Federal contractor · HUNTSVILLE, AL
DECIBEL RESEARCH, INC.
DECIBEL RESEARCH, INC. received $15.4M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 4 awards (−12% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $182.9M. Its largest customer was Missile Defense Agency ($15.4M).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $15.4M
- New awards
- 4
- Sole-source
- 0.0%
- Single offer
- 0.0%
- UEI
- QCHJL3BGYD45
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 7.9MFY2017
- 2.8MFY2018
- 7.6MFY2019
- 18.2MFY2020
- 68.5MFY2021
- 13.3MFY2022
- 17.9MFY2023
- 13.9MFY2024
- 17.4MFY2025
- 15.4MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Missile Defense Agency$15.4M100%4 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- IT & telecom$15.4M100.0%
- Research & development$5000.0%
Where the work was performed
- Madison County, AL$15.4M100%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition0.0%US 39% · $0
- Sole-source awards0.0%US 30% · $0
- Single-offer competitions0.0%US 8.7% · $0
- 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
- Missile Defense Agency· Madison County, AL· IT & telecom· Oct 31, 2024 – Apr 27, 2026· HQ085425F0002
- Missile Defense Agency· Madison County, AL· IT & telecom· Aug 14, 2024 – May 13, 2026· HQ085424F0013
- Missile Defense Agency· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Dec 19, 2025 – Jun 4, 2026· HQ085926FF366
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: $8.1M (2 subawards)
2 primes
- KBR WYLE SERVICES, LLC$5M62%CHANTILLY, VA · 1 subaward
- RESTON, VA · 1 subaward
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $11.8M paid out · $108.9M received
- FY2022: $23.1M paid out · $7.8M received
- FY2023: $6.3M paid out · $3.3M received
- FY2024: $3.4M paid out · $19.6M received
- FY2025: $6.4M paid out · $8.2M received
- FY2026: $0 paid out · $8.1M 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
30 companies · $50.9M reported
- PEOPLETEC, INC.$15.1MHUNTSVILLE, AL · 5 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
- PENTA RESEARCH INC$10.6MHUNTSVILLE, AL · 4 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
- HUNTSVILLE, AL · 3 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
Primes that pay it
10 companies · $155.9M reported
- MELBOURNE, FL · 9 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
- TORCH TECHNOLOGIES INC$17.8MHUNTSVILLE, AL · 79 subawards · Scientific research and development services
- RESTON, VA · 7 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 2 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- NETWORK MANAGEMENT RESOURCES INC.$78.4M−6.1% in FY2026CHANTILLY, VA · 96% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveMissile Defense Agency · Computer systems design and related services
- ROTHE ARES JV, LLC$21.1M−41% in FY2026SAN ANTONIO, TX · 45% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveMissile Defense Agency · Computer systems design and related services
- MARZEN GROUP LLC$13.6M+13% in FY2026NASHUA, NH · 8.5% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveMissile Defense Agency · Scientific research and development servicesMissile Defense Agency · Computer systems design and related 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 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.