Federal contractor · CYPRESS, CA

SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS & RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.

SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS & RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC. received $4.3M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 11 awards (−63% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $124.3M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($2.5M).

Obligations · FY2026
$4.3M
New awards
11
Sole-source
23%
Single offer
73%
UEI
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Small business
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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, $4.3M in FY2026 together.

  1. SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS & RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.CYPRESS, CA · Family page
    $4.3M
  2. SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS & RESEARCH ASSOCIATES INCCOLORADO SPRINGS, CO
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 3.1MFY2017
  2. 5.5MFY2018
  3. 22.1MFY2019
  4. 23.9MFY2020
  5. 9.9MFY2021
  6. 4.6MFY2022
  7. 5.6MFY2023
  8. 33.6MFY2024
  9. 11.6MFY2025
  10. 4.3MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$2.5M58%
    4 awards
  2. Department of the Air Force$1.8M43%
    5 awards
  3. Department of the Army$00.0%
    1 awards
  4. Defense Contract Management Agency-$20.3K0.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$3.3M77%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$990.1K23%

Where the work was performed

  1. Orange County, CA$3.7M85%
  2. El Paso County, CO$650K15%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition96%
    US 39% · $4.1M
  • Sole-source awards23%
    US 30% · $990.1K
  • Single-offer competitions73%
    US 8.7% · $3.1M
  • 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. 873AUTHORITY$6.9M
    Department of the Navy· Orange County, CA· Research & development· May 1, 2024 – Apr 9, 2026· N6426724C0082
  2. GOLDEN HOARD COLOSSEUM$6.8M
    Defense Contract Management Agency· Orange County, CA· Research & development· May 17, 2021 – May 4, 2026· FA865121F1026
  3. SBIR PH II$2M
    Department of the Navy· Orange County, CA· Research & development· Aug 22, 2022 – Mar 26, 2026· N6833522C0642
  4. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT$2M
    Department of the Navy· Orange County, CA· Research & development· Mar 9, 2023 – Mar 10, 2026· N6833523C0010
  5. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT$2M
    Department of the Navy· Orange County, CA· Research & development· Mar 9, 2023 – Mar 31, 2026· N6833523C0189
  6. SBIR DIRECT TO PHASE II - TASA-RS FOR STARFIRE OPTICAL RANGE ST-23.3A_D2P2_SBIR_SF233-D006$1.9M
    Department of the Air Force· Orange County, CA· Research & development· Jun 18, 2024 – Mar 24, 2026· FA945124CX050
  7. HIGH POWER SOURCES AND EFFECTS - ADVANCING THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD - MATERIAL INTERACTION AND RESPONSE.$1.7M
    Department of the Air Force· El Paso County, CO· Research & development· Feb 6, 2025 – May 14, 2026· FA945125CX008
  8. PLZT GOGGLES MODERNIZATION$1.6M
    Department of the Air Force· Orange County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 22, 2025 – Apr 28, 2026· FA853325F0006

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: $8.5M (3 subawards)

3 primes

  1. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC.$7.9M92%
    MCLEAN, VA · 1 subaward
  2. JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC, THE$443.9K5.2%
    LAUREL, MD · 1 subaward
  3. CACI, INC. - FEDERAL$220.2K2.6%
    CHANTILLY, VA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $5.9M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $1.9M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $4.2M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $31.8M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $244.2K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $8.5M 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

22 companies · $54.2M reported

  1. LEIDOS, INC.$32.2M
    RESTON, VA · 4 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$11.2M
    MCLEAN, VA · 5 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
  3. AEROVIRONMENT, INC$2.3M
    SIMI VALLEY, CA · 4 subawards · Scientific research and development services

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

  1. KEYSTONE MISSION SOLUTIONS CORP$15.5M−95% in FY2026
    KEYSTONE, CO · 31% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  2. TYONEK MACHINING AND FABRICATION, LLC$25.4M+66% in FY2026
    WARNER ROBINS, GA · 3 entities · 35% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  3. TERADYNE, INC.$108.2M−38% in FY2026
    NORTH READING, MA · 5 entities · 69% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing

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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 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.