Top SBIR/STTR Awardees — National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Research the SBIR/STTR competitive landscape: the top award-winning firms by agency and technology domain. Every figure is computed from public federal award records — free, with per-firm profiles and "firms like this" similarity.

1,617 firms ranked
$1,288,512,448 total on record
5,378 awards
24.6% held by top 25

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Top awardees — Top SBIR/STTR Awardees — National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Rank	Firm	Total $ awarded	Awards	Top agency	Top technology	Most recent
1	CREARE LLC	$38,816,382	74	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2026
2	ICON TECHNOLOGY INC	$34,214,441	2	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Materials & Manufacturing	2025
3	ASTROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY INC	$32,082,837	32	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2026
4	KATALYST SPACE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC	$29,800,000	1	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2025
5	FIBERTEK, INC.	$15,320,180	39	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2025
6	CFD RESEARCH CORPORATION	$14,715,687	68	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2026
7	AOSENSE, INC.	$11,237,029	8	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2024
8	REI SYSTEMS, INC.	$11,097,947	3	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Other	2024
9	ADVANCED COOLING TECHNOLOGIES INC	$10,514,327	37	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2024
10	BUSEK CO., INC.	$10,393,790	40	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	—	2023
11	TDA RESEARCH, INC.	$10,198,878	38	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2025
12	BRYCE SPACE AND TECHNOLOGY, LLC	$8,152,507	2	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2023
13	PROTOINNOVATIONS, LLC	$7,974,434	13	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2025
14	PRECISION COMBUSTION, INC.	$7,809,529	17	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Power & Energy	2025
15	MOTIV SPACE SYSTEMS, INC.	$7,576,162	10	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2025
16	PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC.	$7,405,675	41	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2025
17	ULTRAMET	$7,132,418	31	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2025
18	INTERLUNE CORPORATION	$7,043,204	2	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2026
19	Honeybee Robotics, Ltd.	$6,872,255	36	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	—	2017
20	NANOSONIC INC.	$6,857,037	48	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2025
21	PARAGON SPACE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION	$6,621,646	28	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2025
22	COOLCAD ELECTRONICS, INC.	$6,566,573	16	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2026
23	CORNERSTONE RESEARCH GROUP INC	$6,396,663	38	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	—	2023
24	ADVANCED SPACE LLC	$6,296,183	13	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2025
25	Flight Works, Inc.	$6,197,392	10	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	—	2023
26	CU AEROSPACE L.L.C.	$6,074,430	22	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2023
27	MAKEL ENGINEERING, INC.	$6,039,133	17	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2025
28	MICROLINK DEVICES INC	$5,923,106	24	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2025
29	MENTIUM TECHNOLOGIES INC.	$5,861,024	3	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2023
30	LYNNTECH INC.	$5,666,941	32	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2025
31	SACHI BIOWORKS, INC.	$5,611,734	2	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2023
32	Traclabs Inc.	$5,472,286	36	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	—	2023
33	AERODYNE RESEARCH INC	$5,395,955	25	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Sensors & Sensor Fusion	2025
34	Intelligent Automation, Inc.	$5,386,322	36	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	—	2021
35	XIOMAS TECHNOLOGIES LLC	$5,349,749	4	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	—	2022
36	MOSAIC ATM, INC.	$5,343,561	34	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	—	2022
37	SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, INC	$5,228,684	19	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Autonomy & Robotics	2025
38	ALPHACORE INC	$5,201,151	27	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2025
39	OPTO-KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS INC	$5,187,469	18	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2025
40	SCIGLOB INSTRUMENTS & SERVICES LLC	$5,182,859	2	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2023
41	SPECTRAL ENERGIES LLC	$5,115,381	20	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2026
42	COSM ADVANCED MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS LLC	$5,086,758	2	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	—	2020
43	BARRON ASSOCIATES, INC.	$5,036,419	21	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	—	2023
44	VISTA PHOTONICS, INC	$4,941,282	5	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2025
45	FREEDOM PHOTONICS LLC	$4,841,710	28	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2025
46	Peregrine Falcon Corporation	$4,585,696	9	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	—	2020
47	CISLUNE INC	$4,499,473	10	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2026
48	ATSP Innovations, Inc.	$4,479,414	11	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	—	2023
49	BLUESHIFT LLC	$4,416,358	10	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2026
50	ADVR, INC.	$4,372,636	28	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Quantum	2025

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