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 450 primes with such plans on 2,491 contracts in NAICS 541715 (FY2023 and FY2024), 554 of them still active, with $51,213,531,650 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California | 119 (40) | $7,586,949,974 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Dept of the Navy | Mar 30, 2036 |
| Alion Science and Technology Corporation | Beavercreek, Ohio | 24 (17) | $2,159,702,637 | Dept of the Air Force; Dept of the Army | Sep 25, 2029 |
| KBR Wyle Services, LLC | Huntsville, Alabama | 21 (17) | $2,156,753,466 | Dept of the Air Force | Nov 3, 2029 |
| Booz Allen Hamilton Inc | MC Lean, Virginia | 26 (14) | $2,701,546,012 | Dept of the Air Force; Federal Acquisition Service; Dept of the Army | Sep 29, 2029 |
| California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California | 82 (41) | $1,771,148,070 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Sep 30, 2032 |
| Mantech TSG-2 Joint Venture | Fairfax, Virginia | 7 (5) | $1,163,975,780 | Dept of the Air Force | Aug 25, 2029 |
| Caci, Inc. - Federal | Chantilly, Virginia | 7 (2) | $1,266,631,445 | Dept of the Air Force; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa); Dept of the Army | Sep 26, 2029 |
| Westat, Inc. | Rockville, Maryland | 16 (7) | $955,925,286 | National Institutes of Health; National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | Sep 22, 2030 |
| Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC, the | Laurel, Maryland | 558 (56) | $3,294,156,737 | Dept of the Navy; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa); Missile Defense Agency (Mda) | Mar 31, 2036 |
| Leidos Inc | Reston, Virginia | 37 (13) | $1,636,581,726 | Dept of the Army; Dept of the Air Force; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) | Sep 4, 2029 |
| Space Network Solutions LLC | Houston, Texas | 1 (1) | $719,000,000 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Nov 30, 2028 |
| Boeing Company, the | Huntsville, Alabama | 5 (4) | $671,363,039 | Missile Defense Agency (Mda); Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) | Nov 2, 2027 |
| General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc | Scottsdale, Arizona | 3 (2) | $619,509,977 | Dept of the Air Force | Sep 30, 2029 |
| General Atomics | San Diego, California | 4 (1) | $564,521,059 | Department of Energy; Dept of the Air Force; Missile Defense Agency (Mda) | Sep 30, 2029 |
| Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp | Atlanta, Georgia | 67 (10) | $804,498,611 | Dept of the Air Force; Dept of the Army; Dept of the Navy | Jul 16, 2029 |
| Raytheon Company | El Segundo, California | 2 (1) | $509,719,438 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Dept of the Air Force | Mar 10, 2031 |
| Amentum Services, Inc. | Chantilly, Virginia | 5 (4) | $472,546,012 | Dept of the Air Force | Jul 28, 2029 |
| Science Applications International Corporation | Reston, Virginia | 36 (13) | $709,194,582 | Dept of the Air Force; Office of Procurement Operations; U.S. Cyber Command | Nov 12, 2028 |
| Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory | North Logan, Utah | 19 (9) | $365,692,056 | Dept of the Air Force; Missile Defense Agency (Mda); Dept of the Navy | Sep 29, 2032 |
| Battelle Memorial Institute | Columbus, Ohio | 18 (5) | $685,760,458 | Dept of the Air Force; National Institutes of Health; Office of Procurement Operations | Sep 29, 2029 |
| Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. | Frederick, Maryland | 60 (28) | $895,421,097 | National Institutes of Health | Jul 27, 2030 |
| Pennsylvania State University, the | University Park, Pennsylvania | 130 (11) | $938,145,848 | Dept of the Navy; Dept of the Army; Departmental Offices | Aug 31, 2029 |
| Jacobs Technology Inc. | Fort Walton Beach, Florida | 2 (1) | $101,823,828 | Dept of the Navy; Dept of the Army | Oct 5, 2027 |
| The Mitre Corporation | MC Lean, Virginia | 82 (4) | $777,152,720 | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Office of Procurement Operations; Dept of the Army | Sep 29, 2029 |
| Mriglobal | Kansas City, Missouri | 5 (1) | $132,289,744 | Dept of the Air Force; National Institutes of Health; Office of Procurement Operations | Jul 14, 2029 |
| American Type Culture Collection | Manassas, Virginia | 5 (1) | $430,975,011 | National Institutes of Health; Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response | Sep 26, 2028 |
| Riverside Research Institute | Fairfax, Virginia | 3 (2) | $83,407,748 | Dept of the Air Force; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) | Jan 14, 2028 |
| Texas a&M Engineering Experiment Station | College Station, Texas | 17 (2) | $114,579,121 | Dept of the Air Force; Dept of the Army | Dec 8, 2028 |
| Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | Huntsville, Alabama | 4 (3) | $79,592,891 | Missile Defense Agency (Mda) | Jun 14, 2028 |
| L3 Applied Technologies, Inc. | San Leandro, California | 4 (1) | $84,159,628 | Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA); Dept of the Army; Dept of the Navy | Jan 31, 2031 |
| University of Missouri System | Kansas City, Missouri | 1 (1) | $59,196,070 | Dept of the Navy | Sep 21, 2029 |
| Infoscitex Corporation | Beavercreek Township, Ohio | 7 (2) | $74,454,008 | Dept of the Air Force | May 12, 2028 |
| Ues Inc | Dayton, Ohio | 4 (3) | $62,597,001 | Dept of the Air Force | Dec 27, 2028 |
| Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | Chandler, Arizona | 5 (3) | $99,189,424 | Missile Defense Agency (Mda); Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) | Dec 31, 2028 |
| University of Washington | Seattle, Washington | 27 (5) | $215,306,792 | Dept of the Navy; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa); National Institute of Standards and Technology | Sep 8, 2027 |
| Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation | Redondo Beach, California | 12 (2) | $384,535,739 | Dept of the Air Force; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa); National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Aug 20, 2029 |
| Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC | Thousand Oaks, California | 5 (3) | $61,941,926 | Dept of the Air Force; Departmental Offices; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) | Jun 22, 2029 |
| Applied Research Solutions, Inc. | Beavercreek, Ohio | 2 (1) | $58,265,298 | Dept of the Air Force | Apr 2, 2029 |
| International Business Machines Corp | San Jose, California | 1 (1) | $48,193,724 | Dept of the Air Force | Jul 28, 2027 |
| American Systems Corporation | Chantilly, Virginia | 1 (1) | $48,017,052 | Dept of the Navy | Dec 1, 2027 |
| Viasat Inc | Carlsbad, California | 3 (2) | $49,228,952 | Dept of the Air Force | Apr 24, 2028 |
| 3M Company | Saint Paul, Minnesota | 1 (1) | $45,874,948 | Dept of the Air Force | Sep 26, 2028 |
| University of Alabama in Huntsville, the | Huntsville, Alabama | 1 (1) | $45,436,218 | Dept of the Army | Dec 29, 2027 |
| Advanced Technology International | Summerville, South Carolina | 15 (7) | $70,803,594 | Dept of the Navy; Defense Logistics Agency | Aug 27, 2029 |
| Two Six Labs, LLC | Arlington, Virginia | 7 (3) | $84,317,046 | Dept of the Air Force; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa); Dept of the Navy | Feb 22, 2028 |
| Leidos, Inc. | Reston, Virginia | 1 (1) | $40,626,472 | Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) | Dec 14, 2027 |
| University of Dayton | Dayton, Ohio | 16 (3) | $126,706,328 | Dept of the Air Force; Dept of the Army | Jan 2, 2029 |
| The Boeing Company | Saint Louis, Missouri | 7 (2) | $50,101,358 | Dept of the Air Force; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Dept of the Navy | Nov 22, 2027 |
| Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | San Jose, California | 1 (1) | $35,041,091 | Dept of the Air Force | Apr 27, 2028 |
| Wichita State University | Wichita, Kansas | 1 (1) | $33,684,732 | Dept of the Air Force | Jan 30, 2027 |
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