Prime · United States
BlueHalo
HQ Arlington, Virginia1001-5000 employeesUpdated
Defense and space technology company (satellite ground systems, directed energy, counter-UAS); acquired by AeroVironment in 2025.
- Part ofAeroVironment
Federal Prime Contracts$88.4M obligated · FY2016–FY2026
- Obligated
- $88.4M
- FY2016–FY2026
- Contract actions
- 145
- 30 awards
- Peak year
- FY2019
- $3.2M
- Top buyer
- U.S. Air Force
- 87% of obligations
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| Fiscal year | Obligated | Actions | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (to date) | $79.4M | 0 | — |
| FY2022 | $359K | 0 | — |
| FY2021 | $1.0M | 0 | — |
| FY2020 | $799K | 0 | — |
| FY2019 | $3.2M | 0 | — |
| FY2018 | $2.0M | 0 | — |
| FY2017 | $505K | 0 | — |
| FY2016 | $1.0M | 0 | — |
Top buyers
- U.S. Air Force$77.2M 87%
- U.S. Special Operations Command$9.0M 10%
- NASA$868K 1.0%
- U.S. Army$750K 0.8%
- Missile Defense Agency$555K 0.6%
- U.S. Navy$0 0.0%
What they sell (PSC)
- National Defense R&D Services; Department of Defense - Military; Applied Research$52.2M 59%
- National Defense R&D Services; Atomic Energy Defense Activities; Applied Research$10.3M 12%
- National Defense R&D Services; Department of Defense - Military; Experimental Development$8.7M 9.8%
- R&D- Defense System: Electronics/Communication Equipment (Applied Research/Exploratory Development)$6.6M 7.4%
- General Science and Technology R&D Services; General Science and Technology; Applied Research$5.1M 5.8%
- R&D- Defense System: Electronics/Communication Equipment (Advanced Development)$2.4M 2.8%
- National Defense R&D Services; Defense-Related Activities; Applied Research$2.0M 2.3%
- Optical Instruments, Test Equipment, Components and Accessories$843K 1.0%
- R&D- Defense System: Weapons (Applied Research/Exploratory Development)$311K 0.4%
- IT and Telecom - Business Application/Application Development Software as a Service$25K 0.0%
- Training Aids$0 0.0%
- Maint/Repair/Rebuild of Equipment- Instruments and Laboratory Equipment$0 0.0%
Where the work is done
- Oh$51.4M 58%
- Al$26.0M 29%
- Va$9.0M 10%
- Nm$2.0M 2.3%
Largest awards10
- High-performance Electromagnetic Spectrum Survivable Materials Advancement (Helmssman) Task Order (To) 2, Advanced Development of Materials for Ems Resilience · U.S. Air Force · USAspending ↗$23.3M
- Functional Responsive Experimentation for Systems and Humans (Fresh) · U.S. Air Force · USAspending ↗$7.5M
- IGF::OT::IGF Envoy Shield · U.S. Special Operations Command · USAspending ↗$6.6M
- Polymers and Responsive Materials R&D and Exploration · U.S. Air Force · USAspending ↗$6.5M
- Space Logistics Assembly Disassembly Experiment with Swarms (Slades) · U.S. Air Force · USAspending ↗$6.2M
- High-performance Electromagnetic Spectrum Survivable Materials Advancement (Helmssman) Task Order (To) 1, Advanced Development of Vision Protection Materials · U.S. Air Force · USAspending ↗$5.6M
- Technical Operations VI · U.S. Air Force · USAspending ↗$4.9M
- Ceramics Advanced Materials and Processes (Camp IV) · U.S. Air Force · USAspending ↗$4.7M
- Surveillance, Intelligence, and Reconnaissance Enhanced Networks · U.S. Air Force · USAspending ↗$3.1M
- Flash and Laser Airborne Protection System (Flaps) Task Order 0005 · U.S. Air Force · USAspending ↗$3.1M
Signed obligations on federal prime contracts (award types A–D) from USAspending, FY2008 through Aug 31, 2026. Obligations are money the government committed, not company revenue, and include de-obligations. Subcontracts and grants are excluded. Matching is by registered UEI.
Capabilities3
| Technology | Role | Maturity | TRL | Notes | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air and missile defense | Developer | — | — | classify_sectors run 37, sonnet, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Defense and space company in directed energy, counter-UAS and satellite ground systems. | Reported |
| Directed energy | Developer | — | — | classify_sectors run 37, sonnet, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Defense and space company in directed energy, counter-UAS and satellite ground systems. | Reported |
| Space, launch and counterspace | Developer | — | — | classify_sectors run 37, sonnet, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Defense and space company in directed energy, counter-UAS and satellite ground systems. | Reported |
- Developerclassify_sectors run 37, sonnet, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Defense and space company in directed energy, counter-UAS and satellite ground systems.—Reported
- Developerclassify_sectors run 37, sonnet, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Defense and space company in directed energy, counter-UAS and satellite ground systems.—Reported
- Developerclassify_sectors run 37, sonnet, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Defense and space company in directed energy, counter-UAS and satellite ground systems.—Reported
Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.
Sources2
- 1
AeroVironment · May 1, 2025 · Supports Organization, Organization · parent
“announced today the successful completion of the transaction between AeroVironment, Inc. and BlueHalo, LLC (“BlueHalo”)”
- 2
Octen Business Search · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · hq city, Organization · hq region, Organization · linkedin url
“employee_range: 1001-5000 (profile: 1001-5000 employees)”
Government identifiers2
- UEI
- HE86H1JJJTK5
- BLUEHALO LLC
- Checked Oct 21, 2026
- UEI
- KS2QHHVPSNL7
- BLUEHALO, LLC
- Checked Oct 21, 2026
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