Top Quantum SBIR/STTR Awardees

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.

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Top awardees — Top Quantum SBIR/STTR Awardees

RankFirmTotal $ awardedAwards Top agencyTop technologyMost recent
1 AOSENSE, INC. $12,189,413 3 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Quantum 2026
2 ADVANCED RESEARCH, INC. $3,699,754 3 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Quantum 2026
3 FIELDLINE INDUSTRIES INC $2,094,952 1 Department of Defense Quantum 2026
4 FUCELTECH INC $2,094,943 1 Department of Defense Quantum 2026
5 AELUMA, INC. $2,051,599 1 Department of Defense Quantum 2026
6 MESA QUANTUM SYSTEMS, INC. $2,040,549 1 Department of Defense Quantum 2026
7 HYPRES INC $1,999,895 1 Department of Defense Quantum 2026
8 VECTOR ATOMIC INC $1,700,005 1 Department of Defense Sensors & Sensor Fusion 2026
9 EXCELLERIX, LLC $1,699,943 1 Department of Defense Sensors & Sensor Fusion 2026
10 FORWARD EDGE AI INC $1,519,999 1 Department of Defense Space & Satellite 2025
11 MORPHOPTIC, INC. $1,499,702 1 Department of Defense Sensors & Sensor Fusion 2025
12 TWINLEAF LLC $1,299,675 1 Department of Defense Sensors & Sensor Fusion 2025
13 PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. $1,249,970 1 Department of Defense Quantum 2024
14 ADVENT DIAMOND, INC. $899,999 1 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space & Satellite 2025
15 QUANTCAD LLC $899,999 1 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space & Satellite 2024
16 PHASE SENSITIVE INNOVATIONS INC $749,991 1 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space & Satellite 2022
17 QUANTUMSILICON CLOCKS, LLC $245,859 1 Department of Defense Quantum 2026
18 STETH X MICROSYSTEMS INC $179,984 1 Department of Defense Sensors & Sensor Fusion 2025
19 ADVR, INC. $149,949 1 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Quantum 2025
20 VESCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. $149,922 1 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space & Satellite 2025
21 PLANETTE ANALYTICS INC $149,720 1 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space & Satellite 2025

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What the competitive landscape shows

The SBIR/STTR competitive landscape ranks the small businesses winning the most federal Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer funding, measured by total award dollars on record. Filter the ranking by agency, technology domain, program phase, or fiscal year to see who leads a specific slice of the market. Open any firm's awardee profile for its full award history, phase mix, funding agencies, and top technology domains — all free and derived directly from public federal award data.

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What is the SBIR/STTR competitive landscape?

It is a live, ranked view of the firms winning the most SBIR/STTR federal R&D dollars, built from public USASpending and SBIR.gov award records. You can filter the ranking by agency, technology area, phase, and fiscal year to see who leads a specific slice of the market.

How do I research a competitor's SBIR/STTR award history?

Open that firm's awardee profile to see its total awards and dollars, its Phase I vs. Phase II mix, which agencies fund it, its top technology domains, and its award timeline — all aggregated from public federal award data, free and without a login.

How does the 'firms like this' similarity work?

For a given firm we compare its set of technology domains and funding agencies against every other awardee using a weighted overlap (Jaccard) score, then rank the firms with the most shared domains and agencies. Sign in to see the full similar-firms list for any company.

Is the awardee intelligence data free?

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