The Department of Homeland Security's NAICS 334511 (Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing) market: incumbents, spending trend, set-asides and open solicitations — from FY2026 USAspending awards and live SAM.gov notices.
Contract data as of Oct 18, 2026 (USAspending) · recent coverage verified weekly
| Quarter | Awards | Obligated | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 FY2026 | 7 | $14.3M | — |
| Q2 FY2026 | 16 | $315.3M | +2111% |
| Q3 FY2026 | 29 | $325.2M | +3% |
| Q4 FY2026 | 134 | $132.6M | -59% |
Federal fiscal quarters (Q1 = Oct–Dec). Awards are counted in the quarter they start; obligations are the award's obligated amount.
| # | Contractor | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD | $329.8M | 41.9% |
| 2 | GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP | $83.2M | 10.6% |
| 3 | ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS COMPANY, INC. (OF VIRGINIA) | $63.5M | 8.1% |
| 4 | TELEDYNE FLIR DEFENSE, INC. | $61.9M | 7.9% |
| 5 | BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS, INC. | $34.0M | 4.3% |
Registrations are rolled up to their corporate parent (USAspending parent UEI), so a company with several SAM registrations ranks once.
| Set-aside type | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Small business set-aside | $2.0M | 0.6% |
| 8(a) | $0 | 0.0% |
| SDVOSB | $0 | 0.0% |
| WOSB / EDWOSB | $0 | 0.0% |
| HUBZone | $0 | 0.0% |
| No set-aside (full & open) | $363.0M | 99.4% |
Share of obligations on awards whose set-aside type is recorded — 46% of this market's dollars. Most USAspending bulk-archive records leave the field blank, so blank awards are excluded rather than counted as full & open.
No open solicitations right now. New notices post daily — get an alert when one does.
Links open the notice on SAM.gov.
Source: USAspending.gov contract awards (prime awards with a start date from Oct 1, 2025 through Sep 30, 2026), SAM.gov contract opportunities, and SBA size standards. Recompetes are contracts whose final end date — options included — falls in the next 12 months. Figures are recomputed when a new USAspending load lands. See our data sources.