Federal contractor · SANTA BARBARA, CA
SANTA BARBARA INFRARED, INC.
SANTA BARBARA INFRARED, INC. received $1.8M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 2 awards. Since FY2017: $20.9M. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($1.7M).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $1.8M
- New awards
- 2
- Sole-source
- 100%
- Single offer
- 0.0%
- UEI
- TLC5M9HQ62P3
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 3.6MFY2017
- 3.7MFY2018
- 2.7MFY2019
- 3.2MFY2020
- 74.6KFY2021
- 2.8MFY2022
- 1.2MFY2023
- 1.9MFY2024
- 0FY2025
- 1.8MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Department of the Air Force$1.7M97%1 awards
- Department of the Navy$45.6K2.6%1 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Other equipment & supplies$1.8M100%
Where the work was performed
- Kern County, CA$1.7M97%
- Santa Barbara County, CA$45.6K2.6%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition100%US 39% · $1.8M
- Sole-source awards100%US 30% · $1.8M
- Single-offer competitions0.0%US 8.7% · $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.
Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts
- Department of Defense · 1 awards
- Department of the Navy$45.6KDepartment of Defense · 1 awards
Largest awards
- Department of the Air Force· Kern County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· May 14, 2026 – May 14, 2026· FA930226P0038
- Department of the Navy· Santa Barbara County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 29, 2026 – Apr 29, 2026· N0016426PL018
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: $172K (1 subaward)
1 prime
- RAYTHEON COMPANY$172K100%TUCSON, AZ · 1 subaward
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $0 paid out · $28.9M received
- FY2022: $0 paid out · $6M received
- FY2023: $0 paid out · $4.8M received
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $5.2M received
- FY2025: $0 paid out · $2.9M received
- FY2026: $0 paid out · $172K 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
No subawards reported to other companies.
Primes that pay it
9 companies · $48M reported
- FORT WORTH, TX · 31 subawards · Scientific research and development services
- RAYTHEON COMPANY$1.8MTUCSON, AZ · 11 subawards · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
- LEIDOS, INC.$464.9KRESTON, 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 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 5 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- STAR DYNAMICS CORP$3.4M−100% in FY2026HILLIARD, OH · 83% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
- MENSOR, LP.$3.6M−100% in FY2026SAN MARCOS, TX · 85% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
- CLARKE HESS COMMUNICATION RESEARCH CORP$4.3M−85% in FY2026MEDFORD, NY · 85% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
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.
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.