Federal contractor · ROANOKE, VA
LUNA INNOVATIONS INCORPORATED
LUNA INNOVATIONS INCORPORATED received $1.9M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 14 awards (−75% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $118.9M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($1.5M).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $1.9M
- New awards
- 14
- Sole-source
- 19%
- Single offer
- 4.2%
- UEI
- SJHFCDGKJJC5
Company family
Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.
4 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $13.5M in FY2026 together.
- LUNA INNOVATIONS INCORPORATEDROANOKE, VA · Family page$1.9M
- LUNA LABS USA LLCCHARLOTTESVILLE, VA$11.6M
- LUNA INNOVATIONS INCORPORATEDBLACKSBURG, VA$0
- TERAMETRIX, LLCANN ARBOR, MI$0
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 17.5MFY2017
- 17.4MFY2018
- 22.1MFY2019
- 15.9MFY2020
- 21.4MFY2021
- 7.7MFY2022
- 4.1MFY2023
- 3.1MFY2024
- 7.9MFY2025
- 1.9MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Department of the Navy$1.5M77%5 awards
- Department of the Army$185.9K9.6%1 awards
- U.S. Geological Survey$131.5K6.8%1 awards
- 2 awards
- Department of the Air Force$61.1K3.2%4 awards
- Defense Contract Management Agency-$5,1590.0%1 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Research & development$1.5M78%
- Other equipment & supplies$217K11%
- IT & telecom$131.5K6.8%
- Equipment maintenance$78K4.0%
Where the work was performed
- Roanoke city, VA$1.8M94%
- San Mateo County, CA$131.5K6.8%
- Coffee County, TN$31.1K1.6%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition24%US 39% · $456.5K
- Sole-source awards19%US 30% · $374.9K
- Single-offer competitions4.2%US 8.7% · $81.5K
- 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
- Department of the Army$185.9KDepartment of Defense · 1 awards
- Department of the Air Force$111.1KDepartment of Defense · 1 awards
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1 awards
Largest awards
- Department of the Navy· Roanoke city, VA· Research & development· Jul 24, 2025 – Mar 5, 2026· N6833525C0152
- BASE$3.3MDepartment of the Navy· Roanoke city, VA· Research & development· Aug 21, 2024 – Jan 23, 2026· N0002424CS180
- Department of the Navy· Roanoke city, VA· Research & development· Jul 26, 2021 – Feb 11, 2026· N6833521C0727
- Department of the Navy· Roanoke city, VA· Research & development· Mar 12, 2020 – Jan 7, 2026· M6785420C6504
- Department of the Air Force· Roanoke city, VA· Research & development· Mar 22, 2017 – Apr 22, 2026· FA822216C0002
- Defense Contract Management Agency· Charlottesville city, VA· Research & development· May 27, 2020 – May 22, 2026· W911QX20C0035
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Roanoke city, VA· Research & development· Jun 6, 2023 – Jun 9, 2026· 80NSSC23CA111
- U.S. Geological Survey· San Mateo County, CA· IT & telecom· Sep 22, 2023 – Aug 25, 2026· 140G0323P0342
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.
LUNA INNOVATIONS INCORPORATED received -$545 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 2 actions (0 new awards). Its largest program was 81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (-$545).
- Assistance · FY2026
- -$545
- New awards
- 0
- Actions
- 2
- Since FY2021
- $3.4M
Assistance by fiscal year
- 2.2MFY2021
- 1.2MFY2022
- 41.4KFY2023
- -26.5KFY2024
- -16.8KFY2025
- -544.5FY2026
By type
- Grants-$5450.0%
Top programs
- 81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program-$5450.0%
Largest awards
- 81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Jul 21, 2021 – Apr 14, 2026· DESC0019787
- SCALED REDUCED MODE SAPPHIRE FIBER PRODUCTION TOWARDS HIGH TEMPERATURE RADIATION RESILIENT SENSORS$200K81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Aug 11, 2022 – Nov 26, 2025· DESC0022832
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 · FY2021–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: $82.2K (1 subaward)
1 prime
- FLUOR MARINE PROPULSION, LLC$82.2K100%GREENVILLE, SC · 1 subaward
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $3.1M paid out · $1.8M received
- FY2022: $62.5K paid out · $3.1M received
- FY2023: $0 paid out · $432.4K received
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $938.3K received
- FY2025: $0 paid out · $527.9K received
- FY2026: $0 paid out · $82.2K 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
79 companies · $17.2M reported
- BLACKSBURG, VA · 8 subawards · Scientific research and development services
- CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA · 7 subawards · Scientific research and development services
- AMHERST, MA · 3 subawards · Scientific research and development services
Primes that pay it
15 companies · $8.7M reported
- GREENVILLE, SC · 8 subawards · Scientific research and development services
- THE BOEING COMPANY$1.9MSAINT LOUIS, MO · 3 subawards · Scientific research and development services
- LAUREL, MD · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services
Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.
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 21 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- OCEANIT LABORATORIES INC$68.1M−62% in FY2026HONOLULU, HI · 77% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development services+3 more
- BASCOM HUNTER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$46.8M−42% in FY2026BATON ROUGE, LA · 64% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development services+1 more
- ATTALON, INC.$32.3M−100% in FY2026MURRIETA, CA · 52% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · 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 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.