A10 Systems Inc.

A10 Systems Inc., doing business as Airanaculus, a minority-owned, small disadvantaged business based in Lowell, Massachusetts, operates as a prime contractor focused on advanced communications and cognitive networking research and development across federal civilian and defense agencies. The vendor competes exclusively under total small business set-asides and has delivered 20 prime contracts (100% of recent awards) totaling $14.1 million in combined potential value with no subcontract footprint.

Airanaculus specializes in cognitive radio systems, intelligent network routing, spectrum dominance technologies, and wireless communications engineering for SBIR and STTR programs. Representative contracts include a $2.5 million firm fixed-price definitive contract awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center in April 2026 for the Cross Layer Spectrum Aware Cognitive Control Plane and Intelligent Routing Engine (CLAIRE), with ultimate completion in April 2028; a $2.0 million Army SBIR Phase II award issued in April 2025 under Topic A244-068 for advanced spectrum and communications research, completing September 2026; and a $1.3 million Naval Air Warfare Center SBIR Phase II contract awarded in May 2025 for research on advanced communications and networking technologies including intelligent network slicing and policy-based routing. The vendor has also secured Phase I contracts and purchase orders across NASA, the Air Force Research Laboratory, and the Office of Naval Research, typically valued between $150 thousand and $300 thousand for proof-of-concept and feasibility studies.

Customer concentration aligns strongly with federal research and development customers. The top five funding agencies account for 85% of recent awards by count and 96% by combined potential value, led by NASA's Shared Services Center (9 awards, $6.1 million combined potential value), followed by the Department of the Army (4 awards across two organizational entities, $5.3 million combined potential value), and the Naval Air Warfare Center (3 awards, $1.8 million combined potential value). The vendor serves eight distinct customer agencies overall. Activity has grown from one award in 2022 to five in 2025, though the portfolio remains concentrated in small-dollar research contracts. Four awards carrying $7.4 million in combined potential value face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and will require recompete action.

The vendor's work centers on NAICS 541712 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences), with performance delivered from its Lowell, Massachusetts facility. Airanaculus' portfolio spans cognitive 3GPP radio access networks for lunar surface communications, 5G-based space data transport design, wideband transceiver development, and intelligent network slicing architectures — capabilities positioned at the intersection of aerospace, defense, and spectrum research priorities.

A10 Systems LLC Dba: AiRANACULUS is a Massachusetts based company that has deep experience in creating innovative and path-breaking technologies for our customers in commercial and defense research and development. More than 20 years of experience in creating innovative and path-breaking technologies for our customers, the company engages in all aspects of an R&D project, from concept, design, and development to prototyping. Our domain expertise is in the area of autonomy, spectrum dominance awareness and sharing, wireless communications; radar, electronic warfare, signals intelligence, intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance; zero trust architectures, and critical infrastructure, including smart grid and industrial internet of things. We leverage advances in technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, edge computing, network slicing, quantum computing, distributed ledger / blockchain and game theory to solve challenging problems.