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02 / Market Size

How large is the PSC 1280 federal market?

Net obligations$88.05M
Contract actions389
Vendors47
Federal customers7
Contracting offices30
Average action$226.3K
Largest action$15.04M
Data coverageFY 2019–FY 2025

03 / Spending Trend

PSC 1280 contract spending by fiscal year

Annual obligations, activity, and participation across the same FY 2019–FY 2025 profile window.

Latest closed fiscal year$20.85M
FY 2025
Fiscal yearObligationsActionsVendorsCustomersChange
FY 2019$11.19M62214
FY 2020$5.24M65176−53.2%
FY 2021$20.99M70205+300.4%
FY 2022$12.30M59145−41.4%
FY 2023$12.31M46155+0.0%
FY 2024$5.15M41145−58.1%
FY 2025$20.85M46134+304.6%

04 / Top Federal Customers

Which federal agencies buy most in this industry?

Ranked by net obligations during FY 2019–FY 2025.

Federal customerCodeObligationsActionsVendorsMarket share
DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE5700$64.53M79473.3%
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY97AS$20.63M1843423.4%
DEPT OF THE NAVY1700$1.22M7221.4%
FOREST SERVICE12C2$1.11M2841.3%
U.S. COAST GUARD7008$543.3K1440.6%
STATE, DEPARTMENT OF1900$14.7K110.0%
DEFENSE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AGENCY (DCMA)9763-$1841140.0%

05 / Contracting Offices

Which contracting offices buy in PSC 1280?

Ranked by net obligations during FY 2019–FY 2025.

06 / Top Vendors

Which contractors lead the PSC 1280 market?

VendorObligationsActionsCustomersMarket shareLatest activity
GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC$64.38M79273.1%Sep 25, 2025
COLLINS ELBIT VISION SYSTEMS, LLC$16.26M73318.5%Oct 20, 2023
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION$1.83M2422.1%Aug 25, 2025
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.$901.1K1211.0%Jun 4, 2025
GMS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$889.5K3311.0%Aug 19, 2025
FIRE IGNITION RESOURCES LLC$762.1K1510.9%Aug 14, 2024
THALES VISIONIX, INC.$657.2K1110.7%Feb 12, 2020
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.$405.7K710.5%Jan 19, 2023
SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION$388.9K710.4%Jul 20, 2021
HELIFIRE, LLC$282.0K1110.3%Aug 9, 2024

07 / Industry Mix

What industries are purchased under PSC 1280?

NAICSDescriptionObligationsActionsVendorsShare
334511SEARCH, DETECTION, NAVIGATION, GUIDANCE, AERONAUTICAL, AND NAUTICAL SYSTEM AND INSTRUMENT MANUFACTURING$79.91M1171390.8%
336413OTHER AIRCRAFT PARTS AND AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING$3.37M146153.8%
334419OTHER ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MANUFACTURING$1.86M63122.1%
115310SUPPORT ACTIVITIES FOR FORESTRY$1.00M2541.1%
333999ALL OTHER MISCELLANEOUS GENERAL PURPOSE MACHINERY MANUFACTURING$825.8K720.9%
332991BALL AND ROLLER BEARING MANUFACTURING$764.5K1210.9%
315990APPAREL ACCESSORIES AND OTHER APPAREL MANUFACTURING$120.2K110.1%
811310COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT (EXCEPT AUTOMOTIVE AND ELECTRONIC) REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE$111.3K310.1%
334519OTHER MEASURING AND CONTROLLING DEVICE MANUFACTURING$69.3K510.1%
336411AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING$14.7K110.0%

08 / Buying Pattern

How does the government buy in PSC 1280?

Other / unknown39.1%152 actions
Competed under SAP22.6%88 actions
Competed21.9%85 actions
Not available for competition14.1%55 actions
Not competed under SAP1.3%5 actions
Not competed1.0%4 actions
Other than small business share99.7%$87.80M
Small business share0.3%$250.7K
Common action typeObligationsActions
DELIVERY ORDER$20.68M164
PURCHASE ORDER$2.98M145
DEFINITIVE CONTRACT$64.38M80

09 / Recent Contract Awards

What was awarded most recently in PSC 1280?

10 / Market Interpretation

How should contractors evaluate this market?

01

Start with the spending direction

Compare annual obligations with actions and vendor participation. Growth driven by only a few large actions represents a different opportunity from broad, recurring demand.

02

Follow the actual buyers

Move from federal customers to contracting offices. Offices reveal where acquisition responsibility and recurring purchasing activity are concentrated.

03

Measure accessible demand

Use competition, small-business participation, incumbent vendors, and PSC mix before treating the full $88.05M market as addressable.