Angstrom Designs Inc.

Angstrom Designs Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation based in Santa Barbara, California, manufactures specialized electronic and lighting systems — primarily programmable LED solar simulators, ultraviolet LED testers, and solar panel inspection equipment — for federal research and aerospace customers as a prime contractor operating entirely outside set-aside categories. The vendor holds a $395 million indefinite-delivery contract with NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center for flight and payload integration services running through February 2029, which anchors its overall portfolio value despite representing only one of 31 total awards.

Angstrom Designs' customer concentration is heavily weighted toward NASA, which accounts for 87% of awards by count across multiple NASA field centers. NASA's Shared Services Center represents 15 awards carrying $4.3 million in combined potential value — primarily purchase orders for LED solar simulators, replacement parts for the Programmable LED Solar Simulator (pLEDss), and UV light sources. The Air Force Research Laboratory follows with 6 awards totaling $5 million combined potential value, including a $1.25 million SBIR Phase II award for photovoltaic thermal runaway test capability (completion June 2027) and a $1.25 million purchase order for a rapid ultraviolet LED tester for space materials (completion February 2027). The Office of Naval Research has placed one $1.72 million definitive contract for solar panel inspection and testing services (completion November 2025). The two customer rankings diverge sharply: by award count, NASA's Shared Services Center leads; by potential value, NASA Armstrong's single $395 million IDIQ dominates, representing 96% of the vendor's total combined potential value of $410 million.

Work centers on solar-cell and space-materials testing infrastructure. Recent representative orders include a $399.7 thousand NASA purchase order for an LED solar simulator (Total Small Business set-aside, completion December 2026), a $27.8 thousand NASA Shared Services purchase order for pLEDss replacement parts (completion September 2026), and a $175 thousand NASA Shared Services purchase order for in-situ current-voltage measurement of solar cells on the International Space Station (completion August 2029). The vendor also holds a $45 million NASA Armstrong indefinite-delivery contract for payload integration services supporting the Flight Opportunities Program, though the source distinguishes this from the newer $395 million Flight Opportunities Program 4 contract.

Activity has grown from one award in 2022 to five in 2024, with two awards in 2025 and two in 2026. The vendor faces $2.9 million in combined potential value from three awards reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing modest recompete exposure relative to the portfolio's total value. Angstrom Designs operates as a 100% prime contractor with no subcontract footprint and competes full-and-open — none of its recent awards carry SBA set-aside designations, with the exception of SBIR Phase II awards designated as Total Small Business and one NASA purchase order similarly marked.

Automation, Instrumentation and Systems Design Engineering. Custom mechanical, electrical and software design, fabrication and testing to build automated systems, experiments and instruments.