Federal contractor · DOYLESTOWN, PA

RDA INC.

RDA INC. received $5.5M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 3 awards (−67% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $69.3M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($5.5M).

Obligations · FY2026
$5.5M
New awards
3
Sole-source
34%
Single offer
48%
UEI
MCW6XX5ENZP5
Parent company
SENTIENT DIGITAL, INC.
Small businessVeteran-owned
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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.

2 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $6.5M in FY2026 together.

  1. RDA INC.DOYLESTOWN, PA · Family page
    $5.5M
  2. SENTIENT DIGITAL, INC.BRUNSWICK, ME
    $999.5K

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 2.2MFY2017
  2. 4.9MFY2018
  3. 8MFY2019
  4. 4MFY2020
  5. 4.8MFY2021
  6. 6.6MFY2022
  7. 7.2MFY2023
  8. 9.5MFY2024
  9. 16.6MFY2025
  10. 5.5MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$5.5M100%
    3 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$5.5M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Bucks County, PA$5.5M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition82%
    US 39% · $4.6M
  • Sole-source awards34%
    US 30% · $1.9M
  • Single-offer competitions48%
    US 8.8% · $2.6M
  • 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. SBIR PHASE III RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT$16.2M
    Department of the Navy· Bucks County, PA· Research & development· Aug 6, 2024 – Dec 19, 2025· N6833524F0025
  2. LCAP AND RFICS PRODUCT DEV NRE RDT&E$6.7M
    Department of the Navy· Bucks County, PA· Research & development· Jul 24, 2024 – Apr 27, 2026· N0001924F1856
  3. EXPEDITIONARY COMPACT AUTONOMOUS ACOUSTIC PROCESSOR (EXCAAP)$3M
    Department of the Navy· Bucks County, PA· Research & development· Mar 19, 2024 – Apr 20, 2026· N0001424C2206

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 · $500K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $175.5K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $93.1K 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

1 company · $768.6K reported

  1. BAE SYSTEMS LAND & ARMAMENTS L.P.$768.6K
    YORK, PA · 5 subawards · Scientific research and development services

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. APPLIED TECHNOLOGY, INC.$28.9M−4.2% in FY2026
    KING GEORGE, VA · 72% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. MOEBIUS SOLUTIONS INC$45.6M−0.7% in FY2026
    SAN DIEGO, CA · 82% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  3. CUTLASS SYSTEMS ENGINEERING LLC$23.8M+11% in FY2026
    LAUREL, MD · 60% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · 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.