Federal contractor · SAN DIEGO, CA

QUARTUS ENGINEERING INCORPORATED

QUARTUS ENGINEERING INCORPORATED received $5M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 8 awards (+61% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $12.1M. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($3.2M).

Obligations · FY2026
$5M
New awards
8
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
65%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 46.6KFY2017
  2. 0FY2018
  3. 124.5KFY2019
  4. 849.3KFY2020
  5. 0FY2021
  6. 537KFY2022
  7. 958.9KFY2023
  8. 1.5MFY2024
  9. 3.1MFY2025
  10. 5MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Air Force$3.2M65%
    1 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$994.6K20%
    1 awards
  3. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$767.1K15%
    5 awards
  4. Missile Defense Agency$5000.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$5M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. San Diego County, CA$5M100.0%
  2. Madison County, AL$5000.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition65%
    US 39% · $3.2M
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions65%
    US 8.8% · $3.2M
  • 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

  1. DEMETER SBIR PHASE III 2 PR'S 4200844437 + 4200848578$3.9M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· San Bernardino County, CA· Research & development· Sep 21, 2023 – Aug 25, 2026· 80NSSC23CA218
  2. SPECTRAL SIGNATURE OF OBJECTS IN A SPACE-LIKE OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT$3.2M
    Department of the Air Force· San Diego County, CA· Research & development· Feb 27, 2026 – Feb 27, 2026· FA930026C6002
  3. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT$2M
    Department of the Navy· San Diego County, CA· Research & development· Apr 3, 2024 – May 6, 2026· N6833524C0040
  4. FY26 SBIR PHASE III - SAGE IV IR TELESCOPE SBIR PHASE 3$767.1K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· San Diego County, CA· Research & development· Sep 24, 2026 – Sep 24, 2026· 80NSSC26C0405
  5. SBIR I ROBUST LIDAR-STEREO FUSION FOR LUNAR AUTONOMY$149.5K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· San Diego County, CA· Research & development· Sep 12, 2025 – Dec 18, 2025· 80NSSC25C0317
  6. SBIR PHASE III - DEFORMABLE MEMBRANE TELESCOPE OPTICAL DESIGN, WAVEFRONT CORRECTION, AND ANALYSIS$147.6K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· San Diego County, CA· Research & development· Sep 30, 2024 – Aug 26, 2026· 80NSSC24CA207
  7. PHASE III - DEFORMABLE MEMBRANE TELESCOPE OPTICAL DESIGN AND ANALYSIS$99.5K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· San Diego County, CA· Research & development· May 16, 2023 – Sep 1, 2026· 80NSSC23CA054
  8. SCALABLE HOMELAND INNOVATIVE ENTERPRISE LAYERED DEFENSE (SHIELD) INITIAL ORDER.$500
    Missile Defense Agency· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Jan 16, 2026 – Jan 16, 2026· HQ085926FF576

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: $1.3M (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$1.3M100%
    DULLES, VA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $4M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $9.7M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $396.5K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $3.5M received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $1.3M 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

9 companies · $19M reported

  1. AERODYNE-SGT ENGINEERING SERVICES, LLC$6.6M
    CAPE CANAVERAL, FL · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
  2. ATA AEROSPACE LLC$4.5M
    ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 4 subawards
  3. PARSONS GOVERNMENT SERVICES INC.$3.5M
    CENTREVILLE, VA · 4 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 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. SPACEWORKS ENTERPRISES INC$13M−41% in FY2026
    ATLANTA, GA · 2 entities · 91% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development services
  2. FLIGHT WORKS, INC$10.6M−99% in FY2026
    IRVINE, CA · 81% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development services
  3. ALPHACORE INC$15.2M−54% in FY2026
    TEMPE, AZ · 99% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · 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 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.