USAspending Subaward Money Trail (where the federal $ actually went)

Dataset · USAspending.gov (Treasury DATA Act) · source URL ↗

Top federal subawards by amount — 250k+ records covering FY 2020-2024. Each row is one prime contractor → subcontractor money flow (e.g. Northrop Grumman → OPTX Imaging $5.3B for cable/wiring on USAF aircraft). Fields: sub_award_id, prime_award_id, prime_recipient_name + UEI, sub_recipient_name + UEI, sub_award_amount USD, sub_award_date, description, awarding agency + sub-agency, fiscal year. Surfaces the institutional money pipes the prime contractors prefer to keep opaque.

Source organization
USAspending.gov (Treasury DATA Act)
License / terms
Coverage
250,000+ top subawards (FY 2020-2024)
Latest local indexed-row date
2026-05-18
API endpoint

Keywords

federal subawardUSAspending subawardFSRSprime contractorsubcontract money trailNorthrop Grumman subawardLockheed Martin subawardfederal contracting

Provenance

The listed URL identifies a referenced source; it does not by itself document the ingestion endpoint. Referenced source URL: https://api.usaspending.gov/api/v2/search/spending_by_award/. Source-specific terms apply. US federal employee-authored works are generally public domain under 17 USC 105; non-federal and third-party material retains source terms. Free or keyless access does not alter source terms. Metadata and normalization authored by MORVS (AI Analytics LLC) are CC0 only where expressly stated.

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