Ansys Inc.

Ansys Inc., owned by parent Synopsys Inc. and operating through named subsidiaries including Ansys Government Initiatives LLC, Ansoft Corporation, Fluent Inc., and Computational Engineering International Inc., delivers physics-based simulation and computational modeling software to federal agencies as a prime contractor (95% of awards) across multiple purchase vehicles, competing predominantly in full and open competition without set-aside designations.

Ansys' federal footprint centers on engineering simulation software licensing, maintenance, technical support, and consulting services. The company's concrete capability portfolio spans computational fluid dynamics (CFD), finite element analysis, electromagnetic modeling, thermal analysis, multiphysics simulation, and materials analysis software—delivered under trade names including ANSYS Mechanical, ANSYS Fluent, ANSYS HFSS (High Frequency Structure Simulator), ANSYS LS-DYNA, ANSYS STK (Systems Tool Kit), ZEMAX OpticStudio, and ANSYS Granta. Representative prime work includes a $993.8 million delivery order from NASA Glenn Research Center for software renewal (June 2025–May 2026), a $668.4 million delivery order from Naval Sea Systems Command for ANSYS brand software (November 2025–December 2027), and a $1.24 billion delivery order from NASA for perpetual AutoCAD and Thermal Desktop license maintenance across multiple centers (May 2025–April 2026). The Army's Research, Development and Engineering Command awarded Ansys an Other Transaction IDV valued at $242,000 for model systems and simulations supporting the Synthetic Environments program (September 2024).

Customer concentration reflects strong entanglement with defense and space customers. The top five customer organizations by award count account for 38% of recent awards: Naval Sea Systems Command (384 awards, $34.6 million combined potential value), NASA Shared Services Center (205 awards, $20.3 million), Office of Naval Research (205 awards, $7.7 million), Naval Air Warfare Center (186 awards, $9 million), and Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (156 awards, $20.3 million). By dollar value, NASA leads with $55.3 million across 87 awards, followed by Naval Sea Systems Command ($34.6 million), and Army RDECOM ($20.3 million). Ansys has served 128 distinct customer agencies in recent years.

Ansys' primary federal vehicle is the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract valued at $558 million, running through May 2028, which anchors the majority of the company's federal software delivery orders—2,175 task orders carrying $138.3 million in combined potential value. The company also places work under the NASA Indefinite Delivery Contract 80NSSC22DA009 (184 task orders, $30.2 million), maintains positions on Alliant II (20 task orders), and holds smaller delivery vehicles with NASA (80MSFC20D0004) and the Air Force (FA564121D0002). The company's software is procured across Information Technology Software (1,288 awards), IT Business Application/SaaS (315 awards), perpetual license software (202 awards), and annual maintenance service plans (183 awards).

Activity has remained stable year over year—183 awards in 2023, 182 in 2024, 156 in 2025, with 43 awards through mid-2026. Ninety-seven awards carrying combined potential value of $19.1 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing material recompete exposure. Ansys' total federal footprint across all awards (prime and sub combined) spans $1.1 billion in combined potential value, with $220 million obligated to date.

In its subcontractor role, Ansys delivers simulation software and consulting under major defense and aerospace primes including Lockheed Martin (NGI AUR Development, ANSYS ModelCenter Premium lease), Boeing (B-52 Commercial Engine Replacement Program, B-52 Radar Modernization), Northrop Grumman (Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent EMD), BAE Systems (ICBM Systems Directorate, ANSYS Mechanical Premium and CFD Premium leases), Booz Allen Hamilton (cyber operations and analysis), and Johns Hopkins APL (Dragonfly and IMAP space missions). Ansys also subs to university and FFRDC operations including MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Southwest Research Institute, Triad National Security (Los Alamos), and Peraton on NASA communications and navigation work. The company's subcontractor footprint reflects its positioning as a specialized software supplier embedded in large prime engineering and program management workflows rather than as a direct solutions integrator.

The company competes exclusively in full and open competition—no set-aside categories appear across the recent award portfolio. Ansys' federal profile is characterized by high transaction volume (nearly 3,000 awards), relatively modest individual task order values (most deliveries in the $25,000–$500,000 range), and deep entrenchment across NASA space centers, Naval warfare system commands, and Army engineering and research organizations. The subcontractor footprint and vehicle concentration signal that Ansys operates as a mission-critical software platform supplier rather than a systems integrator or prime engineering services firm, with federal customers integrating its simulation tools into larger program workflows.