Federal contractor · HUNTSVILLE, AL

PLASMA PROCESSES, LLC

PLASMA PROCESSES, LLC received $172.1K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 4 awards (+70% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $30M. Its largest customer was National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($126.3K).

Obligations · FY2026
$172.1K
New awards
4
Sole-source
26%
Single offer
73%
UEI
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 5.1MFY2017
  2. 2.2MFY2018
  3. 8MFY2019
  4. 5.7MFY2020
  5. 1.9MFY2021
  6. 900.7KFY2022
  7. 5.7MFY2023
  8. 187.7KFY2024
  9. 101KFY2025
  10. 172.1KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$126.3K73%
    1 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$45.3K26%
    1 awards
  3. Missile Defense Agency$5000.3%
    1 awards
  4. Department of the Air Force$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$126.8K74%
  2. Equipment maintenance$45.3K26%

Where the work was performed

  1. Madison County, AL$172.1K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition99.7%
    US 39% · $171.6K
  • Sole-source awards26%
    US 30% · $45.3K
  • Single-offer competitions73%
    US 8.8% · $126.3K
  • 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. Department of the Navy$45.3K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. DEMONSTRATION OF LONG LIFE 1N THRUSTERS WITH ASCENT AND OTHER AF-M315 FORMULATIONS$5.5M
    Department of the Air Force· Kern County, CA· Research & development· Dec 7, 2021 – May 8, 2026· FA930022C6008
  2. E014042 SBIR PHASE III CHEMICAL PROPULSION MODULE FOR THE GREEN PROPULSION DUAL MODE PROJECT$872.4K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Madison County, AL· Research & development· May 9, 2023 – Apr 15, 2026· 80NSSC23CA043
  3. PREPARATION AND APPLICATION OF NIOBIUM METAL COUPONS$45.3K
    Department of the Navy· Madison County, AL· Equipment maintenance· May 29, 2026 – May 29, 2026· N0017326P5237
  4. SCALABLE HOMELAND INNOVATIVE ENTERPRISE LAYERED DEFENSE (SHIELD) INITIAL ORDER.$500
    Missile Defense Agency· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Jan 16, 2026 – Jun 4, 2026· HQ085926FG296

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.

PLASMA PROCESSES, LLC received $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 1 actions (0 new awards).

Assistance · FY2026
$0
New awards
0
Actions
1
Since FY2021
$1.3M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 1.3MFY2021
  2. 0FY2022
  3. 0FY2023
  4. 0FY2024
  5. 0FY2026

Largest awards

  1. ADDITIVE MANUFACTURE OF GRCOP WAVEGUIDES FOR FUSION$1.3M
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Sep 21, 2021 – Dec 16, 2025· DESC0020701

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

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $181.7K (3 subawards)

2 primes

  1. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$94.1K52%
    CHANDLER, AZ · 1 subaward
  2. TELEDYNE BROWN ENGINEERING, INC.$87.6K48%
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 2 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $360.2K paid out · $2.3M received
  • FY2022: $104K paid out · $961.8K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $4.7M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $1.3M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $1.2M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $181.7K 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

5 companies · $464.2K reported

  1. GEORGIA TECH APPLIED RESEARCH CORP$250.2K
    ATLANTA, GA · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
  2. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM$70K
    BIRMINGHAM, AL · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
  3. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$60K
    LEXINGTON, MA · 1 subaward

Primes that pay it

9 companies · $10.6M reported

  1. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$7.1M
    FORT WORTH, TX · 13 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$1.6M
    MELBOURNE, FL · 8 subawards · Other fabricated metal product manufacturing
  3. L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INTEGRATED SYSTEMS L.P.$1.1M
    GREENVILLE, TX · 12 subawards · Scientific research and development services

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

  1. ARGON CONCEPTUAL SYSTEMS, LLC$406.8K
    SPRINGFIELD, VA · 88% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development services
  2. KT ENGINEERING CORPORATION$405.9K−100% in FY2026
    ROGERSVILLE, AL · 88% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development services
  3. AFFEKTA LLC$405K+25% in FY2026
    HOUSTON, TX · 88% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

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.