Flight Safety Foundation Inc.
Alexandria, VA
- UEI
- ZJ8LKNZK3M45
- CAGE
- 1KVZ0
- Primary NAICS
- 541330 Engineering Services
- SAM.gov registration
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Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 1920 Ballenger Ave Fl 4, Alexandria, VA 22314, USA
- Website
- flightsafety.org
- Founded
- 1947
- Employees
- 11-50
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1M-$10M
- Industry
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- Industrials
- Commercial & Professional Services
- Professional Services
- SIC code
- 86 Membership Organizations
- Profiles
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $0 |
| FY2025 | $783,269 |
| FY2024 | $25,000 |
| FY2023 | $1,414,325 |
Contract awards
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Grant awards
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About the company
Flight Safety Foundation Inc., a nonprofit aviation safety research organization headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, operates as a prime recipient of federal research grants and cooperative agreements focused on airspace safety management, operational concept development, and aviation stakeholder engagement. The foundation competes exclusively in full-and-open federal research funding, with no set-aside designations across its recent award portfolio.
Flight Safety Foundation's federal capability portfolio centers on independent safety assessments, system engineering approaches to airspace transformation, and concept development for future aviation operations. Recent representative work includes a $549,782 cooperative agreement from NASA's Shared Services Center (awarded June 2026, performance through June 2028) to advance NASA's "Sky for All" Concept of Operations through stakeholder engagement, operational scenario analysis, and identification of capability barriers within the future airspace ecosystem; a $450,000 NASA research grant (June 2025, completion October 2026) to develop three scenarios for future airspace management specifying operational attributes of safety management systems, vehicle systems, and airspace elements; a $693,269 research grant (September 2023, completed March 2025) for concept development and path-forward analysis supporting future aviation operations and the Sky for All vision; and a $475,534 research grant (October 2023, completed May 2025) for initial safety assessment of digital flight operations. The foundation also holds a $145,000 fiscal year 2025 membership contract with NASA running through September 2026.
Customer concentration is heavily skewed to NASA. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Shared Services Center accounts for 20 of 32 total awards (91% of award count) with $3.6 million in combined potential value. The Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration holds six awards, with the Department of the Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, FAA Technical Center, and DOT Research and Innovative Technology Administration each holding one. NASA's share dominates both volume and dollar rankings — no secondary customer approaches material scale.
Activity has been episodic rather than sustained growth. The foundation received three awards in 2021, nine in 2023, two in 2024, two in 2025, and one in 2026, reflecting project-cycle funding typical of federal research grants. Three awards (combined potential value $450,000) complete within the next twenty-four months and face recompete exposure. The foundation operates exclusively as a prime recipient; it holds no subcontractor relationships in the source data. Combined dollars obligated across all awards ($15 million) exceed combined potential value ($4.3 million) by a factor of 3.46x, indicating that a portion of older awards in the portfolio have been fully invoiced and closed.
Quick answers
Is Flight Safety Foundation Inc. registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Flight Safety Foundation Inc.'s SAM.gov registration is active through November 10, 2026.
What is Flight Safety Foundation Inc.'s CAGE code?
Flight Safety Foundation Inc.'s CAGE code is 1KVZ0, and its Unique Entity ID (UEI) is ZJ8LKNZK3M45.
How much has Flight Safety Foundation Inc. received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $783,269 to Flight Safety Foundation Inc. in fiscal year 2025 and $2,222,594 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does Flight Safety Foundation Inc. rank among federal contractors?
Flight Safety Foundation Inc. ranked #27 in PSC U002 in FY2025.
What is Flight Safety Foundation Inc.'s most recent federal award?
Flight Safety Foundation Inc.'s most recent federal grant award is The flight safety foundation (FSF) will support NASA in advancing the sky for all concept of operations by engaging… (80NSSC26M0074), from Shared Services Center, on June 10, 2026.
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