The Department of Defense's NAICS 541511 (Custom Computer Programming Services) 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 | 76 | $1.4B | — |
| Q2 FY2026 | 122 | $480.8M | -66% |
| Q3 FY2026 | 44 | $118.8M | -75% |
| Q4 FY2026 · partial | 31 | $57.8M | -51% |
Federal fiscal quarters (Q1 = Oct–Dec). Awards are counted in the quarter they start; obligations are the award's obligated amount. The Department of Defense publishes contract awards to USAspending with a 90-day delay, so Q4 FY2026 is still missing most DoD awards — treat that quarter as incomplete, not as a spending decline.
| # | Contractor | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. | $1.5B | 70.7% |
| 2 | DARKHIVE INC. | $53.6M | 2.6% |
| 3 | CACI INTERNATIONAL INC | $40.1M | 1.9% |
| 4 | ROGUE SIGNAL PROCESSING CORP | $38.7M | 1.9% |
| 5 | OAKLAND CONSULTING GROUP INC | $36.5M | 1.8% |
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 | $16.7M | 12.7% |
| 8(a) | $14.5M | 11.1% |
| SDVOSB | $3.8M | 2.9% |
| WOSB / EDWOSB | $260K | 0.2% |
| HUBZone | $761K | 0.6% |
| No set-aside (full & open) | $95.4M | 72.6% |
Share of obligations on awards whose set-aside type is recorded — 6% 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.
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.