This page summarizes USTRANSCOM obligations, awards, vendors, and NAICS categories over the last 10 years. The data shows steady annual spending above $3.63 billion in the five most recent years, led by passenger air transport, deep sea freight, courier services, and freight transportation arrangement contracts.
Federal Agency
USTRANSCOM Federal Contract Obligations (Last 10 Years)
USTRANSCOM procurement data for the last 10 years shows 53,404 award actions and $42.23 billion obligated across transportation and logistics contracts.
Amounts reflect obligated dollars for the selected analysis window, and vendor and NAICS totals are based on FPDS award actions tied to USTRANSCOM (agency ID 9776).
Agency ID
9776
Total Obligated
42.23 billion
42,225,558,306.08
Award Actions
53,404
Average Action Value
790,681.56
About USTRANSCOM federal contract activity
Over the last 10 years, USTRANSCOM recorded $42.23 billion in obligated contract dollars across 53,404 awards, for an average award value of $790,681.56. The profile is consistent with a high-volume transportation enterprise, with spending concentrated in logistics, airlift, sealift, and related support services.
Vendor concentration and leading contractors
The vendor base is led by FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION at $7.63 billion across 7,393 awards, followed by PATRIOT TEAM at $6.22 billion across 9,195 awards. CROWLEY LOGISTICS, INC., INTERNATIONAL AUTO LOGISTICS, LLC, and MAERSK LINE, LIMITED each account for billion-dollar obligations, indicating a mix of very high-frequency and lower-count, high-value transportation relationships.
Industry profile based on NAICS activity
NAICS concentration is strongest in 481211, NONSCHEDULED CHARTERED PASSENGER AIR TRANSPORTATION, with $18.36 billion and 33,752 awards, making it the dominant category by both dollars and volume. Deep sea freight transportation (483111) and couriers and express delivery services (492110) are also major drivers, while freight transportation arrangement (488510) and all other support activities for transportation (488999) round out the core operational spend.
Annual contract trend over the analysis window
Annual obligations remained in the multi-billion-dollar range across the displayed years, rising from $3.63 billion in 2021 to $5.07 billion in 2023 before easing to $4.93 billion in 2024 and $4.32 billion in 2025. Award counts stayed relatively stable between 5,103 and 5,639, suggesting that year-to-year changes in spend were driven more by contract value than by major shifts in transaction volume.
How to interpret this page
This summary is based on FPDS query results for USTRANSCOM, Agency ID 9776, using the last 10 years of available award data. Totals reflect obligated dollars and award counts as reported in the dataset; vendor and NAICS rankings are ordered by total obligated amount, and the annual trend reflects the yearly obligations included in the provided analysis window.
Top Vendors
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vendor_name,
total_obligated,
award_count,
formatReadableQuantity(total_obligated) AS total_obligated_readable
FROM
(
SELECT
content__award__vendor__vendorHeader__vendorName AS vendor_name,
sum(content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount) AS total_obligated,
count() AS award_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE
contract_type = 1
AND content__award__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeAgencyID = '9776'
AND content__award__vendor__vendorHeader__vendorName IS NOT NULL
AND content__award__vendor__vendorHeader__vendorName != ''
AND parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate) >= toStartOfYear(now()) - INTERVAL 10 YEAR
AND parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate) < toStartOfYear(now())
GROUP BY vendor_name
)
ORDER BY total_obligated DESC
LIMIT 10| Vendor | Total Obligated | Readable | Award Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION | 7,630,097,373.02 | 7.63 billion | 7,393 |
| PATRIOT TEAM | 6,218,400,449.81 | 6.22 billion | 9,195 |
| CROWLEY LOGISTICS, INC. | 1,952,369,757.03 | 1.95 billion | 101 |
| INTERNATIONAL AUTO LOGISTICS, LLC | 1,914,177,548.57 | 1.91 billion | 151 |
| MAERSK LINE, LIMITED | 1,502,470,491.31 | 1.50 billion | 200 |
| NATIONAL AIR CARGO GROUP, INC. | 1,466,930,632.78 | 1.47 billion | 3,854 |
| UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CO. | 1,115,478,260.13 | 1.12 billion | 520 |
| ATLAS AIR, INC. | 1,044,799,406.12 | 1.04 billion | 801 |
| AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LLC | 1,026,950,318.51 | 1.03 billion | 299 |
| LIBERTY GLOBAL LOGISTICS LLC | 945,880,474.37 | 945.88 million | 253 |
Insight
Over the last 10 years, USTRANSCOM obligated $42.23 billion across 53,404 awards, with an average award value of $790,681.56. Obligations are concentrated among a small number of vendors: FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION ($7.63 billion) and PATRIOT TEAM ($6.22 billion) together account for a substantial share of total obligations, while the remaining top vendors each range from about $945.88 million to $1.95 billion. Award volume is more dispersed than dollars, with PATRIOT TEAM (9,195 awards) and FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION (7,393 awards) far exceeding most other top vendors, many of which received relatively fewer but higher-value awards.
Top NAICS
SELECT
naics_code,
naics_name,
total_obligated,
award_count,
formatReadableQuantity(total_obligated) AS total_obligated_readable
FROM
(
SELECT
content__award__productOrServiceInformation__principalNAICSCode AS naics_code,
anyHeavy(content__award__productOrServiceInformation__principalNAICSCode__description) AS naics_name,
sum(content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount) AS total_obligated,
count() AS award_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE
contract_type = 1
AND content__award__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeAgencyID = '9776'
AND content__award__productOrServiceInformation__principalNAICSCode IS NOT NULL
AND content__award__productOrServiceInformation__principalNAICSCode != ''
AND parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate) >= toStartOfYear(now()) - INTERVAL 10 YEAR
AND parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate) < toStartOfYear(now())
GROUP BY naics_code
)
ORDER BY total_obligated DESC
LIMIT 10| NAICS Code | Description | Total Obligated | Readable | Award Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 481211 | NONSCHEDULED CHARTERED PASSENGER AIR TRANSPORTATION | 18,356,433,256.80 | 18.36 billion | 33,752 |
| 483111 | DEEP SEA FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION | 7,892,603,554.33 | 7.89 billion | 3,013 |
| 492110 | COURIERS AND EXPRESS DELIVERY SERVICES | 3,584,341,576.84 | 3.58 billion | 832 |
| 488510 | FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION ARRANGEMENT | 2,848,798,026.55 | 2.85 billion | 656 |
| 488999 | ALL OTHER SUPPORT ACTIVITIES FOR TRANSPORTATION | 1,914,233,612.68 | 1.91 billion | 153 |
| 481212 | NONSCHEDULED CHARTERED FREIGHT AIR TRANSPORTATION | 1,418,529,766.89 | 1.42 billion | 2,477 |
| 481112 | SCHEDULED FREIGHT AIR TRANSPORTATION | 1,138,646,547.29 | 1.14 billion | 2,939 |
| 488320 | MARINE CARGO HANDLING | 1,045,536,655.29 | 1.05 billion | 2,513 |
| 541519 | OTHER COMPUTER RELATED SERVICES | 741,071,226.91 | 741.07 million | 1,647 |
| 541512 | COMPUTER SYSTEMS DESIGN SERVICES | 682,324,962.38 | 682.32 million | 969 |
Insight
Over the last 10 years, USTRANSCOM’s obligations of $42.23 billion are concentrated in transportation-related NAICS codes, led by 481211 Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation at $18.36 billion across 33,752 awards, or about 43.5% of total obligations. The next largest categories, 483111 Deep Sea Freight Transportation ($7.89 billion) and 492110 Couriers and Express Delivery Services ($3.58 billion), indicate a broad logistics portfolio but with spending still heavily weighted toward passenger air transport and freight movement. Award volume is also concentrated: the top 10 NAICS account for 53,984 awards, with relatively high award counts in air transport and much smaller counts in support and technical services, suggesting repeated procurement activity in core transportation mission areas.
Annual Trend
SELECT
year,
total_obligated,
award_count,
formatReadableQuantity(total_obligated) AS total_obligated_readable
FROM
(
SELECT
toYear(parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate)) AS year,
sum(content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount) AS total_obligated,
count() AS award_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE
contract_type = 1
AND content__award__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeAgencyID = '9776'
AND parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate) >= toStartOfYear(now()) - INTERVAL 10 YEAR
AND parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate) < toStartOfYear(now())
GROUP BY year
)
ORDER BY year DESC| Year | Total Obligated | Readable | Award Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,320,794,523.98 | 4.32 billion | 5,103 |
| 2024 | 4,930,575,940.16 | 4.93 billion | 5,279 |
| 2023 | 5,070,173,070.05 | 5.07 billion | 5,639 |
| 2022 | 4,535,092,050.72 | 4.54 billion | 5,335 |
| 2021 | 3,626,385,256.75 | 3.63 billion | 5,383 |
| 2020 | 4,595,017,804.61 | 4.60 billion | 6,025 |
| 2019 | 3,985,671,283.04 | 3.99 billion | 5,354 |
| 2018 | 4,808,897,937.52 | 4.81 billion | 5,406 |
| 2017 | 3,783,330,670.29 | 3.78 billion | 5,220 |
| 2016 | 2,569,619,768.96 | 2.57 billion | 4,660 |
Insight
Over the last 10 years, USTRANSCOM obligated $42.23 billion across 53,404 awards, averaging $790.7 thousand per award. Annual obligations are relatively stable in a narrow band from $2.57 billion to $5.07 billion, with the highest levels in 2023 ($5.07 billion) and 2024 ($4.93 billion) and the lowest in 2016 ($2.57 billion). Award volume generally tracks obligations, peaking in 2020 at 6,025 awards and remaining near 5,000 to 5,600 awards in most other years.
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