Federal contractor · HONOLULU, HI

NALU SCIENTIFIC, LLC

NALU SCIENTIFIC, LLC received $139.7K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 2 awards. Since FY2019: $1.7M. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($139.7K).

Obligations · FY2026
$139.7K
New awards
2
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 174.7KFY2019
  2. 150KFY2022
  3. 159.4KFY2023
  4. 1.1MFY2024
  5. 0FY2025
  6. 139.7KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Air Force$139.7K100%
    1 awards
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$139.7K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Honolulu County, HI$139.7K100%

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 8.7% · $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.

Largest awards

  1. CODLIR: COMPACT DIGITIZING LIDAR RECEIVER$898.2K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Honolulu County, HI· Research & development· Jul 11, 2024 – May 15, 2026· 80NSSC24CA083
  2. DEVELOP LOW SWAP READOUT ELECTRONICS AND MODULES FOR PHOTON DETECTION.$139.7K
    Department of the Air Force· Honolulu County, HI· Research & development· Mar 10, 2026 – Apr 14, 2026· FA237726PB009

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.

NALU SCIENTIFIC, LLC received $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 4 actions (0 new awards), −100% vs FY2025.

Assistance · FY2026
$0
New awards
0
Actions
4
Since FY2021
$5.2M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 2.6MFY2021
  2. 20KFY2022
  3. 0FY2023
  4. 1MFY2024
  5. 1.5MFY2025
  6. 0FY2026

Largest awards

  1. DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF SYMPET: SYSTEM ON CHIP MODULAR READOUT FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION TOF-PET - PROJECT SUMMARY NALU SCIENTIFIC LLC (NSL)…$2M
    93.242 · Mental Health Research Grants· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Sep 4, 2024 – Jun 25, 2026· R44MH140338
  2. DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF MU-STAR: A MULTI-CHANNEL STREAMING AUTONOMOUS READOUT DIGITIZER FOR LARGE CHANNEL COUNT READOUT$206.4K
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Apr 9, 2025 – Mar 10, 2026· DESC0025827
  3. DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE LID - LGAD INTEGRATED DIGITIZER$206.4K
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Apr 9, 2025 – Mar 9, 2026· DESC0025826
  4. WHISPER: WAVEFORM-BASED HIGH-SPEED INTELLIGENT SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR ENHANCED READOUT$158.9K
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Sep 25, 2025 – Sep 2, 2026· DESC0026154

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 · 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

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $232K paid out · $60.6K received
  • FY2022: $179.9K paid out · $0 received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $188.4K received
  • FY2025: $179.9K paid out · $49.4K 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

4 companies · $591.8K reported

  1. THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION$229.8K
    BOSTON, MA · 2 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII$200K
    HONOLULU, HI · 3 subawards
  3. OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY$132K
    NORFOLK, VA · 1 subaward

Primes that pay it

3 companies · $298.4K reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII$198.7K
    HONOLULU, HI · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$60.6K
    FORT WORTH, TX · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
  3. PACMAR TECHNOLOGIES LLC$39.1K
    HONOLULU, HI · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services

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

  1. SWIFT COAT INC$1.2M−100% in FY2026
    PHOENIX, AZ · 99% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development services
  2. LINC RESEARCH, INC.$1.1M−100% in FY2026
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 87% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development services
  3. MAGDRIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$1.1M−100% in FY2026
    BOZEMAN, MT · 87% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · 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.