Ansys Inc.

Ansys Inc., headquartered in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, is a for-profit software publisher delivering physics-based engineering simulation and computational modeling software to federal agencies as a prime contractor (96% of recent awards) across full-and-open competition, with no SBA set-aside designations. The company operates as a subsidiary of Synopsys, Inc., alongside related entities including Computational Engineering International, Inc., Ansoft Corporation, Fluent Inc., and Delcross Technologies, LLC. Ansys' federal footprint centers on perpetual-license and subscription-based software for computational fluid dynamics, finite element analysis, electromagnetics, structural mechanics, and materials modeling—capabilities anchored to NASA centers, naval commands, and defense research organizations.

Ansys' customer concentration is heavily weighted toward engineering and research agencies. The top five customers by award count—Naval Sea Systems Command (389 awards, $36.2 million potential value), NASA Shared Services Center (205 awards, $20.3 million), Office of Naval Research (205 awards, $7.7 million), Naval Air Warfare Center (190 awards, $9.1 million), and Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (147 awards, $20 million)—account for 38% of all awards. When ranked by potential value, NASA leads at $57.1 million across 104 awards, followed by Naval Sea Systems Command ($36.2 million), with 128 distinct federal customer agencies served in recent activity. The company competes effectively in open competition across defense and civilian portfolios.

Ansys executes the majority of its federal work through the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract, which anchors 2,188 task orders worth $141.6 million in combined potential value—the company's primary vehicle for delivery orders to civilian and defense agencies. Secondary vehicles include Indefinite Delivery Contract 80NSSC22DA009 (201 task orders, $31.9 million potential value), typically used for NASA-wide task order work, and Alliant II (20 task orders). The $558 million GSA MAS contract, awarded in May 2023 and running through May 2028, enables federal agencies to procure Ansys software licenses, maintenance renewals, technical support, and training services on a delivery-order basis. Additionally, Ansys holds a $242 thousand Other Transaction IDV with the Army's Research, Development and Engineering Command for model systems and simulations supporting the Government's Synthetic Environments program, awarded September 11, 2024.

Recent activity has declined: 183 awards in 2023, 182 in 2024, 157 in 2025, and 81 in 2026, with only one award in 2027 visible in the source data. This trajectory suggests potential consolidation or award completion cycles. The recompete cliff shows 96 awards (combined potential value $19.2 million) reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing near-term recompete exposure and opportunity for competitors. Combined potential value across all 2,999 prime and sub awards is $1.1 billion; obligated dollars total $225.8 million (21% of potential value), indicating substantial unexercised contract ceilings typical of software licensing vehicles.

Representative prime work spans software licensing renewals: a $901.9 thousand firm fixed-price delivery order from Air Force Materiel Command's Ogden Air Logistics Complex (September 2026) for one-year maintenance renewals of existing ANSYS software licenses under GSA MAS; a $1.084 billion delivery order from Naval Sea Systems Command (June 2026) for ANSYS software renewal under GSA MAS; a $1.66 million delivery order from NASA for Strategic Projects consulting (principal consultant and project manager at Johnson Space Center, November 2025); a $580.6 thousand Other Transaction Agreement from Army Research, Development and Engineering Command for ANSYS CFD software (June 2026); and recurring annual ANSYS STK (Satellite ToolKit) software renewals at NASA centers including Goddard Space Flight Center ($1.048 billion, June 2026) and Ames Research Center ($274.2 thousand, June 2026). These awards reflect Ansys' business model: perpetual-license and lease subscription renewals, annual maintenance fee cycles, and occasional strategic consulting engagements.

Ansys' subcontract footprint names major primes including Peraton Inc. (space communications and navigation support at Goddard), The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (Dragonfly Extended Phase B mission materials support, Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Phase B, and Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe Phase CD software), The Boeing Company (B-52 Commercial Engine Replacement Program rapid prototyping and B-52 Radar Modernization Program engineering), Northrop Grumman Systems (Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent Engineering and Manufacturing Development software), BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services (ICBM Systems Directorate systems engineering and integration), Lockheed Martin (NGI AUR Development), Southwest Research Institute (Special Operations Forces dismounted maneuver and engagement technologies), CACI Technologies (modeling and simulation analysis under RS3 contract), Booz Allen Hamilton (research, analysis, and operations management), and Science Applications International Corporation (software lifecycle development for ANSYS SCADE). Sub-awards span software licenses, technical enhancements and customer support (TECS), and materials modeling support for aerospace, directed energy, and strategic weapons programs.

Ansys competes full-and-open across a broad federal customer base, with no set-asides characteristic of its prime footprint. NAICS concentration centers on Other Computer Related Services (2,029 awards), Software Publishers (759 combined across two NAICS codes), and Research and Development in Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (51 awards). PSC concentration shows Information Technology Software leading (1,276 awards), followed by IT and Telecom Business Application/Application Development Software as a Service (340 awards), IT and Telecom Business Application Software Perpetual License (207 awards), and Annual Software Maintenance Service Plans (182 awards). The award pattern reflects recurring perpetual-license and subscription-renewal demand across federal R&D and engineering organizations, with Ansys positioned as a critical supplier of physics-based simulation capabilities to defense, space, and civilian research missions.