Overview
ObligationsObligation: money the government has legally committed to a contract. It is not the same as money paid. Example: $6M obligated of a $10M ceiling. Glossary on its awards, FY2021–FY2025
2,342 contractor registrations
Five complete fiscal years; FY2026 reported so far is in the trend
Five complete fiscal years; FY2026 reported so far is in the trend
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Insight 99% under NAICS 541715
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Insight Other offices funded all $2.52B; USAF SBIRSBIR: a federal program that funds small businesses to research and develop new technology, in phases, with a path to government sales. Glossary STTRSTTR: like SBIR, but the small business must team with a university or nonprofit research institution on the work. Glossary CNTRCTNG AFRL placed the contracts; the largest funder is AFRL RGF (F4FBEQ)
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- California$621M · 25%
- Texas$208M · 8.2%
- Virginia$177M · 7.0%
- Colorado$156M · 6.2%
- New York$152M · 6.0%
- Massachusetts$150M · 6.0%
- Ohio$135M · 5.3%
- Florida$97.2M · 3.9%
- Pennsylvania$86.5M · 3.4%
- Maryland$66.8M · 2.6%
- Illinois$59.2M · 2.3%
- Washington$49.9M · 2.0%
- Georgia$44.8M · 1.8%
- North Carolina$38.1M · 1.5%
- Tennessee$32.9M · 1.3%
- Indiana$32.3M · 1.3%
- New Jersey$30.7M · 1.2%
- Connecticut$29.6M · 1.2%
- Alabama$28.1M · 1.1%
- Arizona$26.9M · 1.1%
- Michigan$25.9M · 1.0%
- New Hampshire$23.7M · 0.9%
- Utah$23.1M · 0.9%
- District of Columbia$23M · 0.9%
- New Mexico$22.9M · 0.9%
- Wyoming$22.6M · 0.9%
- Kansas$16.5M · 0.7%
- Oregon$15.8M · 0.6%
- Nevada$14.7M · 0.6%
- Missouri$12.7M · 0.5%
- Oklahoma$12.7M · 0.5%
- Minnesota$11.7M · 0.5%
- Louisiana$11.7M · 0.5%
- Montana$9.86M · 0.4%
- Wisconsin$8.34M · 0.3%
- Rhode Island$7.36M · 0.3%
- Idaho$6.87M · 0.3%
- South Dakota$4.11M · 0.2%
- Kentucky$4.07M · 0.2%
- Arkansas$3.61M · 0.1%
- South Carolina$3.4M · 0.1%
- Hawaii$2.84M · 0.1%
- Vermont$2.76M · 0.1%
- Maine$2.75M · 0.1%
- Delaware$2.3M · 0.1%
- Nebraska$2.09M · 0.1%
- West Virginia$1.58M · 0.1%
- North Dakota$1.4M · 0.1%
- Puerto Rico$305K · 0.0%
- Alaska$250K · 0.0%
- Iowa$224K · 0.0%
- Mississippi$99.6K · 0.0%
46 smaller, $1.06B together.
Insight 25% was performed in California
The latest fiscal year is reported so far (hatched)
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Insight $382M in FY2025, 8.1% below FY2021
Each cell is one week of a month: days 1–7, 8–14, 15–21, 22–28 or 29–31
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Insight September carried 14.2% of FY2025 obligations
Contractors
Awards it signed and still administers
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Everyone else: $2.39B (94.9%)
Contractors on USAF SBIR STTR CNTRCTNG AFRL awards, FY2021–FY2025
Every company paid on this office's awards; open one to see its other work.
2,342 contractors received an award; the 25 largest are listed
Showing 1–10 of 25 contractors
| FY2021–FY2025, US$ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share | Last 10 FY | |||
| Spectral Energies LLC | 36 | $17,141,295 | 0.7% | |
| Simx, Inc. | 29 | $15,996,422 | 0.6% | |
| Shield Ai Inc. | 2 | $15,647,507 | 0.6% | |
| Physical Sciences Inc. | 21 | $12,849,140 | 0.5% | |
| Ghost Robotics Corporation | 12 | $12,643,142 | 0.5% | |
| Engineering And Software System Solutions, Inc. | 13 | $11,795,571 | 0.5% | |
| Rogue Space Systems Corp. | 14 | $11,746,622 | 0.5% | |
| Aroboticscompany, Inc. | 14 | $10,434,265 | 0.4% | |
| Circle Optics Inc. | 16 | $10,165,198 | 0.4% | |
| Picogrid, Inc. | 16 | $9,275,251 | 0.4% | |
Recompetes
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Contracts ending Oct 2026 – Apr 2028, by end date
The contracts whose potential end date falls in the next 18 months; the next step is a recompete or a new order.
200 largest contracts end by Apr 20, 2028
Showing 1–10 of 200 contracts
| Since award, US$ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA864924P0026 | Nanohmics Inc. | $1,250,000 | Oct 22, 2026 | |
| FA864925P0431 | Hop Aero, Inc. | $1,249,909 | Oct 26, 2026 | |
| FA864925P0360 | Cofactor Systems Inc. | $1,792,510 | Oct 28, 2026 | |
| FA864924P0963 | Eoptic, Inc. | $1,249,914 | Oct 28, 2026 | |
| FA864925P0296 | Purecipher Inc. | $1,249,791 | Oct 30, 2026 | |
| FA864923P1208 | Spectral Energies LLC | $1,249,695 | Nov 2, 2026 | |
| FA864924P1086 | 410 Medical, Inc. | $1,798,713 | Nov 16, 2026 | |
| FA864924P0500 | United Protective Technologies, LLC | $1,249,438 | Nov 16, 2026 | |
| FA864925P0384 | Lineaje Inc. | $1,799,951 | Nov 23, 2026 | |
| FA864925P0383 | Celadyne Technologies, Inc. | $1,799,931 | Nov 23, 2026 | |
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Contacts
Small business specialists for USAF SBIR STTR CNTRCTNG AFRL
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