Federal contractor · WAYNE, NJ

VISION RESEARCH, INC

VISION RESEARCH, INC received $2.2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 13 awards (−39% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $43.1M. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($868.2K).

Obligations · FY2026
$2.2M
New awards
13
Sole-source
73%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
DVQBMN7BJ5K7
Parent company
AMETEK INC
Other than small business
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Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

Part of the SPECTRO SCIENTIFIC, INC company family: 71 registered entities, $40.4M in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. SPECTRO SCIENTIFIC, INCCHELMSFORD, MA · Family page
    $1.4M
  2. AMETEK AMERON, LLCBALDWIN PARK, CA
    $7.1M
  3. AMETEK PROGRAMMABLE POWER, INC.SAN DIEGO, CA
    $5.3M
  4. AMETEK SCP INCWESTERLY, RI
    $5.3M
  5. CAMECA INSTRUMENTS, INCFITCHBURG, WI
    $5.2M

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-10-05

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 4.3MFY2017
  2. 3.4MFY2018
  3. 5.8MFY2019
  4. 6.2MFY2020
  5. 3.1MFY2021
  6. 5.2MFY2022
  7. 5.5MFY2023
  8. 3.7MFY2024
  9. 3.7MFY2025
  10. 2.2MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Air Force$868.2K39%
    2 awards
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$692.6K31%
    3 awards
  3. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$353.3K16%
    1 awards
  4. Department of the Navy$200.6K8.9%
    5 awards
  5. National Institute of Standards and Technology$72.5K3.2%
    1 awards
  6. National Institutes of Health$61.1K2.7%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$1.5M66%
  2. IT & telecom$661.7K29%
  3. Equipment maintenance$94.3K4.2%

Where the work was performed

  1. Passaic County, NJ$597.7K27%
  2. Santa Barbara County, CA$508.3K23%
  3. Hancock County, MS$411.7K18%
  4. Greene County, OH$360K16%
  5. Hampton city, VA$250K11%
  6. Kern County, CA$89.8K4.0%
  7. Madison County, AL$30.9K1.4%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition73%
    US 39% · $1.6M
  • Sole-source awards73%
    US 30% · $1.6M
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • 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 Air Force$868.2K
    Department of Defense · 2 awards
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$442.6K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2 awards
  3. Department of the Navy$200.6K
    Department of Defense · 2 awards
  4. National Institute of Standards and Technology$72.5K
    Department of Commerce · 1 awards
  5. National Institutes of Health$61.1K
    Department of Health and Human Services · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. FY26 FETLV 3642TS 2ROPS/DOP FM9 PHANTOM CAMERA REPLACEMENT$508.3K
    Department of the Air Force· Santa Barbara County, CA· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 27, 2026 – Mar 27, 2026· FA461026P0017
  2. PHANTOM CAMERA SYSTEM FOR STENNIS SPACE CENTER (SSC)$411.7K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Hancock County, MS· IT & telecom· Jun 25, 2026 – Jun 25, 2026· 80TECH26P0011
  3. PROCUREMENT OF ONE (1) ULTRAVIOLET (UV) SENSITIVE HIGH-SPEED CAMERA (HSC) FOR THE AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (AFIT)$360K
    Department of the Air Force· Greene County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 12, 2026 – Feb 12, 2026· FA860126P0010
  4. THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO PROVIDE UPDATING THE HIGH-SPEED CAMERA EQUIPMENT FOR PROCUREMENTS AND BALLISTIC ANALYSIS OF AMMUNITION FOR THE OFFICE OF FIREARMS AND TACTICAL PROGRAMS (OFTP) FIELD USE.$353.3K
    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement· Passaic County, NJ· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 11, 2026 – Sep 11, 2026· 70CMSW26FR0000080
  5. VISION RESEARCH PHANTOM T2540 128GB MONO PURCHASE$250K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Hampton city, VA· IT & telecom· Jul 28, 2026 – Jul 28, 2026· 80NSSC26P1133
  6. PHANTOM HIGH SPEED CAMERAS SERVICE SUPPORT PLAN$179.7K
    Department of the Navy· Kern County, CA· Equipment maintenance· Nov 6, 2024 – Nov 12, 2025· N6893625P0002
  7. CAMERA AND ACCESSORIES$106.3K
    Department of the Navy· Passaic County, NJ· Other equipment & supplies· May 14, 2026 – May 14, 2026· N6893626P5207
  8. OU73-FY26-118-NEW - PHANTOM HIGH-SPEED CAMERA FOR AMMT$72.5K
    National Institute of Standards and Technology· Passaic County, NJ· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 7, 2026 – Sep 7, 2026· 1333ND26PNB730369

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: $560.1K (3 subawards)

3 primes

  1. LEIDOS, INC.$278.3K50%
    RESTON, VA · 1 subaward
  2. THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION$199.9K36%
    EL SEGUNDO, CA · 1 subaward
  3. ATK LAUNCH SYSTEMS INC.$81.9K15%
    CORINNE, UT · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $6M received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $1M received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $5.5M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $3.1M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $755.2K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $560.1K 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

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

81 companies · $656.5M reported

  1. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$303.6M
    FORT WORTH, TX · 683 subawards · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  2. RAYTHEON COMPANY$76.2M
    TUCSON, AZ · 365 subawards · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
  3. ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION$38.6M
    GROTON, CT · 135 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services

Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.

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

  1. KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES INC$78.1M+137% in FY2026
    COLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 8 entities · 28% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingArmy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing+4 more
  2. NEWVAC, LLC$52.4M−39% in FY2026
    CHATSWORTH, CA · 5 entities · 25% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingNavy · Other electrical equipment and component manufacturingNavy · Other chemical product and preparation manufacturing+8 more
  3. SYMETRICS INDUSTRIES, LLC$111.4M+6.5% in FY2026
    MELBOURNE, FL · 30% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingArmy · Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing+6 more

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

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.

Lobbying and PAC activity

Organizations in House lobbying disclosures and FEC records whose names an AI judgment matched to this company. Those records carry no identifier shared with contracts, so every match is by name.

Across the company family of SPECTRO SCIENTIFIC, INC (71 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • AMETEK, Inc.AI match · 100%
  • Amplifier Research Corp.AI match · 100%
  • AMETEK Airtechnology Group LtdAI match · 99%
  • Advanced Measurement TechnologyAI match · 96%
Lobbying · 2025
$130K
8 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$240K

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$40K
    7 reports
  2. 2024$40K
    5 reports
  3. 2025$130K
    8 reports
  4. 2026$30K
    7 reports

Top issues

  1. Defense17 reports
  2. Energy and nuclear15 reports
  3. Homeland security15 reports
  4. Trade (domestic and foreign)5 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES19 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE19 reports
  3. Defense - Dept of (DOD)15 reports
  4. Energy - Dept of15 reports
  5. Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)15 reports
  6. Army - Dept of (Other)2 reports

Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).

Lobbying firms hired

  1. Edens Advisory, LLC$150K
    15 reports
  2. ArentFox Schiff LLP$90K
    9 reports
  3. CAPITAL PARK PARTNERS LLC$0
    3 reports

Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Oct 5, 2026.

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.