Federal contractor · DURHAM, NC

AURA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

AURA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC received $240K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 2 awards (−77% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $42.4M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($240K).

Obligations · FY2026
$240K
New awards
2
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 450KFY2017
  2. 1.8MFY2018
  3. 5MFY2019
  4. 2.9MFY2020
  5. 13.5MFY2021
  6. 2.5MFY2022
  7. 5.6MFY2023
  8. 9.4MFY2024
  9. 1MFY2025
  10. 240KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$240K100%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$240K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Durham County, NC$140K58%
  2. Orange County, NC$100K42%

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 8.8% · $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. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONTRACTOR'S PHASE I PROPOSAL ENTITLED MVDC FAULT DLI RELAY DATED 02/05/2025 IN RESPONSE TO SBIR TOPIC NUMBER N25A-T012$240K
    Department of the Navy· Orange County, NC· Research & development· Jun 5, 2025 – Jan 27, 2026· N0002425CT126
  2. SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PHASE I AWARD - TOPIC 25.2-076 - AUGMENTED REALITY VEHICLE MAINTENANCE AND TRAINING SYSTEMS$140K
    Department of the Navy· Durham County, NC· Research & development· Mar 16, 2026 – Apr 27, 2026· M6785426C6558

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-contracts: $8.1M (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC.$8.1M100%
    MCLEAN, VA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $832K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $8.1M 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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

2 companies · $9M reported

  1. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$8.1M
    MCLEAN, VA · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
  2. NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEFENSE MANUFACTURING AND MACHINING$832K
    BLAIRSVILLE, 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 4 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. OVERLAND AI INC$10.6M−12% in FY2026
    SEATTLE, WA · 90% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development services
  2. THERMOANALYTICS, INC.$10.2M−96% in FY2026
    CALUMET, MI · 84% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development services
  3. FLASH STEELWORKS INC$7.8M−100% in FY2026
    WASHINGTON, MI · 73% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.