Federal contractor · BURLINGTON, MA

SPECTRAL SCIENCES, INC

SPECTRAL SCIENCES, INC received $1.9M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 11 awards (−87% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $83.9M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($1.5M). It also received $934.4K in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$1.9M
New awards
11
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
73%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 10.5MFY2017
  2. 9.7MFY2018
  3. 10.4MFY2019
  4. 6.7MFY2020
  5. 6MFY2021
  6. 7.2MFY2022
  7. 5.2MFY2023
  8. 12MFY2024
  9. 14.3MFY2025
  10. 1.9MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$1.5M79%
    5 awards
  2. Department of the Air Force$408.4K21%
    3 awards
  3. Missile Defense Agency$5000.0%
    2 awards
  4. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$1.9M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Middlesex County, MA$1.9M100.0%
  2. Madison County, AL$5000.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition73%
    US 39% · $1.4M
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions73%
    US 8.8% · $1.4M
  • 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. SMALL, INEXPENSIVE HYPERSPECTRAL SENSOR PACKAGE FOR PENETRATING UAV PLATFORMS$6.8M
    Department of the Air Force· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Apr 20, 2017 – Apr 27, 2026· FA865017C1012
  2. PERFORMANCE MODELING TOOLKIT FOR AUTONOMOUS ELECTRO-OPTICAL IMAGING SOLUTIONS TO F2T FROM PLEO$5.3M
    Department of the Air Force· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Aug 10, 2021 – Dec 5, 2025· FA945321C0026
  3. SBIR PHASE II$2M
    Department of the Navy· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Dec 6, 2023 – Mar 10, 2026· N6833524C0008
  4. SBIR/STTR PHASE II R&D - PREDICTION OF HYPERSONIC CRUISE MISSILE SIGNATURES WITH ADVANCED CHEMISTRY AND RADIATION MODULES$1.5M
    Missile Defense Agency· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· May 16, 2023 – May 14, 2026· HQ086023C7111
  5. 873AUTHORITY$1.2M
    Department of the Navy· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Jul 3, 2024 – May 12, 2026· N6426724C0020
  6. STTR PHASE II TOPIC N23A-T026$1M
    Department of the Navy· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· May 8, 2025 – Mar 11, 2026· N6833525C0249
  7. PHASE II SBIR 80NSSC25C0071 HIGH-ALTITUDE, LONG-ENDURANCE, VISIBLE THROUGH EXTENDED SWIR HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING FOR EARTH SCIENCES$850K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Aug 14, 2025 – Jun 16, 2026· 80NSSC25C0071
  8. PERFORMANCE MODELING TOOLKIT FOR AUTONOMOUS, TRUSTED AI TARGET DETECTION, TRACKING AND IDENTIFICATION/CLASSIFICATION$797.3K
    Department of the Air Force· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Apr 16, 2026 – May 29, 2026· FA945326CX013

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 SCIENCES, INC received $934.4K in federal assistance in FY2026, on 4 actions (1 new awards), +102% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences ($531K).

Assistance · FY2026
$934.4K
New awards
1
Actions
4
Since FY2021
$2.7M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 98.9KFY2021
  2. 99.7KFY2022
  3. 588.5KFY2023
  4. 488.6KFY2024
  5. 463.5KFY2025
  6. 934.4KFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$934.4K100%

Top programs

  1. 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences$531K57%
  2. 43.001 · Science$403.4K43%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Science Foundation$531K57%
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$403.4K43%

Largest awards

  1. UNDERSTANDING TITANS CHEMICAL FACTORY MODELLING THE FORMATION AND EVOLUTION OF TITAN S HAZES$599.4K
    43.001 · Science· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Project grant· Jan 19, 2024 – Feb 27, 2026· 80NSSC24K0428
  2. UNDERSTANDING TITAN'S CLIMATE THROUGH SEASONAL CHANGES IN METHANE ABUNDANCE -TITAN, SATURN?S LARGEST MOON, IS THE ONLY SOLAR SYSTEM BODY…$531K
    47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences· National Science Foundation· Project grant· Aug 6, 2026 – Aug 6, 2026· 2606987
  3. EXECUTE A BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM BASED ON DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE…$396.2K
    43.001 · Science· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Project grant· May 5, 2025 – May 6, 2026· 80NSSC25K7589
  4. AMERICAN FORESTS ARE FACING GROWING THREATS FROM CATASTROPHIC WILDFIRES, WHICH ENDANGER COMMUNITIES, COST TAXPAYERS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN…$175K
    10.212 · Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program· National Institute of Food and Agriculture· Project grant· Aug 5, 2025 – Jul 31, 2026· 20257043644908

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 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

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

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $125.3K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $280.4K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $649.9K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $30K received
  • FY2025: $91.6K paid out · $515K 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

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

Companies it pays

2 companies · $91.6K reported

  1. OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY$53K
    CORVALLIS, OR · 1 subaward
  2. EUREKA SCIENTIFIC, INC.$38.6K
    OAKLAND, CA · 1 subaward

Primes that pay it

7 companies · $1.6M reported

  1. AMERICAN ELECTRONIC WARFARE ASSOCIATES, INCORPORATED$649.9K
    CALIFORNIA, MD · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. DECIBEL RESEARCH, INC.$645.4K
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 2 subawards · Computer systems design and related services
  3. PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC.$100K
    ANDOVER, MA · 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 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. OPTO-KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS INC$31M−74% in FY2026
    TORRANCE, CA · 79% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development servicesMissile Defense Agency · Scientific research and development services+2 more
  2. GREENSIGHT INC.$23.5M−75% in FY2026
    CHARLESTOWN, MA · 68% 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
  3. PHASE SENSITIVE INNOVATIONS INC$34.2M−40% in FY2026
    NEWARK, DE · 79% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · 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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.