Federal contractor · ALBUQUERQUE, NM

STELLAR SCIENCE LTD. CO.

STELLAR SCIENCE LTD. CO. received $12.4M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 14 awards (−23% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $92.9M. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($11M).

Obligations · FY2026
$12.4M
New awards
14
Sole-source
9.7%
Single offer
17%
UEI
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Other than small businessVeteran-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 4.9MFY2017
  2. 6MFY2018
  3. 5.8MFY2019
  4. 4.4MFY2020
  5. 8MFY2021
  6. 6.6MFY2022
  7. 15MFY2023
  8. 13.7MFY2024
  9. 16.2MFY2025
  10. 12.4MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Air Force$11M89%
    8 awards
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$1.2M9.7%
    4 awards
  3. Department of the Navy$139.8K1.1%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$11.2M90%
  2. IT & telecom$1.2M9.7%

Where the work was performed

  1. Bernalillo County, NM$12.4M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition27%
    US 39% · $3.3M
  • Sole-source awards9.7%
    US 30% · $1.2M
  • Single-offer competitions17%
    US 8.7% · $2.2M
  • 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. REDEFINING THE BASIC ANALYTICAL AND SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT (REBASE) FOUNDATION AND EXPANSION III$10.9M
    Department of the Air Force· Bernalillo County, NM· Research & development· Mar 8, 2024 – Mar 16, 2026· FA239124FB008
  2. ADVANCED FRAMEWORK FOR SIMULATION, INTEGRATION, AND MODELING FOR THE GREATER ENTERPRISE (AFSIM FORGE) - TASK ORDER 0001$7.6M
    Department of the Air Force· Bernalillo County, NM· Research & development· Dec 19, 2025 – Apr 28, 2026· FA239126FB002
  3. ADVANCED LASER MODELING AND SIMULATION 2 (ALMS2)$5.4M
    Department of the Air Force· Bernalillo County, NM· Research & development· Mar 14, 2023 – May 15, 2026· FA945123CA013
  4. HPEM EFFECTS AND SIMULATION DEVELOPMENT TOOL HPEM SYSTEM OF NEW HPEM PERFORMANCE MODELING AND SIMULATION TOOLS.$4M
    Department of the Air Force· Bernalillo County, NM· Research & development· Jun 2, 2023 – Apr 27, 2026· FA945123CA008
  5. THE PURPOSE OF THE EFFORT IS TO IMPOSE THE CAPABILITIES AND DEVELOP NEW FEATURES FOR DIRECTED ENERGY SOFTWARE INSTITUTE (DESI) AND GALAXY, A GOVERNMENT OWNED SIMULATION SOFTWARE SUITE.$3.5M
    Department of the Air Force· Bernalillo County, NM· Research & development· Jun 21, 2022 – Jun 3, 2026· FA945122C0001
  6. DETER ARA: MODELING APPLICATIONS FOR NEXT-TIER INITIATIVES AND CAPABILITIES OF REALISTIC ENGAGEMENTS (MANTICORE)$3.4M
    Department of the Air Force· Bernalillo County, NM· Research & development· Apr 23, 2024 – Jun 3, 2026· FA945124CX018
  7. HIGH-POWER ELECTROMAGNETIC (HPEM) NUMERICAL SIMULATION TOOL DEVELOPMENT$1.8M
    Department of the Air Force· Bernalillo County, NM· Research & development· Dec 13, 2023 – May 7, 2026· FA945124CX009
  8. TASK 2, MODEL AND INTEGRATION TEST II$1.6M
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Bernalillo County, NM· IT & telecom· Dec 5, 2024 – Mar 6, 2026· 80ARC025F7007

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: $225K paid out · $1M received
  • FY2022: $163.4K paid out · $0 received
  • FY2023: $274.8K paid out · $2.6M received
  • FY2024: $87K paid out · $500K received
  • FY2025: $117K paid out · $0 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

6 companies · $867.3K reported

  1. GEORGIA TECH APPLIED RESEARCH CORP$491.8K
    ATLANTA, GA · 3 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO$185.4K
    ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 4 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. HUNTINGTON INGALLS INCORPORATED$75K
    PASCAGOULA, MS · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services

Primes that pay it

7 companies · $4.1M reported

  1. ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION$1.5M
    GROTON, CT · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
  2. RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE$826.5K
    NEW YORK, NY · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. MODERN TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC.$653.1K
    ALEXANDRIA, VA · 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 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. IDAHO SCIENTIFIC LLC$32.4M−66% in FY2026
    BOISE, ID · 77% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development services
  2. GENEVA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$33.1M+65% in FY2026
    MONUMENT, CO · 77% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development services
  3. EXOANALYTIC SOLUTIONS INC$42.3M−21% in FY2026
    EL TORO, CA · 85% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesMissile Defense Agency · 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 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.