California 48th District
CA-48 · Place of performance
Total Obligations
$18.27B
Total Awards
4K
Known Recipients
25
Last Updated
Jun 5, 2026
$1,697,258,383.55 in USAspending.gov obligations pairs NAICS 334511 (Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, And Nautical System And Instrument Manufacturing) with California 48th District (CA-48) across 9 awards. The join is NAICS 334511 crossed with a CA-48 location field, not California's entire instrument book and not a named-plant inventory. The dollars are commitments, not Treasury outlays. No fiscal year is published in this packet, so this page does not invent one.
Key figures
- Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, And Nautical System And Instrument Manufacturing (NAICS 334511) × CA-48: $1,697,258,383.55 across 9 awards.
- About 14.1% of the CA-48 district parent $12,020,382,570.10 by arithmetic.
- 9 awards are a row count, not a sensor or plant census.
- Obligations are not outlays; no fiscal year is in the packet.
- FEC donations do not fund this USAspending cell; source is USAspending.gov.
NAICS 334511 × CA-48 is a sensor-instrument join, not a serial roster
This page is a join: Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, And Nautical System And Instrument Manufacturing (NAICS 334511) as the industry key, and California 48th District (CA-48) as congressional district place of performance. SpendingVault sums tagged obligations to $1,697,258,383.55 on 9 awards. The join is NAICS 334511 crossed with a CA-48 location field, not California's entire instrument book and not a named-plant inventory. Treat the pair as a catalog intersection, not a ranking of which district received more, and not a claim that 9 awards equal 9 sensors or 9 unique primes.
The IN-03 and NH-02 334511 joins sit outside this total unless they also carry NAICS 334511 and CA-48. Mixing those books into $1,697,258,383.55 would invent a combined figure the packet never computed. Correlation between this obligation sum and local avionics employment is not causation. Sensor serial numbers and plant headcounts are not in the packet. Place of performance as CA-48 locates the tagged awards; it does not deposit $1,697,258,383.55 in a district treasury. Huntington Beach-versus-Costa Mesa folklore is not a geography split in this packet.
9 awards behind $1.70 billion
Mean obligation is about $188,584,264.84 if $1,697,258,383.55 were divided evenly across 9 lines. That ratio is not a published unit cost and not a typical instrument invoice. Award count is a row count, including possible continuations and modifications. It is not a count of sensors, plants, or unique vendors. Nine awards against a $1.70 billion cell is a very concentrated instrument file: few rows, large implied mean.
Guidance-system vehicles can post as a handful of high-dollar rows. This page will not invent contractor or recipient names. Open California 48th District for the stored district table. Do not convert 9 into a map of California 48th District instrument plants. The $1,697,258,383.55 total remains an obligation rollup on tagged awards. Inspect named lines on the overlay rather than inferring a sensor census.
Questions
- How much nav/guidance instrument manufacturing is obligated in California 48th District?
- USAspending.gov shows $1,697,258,383.55 in Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, And Nautical System And Instrument Manufacturing (NAICS 334511) obligations with California 48th District (CA-48) as place of performance, across 9 awards. The sum is a commitment total, not outlays and not the district's full $12,020,382,570.10 parent. Other NAICS codes sit outside this join unless they also carry 334511.
- Do 9 awards mean 9 instrument plants in CA-48?
- No. Award count is a row count of NAICS 334511 actions tagged to CA-48. It is not a plant or vendor census. Unique recipients are unpublished. Mean obligation of about $188,584,264.84 is a quotient of $1,697,258,383.55 and 9, not a unit cost.
- Does the CA-48 334511 cell include Indiana or New Hampshire dollars?
- No. IN-03 and NH-02 are other 334511 joins. $1,697,258,383.55 is about 14.1% of the California 48th District parent $12,020,382,570.10 by arithmetic. Cite USAspending.gov as the source. Obligations remain commitments, not Treasury outlays.
- Is the CA-48 nav/guidance total already paid as outlays?
- Not on this metric. Obligations are recorded commitments on awards. Outlays are payments from the Treasury. The $1,697,258,383.55 headline is the obligation rollup in SpendingVault's extract. Progress payments and remaining balances are not published here. Cite USAspending.gov as the source.
USAspending.gov congressional district place-of-performance joined to NAICS industry. Obligations are not outlays.
District ties
Yearly Spending Trend
Top 50 Awards in California 48th District
Largest individual obligations performed in CA-48.
| Award | Recipient | Awarding Agency | Program | Place | FY | Obligation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CONT_AWD_W58RGZ19C0027_9700_-NONE-_-NONE- 2019 THROUGH 2023 GRAY EAGLE PERFORMANCE BASED LOGISTICS | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Department of the Army | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2024 | $1,896,157,069 |
CONT_AWD_W58RGZ17C0018_9700_-NONE-_-NONE- DEOBLIGATION OF FY25 CANCELING FUNDS | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Defense Contract Management Agency | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2025 | $936,878,897 |
CONT_AWD_FA857724C0001_9700_-NONE-_-NONE- CY24-25 MQ-9 (REAPER) SUPPORT AND SERVICES. | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Department of the Air Force | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2024 | $646,404,052 |
CONT_AWD_W58RGZ24C0031_9700_-NONE-_-NONE- 2024 THROUGH 2028 GRAY EAGLE PERFORMANCE BASED LOGISTICS | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Department of the Army | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2024 | $620,955,908 |
CONT_AWD_FA857722C0001_9700_-NONE-_-NONE- CY22 MQ-9 (REAPER) SUPPORT AND SERVICES. | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Department of the Air Force | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2024 | $584,786,924 |
CONT_AWD_FA868923C2018_9700_-NONE-_-NONE- MQ-9B FMS TAIWAN PRODUCTION | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Department of the Air Force | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2024 | $465,669,577 |
CONT_AWD_W58RGZ19C0022_9700_-NONE-_-NONE- PRODUCTION READINESS TEST ASSETS (PRTA) | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Department of the Army | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2024 | $397,979,427 |
CONT_AWD_W58RGZ24C0021_9700_-NONE-_-NONE- PRODUCTION READINESS TEST ASSETS (PRTA) | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Department of the Army | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2024 | $367,444,098 |
CONT_AWD_FA852818C0001_9700_-NONE-_-NONE- CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT AND SERVICES FOR MQ-1 PREDATOR AND MQ-9 REAPER | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Defense Contract Management Agency | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2024 | $349,705,012 |
CONT_AWD_FA852819C0001_9700_-NONE-_-NONE- CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT AND SERVICES (CLS) FOR MQ-9 REAPER | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Department of the Air Force | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2024 | $337,112,210 |
CONT_AWD_W58RGZ11C0099_9700_-NONE-_-NONE- CHANGE OF MOD AUTHORITY | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Department of the Army | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2025 | $325,711,659 |
CONT_AWD_FA862019F2384_9700_FA862015G4040_9700 MQ-9 REAPER FY19 AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Defense Contract Management Agency | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2024 | $313,172,422 |
CONT_AWD_FA862019C2003_9700_-NONE-_-NONE- MQ-9 REAPER FMS UK | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Department of the Air Force | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2024 | $312,772,687 |
CONT_AWD_FA868921F2408_9700_FA868920D2020_9700 MQ-9 REAPER FY21 BILATERAL AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Department of the Air Force | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2024 | $310,406,704 |
CONT_AWD_FA862018C2009_9700_-NONE-_-NONE- MQ-9B FMS UK PROTECTOR | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Department of the Air Force | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2024 | $303,566,795 |
CONT_AWD_FA857720C0001_9700_-NONE-_-NONE- MQ-9 REAPER CLS SUPPORT. | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Defense Contract Management Agency | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2024 | $286,500,285 |
CONT_AWD_70B02C22C00000016_7014_-NONE-_-NONE- OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE SERVICE | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Homeland Security U.S. Customs and Border Protection | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2024 | $281,629,679 |
CONT_AWD_FA857721C0001_9700_-NONE-_-NONE- CLS REAPER SUPPORT AND SERVICES | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Defense Contract Management Agency | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2024 | $277,668,910 |
CONT_AWD_70B02C18C00000040_7014_-NONE-_-NONE- UAS OPERATIONAL AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Homeland Security U.S. Customs and Border Protection | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2024 | $272,580,355 |
CONT_AWD_W58RGZ19C0030_9700_-NONE-_-NONE- PM UAS - EUAS WARRIOR ALPHA, BLOCK 0 - FUNDS DE-OBLIGATION. | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Department of the Army | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2025 | $257,045,573 |
CONT_AWD_FA862019F2374_9700_FA862015G4040_9700 MQ-9 REAPER, BLOCK 5 FY18 PRODUCTION | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Defense Contract Management Agency | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2024 | $232,146,190 |
CONT_AWD_FA868922C2017_9700_-NONE-_-NONE- FMS FRANCE MQ-9 CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Department of the Air Force | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2024 | $227,937,953 |
CONT_AWD_FA868920C2013_9700_-NONE-_-NONE- MQ-9B FMS BELGIUM SKYGUARDIAN | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Department of the Air Force | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2024 | $227,194,875 |
CONT_AWD_HSBP1013C00006_7014_-NONE-_-NONE- UAS OPERATION & MAINTENANCE | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Homeland Security U.S. Customs and Border Protection | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2024 | $212,596,551 |
CONT_AWD_FA868920F2405_9700_FA868920D2020_9700 MQ-9 REAPER FISCAL YEAR 20 UNILATERAL AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Department of the Air Force | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2024 | $202,886,969 |
CONT_AWD_W58RGZ17C0035_9700_-NONE-_-NONE- PM UAS - WARRIOR ALPHA, BLOCK 0. DE-OBLIGATE CANCELLING FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF A DECREASE OF -$3,387,488.00. | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Department of the Army | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2025 | $195,103,402 |
CONT_AWD_FA857726FB002_9700_FA857726DB001_9700 CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT AND SERVICES MQ-9 REAPER | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Department of the Air Force | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2026 | $160,432,176 |
CONT_AWD_N0001918C1063_9700_-NONE-_-NONE- GROUP 5 UAS ISR SERVICES | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Defense Contract Management Agency | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2024 | $148,491,919 |
CONT_AWD_GSQ0016AJ0021_4732_GS00Q09BGD0048_4735 FUNDING & ADMIN CHANGES | SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION Virginia | General Services Administration Federal Acquisition Service | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2025 | $145,556,783 |
CONT_AWD_FA868922F2400_9700_FA868920D2020_9700 MQ-9 REAPER UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS, FY22 PRODUCTION MQ-9 | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Department of the Air Force | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2024 | $136,901,093 |
CONT_AWD_0017_9700_FA862015G4040_9700 MQ-9 REAPER UK CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT FMS | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Department of the Air Force | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2025 | $132,583,652 |
CONT_AWD_W58RGZ22C0014_9700_-NONE-_-NONE- PRODUCTION OF THE MQ-1C GRAY EAGLE EXTENDED RANGE AIRCRAFT. | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Department of the Army | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2024 | $130,478,200 |
CONT_AWD_N0001924F5559_9700_N0001922G0006_9700 UPDATING SHIP TO ADDRESS FOR CLINS 0004 AND 0005 | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Department of the Navy | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2024 | $128,784,133 |
CONT_AWD_FA868922C2014_9700_-NONE-_-NONE- MQ-9 FMS NETHERLANDS CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT FOLLOW ON UCA DEFINITIZATION | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Department of the Air Force | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2024 | $126,640,846 |
CONT_AWD_FA868923F2650_9700_FA868920D2020_9700 MQ-9 REAPER OPEN MISSION SYSTEM (OMS) STELLAR RELAY (SR) AND LINK-16 RETROFIT | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Department of the Air Force | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2024 | $120,755,215 |
CONT_AWD_W58RGZ21F0186_9700_W58RGZ18D0138_9700 GRAY EAGLE TECHNICAL SERVICES (GETS) FY19-23. | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Department of the Army | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2024 | $113,765,688 |
CONT_AWD_FA862019F2310_9700_FA862015G4040_9700 MQ-9 REAPER FMS NETHERLANDS BLOCK 5 AIR-VEHICLES | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Department of the Air Force | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2025 | $111,909,678 |
CONT_AWD_FA868925FB010_9700_FA868925DB001_9700 IRIS DELIVERY ORDER (DO) 1 FOR INDIA MQ-9B FMS | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Department of the Air Force | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2025 | $108,279,000 |
CONT_AWD_FA868924C2020_9700_-NONE-_-NONE- MQ-9 FMS NETHERLANDS, LOT 2 PRODUCTION | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Department of the Air Force | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2024 | $102,936,808 |
CONT_AWD_FA868925CB003_9700_-NONE-_-NONE- CANADA MQ-9B | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Department of the Air Force | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2025 | $101,397,513 |
CONT_AWD_W58RGZ23C0010_9700_-NONE-_-NONE- RE-ALIGNMENT OF FUNDS FROM CLIN 0203, 0204, AND 0205. | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Department of the Army | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2024 | $97,083,041 |
CONT_AWD_FA862020C2009_9700_-NONE-_-NONE- MQ-9 REAPER FMS FRANCE - CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SERVICES | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Department of the Air Force | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2024 | $95,962,942 |
CONT_AWD_HR001123C0087_9700_-NONE-_-NONE- LONGSHOT | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2024 | $94,291,379 |
CONT_AWD_FA868923F2452_9700_FA868920D2020_9700 MQ-9 REAPER FMS NETHERLANDS - LOT 2 PRODUCTION | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Department of the Air Force | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2024 | $93,563,757 |
CONT_AWD_W911QX21C0001_9700_-NONE-_-NONE- MODIFICATION TO CREATE NOT SEPARATELY PRICED (NSP) CONTRACT LINE ITEM NUMBER (CLIN) 0007 TO ADD CONTRACTOR ACQUIRED PROPERTY (CAP) FOR SMART SENSOR AUTONOMOUS INTELLIGENCE, SURVEI… | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Department of the Army | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2024 | $93,293,555 |
CONT_AWD_FA868921F2805_9700_FA868920D2020_9700 MQ-9 AGILE REAPER ENTERPRISE SOLUTION (ARES) IDIQ FRANCE HARDWARE AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Department of the Air Force | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2024 | $89,509,772 |
CONT_AWD_FA868922FB001_9700_FA862017D2000_9700 AWARD FOR LEAD OFF HITTER 5 | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Department of the Air Force | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2024 | $87,210,645 |
CONT_AWD_FA868924F2451_9700_FA868920D2020_9700 MQ-9 REAPER JOING URGENT OPERATIONAL NEED PROLIFERATED LOW EARTH ORBIT PHASE II | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Department of the Air Force | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2024 | $85,993,538 |
CONT_AWD_0026_9700_FA862015G4040_9700 MQ-9 REAPER FRANCE CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SERVICES (CLS) | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Defense Contract Management Agency | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2024 | $82,812,989 |
CONT_AWD_N0001922F2395_9700_N0001922G0006_9700 UPDATING SECTION J | GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. California | Department of Defense Department of the Navy | — | POWAY, CA-48 | 2024 | $82,692,913 |
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