Federal contractor · LEXINGTON, MA

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY received $1.2B in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 28 awards (−19% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $11.9B. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($1.2B). It also received $1.7M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026: $1.2B
New awards: 28
Sole-source: 100%
Single offer: 0.0%

UEI: SN5KKUDR9LY8
Parent company: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Other than small businessNonprofitEducational institution

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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.

2 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $1.2B in FY2026 together.

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYLEXINGTON, MA · Family page
Reported parent$1.2B
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYCAMBRIDGE, MA
Reported parent$7.1M

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

1BFY2017
1BFY2018
1.1BFY2019
1.1BFY2020
1.1BFY2021
1.1BFY2022
1.4BFY2023
1.5BFY2024
1.4BFY2025
1.2BFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Department of the Air Force$1.2B100%
28 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

Research & development$1.2B100%

Where the work was performed

Middlesex County, MA$1.2B100%

Integrity signals

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

Low competition100%
US 39% · $1.2B
Sole-source awards100%
US 30% · $1.2B
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.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

Department of the Air Force$1.2B
Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

TRANSITION OF PROGRAMS FROM MIT LL CONTRACT FA8721-05-C-0002 TO MIT LL CONTRACT FA8702-15-D-0001$1.6B
Department of the Air Force· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Oct 6, 2016 – May 29, 2026· 0007
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: LINCOLN LABORATORY - RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT$1.5B
Department of the Air Force· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Feb 26, 2019 – Jun 10, 2026· FA870219F0001
MIT LL NON-SEVERABLE TASK ORDER PROGRAM 1815$1.2B
Department of the Air Force· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Dec 6, 2016 – May 20, 2026· 0010
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: LINCOLN LABORATORY - RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT$1B
Department of the Air Force· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Jun 14, 2018 – Jun 1, 2026· FA870218F0004
TASK ORDER 0002$951.2M
Department of the Air Force· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Oct 6, 2016 – Jun 9, 2026· 0002
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LINCOLN LABORATORY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT$911.5M
Department of the Air Force· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Oct 18, 2016 – Jun 12, 2026· FA870217F0001
ADD MIT-LL PROJECT 2739$877.9M
Department of the Air Force· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Oct 25, 2016 – Jun 4, 2026· 0006
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LINCOLN LABORATORY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT$706.5M
Department of the Air Force· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Jun 9, 2023 – Jun 12, 2026· FA870223F0001

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.

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY received $1.7M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 1 actions (1 new awards). Its largest program was 43.001 · Science ($1.7M).

Assistance · FY2026: $1.7M
New awards: 1
Actions: 1
Since FY2021: $4.1M

Assistance by fiscal year

809.8KFY2021
224KFY2022
500KFY2023
830KFY2024
0FY2025
1.7MFY2026

By type

Grants$1.7M100%

Top programs

43.001 · Science$1.7M100%

Awarding agencies

National Aeronautics and Space Administration$1.7M100%

Largest awards

EXECUTE A BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM BASED ON DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE…$1.7M
43.001 · Science· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Project grant· Aug 26, 2026 – Aug 26, 2026· 80NSSC26K0996

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

Sub-contracts: $44.8M (75 subawards)

62 sub-recipients

SUFFOLK CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.$26.6M59%
ROXBURY, MA · 1 subaward
DIGITAL PROSPECTORS CORP$2.4M5.4%
EXETER, NH · 5 subawards
EDA STAFFING, INC.$2M4.5%
FOXBORO, MA · 4 subawards
BEACON HILL SOLUTIONS GROUP, LLC$1.9M4.3%
BOSTON, MA · 3 subawards
AQUILA TECHNOLOGY CORP.$1.2M2.7%
BURLINGTON, MA · 2 subawards
RANDOLPH ASSOCIATES INC$937.7K2.1%
CAMBRIDGE, MA · 1 subaward
JOHN GALT STAFFING INC$914.5K2.0%
BURLINGTON, MA · 1 subaward
WELD POWER SERVICE CO INC$837.9K1.9%
AUBURN, MA · 1 subaward
FOOTBRIDGE CONSULTING LLC$822.6K1.8%
NORTH ANDOVER, MA · 1 subaward
MINUTEMAN GROUP LLC$621K1.4%
LEXINGTON, MA · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

Sub-contracts: $206.4K (2 subawards)
Sub-grants: $1M (2 subawards)

4 primes

BIOINDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING AND DESIGN ECOSYSTEM$1M81%
EMERYVILLE, CA · 1 subaward
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII$149.7K12%
HONOLULU, HI · 1 subaward
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORP$56.7K4.6%
ATLANTA, GA · 1 subaward
MICROBRIGHTFIELD, LLC$25K2.0%
WILLISTON, VT · 1 subaward

Its reported sub-contracts equal 3.8% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

FY2021: $145M paid out · $215.3K received
FY2022: $301.9M paid out · $2M received
FY2023: $397.6M paid out · $296.6K received
FY2024: $370.8M paid out · $1.3M received
FY2025: $322.2M paid out · $744.3K received
FY2026: $44.8M paid out · $1.2M 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

1,453 companies · $1.9B reported

DIGITAL PROSPECTORS CORP$133.9M
EXETER, NH · 216 subawards · Scientific research and development services
KBR SERVICES, LLC$93.4M
HOUSTON, TX · 25 subawards · Scientific research and development services
JOHN GALT STAFFING INC$71.9M
BURLINGTON, MA · 105 subawards · Scientific research and development services

Primes that pay it

189 companies · $499.7M reported

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY MASSACHUSETTS$46.3M
FRAMINGHAM, MA · 15 subawards
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE$30.9M
BOSTON, MA · 136 subawards · Scientific research and development services
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$30.5M
PASADENA, CA · 10 subawards

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

THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION$3.8B−21% in FY2026
EL SEGUNDO, CA · 2 entities · 81% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development services
ODYSSEY SYSTEMS CONSULTING GROUP, LTD.$1.2B−5.4% in FY2026
WAKEFIELD, MA · 29% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development services
MANTECH TSG-2 JOINT VENTURE$1.1B−34% in FY2026
FAIRFAX, VA · 27% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · 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.

Lobbying and PAC activity

Organizations in House lobbying disclosures and FEC records whose names an AI judgment matched to this company. Those records carry no identifier shared with contracts, so every match is by name.

Across the company family of MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (2 recipients).

Matched organizations

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyAI match · 100%

Lobbying · 2025: $460K; 10 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026: $896.4K; $896.4K in its own reports

Lobbying by year

2023$91.5K
4 reports
2024$144.9K
4 reports
2025$460K
10 reports
2026$200K
6 reports

Top issues

Energy and nuclear10 reports
Budget and appropriations8 reports
Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code8 reports
Education6 reports
Science and technology6 reports
Defense2 reports
Medical and disease research, clinical labs1 reports
Real estate, land use and conservation1 reports

Who was contacted

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES18 reports
U.S. SENATE18 reports
Executive Office of the President (EOP)2 reports
White House Office2 reports
Minority Business Development Agency1 reports
Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)1 reports
Treasury - Dept of1 reports

Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).

Lobbying firms hired

S-3 Group$360K
6 reports
DCI Group, L.L.C.$90K
4 reports

Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Sep 30, 2026.

Congress: members and bills

Through the organizations matched to this company: members of Congress whose campaigns received contributions from their PACs, and the bills their lobbying reports named. Shown beside the company's contracts as a comparison, not a cause.

Bills named in its lobbying reports

H.R. 6585 · Bipartisan Workforce Pell Act1 report
118th Congress · Reported by committee · 2024

1 of 24 reports (2023–2026) name at least one bill. Bills and resolutions the current reports name in their issue descriptions, by number of reports. A report names what it lobbied on, not which side it took.

Amounts, members and bills are as recorded, shown side by side. They say nothing about why a contribution was made, how a member voted or what a report sought. A bill number written in a report is read as the measure of the Congress its context points to (a law's number, the Congress written next to it, the title), else of the Congress then sitting.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.

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.