Federal contractor · PASADENA, CA

OEWAVES, INC

OEWAVES, INC received $2.2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 4 awards (+1,681% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $10.4M. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($2.1M).

Obligations · FY2026
$2.2M
New awards
4
Sole-source
3.3%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
L6MEAK541NH5
Parent company
OEWAVES, INC.
Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 2.2MFY2017
  2. 369.8KFY2018
  3. 955.1KFY2019
  4. 2.3MFY2020
  5. 80.3KFY2021
  6. 932.8KFY2022
  7. 368.5KFY2023
  8. 939.8KFY2024
  9. 123.7KFY2025
  10. 2.2MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Air Force$2.1M95%
    1 awards
  2. National Institute of Standards and Technology$108.3K4.9%
    2 awards
  3. 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$2.1M95%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$108.3K4.9%

Where the work was performed

  1. Los Angeles County, CA$2.2M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition3.3%
    US 39% · $72.6K
  • Sole-source awards3.3%
    US 30% · $72.6K
  • 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

  1. National Institute of Standards and Technology$72.6K
    Department of Commerce · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS EFFORT IS TO DEVELOP AND PROTOTYPE A 1762 NM NARROW LINEWIDTH LASER WITH LOW SWAP.$2.1M
    Department of the Air Force· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Apr 8, 2026 – Apr 8, 2026· FA875026CB040
  2. SBIR PHASE II - "MINIATURE LASER SYSTEM FOR CS ATOM INTERFEROMETER"$850K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Jun 27, 2024 – Jan 13, 2026· 80NSSC24CA128
  3. OU68-FY26-474-NEW ULTRASTABLE LASER$72.6K
    National Institute of Standards and Technology· Los Angeles County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 20, 2026 – Jul 20, 2026· 1333ND26PNB680255
  4. OU67-FY26-112-NEW NARROW LINEWIDTH LASER$35.7K
    National Institute of Standards and Technology· Los Angeles County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 7, 2026 – Aug 7, 2026· 1333ND26PNB670318

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.

OEWAVES, INC received $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 0 actions (0 new awards).

Assistance · FY2026
$0
New awards
0
Actions
0
Since FY2021
$1.6M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 429.5KFY2021
  2. 781.6KFY2022
  3. 350KFY2023
  4. 0FY2024

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–FY2024.

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: $590K paid out · $0 received
  • FY2023: $100K paid out · $101.3K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $50.2K 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

2 companies · $690K reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS$590K
    DAVIS, CA · 1 subaward
  2. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES$100K
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 1 subaward

Primes that pay it

2 companies · $151.5K reported

  1. KBR SERVICES, LLC$101.3K
    HOUSTON, TX · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
  2. TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC$50.2K
    COLUMBUS, OH · 1 subaward · Facilities support 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 3 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. HYBIRD SPACE SYSTEMS INC.$2.8M
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 85% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development services
  2. POLYCHARGE AMERICA, INC$2.6M−100% in FY2026
    TUCSON, AZ · 79% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development services
  3. CISLUNAR INDUSTRIES USA, INC.$2.3M−100% in FY2026
    DENVER, CO · 71% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesNational 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.