, Virginia | 1 (0) | $75,491,370 | Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) | Feb 1, 2024 |
| Iridium Satellite LLC | Tempe, Arizona | 7 (0) | $26,083,493 | Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA); Dept of the Air Force | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Ultisat, Inc. | Gaithersburg, Maryland | 5 (0) | $24,944,580 | Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA); National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Federal Bureau of Investigation | Sep 18, 2025 |
| Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | Herndon, Virginia | 1 (0) | $20,559,433 | Dept of the Air Force | Apr 30, 2025 |
| Inmarsat Government, Inc. | Reston, Virginia | 2 (0) | $10,348,174 | Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) | Sep 5, 2025 |
| Orolia Government Systems Inc | Rochester, New York | 1 (0) | $10,041,900 | Dept of the Army | May 30, 2025 |
| NIC4 Inc | Tampa, Florida | 1 (0) | $8,898,073 | Dept of the Army | Dec 31, 2025 |
| Satcom Direct Government, Inc. | Melbourne, Florida | 2 (0) | $8,433,608 | Dept of the Air Force; Forest Service | May 23, 2025 |
| Trace Systems Inc. | Vienna, Virginia | 2 (0) | $4,295,261 | Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) | Sep 19, 2024 |
| Hughes Network Systems | Germantown, Maryland | 2 (0) | $1,821,280 | Federal Emergency Management Agency; Dept of the Navy | Aug 31, 2025 |
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