Federal contractor · FREMONT, OH

SIERRA LOBO INC

SIERRA LOBO INC received $92.7M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 4 awards (+471% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $282.1M. Its largest customer was National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($86.1M). It also received $559.6K in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$92.7M
New awards
4
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
ERWXLW98LM84
Small businessMinority-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 53MFY2017
  2. 48.6MFY2018
  3. 45.7MFY2019
  4. 573.8KFY2020
  5. 5.7MFY2021
  6. 5MFY2022
  7. 7.4MFY2023
  8. 7.2MFY2024
  9. 16.2MFY2025
  10. 92.7MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$86.1M93%
    3 awards
  2. Department of the Air Force$6.7M7.2%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$92.7M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Sandusky County, OH$75.7M82%
  2. Hancock County, MS$10.3M11%
  3. Kern County, CA$6.7M7.2%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition0.0%
    US 39% · $0
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • 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.

Largest awards

  1. SPACE REACTOR-1 FREEDOM NUCLEAR POWER MODULE POWER CONVERSION SYSTEM DO-14-305$38.5M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Sandusky County, OH· Research & development· Aug 28, 2026 – Aug 28, 2026· 80GRC026FA019
  2. SPACE REACTOR-1 FREEDOM NUCLEAR POWER MODULE POWER CONVERSION SYSTEM DO-14-304$37.2M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Sandusky County, OH· Research & development· Aug 28, 2026 – Aug 28, 2026· 80GRC026FA018
  3. ROCKET TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING SERVICES$26.5M
    Department of the Air Force· Kern County, CA· Research & development· Nov 16, 2022 – May 7, 2026· FA930023F6001
  4. TEST OPERATIONS CONTRACT COVERS TEST OPERATIONS SUPPORT FOR TEST CUSTOMERS, AS WELL AS THE OPERATION AND TECHNICAL SYSTEMS MAINTENANCE OF THE HIGH PRESSURE INDUSTRIAL WATER, HIGH PRESSURE GAS, AND CRYO PROPELLANT STORAGE SUPPORT AREAS.$18.4M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Hancock County, MS· Research & development· Nov 21, 2024 – Aug 20, 2026· 80SSC025FA004

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.

SIERRA LOBO INC received $559.6K in federal assistance in FY2026, on 2 actions (1 new awards). Its largest program was 12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research ($559.6K).

Assistance · FY2026
$559.6K
New awards
1
Actions
2
Since FY2021
$1.4M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 190KFY2021
  2. 273.9KFY2022
  3. 413.6KFY2024
  4. 559.6KFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$559.6K100%

Top programs

  1. 12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research$559.6K100%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of the Navy$559.6K100%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. BICHROMATIC LITTORAL TEMPERATURE OBSERVER (BALTO) OPERATIONS$559.6K
    12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research· Department of the Navy· Project grant· Aug 27, 2026 – Aug 27, 2026· N000142612284
  2. MICROGRAVITY LAB ASSISTANT A COMPACT ROBOT FOR SAMPLE PREPARATION ONBOARD THE ISS$413.6K
    43.012 · Space Technology· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Project grant· May 31, 2024 – Apr 21, 2026· 80NSSC24K0868

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 · FY2021–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: $675.3K (9 subawards)

8 sub-recipients

  1. TABER ACQUISITION CORP.$135.8K20%
    NORTH TONAWANDA, NY · 2 subawards
  2. SOLVCHEM INC$126.7K19%
    PEARLAND, TX · 1 subaward
  3. ADVISICON INC$92.4K14%
    VANCOUVER, WA · 1 subaward
  4. KEYENCE CORPORATION OF AMERICA$79.1K12%
    ELMWOOD PARK, NJ · 1 subaward
  5. SOUDER, MILLER & ASSOCIATES, INC.$78.8K12%
    ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 1 subaward
  6. SOLAR ELECTRIC CO., INC.$70.4K10%
    LAS CRUCES, NM · 1 subaward
  7. TECHNICAL MARKETING CO$56.2K8.3%
    WACONIA, MN · 1 subaward
  8. WIREMASTERS, INC.$36K5.3%
    COLUMBIA, TN · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $389.4K (2 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $206.1K (3 subawards)

2 primes

  1. HX5,, LLC$389.4K65%
    FORT WALTON BEACH, FL · 2 subawards
  2. CINCINNATI UNIV OF$206.1K35%
    CINCINNATI, OH · 3 subawards

Its reported sub-contracts equal 0.7% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $2.2M paid out · $451.2K received
  • FY2022: $13.7M paid out · $1.2M received
  • FY2023: $21.3M paid out · $239.4K received
  • FY2024: $3.4M paid out · $5.9M received
  • FY2025: $9.9M paid out · $5M received
  • FY2026: $675.3K paid out · $595.5K 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

102 companies · $51.3M reported

  1. WOLF CREEK FEDERAL SERVICES LLC$13M
    ANCHORAGE, AK · 16 subawards
  2. MORROW ENTERPRISES, INC$9.1M
    LAS CRUCES, NM · 4 subawards
  3. SPARC RESEARCH LLC$2.9M
    WARRENTON, VA · 6 subawards · Scientific research and development services

Primes that pay it

8 companies · $13.4M reported

  1. SPACE NETWORK SOLUTIONS LLC$5M
    HOUSTON, TX · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
  2. CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$4.7M
    PASADENA, CA · 1 subaward
  3. BECHTEL PLANT MACHINERY, INC.$1.1M
    MONROEVILLE, PA · 1 subaward · Nonresidential building construction

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

  1. ADVANCED SPACE LLC$83.5M+102% in FY2026
    WESTMINSTER, CO · 72% 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 services
  2. ANALYTICAL MECHANICS ASSOCIATES, INC.$80.3M−23% in FY2026
    HAMPTON, VA · 69% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development services
  3. BASTION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$122.5M−75% in FY2026
    HOUSTON, TX · 81% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · 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.

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.