Federal contractor · FREDERICKSBURG, VA

IST RESEARCH, LLC

IST RESEARCH, LLC received $67.9M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 27 awards (+55% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $355.7M. Its largest customer was Federal Acquisition Service ($53.9M).

Obligations · FY2026
$67.9M
New awards
27
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Small businessVeteran-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 6.3MFY2017
  2. 6.5MFY2018
  3. 10.9MFY2019
  4. 28.6MFY2020
  5. 32MFY2021
  6. 43.3MFY2022
  7. 47.7MFY2023
  8. 68.6MFY2024
  9. 43.9MFY2025
  10. 67.9MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Federal Acquisition Service$53.9M79%
    25 awards
  2. Department of State$14M21%
    1 awards
  3. Department of the Air Force$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$53.9M79%
  2. Professional services$14M21%

Where the work was performed

  1. Fredericksburg city, VA$59.9M88%
  2. Miami-Dade County, FL$4.3M6.4%
  3. Abroad$3.7M5.5%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $67.9M
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $67.9M
  • 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.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Federal Acquisition Service$53.9M
    General Services Administration · 8 awards

Largest awards

  1. PULSE REWARDS FOR JUSTICE$73.4M
    Department of State· Fredericksburg city, VA· Professional services· Jan 16, 2020 – Sep 29, 2026· 19AQMM20C0021
  2. IST PULSE SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH III DELIVERY ORDER 50 FOR UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS (USMC) DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR INFORMATION (DCI) FOR PULSE CAPABILITIES.$13.1M
    Federal Acquisition Service· Fredericksburg city, VA· Research & development· Sep 30, 2025 – Sep 29, 2026· 47QFCA25F0038
  3. IST PULSE SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH III DELIVERY ORDER 46 FOR 1ST SPECIAL FORCES COMMAND AIRBORNE (1ST SFC (A)) FOR PULSE CAPABILITIES.$10.5M
    Federal Acquisition Service· Fredericksburg city, VA· Research & development· Sep 29, 2025 – Sep 24, 2026· 47QFCA25F0030
  4. IST PULSE SBIR III DO 20 1ST IO CMD SBIR PHASE III DERIVED FROM WORK COMPLETED UNDER COMPETITIVELY AWARDED SBIR PHASE I CONTRACTS N00014-12-M-0115, D17PC00004 AND SBIR PHASE II CONTRACTS W911QX-13-C-0173, W911NF-14-C-0031, W911NF-17-C-0014$9.8M
    Federal Acquisition Service· Fredericksburg city, VA· Research & development· Sep 27, 2022 – Jun 30, 2026· 47QFCA22F0061
  5. IST PULSE SBIR III DO 58 DARPASAF$9.5M
    Federal Acquisition Service· Fredericksburg city, VA· Research & development· Sep 30, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026· 47QFCA26F0037
  6. IST SBIR III DO25 INITIAL AWARD. SBIR PHASE III DERIVED FROM WORK COMPLETED UNDER COMPETITIVELY AWARDED SBIR PHASE I CONTRACTS N00014-12-M-0115, D17PC00004 AND SBIR PHASE II CONTRACTS W911QX-13-C-0173, W911NF-14-C-0031, W911NF-17-C-0014.$9M
    Federal Acquisition Service· Fredericksburg city, VA· Research & development· Apr 12, 2023 – Apr 10, 2026· 47QFCA23F0022
  7. IST PULSE SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH III DELIVERY ORDER 49 DELTA 6 UNITED STATES SPACE COMMAND FOR THE USE OF PULSE DEPLOYMENT AND TRAINING.$7.3M
    Federal Acquisition Service· Fredericksburg city, VA· Research & development· Sep 26, 2025 – Sep 29, 2026· 47QFCA25F0034
  8. IST PULSE SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH III DELIVERY ORDER 50 FOR THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE STRATEGIC CAPABILITIES OFFICE.$5.9M
    Federal Acquisition Service· Fredericksburg city, VA· Research & development· Sep 25, 2025 – Sep 22, 2026· 47QFCA25F0035

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: $499.6K (1 subaward)

1 sub-recipient

  1. VENTURE RESEARCH LABS LLC$499.6K100%
    RESTON, VA · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $1.9M (3 subawards)

1 prime

  1. HII MISSION TECHNOLOGIES CORP$1.9M100%
    MC LEAN, VA · 3 subawards

Its reported sub-contracts equal 0.7% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $116.3K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $1.5M received
  • FY2023: $3.3M paid out · $94.5K received
  • FY2024: $245.3K paid out · $1.3M received
  • FY2025: $2M paid out · $2.1M received
  • FY2026: $499.6K paid out · $1.9M 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

9 companies · $6M reported

  1. CREATIVE RADICALS LLC$1.8M
    MC LEAN, VA · 3 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. ZETIER INC$1.3M
    FALLS CHURCH, VA · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
  3. AUTHENTIC8, INC$1.1M
    REDWOOD CITY, CA · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services

Primes that pay it

4 companies · $7.1M reported

  1. HUNTINGTON INGALLS INCORPORATED$4.8M
    PASCAGOULA, MS · 10 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY$1.1M
    NEW YORK, NY · 5 subawards
  3. ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION$1M
    GROTON, CT · 2 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 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 4 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. AXIENT LLC$264.2M−29% in FY2026
    ARLINGTON, VA · 79% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Acquisition Service · Scientific research and development services
  2. PRESCIENT EDGE CORPORATION$207.1M−28% in FY2026
    MC LEAN, VA · 2 entities · 66% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Acquisition Service · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. FRONTIER TECHNOLOGY INC$246.9M−49% in FY2026
    BEAVERCREEK, OH · 72% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Acquisition Service · 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 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.