Federal contractor · GRAND RAPIDS, MI

BRAINGU LLC

BRAINGU LLC received $11.3M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 4 awards (−53% vs FY2025). Since FY2019: $144.2M. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($10.6M).

Obligations · FY2026
$11.3M
New awards
4
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
6.0%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 50KFY2019
  2. 9.7MFY2020
  3. 17.1MFY2021
  4. 31.1MFY2022
  5. 24.3MFY2023
  6. 26.8MFY2024
  7. 24MFY2025
  8. 11.3MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Air Force$10.6M94%
    3 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$679.1K6.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$11.3M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Kent County, MI$5.8M52%
  2. Middlesex County, MA$5.5M48%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition6.0%
    US 39% · $679.1K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions6.0%
    US 8.8% · $679.1K
  • 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. ADVANCED BATTLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS$21.7M
    Department of the Air Force· Kent County, MI· Research & development· Jun 8, 2023 – Apr 23, 2026· FA861223FB017
  2. KESSEL RUN BIG BANG AS A SERVICE$20.4M
    Department of the Air Force· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Sep 28, 2023 – Jun 9, 2026· FA861223FB023
  3. ADVANCED BATTLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS$14.4M
    Department of the Air Force· Kent County, MI· Research & development· Sep 27, 2023 – Apr 20, 2026· FA861223FB024
  4. 873AUTHORITY$1.6M
    Department of the Navy· Kent County, MI· Research & development· Sep 26, 2024 – May 14, 2026· N6426724C0072

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. WILLIAMS INTERNATIONAL CO., L.L.C.$58.1M−11% in FY2026
    PONTIAC, MI · 92% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development services
  2. INVICTUS INTERNATIONAL CONSULTING LLC$52.4M+16% in FY2026
    ALEXANDRIA, VA · 86% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development services
  3. HYPERGIANT GALACTIC SYSTEMS, INC.$52.3M−35% in FY2026
    BLANCO, TX · 84% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development services

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 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.