A10 Systems Inc.

A10 Systems Inc. Airanaculus Division, doing business as Airanaculus, is a minority-owned small disadvantaged business based in Lowell, Massachusetts, that conducts advanced wireless communications and spectrum research for federal agencies exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. The company operates under total small business set-asides across its federal portfolio, with no subcontractor relationships in the source data.

Airanaculus specializes in spectrum dominance, cognitive radio systems, wireless communications, intelligent routing, artificial intelligence, and Internet of Things applications, with technical work concentrated on next-generation communications architectures for space, defense, and aerospace missions. Representative work includes a $2.5 million Phase II SBIR definitive contract with the Shared Services Center (awarded April 2026) for the Cross Layer Spectrum Aware Cognitive Control Plane and Intelligent Routing Engine (CLAIRE), a $2.0 million Phase II SBIR firm fixed-price contract with the Department of the Army (April 2025) on spectrum dominance and wireless technologies, a $1.3 million Phase II SBIR cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with the Naval Air Warfare Center (May 2025) focused on advanced communication and networking R&D including the FULCRUM project for lunar surface communications, and a $899,668 Phase II SBIR award from the Shared Services Center (July 2025) for Future Lunar Surface Comms Using Cognitive 3GPP Radio Access Networks for Ubiquitous Mission Success (FULCRUM).

Customer concentration centers on the Shared Services Center (NASA's administrative vehicle), which anchors the portfolio with 10 awards and $6.4 million in combined potential value (86% of awards by count). The Department of the Army follows with 4 awards totaling $4.0 million in potential value, and the Naval Air Warfare Center with 3 awards worth $1.8 million. These three customers account for most of the portfolio's $14.3 million combined potential value. Airanaculus has no parent vehicles or IDIQs; all work flows as definitive SBIR or STTR Phase I and Phase II contracts.

Activity has accelerated year over year — one award in 2022 to five in 2025 — with three awards (combined potential value $3.6 million) reaching completion inside the next twenty-four months. The company's award footprint is entirely R&D: 19 of 21 awards fall under NAICS 541711 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences), with work split between general science and technology basic research and Department of Defense military applied research.

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.