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Department of Defense Education ActivityContracts, grants and other awards of this sub-agency

Department of Defense Education Activity obligated $332M to awards in FY2026.

The obligations since FY2023 are $1.4B.

That is under 1% of the obligations of the Department of Defense since FY2023.

291 awards of $1 million or more started in FY2023 or later, with an award value of $885M.

An outlay occurs when federal money is actually paid out, not just promised to be paid ("obligated").

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Obligations by award type and fiscal year

  • Contracts $235M, 71%
  • Grants $96M, 29%
Award obligations of Department of Defense Education Activity by fiscal year and award typeFY2027 runs from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2027. USAspending loaded these data on 30 Sep 2026, so the figures of FY2027 stop on that date.
Fiscal yearContractsGrantsDirect paymentsLoans (subsidy cost)Other assistanceAll awards
FY2023$294M$73M$0$0$0$367M
FY2024$309M$71M$0$0$0$380M
FY2025$309M$9.9M$0$0$0$319M
FY2026$235M$96M$0$0$0$332M
FY2027 to date$0$0$0$0$0$0

Recipients

Recipients of Department of Defense Education Activity by the award value of awards of $1 million or moreAwards that started in FY2023 or later, largest first. The table is a list of awards. It is not a grade of a recipient.
RecipientAwardsAward valueShare
Ske Technical Services GMBH4$46M10%
Custodial Enterprises GMBH3$44M9%
Town of Lincoln Town Hall2$39M8%
Taylor Motors, Inc.10$27M6%
Highland Falls Fort Montgomery School District4$27M6%
Caesar Rodney School District2$27M6%
NCS Technologies Inc1$25M5%
American Engineering Corporation10$24M5%
Knob Noster School District R 83$23M5%
York County School Division3$20M4%
Ske SRL7$18M4%
Hawaii State Department of Education6$14M3%
Daewon Express Co., LTD.7$14M3%
Willax GMBH8$13M3%
Insight Public Sector, Inc.1$11M2%

$105M went to recipients that the site does not show. The site shows no name of a person.

Awards of $1 million or more

Awards of Department of Defense Education Activity that started in FY2023 or laterThe awards with the largest award value, largest first.
RecipientTypeAward valueStart datePlaceRecord
NCS Technologies IncContractDelivery Order$25M20 Sep 2023GAUSAspending
Knob Noster School District R 8GrantProject Grant (B)$21M2 Jul 2026MOUSAspending
Town of Lincoln Town HallContractDelivery Order$20M29 May 2026MAUSAspending
Town of Lincoln Town HallContractDelivery Order$19M1 Aug 2025USAspending
Custodial Enterprises GMBHContractDelivery Order$16M29 Jan 2026USAspending
York County School DivisionGrantProject Grant (B)$16M2 Jul 2026VAUSAspending
Caesar Rodney School DistrictContractDelivery Order$15M11 May 2026DEUSAspending
Custodial Enterprises GMBHContractDelivery Order$15M13 Feb 2025USAspending
Recipient not shownGrantProject Grant (B)$15M2 Jul 2026TXUSAspending
Custodial Enterprises GMBHContractDelivery Order$13M17 Jan 2024USAspending

Other sub-agencies of the Department of Defense

In order of name. The figure is the obligations since FY2023.

Official records

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Fed Spend Map. "Department of Defense Education Activity: awards and recipients". Data: USAspending.gov, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, loaded .

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Where the figures come from

USAspending.gov API v2: spending by category (awarding sub-agency) by fiscal year and award type, and the award search for the lists of awards. USAspending loaded the data on 30 Sep 2026. See how the atlas is made.

Questions

How large is this sub-agency in the Department of Defense?

Its obligations in FY2026 were $332M. The obligations of the Department of Defense were $354B.

How many awards of $1 million or more are on record?

291 awards started in FY2023 or later. Their award value is $885M.

Are outlays in these figures?

No. The figures are award obligations. An obligation is a promise to pay, and an outlay is the payment.

The obligations since FY2023 on this page are $1.4B.