Who buys Product and Service Code 6650 (Optical Instruments, Test Equipment, Components and Accessories), who wins it, what's open now and which contracts expire next — from FY2026 USAspending awards and live SAM.gov solicitations.
Contract data as of Oct 18, 2026 (USAspending) · recent coverage verified weekly
| Quarter | Awards | Obligated | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 FY2026 | 147 | $29.9M | — |
| Q2 FY2026 | 122 | $12.9M | -57% |
| Q3 FY2026 | 86 | $5.8M | -55% |
| Q4 FY2026 · partial | 116 | $15.6M | +170% |
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 (DoD is 70% of this code's dollars) — treat that quarter as incomplete, not as a spending decline.
| # | Contractor | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | STS INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED | $18.7M | 29.1% |
| 2 | SEILER INSTRUMENT AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INCORPORATED | $5.3M | 8.3% |
| 3 | NIKON CORPORATION | $3.7M | 5.8% |
| 4 | ELBIT SYSTEMS OF AMERICA - NIGHT VISION LLC | $2.6M | 4.0% |
| 5 | CARL ZEISS MICROSCOPY, LLC | $2.4M | 3.7% |
| 6 | BAIN CAPITAL, LP | $2.1M | 3.3% |
| 7 | ATAP INC | $2.0M | 3.1% |
| 8 | OPTEX SYSTEMS, INC | $1.9M | 2.9% |
| 9 | AMETEK INC | $1.7M | 2.6% |
| 10 | ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC. | $1.6M | 2.5% |
Registrations are rolled up to their corporate parent (USAspending parent UEI), so a company with several SAM registrations ranks once.
| Agency | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Defense | $45.1M | 70.2% |
| Department of Commerce | $3.5M | 5.4% |
| Department of Agriculture | $2.8M | 4.3% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $2.7M | 4.2% |
| Department of Homeland Security | $2.7M | 4.2% |
| Department of the Interior | $2.4M | 3.7% |
| Department of Justice | $2.1M | 3.2% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $2.0M | 3.0% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $884K | 1.4% |
| National Transportation Safety Board | $128K | 0.2% |
| Start | Contract · recipient | Obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 | THE PLANT PROTECTION AND QUARANTINE (PPQ) REMOTE PEST IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM (RPIP) IS LOCATED WITHIN PEST EXCLUSION AND IMPORT PROGRAMS (PEIP) NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION SERVICE (NIS). THE PPQ REQUIRES NIKON INSTRUMENTS INC · Department of Agriculture | $2.4M |
| Sep 24, 2026 | OU03-FY26-033-NEW X-RAY COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY MICROSCOPE WITH EXTENDED WARRANTY CARL ZEISS MICROSCOPY, LLC · Department of Commerce | $2.1M |
| Jul 24, 2026 | BINOCULARS ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC. · Department of Homeland Security | $1.5M |
| Jul 28, 2026 | NIDDK:SUPPLY:DUAL AXR NSPARC/STEDYCON IMAGING SYSTEM:N/A NIKON INSTRUMENTS INC · Department of Health and Human Services | $967K |
| Aug 31, 2026 | BLUEHALO ROBO-MET.3D AUTOMATED SERIAL SECTIONING SYSTEM BLUEHALO LLC · National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $843K |
The largest obligations on awards that started in the window’s latest quarter.
| Ends | Contract · recipient | Obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2027 | OPTICAL TELESCOPE ASSEMBLY (OTA) THIS CONTRACT PROVIDES FOR ALL EFFORTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE PERSONNEL, SERVICES, MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT, AND FACILITIES NECESSARY TO BUILD, REFURBISH, OR MODIFY THE OTA AS REQUIRED TO MEET THE WIDE FIELD INFRARED SURVEY TELESCOPE (WFIRST) PERFORMANCE REQUIREMEN L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $372.6M |
| May 20, 2027 | ADD OPTION CLAUSE RHINESTAHL CORPORATION · Department of Defense | $6.7M |
| Dec 31, 2026 | ACQUISITION OF AN ABERRATION CORRECTED SCANNING AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE STEM FOR THE ANALYSIS OF ASTROMATERIALS JEOL USA, INC. · National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $4.9M |
| Aug 18, 2027 | FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF THE PERISCOPE. HAWKINS GLASS WHOLESALERS, L.L.C · Department of Defense | $2.8M |
| Jun 30, 2027 | FOREIGN MILITARY SALES FIRM FIXED PRICE CONTRACT AE25014, BK-B-UAZ, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA ELBIT SYSTEMS OF AMERICA - NIGHT VISION LLC · Department of Defense | $2.6M |
98 contracts under this code reach their final end date (options included) in the next 12 months.
| Set-aside type | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Small business set-aside | $5.0M | 18.0% |
| 8(a) | $245K | 0.9% |
| SDVOSB | $46K | 0.2% |
| WOSB / EDWOSB | $0 | 0.0% |
| HUBZone | $0 | 0.0% |
| No set-aside (full & open) | $22.4M | 81.0% |
Share of obligations on awards whose set-aside type is recorded — 43% 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.
Showing the 10 most recently posted of 12. 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.