Federal contractor · HUNTSVILLE, AL
CFD RESEARCH CORPORATION
CFD RESEARCH CORPORATION received $12.9M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 40 awards (−50% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $216.9M. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($3.4M). It also received $1.8M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.
- Obligations · FY2026
- $12.9M
- New awards
- 40
- Sole-source
- 4.1%
- Single offer
- 51%
- UEI
- V3KCP1HNFM33
- Parent company
- CFD RESEARCH CORP
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 27.5MFY2017
- 20.9MFY2018
- 16.8MFY2019
- 15.1MFY2020
- 15.4MFY2021
- 28.4MFY2022
- 31.7MFY2023
- 22.1MFY2024
- 26MFY2025
- 12.9MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Department of the Air Force$3.4M26%7 awards
- 1 awards
- Missile Defense Agency$2M15%4 awards
- Defense Health Agency$1.8M14%4 awards
- Department of the Army$1.2M8.9%4 awards
- 11 awards
- Department of the Navy$539.9K4.2%5 awards
- Departmental Offices$334K2.6%1 awards
- Food and Drug Administration$287.6K2.2%1 awards
- 1 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Research & development$12.7M98%
- Professional services$287.6K2.2%
Where the work was performed
- Madison County, AL$10.1M78%
- Greene County, OH$2.9M22%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition55%US 39% · $7.1M
- Sole-source awards4.1%US 30% · $534K
- Single-offer competitions51%US 8.7% · $6.6M
- 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
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1 awards
Largest awards
- Departmental Offices· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Mar 3, 2022 – Jul 14, 2026· 140D0422C0002
- Department of the Air Force· Greene County, OH· Research & development· May 8, 2023 – Mar 25, 2026· FA238423C0003
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Aug 19, 2025 – Apr 8, 2026· HR001125CE062
- Department of the Air Force· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Jun 12, 2024 – Jun 1, 2026· FA237724CB021
- Missile Defense Agency· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Feb 27, 2026 – Feb 27, 2026· HQ086026CE044
- Department of the Navy· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Sep 14, 2023 – Jan 13, 2026· N6833523C0749
- Department of the Air Force· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Aug 6, 2025 – Jun 12, 2026· FA237725CB014
- Department of the Air Force· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Jul 29, 2022 – Mar 16, 2026· FA865122FA007
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.
CFD RESEARCH CORPORATION received $1.8M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 18 actions (5 new awards), −41% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 93.350 · National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences ($1.4M).
- Assistance · FY2026
- $1.8M
- New awards
- 5
- Actions
- 18
- Since FY2021
- $15.2M
Assistance by fiscal year
- 3.9MFY2021
- 2.3MFY2022
- 1.9MFY2023
- 2.3MFY2024
- 3MFY2025
- 1.8MFY2026
By type
- Grants$1.8M100%
Top programs
- 93.350 · National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences$1.4M77%
- 93.310 · Trans-NIH Research Support$330K19%
- 43.003 · Exploration$50K2.8%
- 93.865 · Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research$40K2.2%
- 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training-$1,4500.0%
- 81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program-$5,8700.0%
Awarding agencies
- National Institutes of Health$1.7M98%Department of Health and Human Services
Largest awards
- 93.310 · Trans-NIH Research Support· National Institutes of Health· Cooperative agreement· Aug 15, 2025 – Aug 14, 2026· UG3TR005857
- 93.865 · Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· May 24, 2023 – May 19, 2026· R44HD102269
- 93.213 · Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Sep 20, 2024 – Aug 19, 2026· R44AT011486
- 93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Apr 18, 2024 – Feb 9, 2026· R43AI174490
- 93.273 · Alcohol Research Programs· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· May 15, 2025 – Mar 20, 2026· R43AA032150
- 93.350 · National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Sep 3, 2026 – Sep 18, 2026· R43HD122546
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-contracts: $5M (9 subawards)
5 primes
- L3 TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$3.1M61%SALT LAKE CITY, UT · 2 subawards
- BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC.$750K15%MCLEAN, VA · 2 subawards
- ANALYTICAL MECHANICS ASSOCIATES, INC.$646.3K13%HAMPTON, VA · 3 subawards
- RADIANCE TECHNOLOGIES INC$450K8.9%HUNTSVILLE, AL · 1 subaward
- BOULDER, CO · 1 subaward
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $0 paid out · $3.6M received
- FY2022: $0 paid out · $11.2M received
- FY2023: $0 paid out · $8M received
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $7.7M received
- FY2025: $0 paid out · $6.2M received
- FY2026: $0 paid out · $5M 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
20 companies · $41.7M reported
- TORCH TECHNOLOGIES INC$15.8MHUNTSVILLE, AL · 117 subawards · Scientific research and development services
- GREENVILLE, TX · 7 subawards · Scientific research and development services
- HUNTSVILLE, AL · 36 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 12 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- SPECTRAL ENERGIES LLC$55.9M−27% in FY2026BEAVERCREEK, OH · 69% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development servicesNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development services+4 more
- LYNNTECH INC.$50M−46% in FY2026COLLEGE STATION, TX · 58% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development services+5 more
- OPTO-KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS INC$31M−74% in FY2026TORRANCE, CA · 47% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development services+2 more
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.
Lobbying and PAC activity
Organizations in House lobbying disclosures and FEC records whose names an AI judgment matched to this company. Those records carry no identifier shared with contracts, so every match is by name.
Matched organizations
- CFD RESEARCH CORPORATIONAI match · 100%
- Lobbying · 2026
- $84K
- 3 reports
- Lobbying · 2025–2026
- $144K
- PAC giving · 2026
- $11.5K
- 1 PAC
Lobbying by year
- 2025$60K3 reports
- 2026$84K3 reports
Top issues
- Defense6 reports
Who was contacted
- U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES6 reports
- U.S. SENATE3 reports
Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).
Lobbying firms hired
- MCKINNON GROUP, LLC$144K6 reports
Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.
PAC giving to candidates by party, 2026 cycle
- Republican$11.5K100%
PACs sponsored
- CFD RESEARCH CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$67.4K raised this cycle
PACs these organizations sponsor (connected organizations in FEC records). A PAC gives employees' and members' voluntary contributions, not the company's own money.
Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.
Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.
Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.
Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Sep 30, 2026.
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.