Federal contractor · WAKE FOREST, NC
WIRELESS RESEARCH CENTER OF NORTH CAROLINA
WIRELESS RESEARCH CENTER OF NORTH CAROLINA received $1M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 11 awards (+40% vs FY2025). Since FY2018: $2.2M. Its largest customer was Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ($1M). It also received $1.1M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.
- Obligations · FY2026
- $1M
- New awards
- 11
- Sole-source
- 0.0%
- Single offer
- 0.0%
- UEI
- D5NKGWKD1L63
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 8.7KFY2018
- 25KFY2019
- 20.1KFY2022
- 0FY2023
- 373.3KFY2024
- 718.8KFY2025
- 1MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- 11 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Professional services$1M100%
Where the work was performed
- Wake County, NC$807K80%
- Arlington County, VA$119.1K12%
- Santa Barbara County, CA$82.5K8.2%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition0.0%US 39% · $0
- Sole-source awards0.0%US 30% · $0
- 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.
Largest awards
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Santa Barbara County, CA· Professional services· Dec 17, 2025 – Apr 29, 2026· HR001126FE013
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Wake County, NC· Professional services· May 8, 2025 – Jan 21, 2026· HR001125FE014
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Wake County, NC· Professional services· Jun 26, 2025 – Oct 15, 2025· HR001125FE043
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Wake County, NC· Professional services· Aug 11, 2025 – Dec 15, 2025· HR001125FE060
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Wake County, NC· Professional services· Aug 20, 2025 – Dec 11, 2025· HR001125FE061
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Wake County, NC· Professional services· Jun 26, 2025 – Oct 24, 2025· HR001125FE044
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Wake County, NC· Professional services· Oct 15, 2025 – Oct 15, 2025· HR001126FE006
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency· Arlington County, VA· Professional services· Dec 17, 2025 – Dec 17, 2025· HR001126FE014
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.
WIRELESS RESEARCH CENTER OF NORTH CAROLINA received $1.1M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 3 actions (2 new awards), +1,393% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 11.617 · Congressionally-Identified Projects ($1M).
- Assistance · FY2026
- $1.1M
- New awards
- 2
- Actions
- 3
- Since FY2024
- $1.7M
Assistance by fiscal year
- 494.5KFY2024
- 75KFY2025
- 1.1MFY2026
By type
- Grants$1.1M100%
Top programs
- 11.617 · Congressionally-Identified Projects$1M92%
- 10.351 · Rural Business Development Grant$91K8.1%
Awarding agencies
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Agriculture
Largest awards
- 11.617 · Congressionally-Identified Projects· National Institute of Standards and Technology· Project grant· Aug 31, 2026 – Aug 31, 2026· 60NANB26D044
- 11.617 · Congressionally-Identified Projects· National Institute of Standards and Technology· Project grant· Aug 30, 2024 – Jul 14, 2026· 60NANB24D155
- 10.351 · Rural Business Development Grant· Rural Business Cooperative Service· Project grant· Aug 25, 2026 – Aug 25, 2026· CLSS00000119607
Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2024–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
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
- FY2022: $0 paid out · $250K received
- FY2023: $0 paid out · $167.2K received
- FY2025: $0 paid out · $89.8K 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
3 companies · $506.9K reported
- SPECTROHM, INC$250KMC LEAN, VA · 1 subaward · Scientific research and development services
- CITY OF WILMINGTON$167.2KWILMINGTON, NC · 1 subaward
- ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 1 subaward · Architectural, engineering, and related services
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 3 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- INMAR TECHNOLOGIES, LLC$632.7KSEVERNA PARK, MD · 30% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
- CYBERMONIC LLC$2.4M−50% in FY2026MC LEAN, VA · 48% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency · Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
- CAPITAL FACTORY PROPERTIES LLC$9M−31% in FY2026AUSTIN, TX · 84% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency · Management, scientific, and technical consulting 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.
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.