Headquarters

The Federal Aviation Administration, a major civilian agency within the Department of Transportation, procures contracts and equipment to support airspace management, aviation safety, airport infrastructure, air traffic control systems, and commercial space transportation oversight. The FAA Headquarters rolls up contract activity from its field offices, technical directorates, and regional operations across the National Airspace System and launch/reentry facilities.

The FAA has issued 41,745 federal contract awards since 1997, with a combined potential value of $478.68 billion and $67.39 billion obligated to date. Recent activity has averaged 3,113 to 3,553 awards per year from 2023 through 2025, declining to 2,909 in 2026 and 2 recorded awards so far in 2027. Among 5,157 distinct prime contractors awarded over the portfolio history, the competitive landscape is moderately concentrated: over the last five years, CDW Government LLC leads by award count with 1,240 awards and $626.1 million combined potential value, followed by Iron Bow Technologies, LLC with 963 awards and $149.3 million potential value. By potential value, Raytheon Company ranks second with 154 awards and $565.8 million potential value. These three firms account for approximately 23 percent of recent awards by count. The remaining long tail of primes transacts across a wide range of dollar values; M.c. Dean, Inc. and Microtechnologies LLC round out the top five by value. Ninety percent of awards carry no set-aside designation, reflecting the FAA's reliance on open competition. Small-business set-asides (including 8(a) competitive and sole-source, SDVOSB, and women-owned small business) account for roughly 9 percent of awards combined.

The FAA is actively issuing market surveys and pre-solicitations across technical and administrative domains. Recent opportunities include a Broad Agency Announcement for research into Complexity of Systems and Operations under the Research and Commercial Solutions Opening (RCSO) program (due November 2, 2026), a market survey for Air Traffic Controller training to transition toward firm-fixed-price contracting (due September 11, 2026), a solicitation for NISC Enterprise Support Tasking (NEST) set-aside for women-owned small business (due October 15, 2026), and a market survey for next-generation Defender tactical security flight tracking to replace the legacy Airspace Awareness and Detection System (due September 2, 2026). The FAA is also conducting pre-solicitations for environmental management and research support (EMARIS II, due September 18, 2026), Domestic Datalink Services to succeed the DCIS contract expiring in 2029 (due September 9, 2026), Instrument Landing System procurement for CAT I/II/III procedures (due October 2, 2026), and paralegal document-review support for the Office of Chief Counsel (due August 18, 2026).