Federal contractor · BROOKPARK, OH

OHIO AEROSPACE INSTITUTE

OHIO AEROSPACE INSTITUTE received $1.6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 2 awards (−17% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $52M. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($1.6M). It also received $4.7M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$1.6M
New awards
2
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Other than small businessNonprofit
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 9.6MFY2017
  2. 8.9MFY2018
  3. 7.7MFY2019
  4. 1.9MFY2020
  5. 2.9MFY2021
  6. 860.8KFY2022
  7. 14.6MFY2023
  8. 2.1MFY2024
  9. 1.9MFY2025
  10. 1.6MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Air Force$1.6M100%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$1.6M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Cuyahoga County, OH$1.6M100%

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. MODULAR OPEN-SYSTEM CONTROL ARCHITECTURE FOR TURBINE ENGINES (MOSCATE)$12.8M
    Department of the Air Force· Cuyahoga County, OH· Research & development· Sep 19, 2023 – Mar 24, 2026· FA930023C6018
  2. AEROSCIENCE COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT$6.4M
    Department of the Air Force· Cuyahoga County, OH· Research & development· Aug 15, 2023 – Apr 30, 2026· FA239123C0002

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.

OHIO AEROSPACE INSTITUTE received $4.7M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 19 actions (1 new awards), +103% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 12.800 · Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program ($3.3M).

Assistance · FY2026
$4.7M
New awards
1
Actions
19
Since FY2021
$39.3M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 2.3MFY2021
  2. 3.3MFY2022
  3. 11MFY2023
  4. 15.6MFY2024
  5. 2.3MFY2025
  6. 4.7MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$4.7M100%

Top programs

  1. 12.800 · Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program$3.3M70%
  2. 43.015 · National Space Grant and Fellowship Project$870K18%
  3. 43.014 · Congressionally Directed Programs$500K11%
  4. 43.008 · Office of Stem Engagement (OSTEM)$144.8K3.1%
  5. 43.002 · Aeronautics-$5,7200.0%
  6. 43.001 · Science-$91.3K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of the Air Force$3.3M70%
    Department of Defense
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$1.4M30%

Largest awards

  1. DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND PROCESSES$26.8M
    12.800 · Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program· Department of the Air Force· Cooperative agreement· Sep 6, 2022 – Sep 22, 2026· FA86502225720
  2. THE OHIO SPACE GRANT CONSORTIUM (OSGC) WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1989 AS PART OF THE NATIONAL SPACE GRANT COLLEGE AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (PHASE…$4.2M
    43.008 · Office of Stem Engagement (OSTEM)· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Cooperative agreement· Nov 12, 2020 – Aug 31, 2026· 80NSSC20M0125
  3. NASA STRATEGIC GOAL 4: ENHANCE CAPABILITIES AND OPERATIONS TO CATALYZE CURRENT AND FUTURE MISSION SUCCESS. NASA INVESTMENTS IN STEM…$1.8M
    43.015 · National Space Grant and Fellowship Project· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Cooperative agreement· Jun 2, 2025 – May 4, 2026· 80NSSC25M7134
  4. PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS TO CREATE URBAN AGRICULTURE SITES (UFARM) TO EXPLORE HOW PRECISION AGRICULTURAL TECHNIQUES…$963K
    11.617 · Congressionally-Identified Projects· National Institute of Standards and Technology· Project grant· Sep 10, 2024 – Apr 6, 2026· 60NANB24D146
  5. FOR THIS PROJECT THE OHIO AEROSPACE INSTITUTE (OAI - WHOLLY AFFILIATED WITH PARALLAX ADVANCED RESEARCH) AND ITS PARTNERS IBM AND MIAMI OHIO…$500K
    43.014 · Congressionally Directed Programs· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Project grant· Jul 29, 2026 – Jul 29, 2026· 80NSSC26K0536
  6. RECENT ADVANCES IN WIDE-BANDGAP ELECTRONICS HAS RESULTED IN DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS CAPABLE OF OPERATION IN THE HIGH TEMPERATURE…$187.9K
    43.001 · Science· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Project grant· Sep 14, 2021 – Jun 5, 2026· 80NSSC19K1029

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

  • Sub-contracts: $1.1M (3 subawards)

1 prime

  1. HX5,, LLC$1.1M100%
    FORT WALTON BEACH, FL · 3 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $600K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $161.4K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $600K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $1.3M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $1.1M 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

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

5 companies · $3.8M reported

  1. HX5 LLC$2.4M
    FORT WALTON BEACH, FL · 4 subawards
  2. OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE$600K
    COLUMBUS, OH · 1 subaward
  3. OHIO DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT$600K
    COLUMBUS, OH · 2 subawards

Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.

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

  1. PORTAL SPACE SYSTEMS INC.$5.6M
    BOTHELL, WA · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development services
  2. AMSEL MEDICAL CORPORATION$5.5M−100% in FY2026
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 99% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development services
  3. ANYAR INC.$5.4M−15% in FY2026
    FORT WALTON BEACH, FL · 96% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development services

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

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.

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.

Matched organizations

  • Ohio Aerospace InstituteAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$60K
4 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$280K

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$100K
    4 reports
  2. 2024$120K
    4 reports
  3. 2025$60K
    4 reports
  4. 2026$0
    2 reports

Top issues

  1. Budget and appropriations7 reports
  2. Aviation, aircraft and airlines6 reports
  3. Aerospace5 reports
  4. Agriculture2 reports
  5. Science and technology1 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES7 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE6 reports
  3. Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)2 reports
  4. Transportation - Dept of (DOT)1 reports

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

Lobbying firms hired

  1. McCaulley&Company$280K
    14 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

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

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.