Federal contractor · LAGUNA HILLS, CA

METROLASER, INCORPORATED

METROLASER, INCORPORATED received $500 in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 6 awards (−100% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $25.2M. Its largest customer was Missile Defense Agency ($500).

Obligations · FY2026
$500
New awards
6
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Parent company
METROLASER INCORPORATED
Small businessMinority-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.5MFY2017
  2. 2.3MFY2018
  3. 2.7MFY2019
  4. 2.4MFY2020
  5. 1.4MFY2021
  6. 5.8MFY2022
  7. 2.1MFY2023
  8. 2.7MFY2024
  9. 4.3MFY2025
  10. 500FY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Missile Defense Agency$500100%
    2 awards
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$00.0%
    3 awards
  3. Department of the Air Force$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$500100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Madison County, AL$500100%

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 8.8% · $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/STTR PHASE II R&D: NONINTRUSIVE DIAGNOSIS OF DEBRIS FROM HYPERVELOCITY IMPACTS USING ULTRAHIGH-SPEED DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHY$3M
    Missile Defense Agency· Orange County, CA· Research & development· Jun 24, 2022 – May 13, 2026· HQ086022C7129
  2. ULTRA HIGH SPEED WAVEFRONT SENSING FOR AERO OPTICS OF HYPERSONIC FLOW FIELDS$1.2M
    Department of the Air Force· Orange County, CA· Research & development· Aug 21, 2023 – Feb 23, 2026· FA864923P1084
  3. PHASE II SBIR 80NSSC25C0006 LASER-INDUCED INCANDESCENCE SENSOR FOR SOOT PARTICLE SIZE AND CONCENTRATION$900K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Orange County, CA· Research & development· Aug 4, 2025 – May 26, 2026· 80NSSC25C0006
  4. PHASE II SBIR 80NSSC25C0106 NONINTRUSIVE DIAGNOSIS OF EJECTA CLOUD FROM PLUME SURFACE INTERACTIONS USING HIGH-SPEED DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHY$900K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Orange County, CA· Research & development· Aug 8, 2025 – Jun 22, 2026· 80NSSC25C0106
  5. PHASE II, A TWO-COLOR HETERODYNE INTERFEROMETRY SENSOR FOR DIRECT, HIGH-SPEED ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENTS IN NASA EAST FACILITY$899.7K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Orange County, CA· Research & development· Jun 18, 2024 – May 14, 2026· 80NSSC24CA116
  6. SCALABLE HOMELAND INNOVATIVE ENTERPRISE LAYERED DEFENSE (SHIELD) INITIAL ORDER.$500
    Missile Defense Agency· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Dec 19, 2025 – Jun 4, 2026· HQ085926FF911

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.

METROLASER, INCORPORATED received $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 1 actions (0 new awards), −100% vs FY2025.

Assistance · FY2026
$0
New awards
0
Actions
1
Since FY2021
$5.6M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 1.6MFY2021
  2. 199.9KFY2022
  3. 1.1MFY2023
  4. 1.6MFY2024
  5. 1.1MFY2025
  6. 0FY2026

Largest awards

  1. A NEW DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHIC MICROSCOPE FOR THE STUDY OF BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS$2.9M
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Nov 5, 2020 – Mar 10, 2026· DESC0020527

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 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-grants: $124.1K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY$124.1K100%
    FORT COLLINS, CO · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $287.2K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $124.1K 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 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 · $411.4K reported

  1. VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY$287.2K
    BLACKSBURG, VA · 1 subaward
  2. COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY$124.1K
    FORT COLLINS, CO · 1 subaward

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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 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 4 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. SPORIAN MICROSYSTEMS, INC$7.5M−59% in FY2026
    LAFAYETTE, CO · 90% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development servicesMissile Defense Agency · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development services+1 more
  2. M4 ENGINEERING, INC.$6.9M−52% in FY2026
    LONG BEACH, CA · 71% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development servicesMissile Defense Agency · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development services
  3. BRAYTON ENERGY LLC$4M−17% in FY2026
    HAMPTON, NH · 56% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.