Federal contractor · PLEASANTON, CA

VECTOR ATOMIC INC

VECTOR ATOMIC INC received $4.2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 6 awards (−57% vs FY2025). Since FY2018: $78.6M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($1.7M).

Obligations · FY2026
$4.2M
New awards
6
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
24%
UEI
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Parent company
VECTOR ATOMIC INC
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 948.1KFY2018
  2. 5.4MFY2019
  3. 10.4MFY2020
  4. 7.2MFY2021
  5. 12MFY2022
  6. 8.1MFY2023
  7. 20.4MFY2024
  8. 9.8MFY2025
  9. 4.2MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Army$1.7M40%
    2 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$1.5M36%
    2 awards
  3. National Institute of Standards and Technology$1M24%
    1 awards
  4. Missile Defense Agency$5000.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$3.2M76%
  2. Other equipment & supplies$1M24%

Where the work was performed

  1. Alameda County, CA$4.2M100.0%
  2. Madison County, AL$5000.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition24%
    US 39% · $1M
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions24%
    US 8.8% · $1M
  • 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 BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH (SBIR) III TITLED "SCALING MANUFACTURING AND AFFORDABILITY OF RESILIENT TIMING SYSTEMS (SMARTS)"$11M
    Department of the Army· Alameda County, CA· Research & development· Sep 20, 2024 – Jun 11, 2026· W911QX24C0030
  2. UNDER THE 42-MONTH MINIATURE ULTRA-STABLE IODINE CLOCK PROGRAM, VECTOR ATOMIC WILL DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE A LITER SCALE OPTICAL CLOCK. MUSIC'S SIMPLIFIED OPTICAL CLOCK ARCHITECTURE SUPPORTS AGGRESSIVE MINIATURIZATION, LOW-COST MANUFACTURING AND$6.3M
    Department of the Navy· Alameda County, CA· Research & development· Aug 28, 2024 – Jan 30, 2026· N0001424C1130
  3. OPTICAL CLOCK UNITS$2.1M
    Department of the Navy· Alameda County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 25, 2025 – May 29, 2026· N0017325P0003
  4. SBIR PHII TOPIC NUMBER OSD232-009, APPLICATION-SPECIFIC ELECTRONIC PACKAGE FOR A QUANTUM SENSOR AN APPLICATION-SPECIFIC ELECTRONICS PACKAGE THAT ENABLES LOW-NOISE MINIATURIZATION OF QUANTUM SYSTEMS.$1.7M
    Department of the Army· Alameda County, CA· Research & development· Apr 3, 2026 – May 14, 2026· W5170126CA166
  5. OU68-FY26-493-NEW OPTICAL ATOMIC CLOCK SYSTEMS$1M
    National Institute of Standards and Technology· Alameda County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 22, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026· 1333ND26PNB680429
  6. SCALABLE HOMELAND INNOVATIVE ENTERPRISE LAYERED DEFENSE (SHIELD) INITIAL ORDER.$500
    Missile Defense Agency· Madison County, AL· Research & development· Dec 19, 2025 – Dec 19, 2025· HQ085926FF260

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.

VECTOR ATOMIC INC received $0 in federal assistance in FY2026, on 0 actions (0 new awards).

Assistance · FY2026
$0
New awards
0
Actions
0

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 0FY2023

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 · FY2023.

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 · $139.5K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $1.3M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $12.3K received
  • FY2025: $0 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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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

3 companies · $2.5M reported

  1. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$1.3M
    BOULDER, CO · 3 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC.$850K
    VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 1 subaward · Other miscellaneous manufacturing
  3. CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$380.1K
    PASADENA, CA · 7 subawards

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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 8 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. MAXENTRIC TECHNOLOGIES LLC$24.6M−94% in FY2026
    FORT LEE, NJ · 2 entities · 62% 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+2 more
  2. EXPEDITION TECHNOLOGY, LLC$35.7M−21% in FY2026
    HERNDON, VA · 71% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development services+1 more
  3. UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM$31M−74% in FY2026
    ORONO, ME · 4 entities · 64% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · 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.