Federal contractor · CAMBRIDGE, MA

CHARLES RIVER ANALYTICS, INC.

CHARLES RIVER ANALYTICS, INC. received $11.3M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 19 awards (−68% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $368.2M. Its largest customer was Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ($4.9M). It also received $3.9M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$11.3M
New awards
19
Sole-source
11%
Single offer
5.8%
UEI
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 35.3MFY2017
  2. 44.3MFY2018
  3. 46MFY2019
  4. 45.7MFY2020
  5. 35.7MFY2021
  6. 38.9MFY2022
  7. 28.8MFY2023
  8. 46.7MFY2024
  9. 35.6MFY2025
  10. 11.3MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$4.9M44%
    1 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$4.6M40%
    6 awards
  3. Department of the Air Force$1.8M16%
    4 awards
  4. Missile Defense Agency$5000.0%
    1 awards
  5. Department of the Army$00.0%
    2 awards
  6. Federal Railroad Administration$00.0%
    1 awards
  7. Defense Health Agency$00.0%
    2 awards
  8. Departmental Offices$00.0%
    1 awards
  9. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$00.0%
    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. Middlesex County, MA$11.3M100.0%
  2. Madison County, AL$5000.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition16%
    US 39% · $1.8M
  • Sole-source awards11%
    US 30% · $1.2M
  • Single-offer competitions5.8%
    US 8.8% · $650K
  • 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. Department of the Air Force$1.2M
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. DARPA RESEARCH PROJECT$16.9M
    Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Mar 15, 2024 – Jun 4, 2026· HR001124C0421
  2. UUV EXPERIMENTATION (UUV-X)$14M
    Department of the Navy· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Sep 22, 2021 – Jun 8, 2026· N0001421C2041
  3. COMPARTMENTALIZATION ARCHITECTURE USING COMMODITY HARDWARE FOR ENFORCEMENT$2.6M
    Department of the Air Force· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Mar 7, 2024 – Apr 2, 2026· FA875024CB022
  4. SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PHASE II SEQUENTIAL, TOPIC A214-022: IMMERSIVE GAMING OF C5ISR TRAINING AND TESTING. PROPOSAL A2-10435: SIMULATED ISR GAMING IN A MOTIVATIONAL ADAPTIVE TRAINING ENVIRONMENT.$2M
    Department of the Army· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Jul 30, 2025 – May 5, 2026· W5170125CA181
  5. SOFTWARE WHICH INTEGRATES WITH AI/ML ENTERPRISE PIPELINES BY PROVIDING VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION SOLUTIONS FOR ML MODELS DEPLOYED IN SAFETY-CRITICAL DOMAINS ENSURING ML MODELS PERFORM RELIABLY IN DIVERSE AND UNPREDICTABLE BATTLEFIELD CONDITIONS.$2M
    Department of the Army· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Aug 8, 2025 – May 19, 2026· W5170125CA238
  6. SBIR PHASE II AF22B-T004 HUMAN-AUTONOMY TEAMING TESTBED FOR RESEARCH (HATTER)$1.7M
    Department of the Air Force· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Apr 9, 2025 – Jun 12, 2026· FA238425CB027
  7. APOGEE$1.7M
    Department of the Air Force· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Mar 29, 2023 – Dec 4, 2025· FA875023C0025
  8. 873AUTHORITY$1.5M
    Department of the Navy· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Mar 18, 2025 – Mar 11, 2026· N6426725C7025

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.

CHARLES RIVER ANALYTICS, INC. received $3.9M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 13 actions (0 new awards), +91% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 93.384 · Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (Arpa-H) ($4M).

Assistance · FY2026
$3.9M
New awards
0
Actions
13
Since FY2021
$14.6M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 1.4MFY2021
  2. 2.1MFY2022
  3. 1.1MFY2023
  4. 4.1MFY2024
  5. 2MFY2025
  6. 3.9MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$4M100%
  2. Grants-$107.4K0.0%

Top programs

  1. 93.384 · Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (Arpa-H)$4M100%
  2. 93.279 · Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs-$107.4K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$3.9M100%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. BDF FOR ENHANCED USER-CENTERED UTILITY AND ADOPTION (ENHANCE)$7.2M
    93.384 · Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (Arpa-H)· National Institutes of Health· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 27, 2024 – Aug 26, 2026· AY2AX000029
  2. ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSIS OF VESTIBULAR INDICATORS OF SOLDIERS' OPERATIONAL READINESS - TETHERED FORWARD DEPLOYABLE (ADVISOR-TFD)$1.5M
    12.420 · Military Medical Research and Development· Defense Health Agency· Project grant· Sep 22, 2022 – May 20, 2026· W81XWH2211104
  3. NOVEL, ON-DEMAND VR FOR ACCESSIBLE, PRACTICAL, AND ENGAGING THERAPY (NO VAPE) - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT VAPING IS AN INCREASING PROBLEM IN…$1.1M
    93.279 · Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Aug 18, 2023 – Jun 29, 2026· R44DA059018
  4. IMMERSIVE MODULAR PREPAREDNESS INTELLIGENT TUTOR FOR THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (IMPRINT NIOSH)$1M
    93.283 · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Investigations and Technical Assistance· Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· Project grant· Aug 26, 2024 – Jul 8, 2026· R44OH012496
  5. SOCIAL, ASSISTIVE MOBILE MANIPULATOR (SAMM) TO ENHANCE FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE IN PERSONS WITH TETRAPLEGIA SECONDARY TO SEVERE CERVICAL…$400K
    93.865 · Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· May 22, 2025 – Jul 22, 2026· R43HD116639
  6. STIMULANT USE RECOVERY VIA IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS (SURVIVE) - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT THE GOAL OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH IS TO…$320K
    93.279 · Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Sep 18, 2024 – Feb 6, 2026· R43DA059490

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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

  • Sub-contracts: $89K (2 subawards)

2 sub-recipients

  1. DARK WOLF SOLUTIONS, LLC$55.4K62%
    HERNDON, VA · 1 subaward
  2. PICKNIK INC.$33.6K38%
    BOULDER, CO · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

Its reported sub-contracts equal 0.8% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $10.5M paid out · $4.9M received
  • FY2022: $4.7M paid out · $5.8M received
  • FY2023: $4.4M paid out · $1.2M received
  • FY2024: $6.6M paid out · $150K received
  • FY2025: $3.5M paid out · $1.6M received
  • FY2026: $89K 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 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

81 companies · $30M reported

  1. DATA MACHINES CORP.$3.7M
    RESTON, VA · 3 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)$2.8M
    WASHINGTON, DC · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY$1.8M
    TOWNSVILLE, AUS · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services

Primes that pay it

14 companies · $13.6M reported

  1. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$4.3M
    FORT WORTH, TX · 12 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. PERATON LABS INC$3.5M
    BASKING RIDGE, NJ · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
  3. ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC.$1.8M
    VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 7 subawards · Other miscellaneous manufacturing

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

  1. UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII$89M−49% in FY2026
    HONOLULU, HI · 13 entities · 73% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency · Scientific research and development services+2 more
  2. PACKET DIGITAL LLC$54.9M+276% in FY2026
    FARGO, ND · 57% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development services
  3. TRITON SYSTEMS, INC.$90.4M−41% in FY2026
    CHELMSFORD, MA · 68% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development services+4 more

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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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.