Federal contractor · CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA

LUNA LABS USA LLC

LUNA LABS USA LLC received $11.6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 35 awards (−47% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $99M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($7.7M). It also received $866.6K in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$11.6M
New awards
35
Sole-source
3.5%
Single offer
15%
UEI
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Parent company
LUNA INNOVATIONS INCORPORATED
Small business
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Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

Part of the LUNA INNOVATIONS INCORPORATED company family: 4 registered entities, $13.5M in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. LUNA INNOVATIONS INCORPORATEDROANOKE, VA · Family page
    $1.9M
  2. LUNA INNOVATIONS INCORPORATEDBLACKSBURG, VA
    $0
  3. TERAMETRIX, LLCANN ARBOR, MI
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 0FY2017
  2. 0FY2018
  3. 3.8MFY2019
  4. 2.6MFY2020
  5. 6.9MFY2021
  6. 14.6MFY2022
  7. 21.4MFY2023
  8. 16.1MFY2024
  9. 22MFY2025
  10. 11.6MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$7.7M66%
    18 awards
  2. Defense Health Agency$2.6M22%
    5 awards
  3. Department of the Army$948.6K8.2%
    7 awards
  4. Department of the Air Force$340K2.9%
    2 awards
  5. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$00.0%
    1 awards
  6. Missile Defense Agency$00.0%
    1 awards
  7. Defense Contract Management Agency$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$11.5M99%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$118.6K1.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Charlottesville city, VA$11.5M99%
  2. St. Mary's County, MD$118.6K1.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition18%
    US 39% · $2.1M
  • Sole-source awards3.5%
    US 30% · $410K
  • Single-offer competitions15%
    US 8.7% · $1.7M
  • 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.5$2.1M
    Department of the Navy· Charlottesville city, VA· Research & development· Oct 24, 2022 – May 21, 2026· N6833523C0004
  2. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT$2M
    Department of the Navy· Charlottesville city, VA· Research & development· Feb 27, 2023 – Nov 20, 2025· N6833523C0222
  3. SBIR PHASE II: LIGHTWEIGHT LIGHTNING STRIKE PROTECTIVE COATING FOR EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS$2M
    Missile Defense Agency· Charlottesville city, VA· Research & development· Aug 29, 2025 – May 8, 2026· HQ086025CE028
  4. SBIR PHASE II SEQUENTIAL SOLICITATION, TOPIC # A17-075, LUNA LABS USA, LLC$2M
    Department of the Army· Charlottesville city, VA· Research & development· Jun 12, 2025 – Apr 21, 2026· W5170125CA156
  5. EO14042: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT$2M
    Defense Contract Management Agency· Roanoke city, VA· Research & development· Nov 5, 2021 – Apr 17, 2026· N6833522C0061
  6. 873AUTHORITY SBIR PHASE II AWARD RESULTANT FROM SBIR 22.4 TOPIC A224-010$1.7M
    Department of the Army· Charlottesville city, VA· Research & development· Sep 7, 2023 – Jan 14, 2026· W5170123C0248
  7. BASE$1.7M
    Department of the Navy· Charlottesville city, VA· Research & development· Sep 27, 2024 – Apr 1, 2026· N0002424CT200
  8. SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATIVE RESEARCH PHASE II AWARD FOR RESEARCH FOR TOPIC N2-0223, ADVANCED SEALANT FOR NEXT-GENERATION TRANSPARENT ARMOR SERVICE LIFE$1.5M
    Department of the Navy· Charlottesville city, VA· Research & development· Jun 12, 2025 – Jan 7, 2026· M6785425C6517

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 LABS USA LLC received $866.6K in federal assistance in FY2026, on 9 actions (0 new awards), −24% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 93.242 · Mental Health Research Grants ($870.7K).

Assistance · FY2026
$866.6K
New awards
0
Actions
9
Since FY2022
$10.8M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 1.8MFY2022
  2. 4.8MFY2023
  3. 2.1MFY2024
  4. 1.1MFY2025
  5. 866.6KFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$866.6K100%

Top programs

  1. 93.242 · Mental Health Research Grants$870.7K100%
  2. 81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program-$4,0420.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Institutes of Health$870.7K100%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. CARBON NANOTUBE ENABLED DELIVERY OF MRNA FOR AN HIV VACCINE CANDIDATE - PROJECT SUMMARY SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH HAS GONE INTO THE DEVELOPMENT…$2.4M
    93.242 · Mental Health Research Grants· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Sep 7, 2022 – Jul 16, 2026· R44MH133249
  2. RAPID SIC: ROOM TEMPERATURE ROLL-TO-ROLL PRODUCTION OF POLYMER-DERIVED SIC FIBERS$1.8M
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Jul 25, 2022 – Jan 29, 2026· DESC0022875
  3. IMPROVING MATERNAL OUTCOMES OF CESAREAN DELIVERY WITH THE PREVENTION OF POSTOPERATIVE ADHESIONS - ABSTRACT AN INCREASED INCIDENCE OF…$1.7M
    93.865 · Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Sep 18, 2023 – May 28, 2026· R44HD114305
  4. LUNA LABS USA, LLC: NEW PHASE II FLECCS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT PROJECT TITLE: FLEXIBLE FLUECO2 GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION PROPOSES TO…$1M
    81.135 · Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Sep 1, 2023 – Jun 18, 2026· DEAR0001719
  5. OPTIC: OCULAR PUNCTURE TEARDROP IMMUNOASSAY CASSETTE$872.8K
    12.420 · Military Medical Research and Development· Defense Health Agency· Project grant· Jun 26, 2025 – Feb 12, 2026· HT94252510624
  6. AFPMB DWFP GRANT AWARD$850.3K
    12.355 · Pest Management and Vector Control Research· Department of the Army· Project grant· Sep 12, 2022 – Nov 24, 2025· W911SR2210009

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 · 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

  • Sub-contracts: $724.7K (8 subawards)

8 sub-recipients

  1. RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA$285K39%
    CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA · 1 subaward
  2. COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS INTERNATIONAL INC$100K14%
    BILLERICA, MA · 1 subaward
  3. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION$90K12%
    PITTSBURGH, PA · 1 subaward
  4. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO$70K9.7%
    GREENSBORO, NC · 1 subaward
  5. VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY$60K8.3%
    BLACKSBURG, VA · 1 subaward
  6. VISION POINT SYSTEMS, INC.$49.7K6.9%
    FAIRFAX, VA · 1 subaward
  7. DIPTECH SYSTEMS, INC.$40K5.5%
    KENT, OH · 1 subaward
  8. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$30K4.1%
    MANASSAS, VA · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

Its reported sub-contracts equal 6.3% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $1.2M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2022: $1.2M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2023: $3.8M paid out · $366.5K received
  • FY2024: $4.8M paid out · $825.5K received
  • FY2025: $2.3M paid out · $85K received
  • FY2026: $724.7K paid out · $0 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

79 companies · $17.2M reported

  1. VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY$1.3M
    BLACKSBURG, VA · 8 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA$907.7K
    CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA · 7 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS$705K
    AMHERST, MA · 3 subawards · Scientific research and development services

Primes that pay it

15 companies · $8.7M reported

  1. FLUOR MARINE PROPULSION, LLC$2.3M
    GREENVILLE, SC · 8 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. THE BOEING COMPANY$1.9M
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 3 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$1.4M
    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 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 21 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. OCEANIT LABORATORIES INC$68.1M−62% in FY2026
    HONOLULU, 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
  2. BASCOM HUNTER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$46.8M−42% in FY2026
    BATON 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
  3. ATTALON, INC.$32.3M−100% in FY2026
    MURRIETA, 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 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.