Federal contractor · CAMBRIDGE, MA

AXIOM OPTICS INC

AXIOM OPTICS INC received $301.4K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 6 awards (−63% vs FY2025). Since FY2021: $2.2M. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($128.9K).

Obligations · FY2026
$301.4K
New awards
6
Sole-source
26%
Single offer
32%
UEI
GN18VRBCF1M3
Parent company
AXIOM OPTICS
Other than small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 267KFY2021
  2. 356.9KFY2022
  3. 121.5KFY2023
  4. 387.5KFY2024
  5. 807.5KFY2025
  6. 301.4KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Air Force$128.9K43%
    1 awards
  2. National Institutes of Health$95.6K32%
    1 awards
  3. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$76.9K26%
    3 awards
  4. Department of the Navy$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$272.9K91%
  2. IT & telecom$28.5K9.5%

Where the work was performed

  1. Middlesex County, MA$144K48%
  2. Okaloosa County, FL$128.9K43%
  3. Suffolk County, MA$28.5K9.5%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition57%
    US 39% · $172.5K
  • Sole-source awards26%
    US 30% · $76.9K
  • Single-offer competitions32%
    US 8.7% · $95.6K
  • 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.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$76.9K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. HEGOA MOTION HEXAPOD$128.9K
    Department of the Air Force· Okaloosa County, FL· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 9, 2026 – Jun 9, 2026· FA239626PB049
  2. SPAD512 PHOTON COUNTING CAMERA$116.2K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Middlesex County, MA· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 12, 2025 – Dec 1, 2025· 80NSSC25PB253
  3. NINDS: 1. ALCOR 920-1 FEMTOSECOND LASER: PRODUCT CODE AX-49ALM2301. 2. XSIGHT AOM OPTION: PRODUCT CODE AX- 49ALM2309.1. 3. PP80 PULSE PICKER: PRODUCT CODE CUST-SL-PP80. 4. SHIPPING & HANDLING CHARGES. REFERENCE QUOTE AX-Q-26566-1.$95.6K
    National Institutes of Health· Middlesex County, MA· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 21, 2026 – Aug 21, 2026· 75N98026P01393
  4. 2X INGAAS CAMERAS FEATURING THE SONY IMX993 SENSOR AND ALL SUPPORTING HARDWARE$48.4K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Middlesex County, MA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 24, 2026 – Sep 24, 2026· 80NSSC26P1726
  5. SPAD512 FPGA BLACK-BOX ACCESS PACKAGE FOR LISTO PROJECT PURCHASE$28.5K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Suffolk County, MA· IT & telecom· Jul 21, 2026 – Jul 21, 2026· 80NSSC26P1058
  6. SWIR CAMERA AND ACCESSORIES.$25.5K
    Department of the Navy· District of Columbia, DC· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 20, 2025 – Jan 9, 2026· N0017325P5531

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: $353.3K (3 subawards)

2 primes

  1. THE BOEING COMPANY$306.6K87%
    ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 2 subawards
  2. ENGINEERING RESEARCH AND CONSULTING, INC.$46.7K13%
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $288.1K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $494.8K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $674.5K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $353.3K 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

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

10 companies · $1.8M reported

  1. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$474.7K
    LEXINGTON, MA · 4 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. THE BOEING COMPANY$347.2K
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 3 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. ASTROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY INC$294.8K
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services

Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.

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 11 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. ZWICKROELL, LP$579.2K+259% in FY2026
    KENNESAW, GA · 39% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingAir Force · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  2. CORRELATED SOLUTIONS INC$1.2M+146% in FY2026
    IRMO, SC · 42% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingAir Force · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  3. SCANIVALVE CORP$811.3K−6.4% in FY2026
    LIBERTY LAKE, WA · 36% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingAir Force · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing

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 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.