Federal contractor · CARLSBAD, CA

MACHINA COGNITA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

MACHINA COGNITA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. received $1.4M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 8 awards (−21% vs FY2025). Since FY2020: $12M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($1.3M).

Obligations · FY2026
$1.4M
New awards
8
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
53%
UEI
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Small businessVeteran-ownedService-disabled veteran-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 140KFY2020
  2. 351.4KFY2021
  3. 1.4MFY2022
  4. 2.6MFY2023
  5. 4.3MFY2024
  6. 1.8MFY2025
  7. 1.4MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$1.3M90%
    7 awards
  2. Department of the Air Force$140K9.9%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$1.4M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. San Diego County, CA$1.4M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition53%
    US 39% · $750K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions53%
    US 8.7% · $750K
  • 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. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT$3M
    Department of the Navy· San Diego County, CA· Research & development· Dec 18, 2023 – Feb 2, 2026· N6833524C0097
  2. SBIR PH II$1.7M
    Department of the Navy· San Diego County, CA· Research & development· Feb 13, 2023 – Feb 2, 2026· N6833523C0094
  3. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT$750K
    Department of the Navy· San Diego County, CA· Research & development· Nov 5, 2025 – Jan 28, 2026· N6833526C0024
  4. SBIR PHASE I BASE FOR N00024-25-C-S287$239.9K
    Department of the Navy· San Diego County, CA· Research & development· Aug 28, 2025 – Apr 9, 2026· N0002425CS287
  5. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT$140K
    Department of the Navy· San Diego County, CA· Research & development· Oct 15, 2025 – Oct 15, 2025· N6833526C0116
  6. FLIGHT OPTIMIZATION VIA INFORMED RF AND EO/IR EXPLOITATION WITH BLUR MITIGATION IN REMOTE DENIED ENVIRONMENTS (FIREBIRD)$140K
    Department of the Air Force· San Diego County, CA· Research & development· May 18, 2026 – Jun 8, 2026· FA875026CB031
  7. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT$139.9K
    Department of the Navy· San Diego County, CA· Research & development· Oct 16, 2025 – Oct 16, 2025· N6833526C0098
  8. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.$139.9K
    Department of the Navy· San Diego County, CA· Research & development· Oct 20, 2025 – Oct 20, 2025· N6833526C0140

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: $748.6K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$748.6K100%
    RESTON, VA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $120K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $748.6K 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

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

2 companies · $868.6K reported

  1. SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$748.6K
    RESTON, VA · 1 subaward · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. CUBRC, INC.$120K
    BUFFALO, NY · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services

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

  1. IRGLARE, LLC$7.2M+70% in FY2026
    ORLANDO, FL · 96% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development services
  2. PRIMARY AIMLINE LLC$5.8M+47% in FY2026
    NAVARRE, FL · 78% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development services
  3. ALTRON, INC.$6M−79% in FY2026
    MOUNT PLEASANT, SC · 79% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · 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.