Federal contractor · AUSTIN, TX

TEXAS RESEARCH INSTITUTE , AUSTIN, INC.

TEXAS RESEARCH INSTITUTE , AUSTIN, INC. received $10.5M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 27 awards (+47% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $93.7M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($7.5M).

Obligations · FY2026
$10.5M
New awards
27
Sole-source
1.4%
Single offer
19%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 3.7MFY2017
  2. 7.6MFY2018
  3. 9.2MFY2019
  4. 6.2MFY2020
  5. 9.5MFY2021
  6. 13.8MFY2022
  7. 14.8MFY2023
  8. 11.1MFY2024
  9. 7.2MFY2025
  10. 10.5MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$7.5M71%
    12 awards
  2. Department of the Army$1.4M13%
    1 awards
  3. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$846.8K8.0%
    3 awards
  4. Department of the Air Force$650K6.2%
    8 awards
  5. Missile Defense Agency$180K1.7%
    1 awards
  6. Defense Health Agency$00.0%
    1 awards
  7. Defense Contract Management Agency-$8320.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$10.5M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Travis County, TX$10.4M99%
  2. Arlington County, VA$100K0.9%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition21%
    US 39% · $2.2M
  • Sole-source awards1.4%
    US 30% · $150K
  • Single-offer competitions19%
    US 8.7% · $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.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Department of the Navy$150K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. DEFECT ANALYSIS FOR INSPECTION OF FASTENED PMC STRUCTURE$6.7M
    Defense Contract Management Agency· Travis County, TX· Research & development· Apr 28, 2020 – Jun 1, 2026· FA865020C5204
  2. NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVAULATION OF THICK SCARF REPAIRED COMPOSITES AND RELATED AS-MANUFACTURED STRUCTURES$2.4M
    Department of the Air Force· Travis County, TX· Research & development· Sep 28, 2022 – Feb 11, 2026· FA865022C5026
  3. BASE$2M
    Department of the Navy· Travis County, TX· Research & development· Jan 20, 2026 – May 7, 2026· N0002426C3006
  4. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT$2M
    Department of the Navy· Travis County, TX· Research & development· Jan 18, 2023 – Mar 6, 2026· N6833523C0009
  5. SMALL BUSINESS RESEARCH INNOVATION (SBIR), DIRECT TO PHASE II, TOPIC AF201-D019: BOLT HOLE EDDY CURRENT (BHEC) SIGNAL INDICATION INTERPRETATION SBIR DIRECT TO PHASE II$1.8M
    Department of the Air Force· Travis County, TX· Research & development· Jun 23, 2023 – Mar 9, 2026· FA810023C0006
  6. SPATIAL REGISTRATION OF NDI/E SENSORS FOR CONFINED OR RESTRICTED ACCESS SPACES$1.5M
    Department of the Air Force· Travis County, TX· Research & development· Jul 29, 2022 – Apr 13, 2026· FA865022C5033
  7. BASE$1.4M
    Department of the Navy· Travis County, TX· Research & development· Apr 3, 2026 – May 14, 2026· N0002426C3077
  8. SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PHASE II EFFORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HYBRID CLASS 3 POLYMER BASED BREATHABLE BARRIER MATERIALS$1.4M
    Department of the Army· Travis County, TX· Research & development· Apr 9, 2026 – May 13, 2026· W911QY26CA029

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: $434.2K (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE$434.2K100%
    SAN ANTONIO, TX · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $167.6K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $450K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $70.2K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $434.2K 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 · $1.1M reported

  1. BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC$450K
    IDAHO FALLS, ID · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
  2. SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE$434.2K
    SAN ANTONIO, TX · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
  3. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$167.6K
    FORT WORTH, TX · 1 subaward · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing

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

  1. NAUTILUS DEFENSE LLC$17.4M+5.7% in FY2026
    PAWTUCKET, RI · 59% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development services
  2. 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
  3. VADUM INC$19.6M−14% in FY2026
    RALEIGH, NC · 61% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development services

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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.

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.