Top 100 Contractors in NAICS 541713: Research and Development in Nanotechnology, FY2025

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Rank	Contractor	Net obligations	Share	Trend
1	The Emmes Company, LLC Top agencies HHS (Department of Health and Human Services)	$26,737,745	8.3%	Rank history: #3 in FY2021, #2 in FY2022, #1 in FY2023 and #1 in FY2024; unchanged since FY2024.
2	The University of Iowa Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)	$19,079,167	5.9%	Rank history: #5 in FY2021, #1 in FY2022, #6 in FY2023 and #6 in FY2024; up 4 since FY2024.
3	Peraton Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$17,436,545	5.4%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #3 in FY2024; unchanged since FY2024.
4	Motiv Space Systems, Inc. Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)	$11,846,821	3.7%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
5	Peak Nano Optics LLC Top agencies Army (Department of the Army)	$8,250,000	2.6%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
6	Physical Sciences Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$7,416,480	2.3%	Rank history: #33 in FY2021, #24 in FY2022, not on the FY2023 list and #59 in FY2024; up 53 since FY2024.
7	Arete Associates Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy) DFAS (Defense Finance and Accounting Service)	$6,879,816	2.1%	Rank history: #43 in FY2021, not on the FY2022–FY2023 lists and #16 in FY2024; up 9 since FY2024.
8	Boston Engineering Corporation Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$5,805,893	1.8%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 129 since FY2024.
9	Charles River Analytics, Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$4,614,372	1.4%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #9 in FY2024; unchanged since FY2024.
10	Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)	$4,362,000	1.4%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
11	Battelle Memorial Institute Top agencies DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) HHS (Department of Health and Human Services) OSD (Office of the Secretary of Defense)	$4,043,952	1.3%	Rank history: #10 in FY2021, #7 in FY2022, #11 in FY2023 and #5 in FY2024; down 6 since FY2024.
12	Human Systems Integration Inc. Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$3,999,907	1.2%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
13	Umbra Lab, Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$3,834,567	1.2%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #98 in FY2024; up 85 since FY2024.
14	In-Depth Engineering Corporation Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$3,690,344	1.1%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #93 in FY2024; up 79 since FY2024.
15	Intellisense Systems Inc Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$3,499,915	1.1%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #33 in FY2023 and #91 in FY2024; up 76 since FY2024.
16	Greensea Systems Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$3,482,916	1.1%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #63 in FY2024; up 47 since FY2024.
17	Triton Systems, Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$3,423,639	1.1%	Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #40 in FY2022, not on the FY2023 list and #22 in FY2024; up 5 since FY2024.
18	Aerovironment, Inc. Through Bluehalo, LLC Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$3,412,891	1.1%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
19	Black River Systems Company, Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$3,356,499	1.0%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
20	Arctos Technology Solutions, LLC Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$3,220,865	1.0%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
21	Altron, Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$3,162,825	1.0%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #29 in FY2024; up 8 since FY2024.
22	Qortek Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$3,114,030	1.0%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #15 in FY2024; down 7 since FY2024.
23	Metron Incorporated Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$3,074,263	1.0%	Rank history: #14 in FY2021, not on the FY2022–FY2023 lists and #51 in FY2024; up 28 since FY2024.
24	Northrop Grumman Corporation Through Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation Top agencies DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)	$3,000,000	0.9%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #4 in FY2023 and #8 in FY2024; down 16 since FY2024.
25	G2 Ops, Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$2,961,508	0.9%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
26	Lockheed Martin Corporation Top agencies DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)	$2,616,216	0.8%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #10 in FY2023 and #26 in FY2024; unchanged since FY2024.
27	Texas Research Institute , Austin, Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$2,275,591	0.7%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #28 in FY2024; up 1 since FY2024.
28	Materials Sciences LLC Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$2,268,306	0.7%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #61 in FY2024; up 33 since FY2024.
29	Btech Acoustics LLC Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$2,238,653	0.7%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #71 in FY2024; up 42 since FY2024.
30	Skayl LLC Top agencies Army (Department of the Army)	$2,038,452	0.6%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #20 in FY2023 and #79 in FY2024; up 49 since FY2024.
31	MRL Materials Resources LLC Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$1,975,700	0.6%	Rank history: #60 in FY2021, #60 in FY2022 and not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; returned.
32	Senvol LLC Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$1,974,140	0.6%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
33	Perceptronics Solutions, Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$1,965,989	0.6%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
34	General Lasertronics Corporation Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$1,964,994	0.6%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
35	Big Metal Additive LLC Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$1,963,423	0.6%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
36	Mechanical Solutions LLC Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$1,961,779	0.6%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
37	Innovative Wireless Technologies, Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$1,948,078	0.6%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
38	Scientific Systems Company, Inc. Top agencies Army (Department of the Army) DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Navy (Department of the Navy)	$1,929,977	0.6%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #21 in FY2024; down 17 since FY2024.
39	TDA Research, Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy) NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)	$1,816,383	0.6%	Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #36 in FY2022, #25 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024 list; returned.
40	RTX Corporation Through RTX BBN Technologies, Inc. Top agencies DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)	$1,739,227	0.5%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
41	CFD Research Corporation Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)	$1,699,810	0.5%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 86 since FY2024.
42	Fibertek, Inc. Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)	$1,698,993	0.5%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
43	Moonprint Solutions LLC Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)	$1,696,264	0.5%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
44	Luna Labs USA LLC Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$1,603,048	0.5%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #25 in FY2024; down 19 since FY2024.
45	Creare LLC Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Navy (Department of the Navy)	$1,597,870	0.5%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #57 in FY2024; up 12 since FY2024.
46	Dynovas Inc. Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Navy (Department of the Navy)	$1,500,969	0.5%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #76 in FY2024; up 30 since FY2024.
47	Design Interactive, LLC Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$1,499,996	0.5%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #31 in FY2024; down 16 since FY2024.
48	Exoanalytic Solutions Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$1,470,367	0.5%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
49	Applied Research In Acoustics LLC Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$1,434,383	0.4%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #95 in FY2024; up 46 since FY2024.
50	N.p. Photonics, Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$1,419,440	0.4%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
51	Avathon Government, Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$1,347,918	0.4%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
52	Sri International Top agencies DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)	$1,332,674	0.4%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #68 in FY2024; up 16 since FY2024.
53	Sonalysts Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$1,280,834	0.4%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 83 since FY2024.
54	Dynepic, Inc. Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$1,249,906	0.4%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
55	Iotai Inc. Top agencies USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$1,249,801	0.4%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
56	Blacksky Geospatial Solutions LLC Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$1,236,661	0.4%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #73 in FY2024; up 17 since FY2024.
57	Elementum 3D, Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$1,207,355	0.4%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
58	Bnnt LLC Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$1,198,343	0.4%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
59	Barron Associates, Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$1,197,255	0.4%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
60	Overwatch Imaging, Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$1,192,061	0.4%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
61	Beacon Interactive Systems LLC Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$1,186,589	0.4%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #77 in FY2024; up 16 since FY2024.
62	Nanosonic Inc. Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Navy (Department of the Navy)	$1,179,999	0.4%	Rank history: #44 in FY2021, #39 in FY2022 and not on the FY2023–FY2024 lists; returned.
63	Pacmar Technologies LLC Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$1,170,102	0.4%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #24 in FY2024; down 39 since FY2024.
64	Deepsig Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$1,140,217	0.4%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
65	Stottler Henke Associates, Inc. Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Navy (Department of the Navy)	$1,129,777	0.4%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists and #39 in FY2024; down 26 since FY2024.
66	Programs Management Analytics & Technologies Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$1,081,770	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 92 since FY2024.
67	Monterey Technologies Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$1,072,236	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
68	PC Krause & Associates Inc. Top agencies Navy (Department of the Navy)	$1,035,396	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
69	Spectral Energies LLC Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) USAF (Department of the Air Force)	$1,019,855	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #35 in FY2023 and #96 in FY2024; up 27 since FY2024.
70	Ultramet Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)	$1,006,499	0.3%	Rank history: #81 in FY2021 and not on the FY2022–FY2024 lists; returned.
71	Shift5, Inc. Top agencies OSD (Office of the Secretary of Defense) USSOCOM (United States Special Operations Command)	$1,000,000	0.3%	Rank history: #48 in FY2021, #15 in FY2022, #15 in FY2023 and #30 in FY2024; down 41 since FY2024.
72	Opterus Research and Development, Inc. Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)	$999,751	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
73	Regents of the University of Michigan Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)	$928,373	0.3%	Rank history: #80 in FY2021, #20 in FY2022, #18 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024 list; returned.
74	Pacific Microchip Corp. Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)	$900,000	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
75	Advent Diamond, Inc. Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)	$899,999	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
76	Ai Biosciences, Inc. Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)	$899,999	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
77	Avisure International Inc. Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)	$899,998	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
78	Analytical Scientific Products LLC Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)	$899,998	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 25 since FY2024.
79	Brightlight Photonics, Inc. Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)	$899,995	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; up 25 since FY2024.
80	Envention LLC Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)	$899,982	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
81	Interdisciplinary Consulting Corp Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)	$899,967	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
82	The Innovation Laboratory, Inc. Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)	$899,954	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
83	Leiden Measurement Technology LLC Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)	$899,913	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
84	Amethyst Research Inc Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)	$899,714	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
85	Saaz Micro, Inc. Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)	$899,574	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
86	The Longbow Group, LLC Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)	$899,340	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
87	Spectrum Scientific Incorporated Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)	$899,102	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
88	Aerofly LLC Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)	$898,925	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
89	Lambda Metrics LLC Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)	$898,902	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
90	Vistar Enterprises LLC Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)	$898,642	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
91	Jackson Bond Enterprises, LLC Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)	$881,238	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
92	Solid Material Solutions LLC Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)	$849,999	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
93	Lairson Bruce Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)	$849,999	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
94	Virginia Diodes, Inc. Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)	$849,999	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
95	Branch Technology, Inc. Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)	$849,999	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
96	Spectral Sciences, Inc. Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)	$849,994	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
97	Polaronyx Inc. Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)	$849,994	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
98	M4 Engineering, Inc. Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)	$849,987	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
99	Optowares Inc. Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)	$849,974	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.
100	Vescent Technologies Inc. Top agencies NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)	$849,949	0.3%	Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists; new.

How this ranking works

• Source: every contract action FPDS records (as published on SAM.gov) in the period, as GovTribe received it.
• Amounts are net obligations: what was obligated, less what was deobligated. Shares are of $321 million obligated before deobligations, so they never pass 100%.
• Parent companies: each action counts under the ultimate parent its award record names, or under the awardee when it names none, so no dollar counts twice. Parents of the same name (Inc., LLC and the like aside) count as one company, since FPDS records a company's parent under more than one UEI over time. GovTribe corrects a few parents and names by hand; see the corrections.
• Fiscal year 2025 ran Oct 1, 2024 – Sep 30, 2025. The Department of Defense reports its contract actions to FPDS about 90 days late, so a fiscal year is ranked once they're in, in February, and the list doesn't change after.
• Rank changes compare with FY2024. "New" marks a company outside that period's top 500, and "Returned" one of those that was on an earlier fiscal year's list.
• Rank lines show each company's rank on every fiscal year's list since FY2021, #1 at the top, on a scale that gives the top of the list more room. A dashed stretch spans years it wasn't on the list. The step from FY2024 takes the color of the rank change beside it.
• Placeholder recipients FPDS uses when it names no company ("Miscellaneous Foreign Contractors" and the like) aren't ranked.

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