Data Machines Corp.

Data Machines Corp., a for-profit corporate entity headquartered in Reston, Virginia, competes for federal research and development contracts in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and defense systems engineering as a prime contractor (81% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor on specialized AI research programs. The vendor holds no SBA set-aside certifications and competes full-and-open across defense and civilian R&D vehicles.

Data Machines' customer footprint is heavily weighted to Department of Defense agencies. The top five funding agencies account for 81% of awards by count but a more pronounced 100% of potential value by dollars, led by the Naval Sea Systems Command (2 awards, $4 billion combined potential value) and the Department of the Air Force (2 awards, $950 million combined potential value). The Office of the Secretary of Defense accounts for $249 million through a Blanket Purchase Agreement for artificial intelligence test and evaluation services. Despite high award volume, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency dominates by transaction count with 9 awards at $30.3 million combined potential value, a signal of repeated transactional engagement rather than large-dollar program anchors. The Office of Naval Research contributes $1.9 million from a definitive contract for Navy machine-assisted form generation.

The vendor's core capability portfolio centers on AI and machine learning research, test and evaluation, autonomous systems, and advanced engineering in support of missile defense and undersea warfare modernization. Representative prime work includes a $999,456 DARPA definitive contract for research services in commonsense reasoning, data science, and autonomous decision-making (awarded December 2021, performance through June 2025); a $1.9 million Office of Naval Research definitive contract for machine-assisted form generation (awarded February 2025, performance through February 2028); and a $249 million DoD Office of the Secretary of Defense Blanket Purchase Agreement for AI test and evaluation services (awarded January 2022, performance through January 2027). Most significantly, Data Machines was awarded the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) IDIQ in December 2025—a $151 billion multiple-award vehicle managed by the Missile Defense Agency with performance through December 2035, designed to support research, development, prototyping, systems engineering, and modernization across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threat domains using AI, machine learning, and digital engineering. An initial delivery order valued at $500 was placed against SHIELD in December 2025. The vendor also holds a seat on the Seaport-NXG IDIQ under Naval Sea Systems Command ($4 billion vehicle ceiling, performance through January 2029) with a minimum-guarantee task order valued at $500 placed in March 2025.

Data Machines' secondary vehicle positioning includes a GSA Federal Supply Schedule contract (awarded April 2025, performance through April 2030) with eight research and engineering labor categories ranging from Research Engineer I at $112.62 per hour to Subject Matter Expert III at $272.18 per hour, all requiring a bachelor's degree with no security clearance mandates, and an Information Analysis Center Multiple-Award Contract. Activity has accelerated sharply—one award in 2021 and 2022, one in 2024, but eight in 2025—though only one award (combined potential value $1.9 million) faces ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure. Data Machines holds four subcontract awards (19% of recent portfolio) supporting specialized AI research under primes including CACI Federal (Naval Undersea Warfare Center engineering and modernization work), Charles River Analytics (reinforcement learning with adaptive explainability subject-matter expertise), and George Mason University (accelerated AI development). The vendor operates two named subsidiaries: Goforth Scientific, Inc. (a Subchapter S corporation) and Seta-Ed Inc. The combined potential value across all awards stands at $5.23 billion, though only $32.4 million has been obligated to date—a 1% obligation rate reflecting the early-stage posture of large IDIQ vehicles and the Navy's recent awards.

The Future of Data-Driven Decisions Making, Now.

Data Machines is a data analytics company that specializes in designing, building, and using cloud architectures to engineer and share solutions to difficult problems in data analytics, DevSecOps, machine intelligence, and data science.

Data Machines core competencies focus on enabling and embracing rapid change in data science, computing, and security. We leverage current research and methods to adapt to unpredictable change and simplify complexities in data-driven decision making in order to increase effectiveness and lower costs for operators and users.

Data Machines is technology-agnostic and tackles complex problems in meaningful research with qualified and exceptional world-class data science, engineering, and management.

Data Machines has DCAA audited rates, is NIST 800-171 compliant, and has a TOP SECRET Facility Clearance Level (TS FCL).