$1.3MOct 7, 2026
Recent federal contract awards
40 awards in California signed in the last 90 days, worth $89.5M in total. Every item links to the official record.
Some SAM.gov award notices name no place of performance; those are listed by the contracting office's state and marked “office location”.
Who is winning this work
| Recipient | Awards | Total |
|---|---|---|
| BOWHEAD BASE OPERATIONS LLC | 1 | $24.5M |
| CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | 8 | $15.1M |
| IMPULSE SPACE, INC. | 1 | $12.5M |
| SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CORPORATION | 1 | $7.1M |
| University Of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles | 1 | $5.7M |
| SRI INTERNATIONAL | 3 | $2.9M |
| MAKEL ENGINEERING, INC. | 2 | $2.3M |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES | 1 | $1.8M |
| OUTPOST TECHNOLOGIES CORP | 2 | $1.5M |
| ANTA BIOTECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION | 1 | $1.3M |
Top recipients by total obligated amount for this filter. D&B-restricted records are left out.
Agencies: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (28) Health and Human Services (4) Homeland Security (3) Defense (2) Transportation (2) Veterans Affairs (1)
$1.3MOct 7, 2026
$224,986Oct 6, 2026
OUTPOST TECHNOLOGIES CORP
SBIR PHASE I METAL FLUORIDE PURIFICATION AND MICROGRAVITY FIBER PREFORM MANUFACTURING FOR FIBER MEMORY LOOPS IN QUANTUM COMPUTING
View on USAspending.gov → · Award 80NSSC27C0042 · Definitive Contract
$1.3MOct 5, 2026
ANTA BIOTECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
SBIR 2025-II
View on USAspending.gov → · Award 80NSSC27C0037 · Definitive Contract
$5.7MSep 30, 2026
University Of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles
Intersection Safety Systems (ISS) Prototyping
View on SAM.gov → · Award 693JJ326C000019 · Award Notice
$1.8MSep 30, 2026
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES
NEW CONTRACT FOR THE INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS JOINT PROGRAM OFFICE (ITS-JPO) FOR THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF INTERSECTION SAFETY SYSTEMS (ISS) PROTOTYPING.
View on USAspending.gov → · Award 693JJ326C000019 · Definitive Contract
$1.3MSep 30, 2026
OUTPOST TECHNOLOGIES CORP
PHASE II SBIR
View on USAspending.gov → · Award 80NSSC26C0144 · Definitive Contract
$1.3MSep 30, 2026
MAKEL ENGINEERING, INC.
SBIR PHASE II - HIGH PRESSURE, IN-SITU HYDROGEN SENSOR FOR SPACE BASED REGENERATIVE FUEL CELL SYSTEMS
View on USAspending.gov → · Award 80NSSC26C0125 · Definitive Contract
$999,998Sep 30, 2026
TOYON RESEARCH CORPORATION
THE PURPOSE OF THIS NEW SBIR/LRBAA CONTRACT IS TO COMMIT $999,999.99 TO FACILITATE A NEW CONTRACT FOR SBIR PHASE II TOPIC 3: ON-PERSON SCREENING STREAM OF COMMERCE ANALYSIS TOOL.
View on USAspending.gov → · Award 70RSAT26C00000018 · Definitive Contract
$599,979Sep 30, 2026
FREEDOM PHOTONICS LLC
FY25 SBIR PHASE III - FIBERTEK
View on USAspending.gov → · Award 80NSSC26C0427 · Definitive Contract
$290,322Sep 30, 2026
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
FIRE SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY II (51-233415)
View on USAspending.gov → · Award 80NM0026F7072 · Delivery Order
$113,289Sep 30, 2026
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
IMPROVING GLOBAL TERRESTRIAL HYDROLOGY SIMULATIONS THROUGH BIAS CORRECTION AND DATA ASSIMILATION IN THE RAPID2 MODEL (52-233482)
View on USAspending.gov → · Award 80NM0026F7071 · Delivery Order
$1.3MSep 29, 2026
EARTHTRAQ CORPORATION
SBIR PHASE II
View on USAspending.gov → · Award 80NSSC26C0183 · Definitive Contract
$1.3MSep 29, 2026
FREQUENCY MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL, INC
PHASE I SBIR
View on USAspending.gov → · Award 80NSSC26C0121 · Definitive Contract
$1.2MSep 29, 2026
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
DATA SCIENCE ANALYSIS ARCHITECTURES AND STANDARDS (52-233581)
View on USAspending.gov → · Award 80NM0026F7070 · Delivery Order
$999,994Sep 29, 2026
INTELLISENSE SYSTEMS INC
SBIR PHASE II AWARD - ON-PERSON SCREENING STREAM OF COMMERCE ANALYSIS TOOL
View on USAspending.gov → · Award 70RSAT26C00000024 · Definitive Contract
$630,000Sep 29, 2026
LEWIZ COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
FY26 SBIR PHASE III - SCALABLE, VARIABLE-SPEED TIME- SENSITIVE ETHERNET
View on USAspending.gov → · Award 80NSSC26C0408 · Definitive Contract
$596,758Sep 29, 2026
SRI INTERNATIONAL
NICHD: R&D: PRECLINICAL DEVELOPMENT OF ANDROGEN PROGESTIN (PDAP): NON-SEVERABLE
View on USAspending.gov → · Award 75N94026F00003 · Delivery Order
$435,665Sep 29, 2026
THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION
SPACE COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION (SCAN) PROGRAM CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SUPPORT
View on USAspending.gov → · Award 80HQTR26F7107 · Delivery Order
$422,030Sep 29, 2026
$250,000Sep 29, 2026
M4 ENGINEERING, INC.
PHASE III - IXGEN,
View on USAspending.gov → · Award 80NSSC26C0443 · Definitive Contract
$114,861Sep 29, 2026
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
JPL SUPPORT OF NASA KIDS SCIENCE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT EFFORT
View on USAspending.gov → · Award 80NM0026F7065 · Delivery Order
$12.5MSep 28, 2026
IMPULSE SPACE, INC.
PHASE III - GEOSPACE DYNAMICS CONSTELLATION (GDC) TRAILBLAZER PROJECT
View on USAspending.gov → · Award 80NSSC26C0437 · Definitive Contract
$9.0MSep 28, 2026
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
FABRICATION AND DELIVERY OF AN ADVANCED INFRARED SENSOR INSTRUMENT FOR MONITORING WILDLAND FIRES FROM SPACE, INCLUDING DESIGN MODIFICATIONS FOR SPACEFLIGHT, ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING, AND INTEGRATION OF SPECIALIZED DETECTOR TECHNOLOGY.
View on USAspending.gov → · Award 80NM0026F7064 · Delivery Order
$1.3MSep 28, 2026
SPACE ENVIRONMENT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
SBIR PHASE II
View on USAspending.gov → · Award 80NSSC26C0166 · Definitive Contract
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