Federal contractor · SAN PEDRO, CA

OPTO-ATOMICS CORP

OPTO-ATOMICS CORP received $1.5M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 4 awards (−30% vs FY2025). Since FY2022: $5.6M. Its largest customer was National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($1.5M). It also received $200K in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$1.5M
New awards
4
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Small businessMinority-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 150KFY2022
  2. 600KFY2023
  3. 1.1MFY2024
  4. 2.2MFY2025
  5. 1.5MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$1.5M100%
    4 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$1.5M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Los Angeles County, CA$1.5M100%

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. PHASE II SBIR ATOMICALLY-REFERENCED OPTICAL WAVELENGTH STANDARD$1.3M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Aug 31, 2026 – Aug 31, 2026· 80NSSC26C0142
  2. SBIR PHASE II - "CS ATOM INTERFEROMETER LASER"$850K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Jun 27, 2024 – Jan 6, 2026· 80NSSC24CA126
  3. PHASE I SBIR - QUANTUM RYDBERG-ATOM FIELD TRANSDUCER$225K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Sep 8, 2026 – Sep 8, 2026· 80NSSC26C0294
  4. SBIR I SODIUM EXCITATION LASER FOR MESOSPHERIC ANALYSIS$150K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Sep 23, 2025 – Apr 7, 2026· 80NSSC25C0285

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.

OPTO-ATOMICS CORP received $200K in federal assistance in FY2026, on 2 actions (1 new awards). Its largest program was 81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program ($200K).

Assistance · FY2026
$200K
New awards
1
Actions
2

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 200KFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$200K100%

Top programs

  1. 81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program$200K100%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Energy$200K100%

Largest awards

  1. ELECTROMAGNETICALLY LEVITATED MICROPARTICLE ACTUATOR$200K
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Jul 8, 2026 – Sep 18, 2026· DESC0026170

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 · FY2026.

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. PICKNIK INC.$5.1M−65% in FY2026
    BOULDER, CO · 97% 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. RC INTEGRATED SYSTEMS LLC$3.9M−100% in FY2026
    TORRANCE, CA · 80% 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
  3. THERMAVANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC$5.8M−8.3% in FY2026
    COLUMBIA, MO · 97% 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

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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.