Federal contractor · DETROIT, MI
AMERICAN LIGHTWEIGHT MATERIALS MANUFACTURING INNOVATION INSTITUTE
AMERICAN LIGHTWEIGHT MATERIALS MANUFACTURING INNOVATION INSTITUTE received $500 in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards (−100% vs FY2025). Since FY2025: $621.5K. Its largest customer was Missile Defense Agency ($500). It also received $9.2M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.
- Obligations · FY2026
- $500
- New awards
- 1
- Sole-source
- 0.0%
- Single offer
- 0.0%
- UEI
- LJL4A54PYZR5
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 621KFY2025
- 500FY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Missile Defense Agency$500100%1 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Research & development$500100%
Where the work was performed
- Madison County, AL$500100%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition0.0%US 39% · $0
- Sole-source awards0.0%US 30% · $0
- Single-offer competitions0.0%US 8.7% · $0
- 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
- Missile Defense Agency· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Dec 19, 2025 – Dec 19, 2025· HQ085926FF808
Federal grants & assistance received
Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.
AMERICAN LIGHTWEIGHT MATERIALS MANUFACTURING INNOVATION INSTITUTE received $9.2M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 5 actions (0 new awards), +45% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research ($9.2M).
- Assistance · FY2026
- $9.2M
- New awards
- 0
- Actions
- 5
- Since FY2021
- $79.5M
Assistance by fiscal year
- 14.4MFY2021
- 11MFY2022
- 18.5MFY2023
- 20.1MFY2024
- 6.3MFY2025
- 9.2MFY2026
By type
- Grants$9.2M100%
Top programs
- 12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research$9.2M100%
Awarding agencies
- Department of the Navy$9.2M100%Department of Defense
Largest awards
- 12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research· Department of the Navy· Cooperative agreement· Jan 30, 2023 – Jun 30, 2026· N000142322000
- 12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research· Department of the Navy· Project grant· Sep 19, 2022 – Oct 6, 2025· N000142212836
Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.
Subawards
Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.
As a prime: who it pays · FY2026
No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.
As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026
- Sub-grants: $380K (2 subawards)
2 primes
- MANCHESTER, NH · 1 subaward
- PITTSBURGH, PA · 1 subaward
By fiscal year
- FY2023: $0 paid out · $105K received
- FY2026: $0 paid out · $380K received
Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.
Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.
Teaming partners
Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.
Companies it pays
No subawards reported to other companies.
Primes that pay it
3 companies · $485K reported
- MANCHESTER, NH · 1 subaward
- BLAIRSVILLE, PA · 1 subaward
- PITTSBURGH, PA · 1 subaward
Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.
Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.
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 2 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- NALAS ENGINEERING SERVICES, LLC$616K−25% in FY2026NORWICH, CT · 99% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Scientific research and development services
- VIMAAN ROBOTICS, INC.$681K−100% in FY2026SAN JOSE, CA · 99.9% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Scientific research and development services
- ORLANDO, FL · 2 entities · 81% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Scientific research and development services
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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.