Federal contractor · SOMERVILLE, MA

LIFTWAVE INC

LIFTWAVE INC received $3M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards (+1,096% vs FY2025). Since FY2019: $9.9M. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($3M).

Obligations · FY2026
$3M
New awards
1
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. 49.8KFY2019
  2. 748.8KFY2020
  3. 199.8KFY2021
  4. 4.4MFY2022
  5. 1.2MFY2023
  6. 0FY2024
  7. 250.9KFY2025
  8. 3MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Air Force$3M100%
    1 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. Middlesex County, MA$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. SBIR PHASE II TACFI -SUPER JAMMER VEHICLE ARM INTEGRATION-$3M
    Department of the Air Force· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Jan 29, 2026 – Jan 29, 2026· FA680026P0002

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 3 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. TACTICAL EDGE SYSTEMS INC$3.4M−86% in FY2026
    NORTH BILLERICA, MA · 100.0% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development services
  2. WILDER SYSTEMS INC.$3.1M−100% in FY2026
    AUSTIN, TX · 94% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development services
  3. OWL INTEGRATIONS, INC.$3.4M−85% in FY2026
    ALLENTOWN, PA · 98% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development 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.