Federal contractor · LOUISVILLE, CO

ATMOSPHERIC & SPACE TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH ASSOCIATES LLC

ATMOSPHERIC & SPACE TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH ASSOCIATES LLC received $477.6K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 4 awards (−48% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $24.3M. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($477.6K).

Obligations · FY2026
$477.6K
New awards
4
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 2.4MFY2017
  2. 1.1MFY2018
  3. 5.5MFY2019
  4. 2.3MFY2020
  5. 2.3MFY2021
  6. 4MFY2022
  7. 2.5MFY2023
  8. 2.8MFY2024
  9. 921.8KFY2025
  10. 477.6KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Air Force$477.6K100%
    1 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$00.0%
    1 awards
  3. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$00.0%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$477.6K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Boulder County, CO$477.6K100%

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

  1. THE CONTRACTOR IS PROPOSING AN IONOSPHERE MISSION OPERATIONS CENTER TO MONITOR AND FORECAST SPACE ENVIRONMENT PHENOMENA, AS WELL AS DETECT HUMAN-INFLUENCED IONOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES, SUCH AS HYPERSONIC VEHICLES, SPACE LAUNCHES.$2.5M
    Department of the Air Force· Boulder County, CO· Research & development· Sep 25, 2024 – Apr 29, 2026· FA945324CX050
  2. EO14042 - FY23 - SBIR PHASE II - COMPACT ALL SKY INTERFEROMETRIC DOPPLER IMAGER (CASIDI)$899.7K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Boulder County, CO· Research & development· May 24, 2023 – Sep 22, 2026· 80NSSC23CA073
  3. E014042 SBIR PHASE II MULTICHANNEL THERMOSPHERE IONOSPHERE PHOTOMETER SCANNER (MTIPS)$799.9K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Boulder County, CO· Research & development· Jun 22, 2022 – Mar 18, 2026· 80NSSC22CA095
  4. SCANNING UV MIRROR (SUVM) ASSEMBLIES AND RFBR ASSESSMENT SERVICES$651.5K
    Department of the Navy· Boulder County, CO· Research & development· Dec 18, 2023 – Jan 13, 2026· N0017324P2010

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.

ATMOSPHERIC & SPACE TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH ASSOCIATES LLC received $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 1 actions (0 new awards).

Assistance · FY2026
$0
New awards
0
Actions
1
Since FY2021
$6.3M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 3.6MFY2021
  2. 1.8MFY2022
  3. 353.4KFY2023
  4. 561.1KFY2024
  5. -26.1KFY2025
  6. 0FY2026

Largest awards

  1. THE TURBOPAUSE REGION REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST POORLY EXPLORED YET CRUCIAL REGIONS OF THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE. IN THE VICINITY OF THIS ALTITUDE…$1.1M
    43.001 · Science· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Project grant· May 13, 2021 – Apr 15, 2026· 80NSSC21K0803

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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: $179.8K (2 subawards)

2 primes

  1. CLEMSON UNIVERSITY$140K78%
    CLEMSON, SC · 1 subaward
  2. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$39.8K22%
    BOULDER, CO · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $120K paid out · $6.7M received
  • FY2022: $36K paid out · $2.4M received
  • FY2023: $50K paid out · $4.7M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $6.7M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $8.1M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $179.8K 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

3 companies · $206K reported

  1. THE BOEING COMPANY$120K
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
  2. OUTSIDE ANALYTICS INC$50K
    BROOMFIELD, CO · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
  3. JPT, LLC$36K
    CATONSVILLE, MD · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services

Primes that pay it

10 companies · $28.7M reported

  1. UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY SPACE DYNAMICS LABORATORY$18.9M
    NORTH LOGAN, UT · 5 subawards
  2. PERATON ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS LLC$4.9M
    CHANTILLY, VA · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
  3. CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)$2M
    WASHINGTON, DC · 18 subawards

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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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 5 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. MIMYR, LLC$2.5M−100% in FY2026
    TORRANCE, CA · 49% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development services
  2. RELATIVE DYNAMICS INC$2.6M+1,292% in FY2026
    GREENBELT, MD · 49% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Scientific research and development services
  3. QUSPIN INC.$2.2M−100% in FY2026
    LOUISVILLE, CO · 45% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.