Federal contractor · CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA

BARRON ASSOCIATES, INC.

BARRON ASSOCIATES, INC. received $947.9K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 5 awards (−88% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $35.8M. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($568.2K). It also received $1.5M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$947.9K
New awards
5
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
39%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 3.8MFY2017
  2. 2.4MFY2018
  3. 5.5MFY2019
  4. 1.8MFY2020
  5. 1.2MFY2021
  6. 6.1MFY2022
  7. 3.7MFY2023
  8. 2.5MFY2024
  9. 7.9MFY2025
  10. 947.9KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Air Force$568.2K60%
    2 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$379.8K40%
    1 awards
  3. Department of the Army$00.0%
    1 awards
  4. Defense Health Agency$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$947.9K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Albemarle County, VA$947.9K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition39%
    US 39% · $373.8K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions39%
    US 8.7% · $373.8K
  • 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. ADVANCES THE FUSION OF INFORMATION FOR RESPONSE TO SPACE THREATS (FIRST) SUITE OF TECHNOLOGIES TO FLIGHT-READY MATURITY. INCLUDES DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, AND TESTING TO ENHANCE, VALIDATE, AND VERIFY ALGORITHMS AND SOFTWARE.$4.8M
    Department of the Air Force· Albemarle County, VA· Research & development· Aug 21, 2019 – Apr 22, 2026· FA945319C0005
  2. STTR PHII RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT$1.3M
    Department of the Navy· Albemarle County, VA· Research & development· Jan 31, 2024 – Mar 16, 2026· N6833524C0188
  3. SENSORY TEST AND BALANCE LIMIT EVALUATION STABLE$1.3M
    Defense Health Agency· Albemarle County, VA· Research & development· Aug 28, 2025 – Jun 3, 2026· HT942525CE033
  4. SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH (SBIR) PHASE II, TOPIC A23-014, PERSISTENT INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE VIA PERCHING UNMANNED AIR VEHICLES. PH I W58RGZ-24-C-0016.$1.1M
    Department of the Army· Albemarle County, VA· Research & development· Mar 20, 2025 – May 12, 2026· W5170125CA102
  5. RUNTIME ASSURANCE SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT$194.4K
    Department of the Air Force· Albemarle County, VA· Research & development· Apr 17, 2026 – May 26, 2026· FA239126CB001

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.

BARRON ASSOCIATES, INC. received $1.5M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 10 actions (1 new awards), −53% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 93.865 · Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research ($1.1M).

Assistance · FY2026
$1.5M
New awards
1
Actions
10
Since FY2022
$14.6M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 1.9MFY2022
  2. 3MFY2023
  3. 5.1MFY2024
  4. 3.1MFY2025
  5. 1.5MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$1.5M100%

Top programs

  1. 93.865 · Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research$1.1M76%
  2. 93.837 · Cardiovascular Diseases Research$351.4K24%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$1.5M100%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. KNEE BIOFEEDBACK REHABILITATION INTERFACE FOR GAME-BASED HOME THERAPY (KNEEBRIGHT)$3.3M
    93.866 · Aging Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Nov 9, 2022 – Mar 18, 2026· R44AG062069
  2. A NOVEL INSTRUMENT TO ADDRESS FREEZING OF GAIT IN PARKINSON'S PATIENTS - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION. PARKINSON’S DISEASE (PD) IS…$2.2M
    93.866 · Aging Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Sep 18, 2024 – Mar 3, 2026· R44AG074825
  3. VIRTUAL ACTIVITIES OF LIVING FOR OCCUPATIONAL REHABILITATION - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: THE VIRTUAL ACTIVITIES OF LIVING FOR…$2M
    93.865 · Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Apr 17, 2025 – May 14, 2026· R44HD107718
  4. A NOVEL, LOW-COST MOBILE METABOLIC MEASUREMENT (M3) SYSTEM - SUMMARY/ABSTRACT INDIRECT CALORIMETRY (IC) IS BASED ON MEASUREMENT OF THE…$2M
    93.837 · Cardiovascular Diseases Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Apr 23, 2024 – Feb 2, 2026· R44HL142491
  5. RESPIRATORY OXYGEN ADHERENCE MONITOR FOR COPD PATIENTS - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: THE RESPIRATORY OXYGEN ADHERENCE MONITOR…$1.9M
    93.837 · Cardiovascular Diseases Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Aug 14, 2023 – Sep 18, 2026· R44HL147667
  6. EDUCATIONAL MEDIA TO PROMOTE HEALTHCARE AWARENESS THROUGH AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE (EMPATHIE) - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT SIGNIFICANCE…$1.7M
    93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Apr 27, 2023 – May 20, 2026· R44GM130188

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 · FY2022–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

  • Sub-contracts: $42K (1 subaward)

1 sub-recipient

  1. VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY$42K100%
    BLACKSBURG, VA · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

Its reported sub-contracts equal 4.4% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $576.6K paid out · $170.2K received
  • FY2022: $1.4M paid out · $824.9K received
  • FY2023: $1.3M paid out · $110K received
  • FY2024: $1.2M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2025: $2.1M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $42K paid out · $0 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

18 companies · $6.5M reported

  1. VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY$1.3M
    BLACKSBURG, VA · 9 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA$973.1K
    CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA · 6 subawards
  3. GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY$940.5K
    FAIRFAX, VA · 5 subawards · Scientific research and development services

Primes that pay it

3 companies · $1.1M reported

  1. DCS CORPORATION$934.9K
    BEAVERCREEK TOWNSHIP, OH · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$144.4K
    SEATTLE, WA · 2 subawards
  3. RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA$25.8K
    CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA · 1 subaward

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

  1. NANOVOX, LLC$10.7M−27% in FY2026
    CORVALLIS, OR · 86% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development services
  2. SENSEEKER CORP$10.5M−20% in FY2026
    GOLETA, CA · 82% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development services
  3. ARCHITECTURE TECHNOLOGY INC$14.2M−88% in FY2026
    EDEN PRAIRIE, MN · 89% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · 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.