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.

1,731 firms ranked
$1,483,143,004 total on record
5,698 awards
23.8% 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	$41,046,809	78	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	$29,286,960	2	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2026
5	PARAGON SPACE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION	$22,010,214	31	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2026
6	FIBERTEK, INC.	$15,545,174	40	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2026
7	STARFISH SPACE INC.	$15,174,635	2	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2026
8	CFD RESEARCH CORPORATION	$14,715,687	68	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2026
9	REI SYSTEMS, INC.	$12,467,043	3	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Other	2024
10	AOSENSE, INC.	$11,237,029	8	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2024
11	TDA RESEARCH, INC.	$10,648,311	40	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2026
12	ADVANCED COOLING TECHNOLOGIES INC	$10,514,327	37	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2024
13	BUSEK CO., INC.	$10,393,790	40	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	—	2023
14	BRYCE SPACE AND TECHNOLOGY, LLC	$9,020,371	2	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2023
15	ADVANCED SPACE LLC	$9,011,576	17	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2026
16	NANOSONIC INC.	$8,357,037	50	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2026
17	PRECISION COMBUSTION, INC.	$8,034,484	18	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Power & Energy	2026
18	PROTOINNOVATIONS, LLC	$7,974,434	13	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2025
19	MOTIV SPACE SYSTEMS, INC.	$7,699,673	11	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2025
20	SPECTRAL ENERGIES LLC	$7,488,282	22	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2026
21	PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC.	$7,405,675	41	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2025
22	MAKEL ENGINEERING, INC.	$7,314,092	18	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2026
23	MICROLINK DEVICES INC	$7,198,106	25	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2026
24	ULTRAMET	$7,132,418	31	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2025
25	INTERLUNE CORPORATION	$7,043,204	2	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2026
26	Honeybee Robotics, Ltd.	$6,872,255	36	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	—	2017
27	CU AEROSPACE L.L.C.	$6,799,400	24	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2026
28	CORNERSTONE RESEARCH GROUP INC	$6,621,662	39	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2026
29	COOLCAD ELECTRONICS, INC.	$6,566,573	16	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2026
30	MENTIUM TECHNOLOGIES INC.	$6,527,297	4	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2026
31	SCIGLOB INSTRUMENTS & SERVICES LLC	$6,457,479	3	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2026
32	SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, INC	$6,303,375	21	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Autonomy & Robotics	2026
33	ENCAPSULATE INC.	$6,273,808	3	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Human Performance & Medical	2025
34	MOONPRINT SOLUTIONS LLC	$6,219,973	10	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2026
35	Flight Works, Inc.	$6,197,392	10	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	—	2023
36	BLUESHIFT LLC	$6,191,266	12	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2026
37	XIOMAS TECHNOLOGIES LLC	$5,936,468	5	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2026
38	LYNNTECH INC.	$5,666,941	32	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2025
39	AERODYNE RESEARCH INC	$5,620,765	26	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Sensors & Sensor Fusion	2026
40	SACHI BIOWORKS, INC.	$5,611,734	2	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2023
41	MOSAIC ATM, INC.	$5,568,440	35	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Modeling & Simulation	2026
42	Traclabs Inc.	$5,472,286	36	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	—	2023
43	FREEDOM PHOTONICS LLC	$5,441,689	29	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2026
44	ALPHACORE INC	$5,426,080	28	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2026
45	Intelligent Automation, Inc.	$5,386,322	36	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	—	2021
46	PICKNIK INC.	$5,276,497	13	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Autonomy & Robotics	2026
47	OPTO-KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS INC	$5,187,469	18	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2025
48	QUALTECH SYSTEMS, INC.	$5,136,679	23	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2026
49	APPLIED MATERIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, INC	$5,129,359	12	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Space & Satellite	2026
50	COSM ADVANCED MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS LLC	$5,086,758	2	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	—	2020

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