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General Atomics
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General Atomics, of San Diego, CA, was obligated $2.0B in federal awards across the 4 fiscal years in which it reached the $1.0M listing floor (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026).
In FY2026, the most recent complete fiscal year, obligations were $583M, of which $460M (79%) came through contracts.
That is up 12% on FY2025 ($519M).
General Atomics ranks 40 of 2,836 listed organisations located in CA by five-year obligations, and 473 of 30,000 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Defense, Department of Energy and National Aeronautics and Space Administration: 53 awards worth $523M in total award value.
Its largest contract industry is NAICS 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing), where it ranks 26 of 417 organisations by the value of $1.0M-plus awards.
USAspending lists its parent organisation as General Atomics.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $579,459,850 | $456,330,211 | $123,129,639 | — |
| FY2024 | $355,478,203 | $239,716,800 | $115,761,403 | -39% |
| FY2025 | $518,573,832 | $399,578,854 | $118,994,978 | +46% |
| FY2026 | $582,792,478 | $459,904,629 | $122,887,849 | +12% |
| FY2027 to date | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
A fiscal year runs 1 October to 30 September. "Contracts" are procurement award types A–D; "assistance" is everything else (grants, direct payments, loan subsidy cost, insurance, other). The contracts column is listed only where contract obligations alone reached $1.0M; the assistance figure is the remainder and may therefore include up to $1.0M of contracts.
Compared with its state and the largest recipients five listed years
| Measure | This organisation | Largest in CA | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $2.0B | $416B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $583M | $118B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | $1.6B | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $481M | $416B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 473 of 30,000 | 1 of 2,836 in CA | 1 |
Largest in state: Health Care Services, California Department of. Largest nationally: Health Care Services, California Department of. Rankings count organisations located in the state, by the sum of their listed fiscal years.
Awarding agencies $1.0M+ awards since FY2023
| # | Agency | Awards | Award value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Defense | 38 | $343M | 66% |
| 2 | Department of Energy | 14 | $179M | 34% |
| 3 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 1 | $1.2M | 0% |
Contract industries NAICS
Rank within NAICS 336413: 26 of 417 organisations by $1.0M+ award value; see Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing.
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: San Diego County, CA $501M · Lee County, MS $19M · Middlesex County, MA $1.2M · Montgomery County, MD $1.1M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Navy | ContractDelivery Order | 336413 Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing | $110M | 30 Dec 2024 | CA | USAspending |
| Department of Energy | ContractDefinitive Contract | 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | $92M | 30 Sep 2024 | CA | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Navy | ContractDelivery Order | 336413 Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing | $45M | 28 Dec 2022 | CA | USAspending |
| Department of Energy | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 81.121 Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration | $35M | 28 Dec 2022 | CA | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Air Force | ContractDefinitive Contract | 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | $25M | 27 Sep 2023 | CA | USAspending |
| Department of Energy | ContractDefinitive Contract | 325180 Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing | $19M | 29 Sep 2026 | MS | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Navy | ContractDelivery Order | 336413 Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing | $19M | 28 Aug 2025 | CA | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Navy | ContractDelivery Order | 336611 Ship Building and Repairing | $17M | 29 Jun 2023 | CA | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Navy | ContractDelivery Order | 336413 Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing | $15M | 24 Sep 2024 | CA | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Navy | ContractDelivery Order | 336413 Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing | $13M | 24 Sep 2024 | CA | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Navy | ContractDelivery Order | 336413 Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing | $8.5M | 28 Aug 2024 | CA | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Navy | ContractDelivery Order | 336413 Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing | $8.5M | 7 Apr 2026 | CA | USAspending |
Award value is the amount obligated to the award to date as USAspending reports it. Descriptions below are USAspending's text, unedited and truncated; those that appear to name a person are withheld.
- $110M, Department of Defense, 30 Dec 2024: EMALS & AAG FFC DEVELOPMENT PHASE 1
- $92M, Department of Energy, 30 Sep 2024: RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT AND FABRICATION OF INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION (ICF) TARGETS FOR THE OFFICE OF RTD&E NA-11, EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCES NA-113
- $45M, Department of Defense, 28 Dec 2022: 2023-2027 SUSTAINMENT
- $35M, Department of Energy, 28 Dec 2022: IN THE 2012 CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, CONGRESS APPROPRIATED FUNDS TO DOE FOR THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED ATF IN RESPONSE TO THE INCIDENT THA
- $25M, Department of Defense, 27 Sep 2023: DEMONSTRATION OF MANHATTAN SPACECRAFT OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS TERMINAL
- $19M, Department of Energy, 29 Sep 2026: GENERAL ATOMICS - LITHIUM PROCESSING CAPABILITY DEMONSTRATION AND PURIFICATION SERVICES
- $19M, Department of Defense, 28 Aug 2025: FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF SERDS, SUPPORT EQUIPMENT TOOLS, LOGISTICS SUPPORT AND TDP IN SUPPORT OF THE DEPOT STAND UP FOR EMALS FORD CLASS.
- $17M, Department of Defense, 29 Jun 2023: INCREMENTAL FUNDING FOR CLIN 0001
Questions and answers
How much federal money does General Atomics receive?
$2.0B in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $579M; FY2024: $355M; FY2025: $519M; FY2026: $583M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to General Atomics?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Defense ($343M), Department of Energy ($179M) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($1.2M).
What is the money for?
Contracts are classified under NAICS 336413 Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing, NAICS 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) and NAICS 336611 Ship Building and Repairing. Assistance falls under Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration (81.121), Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (81.049) and Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (81.135).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: CA ($501M), MS ($19M), MA ($1.2M) and MD ($1.1M).
Is General Atomics a large federal recipient?
It ranks 473 of 30,000 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 40 of 2,836 located in CA. The site covers organisations with at least $1.0M in a fiscal year; individuals are excluded.
Where does this data come from?
USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury), award transactions as loaded on 30 Sep 2026; fiscal-year totals via the spending-by-category endpoint and award lists via the award search endpoint. The USAspending recipient profile is the authoritative record.
Provenance
Source: USAspending.gov API v2 (U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service), CC0. Fiscal-year obligations from the spending-by-category recipient ranking by recipient state (listing floor $1.0M per year); awards from the award search endpoint (new awards of $1.0M or more by base obligation date); parent and business categories from the recipient profile where fetched. Closed fiscal years are snapshots taken after year end; FY2027 is refreshed on each build. Data loaded by USAspending on 30 Sep 2026. Individuals and sole proprietors are excluded at ingest. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections and the methodology.