Federal contractor · FAIRFAX, VA

RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE received $52.8M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 20 awards (−10% vs FY2025). Since FY2018: $255.4M. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($50.7M). It also received $11.1M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$52.8M
New awards
20
Sole-source
70%
Single offer
4.6%
UEI
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Other than small businessNonprofit
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 6.4MFY2018
  2. 5.6MFY2019
  3. 6.9MFY2020
  4. 6.4MFY2021
  5. 30.5MFY2022
  6. 43.7MFY2023
  7. 44.4MFY2024
  8. 58.7MFY2025
  9. 52.8MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Air Force$50.7M96%
    16 awards
  2. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$2.1M3.9%
    3 awards
  3. Missile Defense Agency$5000.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$38.3M73%
  2. Research & development$13.6M26%
  3. Education & social services$900K1.7%

Where the work was performed

  1. Arlington County, VA$37.6M71%
  2. Fairfax County, VA$12.3M23%
  3. El Paso County, CO$2.4M4.5%
  4. Montgomery County, OH$484.7K0.9%
  5. Greene County, OH$5,0000.0%
  6. Madison County, AL$5000.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition74%
    US 39% · $39.2M
  • Sole-source awards70%
    US 30% · $36.8M
  • Single-offer competitions4.6%
    US 8.7% · $2.4M
  • Urgency justifications2.9%
    US 5.1% · $1.5M

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 Air Force$36.8M
    Department of Defense · 3 awards

Largest awards

  1. MICROELECTRONICS AND EMBEDDED SYSTEM ASSURANCE II$30.6M
    Department of the Air Force· Fairfax County, VA· Research & development· Oct 14, 2022 – May 7, 2026· FA865023C1001
  2. BIG SAFARI$13.1M
    Department of the Air Force· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Mar 18, 2025 – Jan 22, 2026· FA862025FB058
  3. BIG SAFARI$13.1M
    Department of the Air Force· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Mar 4, 2026 – May 6, 2026· FA862026FB066
  4. BIG SAFARI$12.4M
    Department of the Air Force· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Mar 24, 2026 – May 11, 2026· FA862026FB077
  5. NUCLEAR, ELECTROMAGNETIC, LASER SURVIVABILITY ASSESSMENT AND ENHANCEMENT$11.7M
    Department of the Air Force· Fairfax County, VA· Research & development· Jan 21, 2025 – Apr 23, 2026· FA239425CB001
  6. ADVISORY AND ASSISTANCE SERVICES$11.7M
    Department of the Air Force· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Oct 21, 2022 – May 28, 2026· FA702223C0002
  7. BIG SAFARI$10.9M
    Department of the Air Force· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Feb 27, 2025 – Apr 1, 2026· FA862025FB056
  8. BIG SAFARI$9.2M
    Department of the Air Force· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Feb 27, 2025 – Apr 8, 2026· FA862025FB057

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.

RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE received $11.1M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 4 actions (2 new awards), +4,696% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 11.620 · Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach ($10.5M).

Assistance · FY2026
$11.1M
New awards
2
Actions
4
Since FY2023
$11.8M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 198.3KFY2023
  2. 206.3KFY2024
  3. 232.4KFY2025
  4. 11.1MFY2026

By type

  1. Other assistance$11.1M100%

Top programs

  1. 11.620 · Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach$10.5M95%
  2. 12.910 · Research and Technology Development$600K5.4%

Awarding agencies

  1. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency$11.1M100%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. AI FORGE FORUM MANAGEMENT PROJECT.$10.5M
    11.620 · Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach· Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Other financial assistance· Jul 20, 2026 – Aug 14, 2026· HR0011263E095
  2. DARPA RESEARCH PROJECT$600K
    12.910 · Research and Technology Development· Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Other financial assistance· Feb 20, 2026 – Mar 12, 2026· HR0011263E074

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2023–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: $5.3M (4 subawards)

4 sub-recipients

  1. CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITES COMPANY, L.L.C.$5.1M96%
    CLEVELAND, UT · 1 subaward
  2. FEI COMPANY$120.1K2.3%
    HILLSBORO, OR · 1 subaward
  3. KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$66.2K1.2%
    SANTA ROSA, CA · 1 subaward
  4. THORLABS, INC$40.3K0.8%
    NEWTON, NJ · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $6.4M (5 subawards)

1 prime

  1. APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.$6.4M100%
    ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 5 subawards

Its reported sub-contracts equal 10% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $1.3M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $3.9M received
  • FY2023: $2.4M paid out · $3.3M received
  • FY2024: $1.8M paid out · $3.5M received
  • FY2025: $14.1M paid out · $4.2M received
  • FY2026: $5.3M paid out · $6.4M 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

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

Companies it pays

41 companies · $23.6M reported

  1. CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITES COMPANY, L.L.C.$5.1M
    HEBER CITY, UT · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.$5M
    POWAY, CA · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
  3. RAYTHEON COMPANY$4.5M
    TUCSON, AZ · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services

Primes that pay it

10 companies · $22.5M reported

  1. APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.$11.9M
    ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 14 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. APPLIED RESEARCH SOLUTIONS, INC.$4.6M
    BEAVERCREEK, OH · 32 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON$2.2M
    DAYTON, OH · 1 subaward · 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 10 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. FILIUS CORPORATION$68.8M−32% in FY2026
    SAN JOSE, CA · 44% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Other professional, scientific, and technical servicesAir Force · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
  2. CONNECTED ALLIANCES LLC$184.4M−28% in FY2026
    LACONIA, NH · 65% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Other professional, scientific, and technical servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development services
  3. CALVERT SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, INC$58M+5.1% in FY2026
    BELLEVUE, NE · 37% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Other professional, scientific, and technical servicesAir Force · 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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.

Matched organizations

  • Riverside Research InstituteAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2026
$50K
2 reports

Lobbying by year

  1. 2026$50K
    2 reports

Top issues

  1. Budget and appropriations2 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES2 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. MAVERICK HILL PARTNERS$50K
    2 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.