Federal contractor · HARWOOD, MD

ADVANCED NANOPHOTONICS, LLC

ADVANCED NANOPHOTONICS, LLC received $497K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 4 awards (+4,418% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $1.6M. Its largest customer was National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($497K).

Obligations · FY2026
$497K
New awards
4
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
55%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 8.7KFY2017
  2. 12.3KFY2018
  3. 166.4KFY2023
  4. 899.9KFY2024
  5. 11KFY2025
  6. 497KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$497K100%
    4 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$508K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Anne Arundel County, MD$508K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition55%
    US 39% · $272K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions55%
    US 8.7% · $272K
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

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

Largest awards

  1. SBIR PHASE II - "NEXT GEN COMPONENTS FOR EXOPLANET DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION TECHNOLOGIES"$899.9K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Anne Arundel County, MD· Research & development· Aug 3, 2024 – Jun 24, 2026· 80NSSC24CA123
  2. FY26 SBIR PHASE III - ADVANCED NANOPHOTONICS, LLC - NEXT GEN COMPONENTS FOR EXOPLANET DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION TECHNOLOGIES -MICROSHUTTER DEVELOPMENT FOR HWO$283K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Anne Arundel County, MD· Research & development· Jul 21, 2026 – Jul 21, 2026· 80NSSC26C0407
  3. SBIR PHASE I OPTICAL SENSOR FOR FIVE-CENTIMETER DISCOVERY AND ONE-CENTIMETER CUSTODY OF ORBITAL DEBRIS$224.9K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Anne Arundel County, MD· Research & development· Sep 10, 2026 – Sep 10, 2026· 80NSSC26C0376
  4. CARBON NANOTUBE MASKS (ALSO KNOWN AS APODIZER MIRRORS) FOR USE IN ADVANCED IMAGING FOR EXOPLANET AND EARTH OBSERVATIONS.$0
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Santa Clara County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 20, 2024 – Mar 12, 2026· 80NSSC25PA215

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 1 market (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. FREQUENCY MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL, INC$1.4M+748% in FY2026
    HUNTINGTN BCH, CA · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development services
  2. G21 NUCLEONICS INC.$1.4M+751% in FY2026
    SEATTLE, WA · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development services
  3. APPLIED MATERIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, INC$1.4M+750% in FY2026
    STREAMWOOD, IL · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development services

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.