Contractors / General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
prime recipient of federal awards · reported division of General Atomics ≈ inferred · UEI ZH4NVFG3Z526 ✓ from source
$1.6B
obligated · FY2025
4
funding agencies
95%
from Defense
97%
single-source
2
states
100%
in California
10
industries
≈ computedSingle-source: 97% of this recipient’s $1.6B in federal contracts was awarded without competition (FPDS extent-competed codes); the rest was competed or unclassified. A high share often reflects sole-source or specialized work, not wrongdoing.
Obligations by year
≈ computed$1.8B
FY23
$2.3B
FY24
$1.6B
FY25
▼ 9%
since FY23
Where this money comes from
✓ from sourceFUNDING AGENCIES
GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUT
Defense
$1.6B
3 other agencies
$0.1B
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
$1.6B
FY2025 obligated
Biggest awards (total value)
awarded 2019$1.9B
awarded 2016$936.9M
awarded 2024$665.8M
awarded 2024$646.4M
awarded 2022$588.3M
awarded 2022$584.8M
awarded 2012$539.4M
awarded 2023$465.7M
Total value over each award’s life, for awards active in FY2025: a decades-long contract can exceed one year’s obligations above.
What it does (NAICS / PSC)
Aircraft Manufacturing$984.2M
Where the work lands
California✓ from source$1.6B
Competitors
Lockheed Martin Corporation≈ computed$35.5B
The Boeing Company≈ computed$12.5B
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation≈ computed$4.1B
Sierra Nevada Company, LLC≈ computed$1.5B
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation≈ computed$519.1M
Textron Aviation Inc≈ computed$466.9M
Bell Boeing Joint Project Office≈ computed$436.9M
Aerovironment, Inc≈ computed$410.8M
computed from shared NAICS, not a stated rivalry.
Corporate family
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Why the labels? The graph is only worth anything if the links are trusted. Facts taken straight from a federal filing are ✓ from source; anything we compute or infer (corporate parents, districts, competitors) is ≈ inferred and worded carefully, never asserted as fact.