Federal contractor · NORTH HAVEN, CT

PRECISION COMBUSTION, INC.

PRECISION COMBUSTION, INC. received $2.8M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 10 awards (−77% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $58.8M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($2M). It also received $4.9M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$2.8M
New awards
10
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 6.8MFY2017
  2. 3.6MFY2018
  3. 4.2MFY2019
  4. 8.7MFY2020
  5. 6.7MFY2021
  6. 7.7MFY2022
  7. 1.5MFY2023
  8. 4.5MFY2024
  9. 12.1MFY2025
  10. 2.8MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Army$2M71%
    3 awards
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$813.4K29%
    6 awards
  3. Defense Contract Management Agency-$1,3330.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$2.8M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT$2.8M100%

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 8.8% · $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. FY25 SBIR PHASE III - SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL (SOFC) SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION (SD&E) FOR MARS APPLICATIONS$4.5M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT· Research & development· Aug 28, 2025 – Sep 10, 2026· 80NSSC25C0449
  2. JP-8 FUELED ELECTRIFIED COMBAT VEHICLES$2M
    Department of the Army· South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT· Research & development· Mar 30, 2026 – Mar 30, 2026· W5170126CA048
  3. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SBIR PH2$1.5M
    Defense Contract Management Agency· South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT· Research & development· Oct 25, 2019 – May 4, 2026· N6833520C0182
  4. SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (STTR) PROGRAM, PHASE II, NON-PERSONNEL SERVICES CONTRACT FOR PERFORMANCE OF RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT EFFORT "STRUCTURED, HIGHLY ACTIVE CATALYST FOR LOW TEMPERATURE METHANOL REFORMING".$1.3M
    Department of the Army· South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT· Research & development· Jul 7, 2025 – May 13, 2026· W56KGU25C0014
  5. EO14042 STTR PHASE II PRESSURE AND LOW TEMPERATURE TOLERANT, HIGH CURRENT DENSITY SOLID ELECTROLYTE FOR PROPELLANT GRADE REACTANTS$1.1M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT· Research & development· Feb 18, 2022 – Nov 21, 2025· 80NSSC22CA019
  6. STTR PHASE II - SIMULTANEOUS H2 GENERATION AND COMPRESSION WITH INTERMEDIATE-TEMPERATURE SOLID-OXIDE MEMBRANES$849.8K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT· Research & development· Feb 13, 2025 – Jun 9, 2026· 80NSSC25CA032
  7. HERMES LEAPS SBIR III$601.6K
    Department of the Army· South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT· Research & development· Aug 28, 2024 – Jan 7, 2026· W911W624C0005
  8. SBIR PHASE III - SABATIER REACTOR WITH BOP COMPONENTS AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT$227.4K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT· Research & development· Sep 30, 2025 – May 7, 2026· 80NSSC25C0517

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.

PRECISION COMBUSTION, INC. received $4.9M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 11 actions (1 new awards), +624% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 81.135 · Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy ($4.9M).

Assistance · FY2026
$4.9M
New awards
1
Actions
11
Since FY2021
$19.9M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 36.3KFY2021
  2. 5.9MFY2022
  3. 7MFY2023
  4. 1.4MFY2024
  5. 673.6KFY2025
  6. 4.9MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$4.9M100%

Top programs

  1. 81.135 · Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy$4.9M100%
  2. 10.212 · Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program-$2180.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Energy$4.9M100%

Largest awards

  1. DE-FOA-0002240 REEACH PHASE 2 PRECISION COMBUSTION, INC. - NEW AWARD SBIR PHASE III, CONTINUATION FROM DE-AR0001350 CONTROL NUMBER…$5.9M
    81.135 · Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Sep 22, 2023 – Jun 23, 2026· DEAR0001811
  2. FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT: PIONEERING RAILROAD, OCEANIC AND PLANE ELECTRIFICATION WITH 1K ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS (PROPEL-1K) TO…$4.5M
    81.135 · Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· May 13, 2024 – Jul 29, 2026· DEAR0001891
  3. NEW COMPETITIVE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH PRECISION COMBUSTION, INC. UNDER FOA NUMBER DE-FOA-00002505 (REMEDY) (SBIR/STTR) WITH PROJECT…$4M
    81.135 · Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Mar 14, 2022 – Jun 17, 2026· DEAR0001537
  4. PRECISION COMBUSTION, INC. - NEW REEACH SBIR/STTR AWARD CONTROL NUMBER: 2241-1514 PROJECT TITLE: SOFC'S FOR FLIGHT$1.8M
    81.135 · Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Jan 28, 2021 – Jan 6, 2026· DEAR0001350
  5. CONTROL NUMBER 2505-1506 PRECISION COMBUSTION, INC. DE-FOA-0002505 REMEDY SBIR/STTR PROJECT TITLE: ''DESTRUCTION OF VAM USING A MODULAR…$1.6M
    81.135 · Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· May 14, 2026 – Jun 18, 2026· DEAR0002135
  6. PRECISION COMBUSTION, INC., NEW COMPETITIVE AGREEMENT, UNDER FOA NUMBER DE-FOA-0002459 (OPEN 2021) WITH PROJECT…$1.5M
    81.135 · Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Apr 15, 2022 – Jun 17, 2026· DEAR0001544

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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: $153.4K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.$153.4K100%
    PHOENIX, AZ · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $323.4K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $180.1K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $153.4K 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

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

3 companies · $657K reported

  1. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY$323.4K
    LYNN, MA · 1 subaward
  2. MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY$180.1K
    MILWAUKEE, WI · 1 subaward
  3. NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS OF SANDIA, LLC$153.4K
    ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 1 subaward · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing

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

  1. PARAGON SPACE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$10.2M−57% in FY2026
    TUCSON, AZ · 2 entities · 52% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development services
  2. AURA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC$10.6M−77% in FY2026
    DURHAM, NC · 53% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development services
  3. A10 SYSTEMS INC$10M−38% in FY2026
    LOWELL, MA · 51% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · 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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.