Federal contractor · PIPERSVILLE, PA

COMBUSTION RESEARCH & FLOW TECHNOLOGY INC

COMBUSTION RESEARCH & FLOW TECHNOLOGY INC received $1.2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 6 awards (−80% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $54.9M. Its largest customer was National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($375K).

Obligations · FY2026
$1.2M
New awards
6
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
26%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 6.4MFY2017
  2. 6.4MFY2018
  3. 9.5MFY2019
  4. 9.5MFY2020
  5. 5.1MFY2021
  6. 3.4MFY2022
  7. 3.1MFY2023
  8. 4.6MFY2024
  9. 5.7MFY2025
  10. 1.2MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$375K32%
    2 awards
  2. Defense Threat Reduction Agency$305.9K26%
    1 awards
  3. Department of the Navy$300K26%
    1 awards
  4. Missile Defense Agency$180K16%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$1.2M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Bucks County, PA$1.2M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition26%
    US 39% · $305.9K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions26%
    US 8.7% · $305.9K
  • 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. SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PHASE III ADVANCED COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR WEAPONS EFFECTS PHENOMENOLOGY.$4.9M
    Defense Threat Reduction Agency· Bucks County, PA· Research & development· May 11, 2021 – Mar 2, 2026· HDTRA121C0003
  2. SBIR DIRECT TO PHASE II: PREDICTING RF ATTENUATION AND RADAR CROSS SECTION RETURNS FOR HIGH FIDELITY 3D MISSILE PLUMES AND HYPERSONIC WAKES WITH HARDBODY INTERACTION$2M
    Missile Defense Agency· Bucks County, PA· Research & development· Aug 12, 2025 – Jun 9, 2026· HQ086025CE043
  3. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT$1.3M
    Department of the Navy· Bucks County, PA· Research & development· Apr 23, 2024 – Apr 9, 2026· N6833524C0286
  4. EO14042 STTR PHASE II DESIGN OF SPRAY COOLING SYSTEMS FOR CHILLDOWN OF PROPELLANT TANKS$1.1M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Bucks County, PA· Research & development· Feb 18, 2022 – Sep 1, 2026· 80NSSC22CA018
  5. 80NSSC25C0478- EFFICIENT MODELS FOR FILM CONDENSATION IN CRYOGENIC TANK APPLICATIONS$900K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Bucks County, PA· Research & development· Sep 29, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026· 80NSSC25C0478
  6. INNOVATIVE CONCEPTS FOR HYPERSONIC INTERCEPTOR RANGE EXTENSION$180K
    Missile Defense Agency· Bucks County, PA· Research & development· Dec 3, 2025 – Dec 3, 2025· HQ086026CE034

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.

COMBUSTION RESEARCH & FLOW TECHNOLOGY INC received $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 0 actions (0 new awards).

Assistance · FY2026
$0
New awards
0
Actions
0
Since FY2021
$200K

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 0FY2021
  2. -31.5FY2022
  3. 200KFY2024

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2024.

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-grants: $1.3M (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$1.3M100%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $419.8K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $45K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $1.3M 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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

3 companies · $1.7M reported

  1. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$1.3M
    LAUREL, MD · 1 subaward
  2. INSTITUTE OF GAS TECHNOLOGY$419.8K
    DES PLAINES, IL · 1 subaward
  3. KRATOS S2, INC$45K
    COLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services

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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 5 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. APSIDAL LLC$5.9M−61% in FY2026
    RIVERSIDE, CA · 49% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveMissile Defense Agency · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development services+1 more
  2. SPECTER AEROSPACE INC.$12.1M−67% in FY2026
    PEABODY, MA · 65% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveMissile Defense Agency · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development services
  3. ARCHARITHMS INC$6M+59% in FY2026
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 47% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveMissile Defense Agency · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.