Obligations recorded from September 23, 2025 through September 22, 2026. Obligations are promises by the federal government to spend money, not necessarily cash already paid.

As of

September 22, 2026

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About This Organization

One of the world's largest engineering and construction companies with extensive federal infrastructure and energy work.

Editorial context

Why It Is Included

Included because this organization appears in federal spending records and is part of The Paper Trail Project's public-interest research directory.

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Why you may have heard of it

Known for managing major nuclear, infrastructure, and defense construction projects.

Direct public money received

Public Money Profile

Federal obligations are shown by award type and kept separate from tax incentives or workforce public-benefit research. These categories should not be added into a generic “subsidy” figure.

Federal contracts

$2.5B

Federal grants

Direct payments

Federal loans

Other assistance

Workforce public-benefit research

No published source-backed estimate linked unless shown elsewhere on this profile.

Tax incentives and subsidies

Not included without attributable official records.

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Federal data

Spending Over Time

Federal fiscal years

Prime-award transaction obligations attributed to this USAspending recipient. Negative totals can reflect deobligations or corrections.

FY2017

FY2018

FY2019

FY2020

FY2021

FY2022

FY2023

$1.1B

FY2024

$2.7B

FY2025

$2.4B

FY2026To date

The current fiscal year is partial and will change as USAspending publishes additional transactions.

Federal data

Who funds Bechtel?

The federal agencies and offices responsible for the organization’s recorded obligations.

1Department of Defense$2,236,448,61891.0% of total 2National Aeronautics and Space Administration$220,600,0009.0% of total 3General Services Administration$00.0% of total 4Department of Energy$00.0% of total

ConnectedLast refreshed September 22, 2026

Prime-award transaction obligations from 2025-09-23 through 2026-09-22, grouped by top-tier awarding agency.

Federal data

What Federal Agencies Bought or Funded From Bechtel

USAspending classifies federal obligations using product and service codes for contracts and assistance-listing categories for grants and other assistance. These records describe federal awards to the organization—not the organization’s own operating expenses.

Products and services

COMBAT SHIPS AND LANDING VESSELS

PSC 1905

$2,164,760,25288.1% of total

SPACE R&D SVCS; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH & SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; R&D FACILITIES & MAJ EQUIP

PSC AR15

$220,600,0009.0% of total

ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS PROTECTION- ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION

PSC F108

$68,453,8472.8% of total

NUCLEAR REACTORS

PSC 4470

$3,234,0190.1% of total

NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT

PSC AC13

$5000.0% of total

CONSTRUCTION OF SHIP CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR FACILITIES

PSC Y1ED

$00.0% of total

SUPPORT- PROFESSIONAL: OTHER

PSC R499

$00.0% of total

Prime-award transaction obligations from 2025-09-23 through 2026-09-22. Categories can be broad and reflect federal coding, not Paper Trail editorial conclusions. View USAspending source ↗

Documentation

Sources

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Federal data refreshed September 22, 2026.

For researchers

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The Paper Trail Project. “Bechtel.” Accessed September 23, 2026. https://www.papertrailproject.org/profiles/bechtel

Methodology

Record last updated 2026-09-22. Sources: Linked public records. Verify consequential claims against the linked original records.