Intellisense Systems Inc.

Intellisense Systems Inc. Division is a small business manufacturer and research and development contractor based in Torrance, California, that develops advanced sensing, display, and data analysis technologies for the federal government as a prime contractor on 98% of recent awards across defense, civilian agencies, and grant programs. The company operates exclusively under total small business set-asides across most contract work, with substantial engagement in the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.

Intellisense Systems delivers concrete capabilities in infrared sensors, machine learning algorithms, optical systems, weather observation platforms, digital display technologies, and specialized data analysis tools for military and defense applications. Representative prime work includes a $58.12 million Expeditionary Meteorological (EXMET) Phase III indefinite delivery contract with the U.S. Air Force (awarded August 2025) for procurement and fielding of Integrated Weather Observation Systems to replace obsolete tactical meteorological equipment across Air Force operations; a $50 million Phase III indefinite delivery contract with the Department of the Army (awarded November 2025) for development and production of a Bradley Digital Vehicle Distribution Box replacement system; and a $7.65 million definitive contract with the Air Force Aeronautical Systems Center (awarded September 2025) for Next Generation Nuclear Flash Blindness Protection technology development. Recent smaller examples include a $1.8 million definitive contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory (awarded March 2026) for atmospheric infrared transmission equipment under SBIR Phase II, a $1.4 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with the Naval Air Warfare Center (awarded January 2026) for research and development under an existing Basic Ordering Agreement, and a $1.397 million definitive contract with the Army Research Development and Engineering Command (awarded April 2026) under total small business set-aside for development of a multiplex agent/chemical identification detector combining infrared cavity ring-down spectroscopy with machine learning.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward Navy Air Warfare programs. The Naval Air Warfare Center dominates the portfolio: 81 awards carrying $7.2 billion combined potential value represent 48% of award count but 97% of combined potential value across the top five customers. The Department of the Army places 26 awards worth $80.2 million; the Air Force (across multiple commands) accounts for 110 awards across $164 million; and 60 additional federal agencies round out a 65-agency customer base. This concentration signals that Intellisense Systems anchors its business to Navy R&D relationships while maintaining broad DoD and civilian agency engagement through distributed smaller awards. The top parent vehicle is Indefinite Delivery Contract FA862917D2505 (an Air Force Medical Command vehicle), supporting 44 task orders valued at $24.2 million.

Activity has declined modestly year over year—from 68 awards in 2022 to 7 through April 2026—but the value concentration masks this volatility. The company faces a recompete cliff of 40 awards valued at $62.3 million completing within the next twenty-four months, a material recompete exposure concentrated in legacy SBIR Phase II/III vehicles and tactical meteorological contracts now entering fielding and sustainment phases.

On federal service contracts reported in the Service Contract Inventory, Intellisense Systems invoiced $3.7 million across FY2022–FY2024 (FY2022: $2.2 million, FY2023: $401 thousand, FY2024: $1.1 million), supporting a delivered workforce of roughly 2.2 FTEs to 1.0 FTEs to 1.7 FTEs in those fiscal years. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable prime contracts ranged from a 10th percentile of $11.40/hr to a median of $215.01/hr to a 90th percentile of $549.71/hr, reflecting a mix of junior labor, engineering, and specialized senior technical talent. The vendor delivered zero subcontractor hours across SCI-reportable prime contracts, indicating it builds its own delivery teams for service work rather than relying on subcontractor labor.

On the subcontractor side, Intellisense Systems performs specialized work for General Dynamics Land Systems (optionally manned fighting vehicle development and systems technical support), Lockheed Martin (C-130J aircraft systems integration), Bluehalo (flash and laser airborne protection and personnel protection against ocular threats), and Atlantic Diving Supply (weather sensor and meteorological equipment provisioning). This sub footprint is modest—13 sub awards across the full data window—and reflects Intellisense Systems' position as a specialized technology innovator feeding larger prime integrators rather than as a feeder for broad-based contract vehicles.

Federal grant work includes Phase II and Phase I awards from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for flood location and alerting software systems ($1.3 million Phase II, awarded August 2023; smaller Phase I in September 2022), and grants from the Department of Energy's Office of Science for hydrogen contaminant detector transition to production and augmented intelligence for microscopy informatics. Grant work is limited relative to contract volume and does not anchor the business model.

Intellisense Systems competes predominantly under total small business set-asides and SBIR/STTR vehicles across the DoD; full-and-open competition appears limited to a handful of delivery orders and specialized technology procurements. The company's competitive posture is anchored to Navy Air Systems Command and Air Force research-and-development vehicles, where SBIR Phase progression (Phase I feasibility, Phase II development, Phase III production) has created a sustained pipeline from research to fielded systems. Recent growth in large indefinite delivery vehicles ($58 million EXMET, $50 million Bradley) signals customer confidence in the ability to transition research outputs into production and logistics support, a critical capability for DoD modernization programs.