Federal contractor · ANDOVER, MA

PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC.

PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. received $20.8M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 90 awards (−68% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $446.7M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($5.2M). It also received $3.6M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$20.8M
New awards
90
Sole-source
7.1%
Single offer
39%
UEI
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Company family

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

5 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $22.9M in FY2026 together.

  1. PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC.ANDOVER, MA · Family page
    $20.8M
  2. FARADAY TECHNOLOGY, INC.ENGLEWOOD, OH
    $2.1M
  3. PHYSICAL SCIENCES INCPLEASANTON, CA
    $0
  4. Q-PEAK, INCORPORATEDBEDFORD, MA
    $0
  5. RESEARCH SUPPORT INSTRUMENTS, INC.ANDOVER, MA
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 28.1MFY2017
  2. 25.5MFY2018
  3. 45.8MFY2019
  4. 33.3MFY2020
  5. 45.4MFY2021
  6. 73.7MFY2022
  7. 55MFY2023
  8. 54MFY2024
  9. 65MFY2025
  10. 20.8MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$5.2M25%
    19 awards
  2. Missile Defense Agency$4.2M20%
    8 awards
  3. Departmental Offices$3.5M17%
    3 awards
  4. Department of the Army$2.9M14%
    16 awards
  5. Office of Procurement Operations$1.5M7.1%
    2 awards
  6. Food and Drug Administration$1M4.9%
    1 awards
  7. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$986.3K4.7%
    6 awards
  8. Department of the Air Force$971.1K4.7%
    12 awards
  9. Defense Contract Management Agency$423.8K2.0%
    11 awards
  10. Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation$9,0000.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$19.9M96%
  2. Equipment maintenance$508.6K2.4%
  3. Professional services$350K1.7%

Where the work was performed

  1. Essex County, MA$20.8M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition46%
    US 39% · $9.6M
  • Sole-source awards7.1%
    US 30% · $1.5M
  • Single-offer competitions39%
    US 8.8% · $8.1M
  • 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. Office of Procurement Operations$1.5M
    Department of Homeland Security · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. SBIR PHASE III FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF GUN LAUNCHED INTERCEPTORS$9.2M
    Department of the Army· Essex County, MA· Research & development· Apr 8, 2022 – Feb 19, 2026· W9113M22C0079
  2. PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. (PSI) AIMS TO DEVELOP AND COMMERCIALIZE A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND IN-LINE CYTOMETRY PROCESS ANALYTICAL TECHNOLOGY (ILC-PAT) THAT ENABLES REAL-TIME, SINGLE-CELL LEVEL MONITORING OF CRITICAL BIOPROCESS PARAMETERS TO IMPROVE THE MANUFAC$3.5M
    Departmental Offices· Essex County, MA· Research & development· Feb 26, 2026 – Jul 28, 2026· 140D0426C0021
  3. EO14042 ENHANCED NIGHT VISION IN EYEGLASS FORM FACTORS (ENVISION)$3.4M
    Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Essex County, MA· Research & development· Nov 8, 2021 – Apr 9, 2026· HR001122C0041
  4. SBIR/STTR PHASE II R&D: C/SIC MATURATION$3M
    Missile Defense Agency· Essex County, MA· Research & development· Sep 26, 2022 – Dec 16, 2025· HQ086022C7134
  5. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT$3M
    Defense Contract Management Agency· Essex County, MA· Research & development· May 29, 2020 – Jan 12, 2026· N6833520C0351
  6. SBIR/STTR PHASE II R&D - RADIATION HARDENED FOVEATED HYBRID INFRARED SCENE PROJECTOR$3M
    Missile Defense Agency· Essex County, MA· Research & development· Jan 25, 2023 – May 20, 2026· HQ086023C7106
  7. AFFORDABLE MATERIALS AND COATINGS FOR PRESSURE GAIN COMBUSTION$2.5M
    Defense Contract Management Agency· Essex County, MA· Research & development· Apr 30, 2021 – Mar 16, 2026· FA865021C5011
  8. NEW DARPA SBIR II$2.5M
    Department of the Army· Essex County, MA· Research & development· Apr 5, 2022 – May 13, 2026· W912CG22C0021

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.

PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. received $3.6M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 19 actions (3 new awards), −3.8% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 12.910 · Research and Technology Development ($2M).

Assistance · FY2026
$3.6M
New awards
3
Actions
19
Since FY2021
$38.6M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 6.1MFY2021
  2. 10.7MFY2022
  3. 12.5MFY2023
  4. 1.9MFY2024
  5. 3.8MFY2025
  6. 3.6MFY2026

By type

  1. Other assistance$2M55%
  2. Grants$1.6M45%

Top programs

  1. 12.910 · Research and Technology Development$2M55%
  2. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$1.4M38%
  3. 12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research$379.1K10%
  4. 93.242 · Mental Health Research Grants-$1,4230.0%
  5. 93.113 · Environmental Health-$2,0250.0%
  6. 93.103 · Food and Drug Administration Research-$6,4200.0%
  7. 93.213 · Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health-$18.5K0.0%
  8. 93.394 · Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research-$22.5K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$2M55%
    Department of Defense
  2. National Institutes of Health$1.2M34%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Department of the Navy$379.1K10%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. ULTRA-SENSITIVE SINGLET OXYGEN DOSIMETER FOR SKIN CANCER TREATMENT AND PREVENTION$2.2M
    93.395 · Cancer Treatment Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· Jun 25, 2021 – Nov 28, 2025· R44CA250727
  2. CRYSTAL PALACE PROGRAM$2M
    12.910 · Research and Technology Development· Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Other financial assistance· Jun 5, 2026 – Jun 5, 2026· HR0011263E094
  3. DEVELOPMENT AND EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION OF FUNDAMENTAL MODELS TO ENABLE IMPLEMENTATION OF MICROWAVE-ASSISTED FREEZE DRYING - PROJECT…$2M
    93.103 · Food and Drug Administration Research· Food and Drug Administration· Cooperative agreement· Aug 16, 2022 – Feb 19, 2026· U01FD007689
  4. ACTIVE-SENSING SPECTRAL FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME IMAGER (19A)$1.9M
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Feb 23, 2024 – May 27, 2026· DESC0024857
  5. NOVEL, HIGH-PERFORMANCE SORBENTS FOR CHLORINE CAPTURE$1.8M
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Feb 8, 2024 – May 21, 2026· DESC0024783
  6. INTELLIGENT OPTICAL PROBE FOR GUIDING CORE NEEDLE BIOPSY PROCEDURES - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT PHYSICAL SCIENCES, INC. (PSI), IN…$1.8M
    93.394 · Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· May 23, 2022 – Dec 1, 2025· R44CA273961

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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

  • Sub-contracts: $417K (4 subawards)

4 sub-recipients

  1. UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND$195K47%
    KINGSTON, RI · 1 subaward
  2. RAYTHEON COMPANY$150K36%
    PORTSMOUTH, RI · 1 subaward
  3. UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE$42K10%
    DURHAM, NH · 1 subaward
  4. PURDUE UNIVERSITY$30K7.2%
    WEST LAFAYETTE, IN · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $3.9M (5 subawards)

4 primes

  1. PERATON INC.$2.5M63%
    HERNDON, VA · 1 subaward
  2. PARSONS GOVERNMENT SERVICES INTERNATIONAL INC.$1.1M28%
    PASADENA, CA · 2 subawards
  3. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$300K7.6%
    ELKTON, MD · 1 subaward
  4. RAYTHEON COMPANY$60K1.5%
    TEWKSBURY, MA · 1 subaward

Its reported sub-contracts equal 2.0% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $5.4M paid out · $4.2M received
  • FY2022: $8.7M paid out · $6.6M received
  • FY2023: $5.6M paid out · $3.5M received
  • FY2024: $4.3M paid out · $2.6M received
  • FY2025: $1.3M paid out · $2.2M received
  • FY2026: $417K paid out · $3.9M 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

89 companies · $27.6M reported

  1. ADVANCED SILICON CARBIDE MATERIALS LLC$4.6M
    LIHUE, HI · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
  2. ELBIT SYSTEMS OF AMERICA - NIGHT VISION LLC$1.2M
    ROANOKE, VA · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
  3. TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE$1.1M
    CHESTNUT HILL, MA · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services

Primes that pay it

20 companies · $24.2M reported

  1. MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY$9.1M
    SPRINGFIELD, MO · 3 subawards
  2. PERATON ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS LLC$5.1M
    CHANTILLY, VA · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$2.5M
    MELBOURNE, FL · 7 subawards · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance

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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 20 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. TOYON RESEARCH CORPORATION$154.3M−36% in FY2026
    GOLETA, CA · 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+3 more
  2. INTELLISENSE SYSTEMS INC$100.7M−37% in FY2026
    TORRANCE, CA · 49% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development services+2 more
  3. OCEANIT LABORATORIES INC$68.1M−62% in FY2026
    HONOLULU, HI · 42% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development services+3 more

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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. (5 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • Physical Sciences Inc.AI match · 99%
  • Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI)AI match · 99%
Lobbying · 2025
$170K
8 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$535K

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$120K
    8 reports
  2. 2024$135K
    8 reports
  3. 2025$170K
    8 reports
  4. 2026$110K
    4 reports

Top issues

  1. Small business28 reports
  2. Defense14 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES28 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE28 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. ML Strategies, LLC$280K
    14 reports
  2. Strategic Marketing Innovations$255K
    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 5, 2026, loaded Oct 5, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 5, 2026, loaded Oct 5, 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.