Federal contractor · BOULDER, CO

THINKORBITAL INC.

THINKORBITAL INC. received $2.9M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 4 awards (−43% vs FY2025). Since FY2022: $8.2M. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($2.7M).

Obligations · FY2026
$2.9M
New awards
4
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
92%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 250KFY2022
  2. 0FY2023
  3. 63KFY2024
  4. 5MFY2025
  5. 2.9MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Air Force$2.7M92%
    1 awards
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$224.3K7.8%
    3 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$2.9M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Boulder County, CO$2.9M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition92%
    US 39% · $2.7M
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions92%
    US 8.8% · $2.7M
  • 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. THINKORBITAL TACFI$4.7M
    Department of the Air Force· Boulder County, CO· Research & development· Aug 12, 2025 – May 4, 2026· FA880925CB008
  2. SBIR PHASE I - INVESTIGATING A REAL-TIME WELD ALIGNMENT AND BEAM-STEERING CONTROL APPROACH FOR IN-SPACE ELECTRON BEAM WELDING$224.3K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Boulder County, CO· Research & development· Sep 9, 2026 – Sep 9, 2026· 80NSSC26C0384
  3. SBIR PHASE I - THINKPLATFORM: MODULAR IN-SPACE CONSTRUCTION POWERED BY THINKTOOLKIT$148.1K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Boulder County, CO· Research & development· Dec 18, 2025 – Apr 23, 2026· 80NSSC26C0023
  4. SBIR PHASE I - THINKPLATFORM: MODULAR IN-SPACE CONSTRUCTION POWERED BY THINKTOOLKIT$0
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Boulder County, CO· Research & development· Sep 15, 2025 – Dec 4, 2025· 80NSSC25C0377

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.

THINKORBITAL INC. received $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 1 actions (0 new awards), −100% vs FY2025.

Assistance · FY2026
$0
New awards
0
Actions
1
Since FY2025
$174.7K

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 174.7KFY2025
  2. 0FY2026

Largest awards

  1. THE NASA INNOVATIVE ADVANCED CONCEPTS (NIAC) PROGRAM FOCUSES ON EARLY&#8208STAGE FEASIBILITY STUDIES OF VISIONARY CONCEPTS THAT ADDRESS…$174.7K
    43.012 · Space Technology· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Project grant· Apr 15, 2025 – Dec 8, 2025· 80NSSC25K7611

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2025–FY2026.

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

  1. TRUSTPOINT, INC.$8.4M−100% in FY2026
    HERNDON, VA · 85% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Space research and technologyAir Force · Scientific research and development services
  2. XONA SPACE SYSTEMS INC$5.6M
    BURLINGAME, CA · 70% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Space research and technologyAir Force · Scientific research and development services
  3. TRL11 INC$4.7M−100% in FY2026
    IRVINE, CA · 59% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Space research and technologyNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.