Federal contractor · LA JOLLA, CA

HEAT LIGHT & SOUND RESEARCH INC

HEAT LIGHT & SOUND RESEARCH INC received $3M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 2 awards (+898% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $15.6M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($3M). It also received $95K in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$3M
New awards
2
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.8MFY2017
  2. 1.8MFY2018
  3. 175KFY2019
  4. 2.2MFY2020
  5. 1.2MFY2021
  6. 1.4MFY2022
  7. 2.7MFY2023
  8. 981.8KFY2024
  9. 297.4KFY2025
  10. 3MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$3M100%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$3M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. San Diego County, CA$3M100%

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

  1. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT$3M
    Department of the Navy· San Diego County, CA· Research & development· Sep 14, 2023 – Mar 6, 2026· N6833523C0731
  2. ONR STTR PHII RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT$3M
    Department of the Navy· San Diego County, CA· Research & development· Sep 19, 2023 – Feb 12, 2026· N6833523C0729

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.

HEAT LIGHT & SOUND RESEARCH INC received $95K in federal assistance in FY2026, on 2 actions (0 new awards), −21% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research ($95K).

Assistance · FY2026
$95K
New awards
0
Actions
2
Since FY2022
$1.2M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 250KFY2022
  2. 300KFY2023
  3. 418.4KFY2024
  4. 120KFY2025
  5. 95KFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$95K100%

Top programs

  1. 12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research$95K100%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of the Navy$95K100%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. 4D (SPACE-TIME) OCEAN ACOUSTICS AND SOUNDSCAPES$848.4K
    12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research· Department of the Navy· Project grant· Dec 29, 2021 – Jan 22, 2026· N000142212052
  2. SUPPORTING VALIDATION AND FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE MASTODON MODEL$335K
    12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research· Department of the Navy· Project grant· Jun 3, 2024 – Apr 1, 2026· N000142412385

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 · FY2022–FY2026.

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.

  1. ADVANCED CERAMIC FIBERS LLC$4M−40% in FY2026
    IDAHO FALLS, ID · 95% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development services
  2. UTOPIACOMPRESSION,CORPORATION$4M+10% in FY2026
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 95% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development services
  3. VOLTA SPACE TECHNOLOGIES US INC.$4M−19% in FY2026
    ROCHESTER, NY · 93% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · 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.