Federal contractor · TUCSON, AZ

PARAGON SPACE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

PARAGON SPACE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION received $1.7M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 10 awards (−57% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $42M. Its largest customer was National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($1.7M).

Obligations · FY2026
$1.7M
New awards
10
Sole-source
62%
Single offer
7.6%
UEI
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Small business

Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

2 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $1.7M in FY2026 together.

  1. PARAGON SPACE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONTUCSON, AZ · Family page
    $1.7M
  2. $0

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-09-29

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 5.7MFY2017
  2. 4.3MFY2018
  3. 6.8MFY2019
  4. 6.6MFY2020
  5. 3.8MFY2021
  6. 2.3MFY2022
  7. 2.5MFY2023
  8. 4.4MFY2024
  9. 4MFY2025
  10. 1.7MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. 10 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$1.7M100%

Where the work was performed

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition69%
    US 39% · $1.2M
  • Sole-source awards62%
    US 30% · $1.1M
  • Single-offer competitions7.6%
    US 8.7% · $130.5K
  • 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 Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. RECOVERY OF POTABLE WATER FROM WASTEWATER IS ESSENTIAL TO THE SUCCESS OF LONG-DURATION HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT. FOR HUMAN MISSIONS TO MARS, THE TECHNOLOGY MATURATION (TA 207) OBJECTIVE IS TO RECOVER GREATER THAN 98 PERCENT OF THE WATER FROM WASTEWATER SOURCES (URINE, HUMIDITY CONDENSATE, ETC.). THIS CONTRACT IS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF IONOMER-MEMBRANE WATER PROCESSOR (IWP) BRINE PROCESSOR FOR FLIGHT DEMONSTRATION ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS). REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BRINE PROCESSOR WILL BE BASELINED BY NASA AND AGREED TO BY THE CONTRACTOR UNDER THE PHASE III SBIR NNX16CJ02C. AN ISS FLIGHT DEMONSTRATION IS NEEDED TO VALIDATE AND FULLY CHARACTERIZE BRINE PROCESSOR SYSTEM PERFORMANCE IN A RELEVANT ENVIRONMENT FOR FUTURE EXPLORATION MISSIONS. THE RELEVANT ENVIRONMENT IN THIS CASE INCLUDES BOTH MICRO-GRAVITY AND LONG-DURATION EXPOSURE TO MICRO-G CREW-PRODUCED BRINE VIA THE URINE PROCESSOR. THE BRINE PROCESSOR WILL BE FLOWN AS A CLASS 1E PIECE OF HARDWARE. TASKS INCLUDE 1) COMPLETE TECHNOLOGY MATURATION OF KEY COMPONENT SUBSYSTEMS OF THE IWP FROM THE PHASE III SBIR INCLUDING BLADDER HEAT SEALING, LOW-PROFILE SIDE-MOUNTED FILL PORT, DETRUSOR AND SYSTEM COMPATIBILITY WITH INADVERTENT EXPOSURE TO 14.7 PSIG DURING BRINE FILL; 2) SYSTEM DESIGN CYCLE INCLUDING HEATER AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT TRADE; 3) INTEGRATED SYSTEM AND COMPONENT PRELIMINARY DESIGN; 4) INTEGRATED SYSTEM AND COMPONENT FINAL DESIGN AND REVIEW; 5) MANUFACTURING OF ONE COMPLETE IWP ASSEMBLY, 42 BLADDERS (18 FOR QUALIFICATION TESTING AND 24 FOR FLIGHT), ONE NON-OPERATING TRAINING UNIT WITH SPARES; 6) PROTOFLIGHT QUALIFICATION TESTING AND BLADDER ACCEPTANCE TESTING; 7) HARDWARE ACCEPTANCE REVIEW AND DELIVERY OF A BRINE PROCESSOR AND ASSOCIATED CONSUMABLES, FOR AN ISS TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION; 8) POST-DELIVERY AND ON-ORBIT SUPPORT WHICH INCLUDES GENERATION OF OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE HANDBOOK FOR USE BY NASA IN SUPPORT OF CREW TRAINING AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ON-ORBIT OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, CREW TRAINING SUPPORT, AND ON-ORBIT OPERATIONS SUPPORT AND SUPPORT WITH NASA ON-ORBIT ANOMALY RESOLUTION AND GENERATION OF AN ON-ORBIT TEST REPORT WITH LESSONS LEARNED AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS.$13.9M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Pima County, AZ· Research & development· Dec 14, 2016 – Sep 11, 2026· NNH16CL01C
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Pima County, AZ· Research & development· May 22, 2025 – Apr 2, 2026· 80JSC025F7050
  3. National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Pima County, AZ· Research & development· Feb 1, 2024 – Mar 30, 2026· 80NSSC24CA023
  4. National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Pima County, AZ· Research & development· Jun 10, 2024 – Jun 30, 2026· 80NSSC24CA061
  5. National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Pima County, AZ· Research & development· Sep 28, 2026 – Sep 28, 2026· 80JSC026F0112
  6. National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Pima County, AZ· Research & development· Sep 23, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026· 80NSSC26C0299
  7. National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Pima County, AZ· Research & development· Sep 9, 2025 – Mar 18, 2026· 80JSC025F7068
  8. National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Pima County, AZ· Research & development· Apr 30, 2026 – Apr 30, 2026· 80JSC026F0040

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.

PARAGON SPACE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION received $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 0 actions (0 new awards).

Assistance · FY2026
$0
New awards
0
Actions
0
Since FY2023
$691.7K

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 691.7KFY2023
  2. 0FY2025

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 · FY2023–FY2025.

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: $0 paid out · $977.8K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $118.9M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $3.2M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $14.2M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $166.7M 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 · $304M reported

  1. MELBOURNE, FL · 8 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. IMPERIAL, PA · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. RESTON, VA · 3 subawards · Scientific research and development services

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

  1. MOONPRINT SOLUTIONS LLC$8.2M−30% in FY2026
    DOVER, DE · 76% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development services
  2. NEXOLVE HOLDING COMPANY, LLC$7.3M−101% in FY2026
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 72% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development services
  3. PSIONIC, INC.$7.3M−91% in FY2026
    HAMPTON, VA · 72% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · 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.

Across the company family of PARAGON SPACE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (2 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • Paragon Space Development CorporationAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2025
$0
4 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$0

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$0
    4 reports
  2. 2024$0
    4 reports
  3. 2025$0
    4 reports
  4. 2026$0
    1 reports

Top issues

  1. Aerospace12 reports
  2. Defense6 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES11 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE9 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. The Charles Group, LLC$0
    13 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.