Federal contractor · BEAVERCREEK, OH

SPECTRAL ENERGIES LLC

SPECTRAL ENERGIES LLC received $13M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 37 awards (−27% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $144M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($3.9M). It also received $205.4K in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$13M
New awards
37
Sole-source
12%
Single offer
28%
UEI
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Parent company
SPECTRAL ENERGIES LLC
Small businessMinority-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 8.1MFY2017
  2. 11.9MFY2018
  3. 12.1MFY2019
  4. 9.2MFY2020
  5. 12.5MFY2021
  6. 15.5MFY2022
  7. 18.8MFY2023
  8. 25MFY2024
  9. 17.9MFY2025
  10. 13MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$3.9M30%
    15 awards
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$3.9M30%
    5 awards
  3. Department of the Air Force$2.2M17%
    8 awards
  4. Departmental Offices$1.3M9.9%
    1 awards
  5. Department of the Army$850K6.5%
    1 awards
  6. Defense Threat Reduction Agency$459.7K3.5%
    2 awards
  7. Washington Headquarters Services$249.5K1.9%
    1 awards
  8. Missile Defense Agency$180.3K1.4%
    4 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$13M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Greene County, OH$13M100.0%
  2. Madison County, AL$5000.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition40%
    US 39% · $5.2M
  • Sole-source awards12%
    US 30% · $1.5M
  • Single-offer competitions28%
    US 8.7% · $3.6M
  • 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. ICP RESEARCH, DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT$3.6M
    Department of the Air Force· Greene County, OH· Research & development· Aug 9, 2022 – May 5, 2026· FA865022F2017
  2. SBIR/STTR PHASE II R&D - MACHINE LEARNING BASED INERTIAL NAVIGATION DEVICE FOR HYPERSONIC FLIGHT AND WEAPON SYSTEMS$3M
    Missile Defense Agency· Montgomery County, OH· Research & development· Jan 16, 2024 – Dec 18, 2025· HQ086024C7120
  3. ADVANCED DIAGNOSTICS FOR AGENT DEFEAT$2.4M
    Defense Threat Reduction Agency· Greene County, OH· Research & development· Sep 30, 2022 – Apr 20, 2026· HDTRA122C0052
  4. SBIR PHASE III - COMPONENT AND MODELING ADVANCEMENTS FOR RDRES$2.2M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Greene County, OH· Research & development· Mar 13, 2025 – Sep 9, 2026· 80NSSC25CA064
  5. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT$2M
    Department of the Navy· Greene County, OH· Research & development· Aug 29, 2022 – Feb 12, 2026· N6833522C0648
  6. SBIR PHASE II$2M
    Department of the Navy· Greene County, OH· Research & development· Feb 6, 2024 – Mar 25, 2026· N6833524C0133
  7. 873AUTHORITY$2M
    Department of the Navy· Greene County, OH· Research & development· Aug 28, 2025 – Apr 2, 2026· N6426725C7644
  8. SBIR DIRECT TO PHASE II- DISRUPTIVE PROPULSION TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE THE MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM$2M
    Missile Defense Agency· Greene County, OH· Research & development· Sep 30, 2025 – Jan 14, 2026· HQ086025CE019

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.

SPECTRAL ENERGIES LLC received $205.4K in federal assistance in FY2026, on 6 actions (1 new awards), −42% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program ($205.4K).

Assistance · FY2026
$205.4K
New awards
1
Actions
6
Since FY2022
$3.6M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 198.5KFY2022
  2. 1.5MFY2023
  3. 1.3MFY2024
  4. 351.5KFY2025
  5. 205.4KFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$205.4K100%

Top programs

  1. 81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program$205.4K100%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Energy$205.4K100%

Largest awards

  1. GHZ FRAME-RATE LASER DIAGNOSTICS OF HED PLASMAS FOR 10 HZ LASERNETUS FACILITIES$1.3M
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Jun 14, 2022 – Sep 17, 2026· DESC0022743
  2. A MULTIMODAL THERMOPHYSICAL SENSOR FOR MOLTEN SALTS$1.3M
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Aug 25, 2023 – Nov 20, 2025· DESC0023901
  3. EXPERIMENTALLY VALIDATED DIGITAL ENGINEERING PLATFORM FOR REAL-TIME MONITORING AND MAINTAINING HIGH COMBUSTION EFFICIENCY IN GAS FLARES$249.7K
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Jul 19, 2023 – Nov 17, 2025· DESC0023746
  4. ADVANCED MULTISCALE POROUS HEAT EXCHANGER WITH MICROCHANNEL ARRAY DESIGN$205.6K
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· May 21, 2026 – Jul 14, 2026· DESC0026447
  5. EXTENDING LIFETIME OF SENSORS AND ELECTRONICS BY IN-OPERANDO REJUVENATION$151.6K
    81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program· Department of Energy· Project grant· Sep 25, 2025 – Sep 15, 2026· DESC0026222

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2022–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

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

  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $252K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $407K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $169.8K 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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

4 companies · $828.9K reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON$252K
    DAYTON, OH · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
  2. PURDUE UNIVERSITY$217K
    WEST LAFAYETTE, IN · 1 subaward
  3. BAE SYSTEMS LAND & ARMAMENTS L.P.$190K
    YORK, PA · 1 subaward · 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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. CFD RESEARCH CORPORATION$61.1M−50% in FY2026
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 75% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development servicesNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development services+4 more
  2. LYNNTECH INC.$50M−46% in FY2026
    COLLEGE STATION, TX · 67% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development services+2 more
  3. PC KRAUSE & ASSOCIATES INC$34.9M−56% in FY2026
    WEST LAFAYETTE, IN · 54% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development services+1 more

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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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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

  • Spectral EnergiesAI match · 97%
Lobbying · 2025
$60K
4 reports
Lobbying · 2025–2026
$60K

Lobbying by year

  1. 2025$60K
    4 reports
  2. 2026$0
    1 reports

Top issues

  1. Defense4 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES4 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE4 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. Echelon Government Affairs$60K
    5 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.