Federal contractor · BURLINGTON, MA

KRI AT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, LLC

KRI AT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, LLC received $3.3M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 3 awards (−32% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $30.1M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($3.3M). It also received $5.1M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$3.3M
New awards
3
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Other than small businessNonprofitEducational institution
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 0FY2017
  2. 1.2MFY2018
  3. 7.3MFY2019
  4. 294.8KFY2020
  5. 5.7MFY2021
  6. 0FY2022
  7. 4.5MFY2023
  8. 3MFY2024
  9. 4.8MFY2025
  10. 3.3MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Army$3.3M100.0%
    2 awards
  2. Missile Defense Agency$5000.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$3.3M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Middlesex County, MA$3.3M100.0%
  2. Madison County, AL$5000.0%

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. TASK ORDER III UNDER BASE INDEFINITE DELIVERY, INDEFINITE QUANTITY W911QX23D0004 FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO RESEARCH NON-IONIZING ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION EFFECTS (NIEMRE).$6.3M
    Department of the Army· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Mar 5, 2026 – May 28, 2026· W911QX26FA003
  2. METHODOLOGY ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES ACROSS MULTIPLE DOMAINS: PERCEPTIVE AND REACTIVE AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION IN CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENTS (PRANCE) - BLACK WIDOW$427.7K
    Department of the Army· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Jun 10, 2025 – Feb 26, 2026· W911QX25FA005
  3. SCALABLE HOMELAND INNOVATIVE ENTERPRISE LAYERED DEFENSE (SHIELD) INITIAL ORDER.$500
    Missile Defense Agency· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Dec 19, 2025 – Jun 10, 2026· HQ085926FF185

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.

KRI AT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, LLC received $5.1M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 9 actions (1 new awards), −32% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 12.910 · Research and Technology Development ($4.8M).

Assistance · FY2026
$5.1M
New awards
1
Actions
9
Since FY2022
$57.1M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 25.7MFY2022
  2. 9.4MFY2023
  3. 9.3MFY2024
  4. 7.6MFY2025
  5. 5.1MFY2026

By type

  1. Other assistance$4.8M93%
  2. Grants$366.1K7.1%

Top programs

  1. 12.910 · Research and Technology Development$4.8M93%
  2. 12.351 · Scientific Research - Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction$366.1K7.1%

Awarding agencies

  1. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$4.8M93%
    Department of Defense
  2. Defense Threat Reduction Agency$366.1K7.1%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. NEW CA: COGNITIVE DISTRIBUTED SENSING IN CONGESTED RADIO FREQUENCY ENVIRONMENTS$25.8M
    12.431 · Basic Scientific Research· Department of the Army· Cooperative agreement· Mar 9, 2023 – Mar 5, 2026· W911NF2320014
  2. PROTEIN SEQUENCING (PROSE)$4.8M
    12.910 · Research and Technology Development· Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Other financial assistance· Jan 14, 2026 – May 15, 2026· HR0011263E025
  3. COLOR CHANGING COATINGS FOR SELECTIVE DETECTION OF VESICANTS$997.9K
    12.351 · Scientific Research - Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction· Defense Threat Reduction Agency· Project grant· Nov 25, 2024 – Aug 20, 2026· HDTRA12510007

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.

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: $420K (1 subaward)
  • Sub-grants: $386.3K (3 subawards)

2 primes

  1. SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH LLC$420K52%
    WOBURN, MA · 1 subaward
  2. NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY$386.3K48%
    BOSTON, MA · 3 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2022: $7.8M paid out · $8,039 received
  • FY2023: $27.5M paid out · $1.4M received
  • FY2024: $4M paid out · $11.8M received
  • FY2025: $4M paid out · $1.6M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $806.3K 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

16 companies · $43.3M reported

  1. NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY$12.8M
    BOSTON, MA · 11 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS$5.6M
    DENTON, TX · 1 subaward
  3. UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA$5.2M
    TUCSON, AZ · 1 subaward

Primes that pay it

7 companies · $15.6M reported

  1. NATIONAL CENTER FOR MANUFACTURING SCIENCES INC$10.2M
    ANN ARBOR, MI · 2 subawards
  2. NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY$2.1M
    BOSTON, MA · 12 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC$987.7K
    IDAHO FALLS, ID · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development 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 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 2 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. PEAK NANO OPTICS LLC$11.1M−100% in FY2026
    RICHARDSON, TX · 99.7% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development services
  2. QWK INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS, LLC$10.6M−13% in FY2026
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 96% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development services
  3. EARTHLY DYNAMICS, LLC$11.8M−36% in FY2026
    ATLANTA, GA · 100.0% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · 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.