Original data research from the PlainFedContract editorial team. Every page derives at least one statistic from our own database, cites primary sources inline, and documents its methodology and limits.
USAspending.gov data shows Lockheed Martin Corp ($51.24B obligations) Boeing ($21.55B) and Rockwell Collins Australia ($20.64B) leading US federal contract recipients — concentrated in aerospace defense and healthcare administration.
USAspending.gov state-level data shows Virginia ($111.4B obligations) Texas ($66.5B) and California ($59.5B) leading US states in federal contract receipts — a pattern anchored by defense headquarters federal facilities and aerospace clusters.
USAspending.gov yearly totals show federal contract obligations climbing from $429.9 billion in fiscal 2019 to $746.4 billion in fiscal 2023 — a 73.6 percent 5-year increase concentrated in defense health and engineering NAICS categories.
| Publisher | Kiznis Studio |
| Sources | Public U.S. government datasets |