Federal spending under NAICS 334517 is concentrated in medical imaging and security screening systems, led by the Department of Veterans Affairs, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the Transportation Security Administration. The vendor mix is dominated by Siemens Medical Solutions USA, General Electric Company, and Philips North America LLC, which together account for most of the obligated value in this category.
NAICS Industry
NAICS 334517 Federal Contract Obligations (Last 10 Years)
NAICS 334517 covers federal procurement for irradiation apparatus manufacturing, with $7.91 billion obligated across 29,487 award actions over the last 10 years.
Annual obligations remained in the hundreds of millions each year in the available trend, with 2021 as the highest of the recent years shown at $1.03 billion.
NAICS Code
334517
Industry
IRRADIATION APPARATUS MANUFACTURING
Total Obligated
7.91 billion
7,908,418,251.76
Award Actions
29,487
Average Action Value
268,200.16
About NAICS 334517 federal contract activity
NAICS 334517 covers irradiation apparatus manufacturing and represents $7.91 billion in FPDS obligations across 29,487 awards over the last 10 years, with an average award value of $268,200.16. The spending profile is concentrated in medical and security-related acquisition activities, as reflected by the large volume of awards and the size of the leading obligation streams.
Agency demand and leading federal buyers
The Department of Veterans Affairs accounts for $4.32 billion across 22,761 awards, making it the dominant buyer in this NAICS and indicating sustained demand for medical imaging and related irradiation systems. U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Transportation Security Administration, and the Defense Logistics Agency also rank among the top obligators, showing that procurement extends beyond healthcare into screening, inspection, and defense support missions.
Vendor concentration and leading contractors
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC. leads vendors with $1.69 billion in obligations across 5,809 awards, followed by GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY at $1.14 billion and PHILIPS NORTH AMERICA LLC at $966.48 million. GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC and RAPISCAN SYSTEMS, INC. round out the top five, indicating a vendor base concentrated among large incumbent suppliers of medical and security imaging technologies.
Annual contract trend over the analysis window
Annual obligations remained consistently high over the most recent five years shown, ranging from $670.85 million in 2022 to $1.03 billion in 2021, with 2025 already at $917.64 million. Award counts stayed near the 2,885 to 3,087 range in 2021 through 2025, suggesting a steady procurement cadence rather than a small number of unusually large actions.
How to interpret this page
This page summarizes FPDS prime award activity coded to NAICS 334517 over the last 10 years. Totals reflect obligated dollars and award counts as reported in the dataset, and agency, vendor, and annual sections are ranked by total obligations within the same analysis window.
Top Agencies
SELECT
agency_id,
agency_name,
total_obligated,
award_count,
formatReadableQuantity(total_obligated) AS total_obligated_readable
FROM
(
SELECT
content__award__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeAgencyID AS agency_id,
anyHeavy(content__award__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeAgencyID__name) AS agency_name,
sum(content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount) AS total_obligated,
count() AS award_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE
contract_type = 1
AND content__award__productOrServiceInformation__principalNAICSCode = '334517'
AND content__award__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeAgencyID IS NOT NULL
AND content__award__purchaserInformation__contractingOfficeAgencyID != ''
AND parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate) >= toStartOfYear(now()) - INTERVAL 10 YEAR
AND parseDateTimeBestEffortOrNull(content__award__relevantContractDates__signedDate) < toStartOfYear(now())
GROUP BY agency_id
)
ORDER BY total_obligated DESC
LIMIT 10| Agency ID | Agency Name | Total Obligated | Readable | Award Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3600 | VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF | 4,318,665,879.45 | 4.32 billion | 22,761 |
| 7014 | U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION | 1,179,237,156.33 | 1.18 billion | 581 |
| 7013 | TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION | 970,392,466.73 | 970.39 million | 536 |
| 97AS | DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY | 916,327,547.09 | 916.33 million | 2,295 |
| 8900 | ENERGY, DEPARTMENT OF | 161,944,232.93 | 161.94 million | 68 |
| 1700 | DEPT OF THE NAVY | 73,709,092.32 | 73.71 million | 426 |
| 5700 | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | 68,387,338.98 | 68.39 million | 330 |
| 2100 | DEPT OF THE ARMY | 55,626,210.06 | 55.63 million | 582 |
| 1900 | STATE, DEPARTMENT OF | 47,009,827.12 | 47.01 million | 124 |
| 7527 | INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE | 23,946,894.52 | 23.95 million | 315 |
Insight
Obligations under NAICS 334517 are highly concentrated over the last 10 years, with the Department of Veterans Affairs accounting for $4.32 billion of the $7.91 billion total, or more than half of all obligations, across 22,761 awards. The next three agencies—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Transportation Security Administration, and Defense Logistics Agency—collectively account for another $3.07 billion, indicating that the category is driven primarily by a small set of agencies. Outside these top four, obligations drop sharply, with no other agency exceeding $162 million, suggesting a long tail of comparatively low-volume demand.
Top Vendors
SELECT
vendor_name,
cage_code,
total_obligated,
award_count,
formatReadableQuantity(total_obligated) AS total_obligated_readable
FROM
(
SELECT
content__award__vendor__vendorHeader__vendorName AS vendor_name,
anyHeavy(content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__entityIdentifiers__cageCode) AS cage_code,
sum(content__award__dollarValues__obligatedAmount) AS total_obligated,
count() AS award_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE
contract_type = 1
AND content__award__productOrServiceInformation__principalNAICSCode = '334517'
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 | CAGE Code | Total Obligated | Readable | Award Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC. | 0E2E6 | 1,686,458,917.65 | 1.69 billion | 5,809 |
| GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY | 1V332 | 1,142,712,178.16 | 1.14 billion | 5,855 |
| PHILIPS NORTH AMERICA LLC | 8HEG5 | 966,475,113.97 | 966.48 million | 5,296 |
| GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC | 9CB48 | 485,498,667.03 | 485.50 million | 2,299 |
| RAPISCAN SYSTEMS, INC. | 04HU6 | 374,424,772.14 | 374.42 million | 163 |
| LEIDOS, INC. | 6B6E2 | 365,443,140.42 | 365.44 million | 120 |
| SMITHS DETECTION INC. | 23667 | 264,593,180.31 | 264.59 million | 39 |
| SMITHS DETECTION, LLC | 048M4 | 238,715,575.93 | 238.72 million | 100 |
| AMERICAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, INC. | 21802 | 206,473,761.42 | 206.47 million | 333 |
| SMITHS DETECTION, INC. | 23667 | 192,471,416.33 | 192.47 million | 186 |
Insight
Obligations in NAICS 334517 are highly concentrated among a small set of vendors: the top 10 vendors account for roughly 5.66 billion of the 7.91 billion obligated over the last 10 years, or about 72% of total spending. Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., General Electric Company, and Philips North America LLC alone received about 3.79 billion, indicating a strong incumbent vendor base in this category. Award volume is more dispersed than dollars, with some vendors such as Rapiscan Systems, Inc. and Leidos, Inc. receiving relatively high obligations across comparatively few awards, suggesting larger-value transactions alongside recurring lower-value awards.
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__productOrServiceInformation__principalNAICSCode = '334517'
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 | 917,637,275.60 | 917.64 million | 2,898 |
| 2024 | 882,710,390.25 | 882.71 million | 2,986 |
| 2023 | 816,698,519.21 | 816.70 million | 3,087 |
| 2022 | 670,852,977.23 | 670.85 million | 2,920 |
| 2021 | 1,031,467,833.42 | 1.03 billion | 2,885 |
| 2020 | 699,235,848.34 | 699.24 million | 2,756 |
| 2019 | 788,151,968.72 | 788.15 million | 2,695 |
| 2018 | 885,171,488.03 | 885.17 million | 3,368 |
| 2017 | 753,413,797.12 | 753.41 million | 3,254 |
| 2016 | 463,078,153.84 | 463.08 million | 2,638 |
Insight
Over the last 10 years, NAICS 334517 obligated $7.91 billion across 29,487 awards, with an average award value of $268.2 thousand. Obligations were relatively stable in the mid-to-upper hundreds of millions annually, ranging from $463.08 million in 2016 to a peak of $1.03 billion in 2021, indicating a notable surge in that year rather than a sustained step change. Since 2022, annual obligations have remained elevated at roughly $670.85 million to $917.64 million, with award counts clustered near 2,900 to 3,100, suggesting broad distribution across a consistently high volume of awards.
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