Ausim, Inc.

Ausim, Inc. (doing business as Ausim Inc.), a self-certified small disadvantaged business manufacturer of proprietary audio simulation software, operates as a federal prime contractor serving NASA and the Department of the Army with specialized aerospace and psychoacoustic research tools. The company operates exclusively as a prime contractor; it holds no subcontract awards in the source record.

Ausim is a for-profit corporate entity headquartered in Mountain View, California, and registered in SAM.gov since 2002. The vendor manufactures advanced audio simulation software for aerospace applications, with primary NAICS footprint spanning Custom Computer Programming Services (8 awards), Software Publishers (7 awards), and Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing (5 awards). Its work carries dual PSC coding across Information Technology Software (8 awards) and Space R&D Services classifications (3 awards), reflecting its position at the intersection of software delivery and aerospace research instrumentation. The company competes on an unrestricted, full-and-open basis; no set-aside designations appear across its award record.

Customer concentration is heavily tilted toward NASA. The top five agencies account for 83% of recent awards, with NASA Langley Research Center anchoring the portfolio at 13 awards worth $943 thousand in combined potential value. NASA's Shared Services Center has placed 9 awards totaling $243 thousand. The Department of the Army accounts for 4 awards, $377 thousand potential value. NASA Langley and the Army together represent roughly 79% of all dollar potential across the vendor's footprint.

Ausim's work centers on AUSIM3D software—a proprietary audio simulation platform for aerospace noise research. Representative prime contracts include four consecutive annual purchase orders (April 2023 through March 2027, each valued at $29.3 thousand) with NASA's Shared Services Center for AUSIM3D software maintenance, updates, and priority technical support serving the Exterior Effects Room psychoacoustic laboratory at NASA Langley and the Revolutionary Vertical Lift Technology project. All four annual renewals were sole-source procurements under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), reflecting Ausim's exclusive control of the proprietary technology and absence of commercially viable alternatives.

Activity remains flat across the past five years, with one award per year from 2023 through 2026. Only one award (the April 2026 purchase order, potential value $29.3 thousand) faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. Combined obligated dollars ($2.7 million) exceed combined potential value ($1.8 million), indicating historical overruns or amendments to initial purchase order ceiling amounts.

AuSIM implements audio simulation technology in advanced aural displays for simulation, information displays, and communications, increasing situational awareness and information bandwidth, while reducing operator fatigue in mission critical applications.