Federal contractor · CAMBRIDGE, MA

THE CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC.

THE CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC. received $605.7M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 35 awards (+28% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $4.9B. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($596.2M). It also received $7.9M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$605.7M
New awards
35
Sole-source
99%
Single offer
2.7%
UEI
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Other than small businessNonprofit

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 396.6MFY2017
  2. 392.5MFY2018
  3. 420.4MFY2019
  4. 458.6MFY2020
  5. 427.7MFY2021
  6. 413.9MFY2022
  7. 515.2MFY2023
  8. 812.5MFY2024
  9. 471.7MFY2025
  10. 605.7MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. 14 awards
  2. 1 awards
  3. 2 awards
  4. 5 awards
  5. 1 awards
  6. 1 awards
  7. 1 awards
  8. 2 awards
  9. 4 awards
  10. 4 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Equipment maintenance$563.7M93%
  2. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$24.5M4.0%
  3. Professional services$8.9M1.5%
  4. Other equipment & supplies$4.1M0.7%
  5. Research & development$4M0.7%
  6. IT & telecom$450.4K0.1%

Where the work was performed

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $616.3M
  • Sole-source awards99%
    US 30% · $600M
  • Single-offer competitions2.7%
    US 8.7% · $16.3M
  • 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. National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. Department of the Navy· Middlesex County, MA· Equipment maintenance· Oct 1, 2023 – Jun 3, 2026· N0003024C6001
  2. Missile Defense Agency· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Aug 30, 2017 – Mar 12, 2026· HQ014717C0046
  3. Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Sep 29, 2023 – Sep 3, 2026· 75A50123C00042
  4. National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Jul 21, 2022 – Jul 9, 2026· 80JSC022F0174
  5. Department of the Air Force· Douglas County, CO· Professional services· Jan 29, 2021 – Mar 25, 2026· FA880721C0004
  6. Department of the Navy· Middlesex County, MA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Aug 30, 2023 – Dec 1, 2025· N0003023C6008
  7. ACNS$23M
    Department of the Navy· Middlesex County, MA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 26, 2023 – Apr 30, 2026· N0002423C5232
  8. Department of the Navy· Middlesex County, MA· Research & development· Mar 14, 2025 – May 28, 2026· N0003025C6005

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.

THE CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC. received $7.9M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 10 actions (2 new awards), −66% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 93.384 · Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (Arpa-H) ($7.3M).

Assistance · FY2026
$7.9M
New awards
2
Actions
10
Since FY2021
$41.8M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 10.6MFY2021
  2. 288.9KFY2022
  3. 0FY2023
  4. -129.7KFY2024
  5. 23.2MFY2025
  6. 7.9MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$7.3M93%
  2. Grants$517.3K6.6%

Top programs

  1. 93.384 · Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (Arpa-H)$7.3M93%
  2. 43.012 · Space Technology$523.3K6.7%
  3. 12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research-$5,9430.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. 12.777 · Defense Production Act Title Iii (Dpa Title III)· Department of the Air Force· Cooperative agreement· Oct 26, 2020 – Aug 4, 2026· FA86501725507
  2. 93.384 · Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (Arpa-H)· National Institutes of Health· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 26, 2025 – Dec 19, 2025· AY2AX000118
  3. 93.384 · Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (Arpa-H)· National Institutes of Health· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 22, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026· AY2AX000259
  4. 43.012 · Space Technology· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Project grant· Jul 2, 2021 – Mar 17, 2026· 80NSSC21K0348
  5. 12.300 · Basic and Applied Scientific Research· Department of the Navy· Project grant· Jun 16, 2022 – Sep 23, 2026· N000141912213
  6. 43.012 · Space Technology· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Project grant· Jan 21, 2026 – May 21, 2026· 80NSSC26K0255

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 · 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: $161.5M (147 subawards)

87 sub-recipients

  1. CLEARWATER, FL · 13 subawards
  2. PITTSFIELD, MA · 3 subawards
  3. GRAND FORKS, ND · 1 subaward
  4. ATTALON SOLUTIONS, INC.$5.2M3.2%
    BLOOMFIELD, CT · 6 subawards
  5. ELMA, NY · 1 subaward
  6. TUCSON, AZ · 1 subaward
  7. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA · 1 subaward
  8. ROCHESTER, NY · 1 subaward
  9. CHANDLER, AZ · 6 subawards
  10. THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK$1.5M0.9%
    BRONX, NY · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $444.6K (3 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $616.2K (4 subawards)

5 primes

  1. LOWELL, MA · 1 subaward
  2. CAMBRIDGE, MA · 1 subaward
  3. BOULDER, CO · 3 subawards
  4. ANAHEIM, CA · 1 subaward
  5. MERRIMACK, NH · 1 subaward

Its reported sub-contracts equal 27% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $128.1M paid out · $334.1M received
  • FY2022: $63.1M paid out · $77M received
  • FY2023: $140.5M paid out · $30M received
  • FY2024: $79.7M paid out · $157.4M received
  • FY2025: $188.1M paid out · $70.8M received
  • FY2026: $161.5M paid out · $1.1M 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

238 companies · $761.1M reported

  1. GROTON, CT · 18 subawards · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  2. ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 31 subawards · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  3. TUCSON, AZ · 2 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services

Primes that pay it

29 companies · $670.4M reported

  1. FORT WORTH, TX · 84 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. TUCSON, AZ · 19 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. GREENVILLE, TX · 15 subawards · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments 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 18 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CORPORATION$1.2B−34% in FY2026
    ATLANTA, GA · 48% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Architectural, engineering, and related servicesNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingAir Force · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. SERCO INC$4.4B−34% in FY2026
    HERNDON, VA · 9 entities · 77% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Architectural, engineering, and related servicesNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingArmy · Scientific research and development services+2 more
  3. FIDELITY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, LLC$465.3M−5.7% in FY2026
    READING, PA · 2 entities · 24% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Architectural, engineering, and related 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.