Federal contractor · DAYTON, OH

INNOVATIVE SCIENTIFIC SOLUTIONS INC

INNOVATIVE SCIENTIFIC SOLUTIONS INC received $12.6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 11 awards (−43% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $174.1M. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($11.8M).

Obligations · FY2026
$12.6M
New awards
11
Sole-source
2.3%
Single offer
33%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 16.1MFY2017
  2. 13.3MFY2018
  3. 22.7MFY2019
  4. 13.1MFY2020
  5. 16.8MFY2021
  6. 20.5MFY2022
  7. 16.8MFY2023
  8. 20.2MFY2024
  9. 22MFY2025
  10. 12.6MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Air Force$11.8M94%
    9 awards
  2. Defense Threat Reduction Agency$810.1K6.4%
    1 awards
  3. Missile Defense Agency$5000.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$12.3M98%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$288K2.3%

Where the work was performed

  1. Montgomery County, OH$12.5M99.5%
  2. Palm Beach County, FL$57.8K0.5%
  3. Madison County, AL$5000.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition35%
    US 39% · $4.4M
  • Sole-source awards2.3%
    US 30% · $288K
  • Single-offer competitions33%
    US 8.8% · $4.1M
  • 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$288K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. INNOVATIVE COMBUSTION AND PROPULSION RESEARCH$30.3M
    Department of the Air Force· Montgomery County, OH· Research & development· Apr 21, 2022 – Apr 17, 2026· FA865022F2011
  2. INNOVATIVE COMBUSTION AND PROPULSION RESEARCH$13.7M
    Department of the Air Force· Montgomery County, OH· Research & development· Jun 9, 2022 – Apr 10, 2026· FA865022F2010
  3. TURBOMACHINERY TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT$7.5M
    Department of the Air Force· Montgomery County, OH· Research & development· Jun 9, 2022 – May 4, 2026· FA865022F2012
  4. HIGH-SPEED BASIC RESEARCH OF DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS, AND STRUCTURAL/AIRFRAME DESIGN$7.1M
    Department of the Air Force· Montgomery County, OH· Research & development· Apr 24, 2023 – May 1, 2026· FA865023F2405
  5. INNOVATIVE COMBUSTION AND PROPULSION RESEARCH$5.2M
    Department of the Air Force· Montgomery County, OH· Research & development· May 13, 2022 – May 28, 2026· FA865022F2013
  6. TECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINED SUPERSONIC COMBUSTION$4.9M
    Department of the Air Force· Montgomery County, OH· Research & development· Mar 30, 2023 – Apr 20, 2026· FA865023F2404
  7. LONG ENDURANCE UAS PROPULSION (LEUP)$4.1M
    Department of the Air Force· Montgomery County, OH· Research & development· Aug 10, 2022 – Mar 12, 2026· FA865022C9225
  8. DEVELOPMENT OF THREAT AND HARDNESS ASSESSMENT OF NUCLEAR OPERATIONAL SURVIVABILITY$2.3M
    Defense Threat Reduction Agency· Montgomery County, OH· Research & development· Sep 9, 2024 – Jun 3, 2026· HDTRA124C0042

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.

INNOVATIVE SCIENTIFIC SOLUTIONS INC received $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 0 actions (0 new awards).

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

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 0FY2021
  2. 0FY2022

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–FY2022.

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: $551.6K (4 subawards)

2 primes

  1. BAE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS & SERVICES INC.$415.1K75%
    ROCKVILLE, MD · 3 subawards
  2. DZYNE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC$136.5K25%
    FAIRFAX, VA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $9.9M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $1.4M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $4.6M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $4.4M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $2.7M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $551.6K 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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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

11 companies · $23.5M reported

  1. BAE SYSTEMS LAND & ARMAMENTS L.P.$18.5M
    YORK, PA · 43 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. AEROVIRONMENT, INC$1.8M
    SIMI VALLEY, CA · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$1.1M
    MELBOURNE, FL · 6 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services

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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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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 8 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. FIRESTORM LABS, INC.$51M+3,322% in FY2026
    SAN DIEGO, CA · 90% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development services
  2. XANDAR LLC$49.1M+58% in FY2026
    FAIRFAX, VA · 88% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development services
  3. MATRIX RESEARCH INC$49.2M+3.6% in FY2026
    BEAVERCREEK, OH · 2 entities · 88% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.