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Combined Systems, Inc.

Combined Systems, also branded as Combined Tactical Systems (CTS), is an American company specializing in the manufacture of less-lethal military and police equipment such as tear gas canisters, flash grenades, breaching munitions, and handcuffs. It supplies these products to police and military in the United States as well as Egypt, Israel and other countries.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

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Egypt, USA-Made Tear Gas - January 28, 2011
Photo: Gigi Ibrahim, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Combined Systems, also branded as Combined Tactical Systems (CTS), is an American company specializing in the manufacture of less-lethal military and police equipment such as tear gas canisters, flash grenades, breaching munitions, and handcuffs. It supplies these products to police and military in the United States as well as Egypt, Israel and other countries.2

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$71.8M 2008–2026
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2008–2026: $71.8M in all. Federal contracts $71.8M.$0$5M$10M$15M2008 · Federal contracts: $8.3M20082009 · Federal contracts: $4.2M2010 · Federal contracts: $3.7M20102011 · Federal contracts: $14.5M2012 · Federal contracts: $5.1M20122013 · Federal contracts: $194.6K2014 · Federal contracts: $1.8M20142015 · Federal contracts: $3.8M2016 · Federal contracts: $1.1M20162017 · Federal contracts: $2.1M2018 · Federal contracts: $1.6M20182019 · Federal contracts: $4.5M2020 · Federal contracts: $802.6K20202021 · Federal contracts: $741.0K2022 · Federal contracts: $2.1M20222023 · Federal contracts: $3.8M2024 · Federal contracts: $1.0M20242025 · Federal contracts: $10.9M2026 · Federal contracts: $1.3M2026
Figures by year
YearFederal contractsTotal
2026$1.3M$1.3M
2025$10.9M$10.9M
2024$1.0M$1.0M
2023$3.8M$3.8M
2022$2.1M$2.1M
2021$741.0K$741.0K
2020$802.6K$802.6K
2019$4.5M$4.5M
2018$1.6M$1.6M
2017$2.1M$2.1M
2016$1.1M$1.1M
2015$3.8M$3.8M
2014$1.8M$1.8M
2013$194.6K$194.6K
2012$5.1M$5.1M
2011$14.5M$14.5M
2010$3.7M$3.7M
2009$4.2M$4.2M
2008$8.3M$8.3M

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov4, by calendar year, 2008–2026, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest contracts

  1. Apr 26, 2011$11.8M from Department of the Navy: Nl/tlms (venom).5 To COMBINED SYSTEMS INC Award M6785411C1069
  2. Mar 1, 2025$7.9M from Department of the Army: Adding additional 1,836 ea mk-124 signal flares6 To COMBINED SYSTEMS INC Award W519TC25F0111
  3. Jul 28, 2022$4.6M from Department of the Army: Fms car7 To COMBINED SYSTEMS INC Award W52P1J22F0243
  4. Sep 28, 2018$3.5M from Department of the Army: The mk-124 mod 1 signal, smoke, and illumination: nsn: 1370-01-550-13558 To COMBINED SYSTEMS INC Award W52P1J18F0392
  5. Jun 28, 2012$3.3M from Department of the Army: D.o. to purchase xm104 non-lethal bursting hand grenades9 To COMBINED SYSTEMS INC Award 0005

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