Who buys Product and Service Code 8470 (Armor, Personal), 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 | 72 | $10.9M | — |
| Q2 FY2026 | 134 | $96.5M | +782% |
| Q3 FY2026 | 158 | $53.0M | -45% |
| Q4 FY2026 · partial | 230 | $75.7M | +43% |
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 58% of this code's dollars) — treat that quarter as incomplete, not as a spending decline.
| # | Contractor | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HARDWIRE LLC | $50.1M | 21.2% |
| 2 | LEADING TECHNOLOGY COMPOSITES INC | $26.6M | 11.2% |
| 3 | ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC. | $24.5M | 10.4% |
| 4 | ARMORSOURCE LLC | $20.8M | 8.8% |
| 5 | BETHEL INDUSTRIES INC | $18.6M | 7.9% |
| 6 | COMPLIANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC | $16.7M | 7.1% |
| 7 | PREDICTIVE BALLISTICS LLC | $13.8M | 5.8% |
| 8 | GALVION TECHNOLOGIES LLC | $9.9M | 4.2% |
| 9 | GENTEX CORPORATION | $8.5M | 3.6% |
| 10 | ASPETTO INC | $6.1M | 2.6% |
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 | $137.0M | 58.0% |
| Department of Homeland Security | $52.7M | 22.3% |
| Department of Justice | $29.5M | 12.5% |
| Department of State | $7.8M | 3.3% |
| General Services Administration | $4.8M | 2.0% |
| Department of the Treasury | $1.6M | 0.7% |
| Department of Agriculture | $1.1M | 0.4% |
| Department of the Interior | $529K | 0.2% |
| Social Security Administration | $525K | 0.2% |
| Department of Labor | $356K | 0.2% |
| Start | Contract · recipient | Obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026 | THIS AWARD IS TO PURCHASE CONDUCTIVE ENERGY AND DE-ESCALATION DEVICES TO SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS FOR THE OFFICE OF FIREARMS AND TRAINING PROGRAM COMPLIANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC · Department of Homeland Security | $16.7M |
| Jul 10, 2026 | DO #3 TO M6785425D5300 GALVION TECHNOLOGIES LLC · Department of Defense | $9.9M |
| Sep 18, 2026 | FY26 JLEO EQUIPMENT - SHIELDS ORDER AGAINST HARDWIRE LLC IDIQ IDIQ #: 15M10424DA4701789 CURRENT POP: 9/23/2025 - 9/22/2026 VENDOR: HARDWIRE LLC UEI: G4U7KMS2QWC3 DUNS: 118464309 CAGE: 3NJC8 HARDWIRE LLC · Department of Justice | $5.3M |
| Jul 8, 2026 | 8512226659!CARRIER,SMALL ARMS CARTER ENTERPRISES LLC · Department of Defense | $4.9M |
| Sep 1, 2026 | MISSION CRITICAL: PROTECTIVE GEAR TD 26327 - BALLISTIC HELMETS - FIELD DISTRIBUTION PREDICTIVE BALLISTICS LLC · Department of Justice | $3.8M |
The largest obligations on awards that started in the window’s latest quarter.
| Ends | Contract · recipient | Obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 2027 | VITAL TORSO PROTECTION (VTP) LARES SMALL ARMS PROTECTIVE INSERT (LSAPI) PLATE VARIANT HARDWIRE LLC · Department of Defense | $39.3M |
| Jul 16, 2027 | FULL RATE PRODUCTION (FRP) VITAL TORSO PROTECTION (VTP) LARES SMALL ARMS PROTECTIVE INSERT (LSAPI) PLATE VARIANT HARDWIRE LLC · Department of Defense | $37.9M |
| Oct 31, 2026 | MODULAR SCALABLE VEST POINT BLANK ENTERPRISES, INC · Department of Defense | $26.8M |
| Mar 15, 2027 | VITAL TORSO PROTECTION (VTP) LARES SMALL ARMS PROTECTIVE INSERT (LSAPI) PLATE VARIANT LEADING TECHNOLOGY COMPOSITES INC · Department of Defense | $26.2M |
| Jul 16, 2027 | FULL RATE PRODUCTION (FRP) VITAL TORSO PROTECTION (VTP) LARES SMALL ARMS PROTECTIVE INSERTS (LSAPI) PLATE VARIANT LEADING TECHNOLOGY COMPOSITES INC · Department of Defense | $25.2M |
164 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 | $16.1M | 22.9% |
| 8(a) | $1K | 0.0% |
| SDVOSB | $24K | 0.0% |
| WOSB / EDWOSB | $0 | 0.0% |
| HUBZone | $0 | 0.0% |
| Other (Indian economic enterprise, veteran, …) | $16K | 0.0% |
| No set-aside (full & open) | $54.1M | 77.0% |
Share of obligations on awards whose set-aside type is recorded — 30% 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.