Federal contractor · TORRANCE, CA
OPTO-KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS INC
OPTO-KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS INC received $3.4M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 17 awards (−74% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $79.1M. Its largest customer was Missile Defense Agency ($2M). It also received $904.4K in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.
- Obligations · FY2026
- $3.4M
- New awards
- 17
- Sole-source
- 0.0%
- Single offer
- 59%
- UEI
- RJH6GQUD3BT5
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 3.9MFY2017
- 3.2MFY2018
- 7.2MFY2019
- 13.1MFY2020
- 3.5MFY2021
- 8.3MFY2022
- 8.8MFY2023
- 14.6MFY2024
- 13MFY2025
- 3.4MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Missile Defense Agency$2M59%1 awards
- Department of the Navy$982.9K29%4 awards
- Department of the Army$248.4K7.3%1 awards
- 6 awards
- 3 awards
- 1 awards
- 1 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Research & development$3.4M100%
Where the work was performed
- Los Angeles County, CA$3.4M100%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition59%US 39% · $2M
- Sole-source awards0.0%US 30% · $0
- Single-offer competitions59%US 8.8% · $2M
- 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
- Department of the Navy· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Jun 30, 2022 – Nov 25, 2025· N6833522C0369
- U.S. Special Operations Command· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Jun 6, 2023 – Oct 10, 2025· H9240523C0004
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Sep 27, 2022 – Sep 28, 2026· 80NSSC22CA202
- Missile Defense Agency· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Mar 27, 2026 – Mar 27, 2026· HQ086026CE054
- Department of the Air Force· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Sep 30, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025· FA910125PB072
- Department of the Air Force· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Aug 29, 2025 – Nov 17, 2025· FA238525CB026
- BASE$1.7MDepartment of the Navy· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Apr 2, 2024 – Jan 23, 2026· N0002424CS017
- BASE$1.7MDepartment of the Navy· Los Angeles County, CA· Research & development· Jan 29, 2024 – Nov 25, 2025· N0002424CS009
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-KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS INC received $904.4K in federal assistance in FY2026, on 1 actions (0 new awards), −21% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 43.001 · Science ($904.4K).
- Assistance · FY2026
- $904.4K
- New awards
- 0
- Actions
- 1
- Since FY2021
- $2.9M
Assistance by fiscal year
- 256.5KFY2021
- -1.4KFY2022
- -1.8KFY2023
- 606.4KFY2024
- 1.1MFY2025
- 904.4KFY2026
By type
- Grants$904.4K100%
Top programs
- 43.001 · Science$904.4K100%
Awarding agencies
Largest awards
- 43.001 · Science· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Project grant· Mar 14, 2024 – Feb 23, 2026· 80NSSC24K0698
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
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $85.2K received
- FY2025: $0 paid out · $165.1K 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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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 · $250.2K reported
- YORK, PA · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development 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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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 7 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- SPECTRAL SCIENCES, INC$28.3M−87% in FY2026BURLINGTON, MA · 72% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development servicesMissile Defense Agency · Scientific research and development services+2 more
- NOKOMIS, INC$25.2M−93% in FY2026CHARLEROI, PA · 68% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development servicesMissile Defense Agency · Scientific research and development services+1 more
- NANOHMICS INC$20.5M−50% in FY2026AUSTIN, TX · 60% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development services+2 more
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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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.
Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.