Federal contractor · GAITHERSBURG, MD

NEXCEPTA INC

NEXCEPTA INC received $3.7M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 5 awards (+192% vs FY2025). Since FY2023: $10M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($3.4M). It also received $150K in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$3.7M
New awards
5
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. 600KFY2023
  2. 4.4MFY2024
  3. 1.3MFY2025
  4. 3.7MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Army$3.4M92%
    3 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$300K8.2%
    1 awards
  3. Missile Defense Agency$5000.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$3.7M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Montgomery County, MD$3.7M100.0%
  2. Madison County, AL$5000.0%

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 PHASE 2$2M
    Department of the Army· Montgomery County, MD· Research & development· Mar 18, 2026 – May 21, 2026· W5170126CA123
  2. SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (STTR) PHASE II TOPIC A24B-T013, UNDERLAY COMMUNICATIONS WITH WIDE SINR RANGE. THIS CONTINUES THE EFFORT CONDUCTED UNDER PHASE I STTR W56KGU-25-C-0010.$1.4M
    Department of the Army· Montgomery County, MD· Research & development· Apr 6, 2026 – May 18, 2026· W5170126CA075
  3. DRAGN: DYNAMIC AND RESILIENT RESOURCE ALLOCATION USING GNNS FOR SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORKING$750K
    Department of the Navy· Montgomery County, MD· Research & development· Jun 14, 2024 – Jan 7, 2026· N0001424C1118
  4. AWARD OF THE INTERFERENCE-RESILIENT UNDERLAY COMMUNICATIONS LINKS PROGRAM THAT WILL ASSIST IN ENHANCING AND INCREASING THE ELECTROMAGNETIC COMMUNICATION SUCCESS OF SOLDIERS.$204K
    Department of the Army· Harford County, MD· Research & development· Dec 19, 2024 – Mar 12, 2026· W56KGU25C0010
  5. SCALABLE HOMELAND INNOVATIVE ENTERPRISE LAYERED DEFENSE (SHIELD) INITIAL ORDER.$500
    Missile Defense Agency· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Jan 16, 2026 – Jan 16, 2026· HQ085926FG045

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.

NEXCEPTA INC received $150K in federal assistance in FY2026, on 1 actions (1 new awards). Its largest program was 12.431 · Basic Scientific Research ($150K).

Assistance · FY2026
$150K
New awards
1
Actions
1

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 150KFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$150K100%

Top programs

  1. 12.431 · Basic Scientific Research$150K100%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of the Army$150K100%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. CYBER TRIAGE AND REMEDIATION USING AGENTIC MODELS (CYBER-TRAM)$150K
    12.431 · Basic Scientific Research· Department of the Army· Cooperative agreement· Jun 8, 2026 – Jun 8, 2026· W911NF262A092

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · 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.

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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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

1 company · $360K reported

  1. APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.$360K
    ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 1 subaward · Architectural, engineering, and related 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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. FUCELTECH INC$7.6M−52% in FY2026
    PRINCETON JUNCTION, NJ · 81% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development servicesMissile Defense Agency · Scientific research and development services
  2. ALTEC, INC$6.4M
    NATICK, MA · 69% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development services
  3. UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE$7.2M+340% in FY2026
    NEWARK, DE · 2 entities · 71% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · 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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.