Contracting office · Department of the Air Force

FA9550 AFRL AFOSR

FA9550 AFRL AFOSR obligated $21M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 27 contract actions (−67% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ($8.8M).

Obligations · FY2026
$21M
Actions
27
New awards: 8
Sole-source
4.4%
Small business
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Open in the contracts explorerFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 30.1MFY2017
  2. 26.4MFY2018
  3. 24.7MFY2019
  4. 21.3MFY2020
  5. 41.9MFY2021
  6. 73.8MFY2022
  7. 67.3MFY2023
  8. 68MFY2024
  9. 63.3MFY2025
  10. 21MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES$8.8M42%
  2. SRICO INC$1.9M9.1%
  3. ADVR, INC.$1.9M9.1%
  4. OCTAVE PHOTONICS LLC$1.9M9.1%
  5. OBLATE OPTICS INC$1.8M8.6%
  6. ARETEC, INC$926.7K4.4%
  7. LA LUCE CRISTALLINA, INC.$850K4.0%
  8. SILICON AUDIO RF CIRCULATOR, LLC$848.9K4.0%
  9. BCS ALLEGIENT, INC.$770.8K3.7%
  10. NANOHMICS INC$750K3.6%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$11.2M53%
  2. Professional services$8.8M42%
  3. IT & telecom$1M4.8%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia$8.8M42%
  2. Texas$2.4M12%
  3. Ohio$1.9M9.1%
  4. Montana$1.9M9.1%
  5. Colorado$1.9M9.1%
  6. California$1.8M8.6%
  7. Virginia$1.8M8.5%
  8. Minnesota$250K1.2%
  9. Washington$250K1.2%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition4.4%
    US 39% · $926.7K
  • Sole-source awards4.4%
    US 30% · $926.7K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.8% · $0
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush0.0%
    US 5.6% · $0
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $0
  • Time-and-materials pricing0.0%
    US 4.2% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. NATIONAL DEFENSE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM$87.8M
    SYSTEMS PLUS, INC.· Montgomery County, MD· Professional services· Jul 27, 2023 – Nov 24, 2025· FA955023F0014
  2. NATIONAL DEFENSE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM$85.3M
    INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS JV, LLC· Montgomery County, OH· Professional services· Jul 29, 2021 – Nov 24, 2025· FA955021F0003
  3. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES$31.2M
    AGILE DEFENSE, LLC· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· Jul 16, 2021 – Apr 23, 2026· FA955021F0002
  4. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM$22.7M
    NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jan 30, 2024 – Jun 9, 2026· FA955024CB001
  5. CONTRACTED ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT (CAS) - AIR FORCE OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (AFOSR)$3.2M
    BCS ALLEGIENT, INC.· Arlington County, VA· Research & development· Feb 26, 2023 – Feb 26, 2026· FA955023F0003
  6. TOPIC: AF23C-T002 F2-19041: TUNABLE, INTEGRATED ELECTRO-OPTIC FREQUENCY COMB FOR SPACE-BASED COMMUNICATIONS AND PRECISION, NAVIGATION AND TIMING (PNT) APPLICATIONS$1.9M
    SRICO INC· Franklin County, OH· Research & development· Feb 25, 2026 – Feb 25, 2026· FA955026CB002
  7. TOPIC AF23C-T002 TOPIC TITLE: WAVEGUIDE-BASED, HIGH POWER, ELECTRO-OPTIC FREQUENCY COMB FOR USE IN SPACE ENVIRONMENTS$1.9M
    ADVR, INC.· Gallatin County, MT· Research & development· Feb 27, 2026 – Mar 12, 2026· FA955026CB003
  8. TOPIC: AF23C-T002 F2-19043: FREQUENCY-AGILE COMBS ON THE TANTALA AND LITHIUM-NIOBATE PLATFORM (FRACTAL)$1.9M
    OCTAVE PHOTONICS LLC· Boulder County, CO· Research & development· Feb 25, 2026 – Feb 25, 2026· FA955026CB004

Committees that oversee and fund it

Congressional committees whose jurisdiction includes this agency, and the appropriations subcommittees that write its spending bill (Analisa's reading of the House and Senate rules; committees share jurisdiction). Leaders as currently published.

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Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.