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Department of Transportation (DOT)

Federal contracts · top awardee HARRIS CORPORATION

Department of Transportation obligated $13.3B across 32,272 contracts — FAA air-traffic and NextGen systems dominate the large-dollar end.

Department of Transportation (DOT) shows $14.0B in SCOUT transaction volume across 33,006 award actions (trailing 12 months, Sep 2025 – Sep 2026, ≥$100K floor), with an average action value of $424.4K. The agency focuses on transportation infrastructure and safety modernization.. SCOUT aggregates all USASpending transaction records including modifications — differs from published FY2025 annual totals. See methodology note below. Data: PrimeRFP SCOUT · FPDS.

$14.0B

SCOUT Transaction Vol.

33,006

Total Awards

$424.4K

Avg. Award Value

2026-09-10

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Top DOT Contractors by Obligation — Trailing 12 Months

Rank	Contractor	Awards	Total Obligation
#1	HARRIS CORPORATION	153	$1.2B
#2	RAYTHEON COMPANY	222	$716.0M
#3	INDRA AIR TRAFFIC, INC.	38	$503.9M
#4	ROHDE & SCHWARZ USA, INC.	18	$437.7M
#5	LEIDOS, INC.	378	$397.2M
#6	SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION	549	$355.9M
#7	PTSI MANAGED SERVICES INC	74	$350.0M
#8	L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.	80	$346.6M
#9	PERATON INC	95	$322.3M
#10	FREQUENTIS USA, INC	41	$307.5M

Top 10 awardees by obligation · PrimeRFP SCOUT · Federal procurement records ≥$100K cumulative · 2025-09-15 – 2026-09-10

SCOUT Analysis — DOT Market Intelligence

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Department of Transportation obligated $13.3B across 32,272 contracts — FAA air-traffic and NextGen systems dominate the large-dollar end.

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Harris Corporation ($1.3B), Raytheon Company ($698.4M), and Indra Air Traffic, Inc. ($497.6M) lead aviation systems and ATC-related awards.

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Primary NAICS 541330 and 541512 cover engineering and systems-design firms supporting FAA and modal administrations.

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Bridge, ITS, and environmental engineering task orders under DOT/FHWA remain a high-volume lane for A-E and mid-tier IT primes.

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DOT Recompete Pipeline

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Frequently Asked Questions — Department of Transportation Contracting

How much does the Department of Transportation spend on contracts?

DOT obligated $13.3B across 32,272 contracts in the trailing 12 months ending August 2026 (≥$100K floor). The FAA is the largest DOT contracting component, with major spend on air traffic control modernization. Source: PrimeRFP SCOUT.

Who are the top DOT contractors?

Top DOT contractors (2025-08-16 → 2026-08-04) include Harris Corporation ($1.3B), Raytheon Company ($698.4M), Indra Air Traffic, Inc. ($497.6M), Leidos Innovations Corporation ($403.9M), and Rohde & Schwarz USA, Inc. ($443.1M). Source: PrimeRFP SCOUT.

What FAA contract opportunities exist for IT and engineering firms?

The FAA uses FAA ITES for IT services and OASIS+ for professional services. Major opportunity areas include NextGen air traffic modernization, cybersecurity, telecommunications, and ground systems engineering.

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About Department of Transportation

DOT funds aviation systems, highway infrastructure, air traffic modernization, transit, and transportation safety programs.

Mission focus: Transportation infrastructure and safety modernization.

Key vehicles: OASIS+, Alliant 2

Primary NAICS: 541330, 488510, 541512

Data Coverage

PrimeRFP SCOUT · Federal procurement records
Awards ≥$100K cumulative total (PIID-keyed)
Coverage: 2025-09-15 – 2026-09-10
Last refreshed: 2026-09-10

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SCOUT Signal

September 2026

Why this is here

Department of Transportation in the September 2026 issue

DOT obligated $1.37B across 3,232 actions in 2026-08
September 2026 · 2026-08
Civilian-agency only
DOT obligated $1.05B across 3,521 actions in 2026-07
August 2026 · 2026-07
Civilian-agency only

Meanwhile VA's service-disabled veteran-owned contract actions fell 15.3%. The same agency, the same month, the large-vendor lane expanding while the small-business lane contracted. Figures are civilian-agency obligations through 2026-08-31; DoD FPDS for this window is labeled incomplete.

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Data & Methodology

Federal contract and award data sourced from government procurement systems — including FPDS-NG, SAM.gov, and related federal data repositories. PrimeRFP SCOUT ingests, normalizes, and continuously updates records as agencies publish them. Reporting timelines vary by agency; some components (particularly DoD) carry a 60–90 day lag relative to award execution.

Dataset coverage — ≥ $100K floor

All intelligence on this page and within SCOUT is filtered to federal contract awards whose current total award value is $100K or more. PrimeRFP applies this floor at the award level (on current_total_value_award), not per-transaction, so large awards split across many mid-size obligation lines are retained in full. PrimeRFP's own empirical sampling against the raw USASpending dataset shows this threshold captures 98%+ of total federal contract dollars while excluding a long tail of micro-purchases, small modifications, and administrative actions — the trade-off that makes market intelligence tractable without distorting the dollar picture. Coverage: 560,000+ active contract awards and 2.5M+ unique awardees, including small-business set-asides, task orders, and mid-market opportunities.

Award identification: Each record is keyed by federal Award ID (PIID). Task orders recorded as independent awards appear as separate rows. IDIQs and their task orders are tracked distinctly.

Why SCOUT dollar figures differ from published annual totals: Per-agency dollar figures on SCOUT intelligence pages aggregate all USASpending transaction records — including base contract awards, task orders, delivery orders, and modifications to existing contracts. Annual federal contract obligation figures cited in industry reports (e.g., FY2025: $833.8B per Bloomberg Government) count only new prime award actions in the fiscal year, excluding mods. An IDIQ vehicle (like OASIS+) carries no obligation at award — only task orders issued against it are counted. SCOUT's transaction-level aggregates are larger because they capture the full activity picture across a contract's lifecycle, making them useful for competitive analysis and pipeline sizing rather than year-over-year spending comparison.

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