Additive Monitoring, Inc.

Additive Monitoring, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, develops sensor fusion and in-situ inspection software and hardware for additive manufacturing processes, competing exclusively under small business set-asides and full-and-open procurements as a prime contractor. The vendor operates as a manufacturer of goods and R&D services provider, with a 100% prime-award footprint across eleven federal contracts and cooperative agreements totaling roughly $3 million in combined potential value.

Additive Monitoring's customer concentration is heavily tilted toward defense research. The Air Force Research Laboratory dominates the portfolio with six awards valued at $2.7 million combined potential value—spanning SBIR Phase II development, STTR Phase I research contracts, and production orders for in-situ monitoring systems. NASA's Shared Services Center accounts for three awards ($165 thousand combined potential value) for evaluation and cooperative development of Project Fringe, the vendor's core in-situ defect-detection system for additively manufactured aerospace components. The National Institute of Standards and Technology rounds out active customers with two awards ($115 thousand combined potential value) for fringe inspection software and topographic measurement systems. The top-three funding agencies cover 100% of recent awards, with the Air Force Research Laboratory representing 90% of combined potential dollars.

Recent capability work exemplifies the vendor's technical focus. A $1.25 million firm fixed-price purchase order from AFRL (July 2023, completion December 2025) covers in-situ monitoring for blown-powder additive manufacturing. A $1.18 million SBIR Phase II direct-to-Phase-II award from AFRL (May 2022, completed May 2024) funded Project Fringe USAF, a real-time monitoring system to qualify and certify additive manufacturing aerospace components performed in San Diego, California. A $149,724 definitive contract from the Shared Services Center (June 2026, completion December 2026) addresses born-qualified additive manufacturing for space using in-situ inspection under the FY26 SBIR Phase I IGNITE solicitation. A $90 thousand NIST purchase order (May 2025, completion May 2028) procures fringe inspection software and support services.

Activity has declined from four awards in 2022 to one per year in 2024–2026, with two awards (combined potential value $240 thousand) reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months. The vendor's NAICS footprint clusters on R&D in physical, engineering, and life sciences (seven awards) and carries secondary coding in measuring and controlling device manufacturing and software publishing. PSC concentration aligns with the award base: national defense R&D services and applied research dominates, with general science and technology R&D basic research secondary. All work to date is performed in Chicago, Illinois or San Diego, California, with no subcontract relationships or IDV vehicle participation in the source data.