IST Research, LLC
Arlington, VA Doing business as Two Six Technologies Part of Two Six Labs, LLC
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Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
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- 334511 Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
- 541330 Engineering Services
- 541370 Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services
- 541511 Custom Computer Programming Services
- 541512 Computer Systems Design Services
- 541513 Computer Facilities Management Services
- 541519 Other Computer Related Services
- 541611 Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
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- 541613 Marketing Consulting Services
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- 541720 Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities
- 541910 Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling
- 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- 611710 Educational Support Services
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Two Six Labs, LLC · Arlington, VA
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Two Six Labs, LLC · Arlington, VA
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- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 901 N Stuart St #1000, Arlington, VA 22203, USA
- Website
- twosixtech.com
- Employees
- 251-1K
- Estimated annual revenue
- $50M-$100M
- Industry
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- Industrials
- Commercial & Professional Services
- Professional Services
- Consulting
- SIC code
- 89 Services, Not Elsewhere Classified
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Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $65,023,625 |
| FY2025 | $42,591,112 |
| FY2024 | $68,617,015 |
| FY2023 | $47,693,587 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Air Force | $23,316,746 | |
| 2 | Office of the Secretary of Defense | $13,230,924 | |
| 3 | Department of State | $10,871,165 | |
| 4 | Defense Finance and Accounting Service | $8,090,773 | |
| 5 | Department of the Navy | $4,333,729 | |
| 6 | Washington Headquarters Service | $4,267,517 | |
| 7 | US Special Operations Command | $978,781 |
Contract vehicles
No active vehicles.
1 expired vehicle
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Contract subawards
| Prime contractor | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| HII Mission Technologies Corp | 47QFCA23F0036 | $268,561 | |
| HII Mission Technologies Corp | 47QFCA23F0036 | $268,561 | |
| Smartronix, LLC | 47QFCA24F0049 | $1,214,115 | |
| HII Mission Technologies Corp | 47QFCA23F0036 | $1,394,374 | |
| HII Mission Technologies Corp | 47QFCA23F0036 | $184,482 |
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Grant subawards
| Prime recipient | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York University | HR00112020047 | $309,409 | |
| New York University | HR00112020047 | $269,409 |
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About the company
IST Research, LLC, doing business as Two Six Technologies, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Two Six Labs, LLC, headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, that develops and deploys cloud-based intelligence and data-collection platforms for the Department of Defense through a consolidated Small Business Innovation Research Phase III indefinite delivery contract as a prime contractor on 86% of recent awards, competing exclusively in full-and-open, non-set-aside competitions with no SBA designations.
Two Six Technologies operates primarily under the IST PULSE SBIR III indefinite delivery vehicle (IDC 47QFCA20D0004) carrying 58 task orders with $349 million in combined potential value. The company's customer concentration is heavily weighted toward defense special operations and intelligence. United States Special Operations Command dominates the potential-value ranking at $530 million across nine awards, followed by the Department of State Bureau of Diplomatic Security at $105.8 million and the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command at $78.7 million. The top five customers by potential value account for 72% of combined potential value. In recent activity, the Air Force ($20.4 million across 12 awards), DARPA ($15.3 million across 10 awards), and Army R&D ($78.7 million across 9 awards) round out customer concentration by award count.
Two Six Technologies' core capability is the IST PULSE platform, a cloud-based software-as-a-service system for data collection, analysis, and intelligence operations supporting defense commands globally. Representative recent prime work includes a $14.7 million delivery order from the Air Force for Special Operations Command IST PULSE capabilities (July 2026), a $17 million delivery order from the Office of the Secretary of Defense for United States Marine Corps Deputy Commandant for Information PULSE capabilities (September 2025), a $28.9 million delivery order from Washington Headquarters Service for Strategic Capabilities Office work (April 2024), and a $23 million delivery order from Army Aberdeen Proving Ground for Army Cyber Command PULSE deployment (March 2023). Each delivery order is priced on a firm fixed price basis with ultimate completion dates spanning 2026 through 2028. Place of performance for the majority of prime work is Fredericksburg, Virginia, with select engagements in Germany, Hawaii, Florida, and other strategic locations supporting CONUS, OCONUS, and overseas operations.
The vendor's SBIR Phase III work derives from competitively awarded SBIR Phase I contracts (N00014-12-M-0115, D17PC00004) and SBIR Phase II contracts (W911QX-13-C-0173, W911NF-14-C-0031, W911NF-17-C-0014) originally sponsored by the Navy, Army Research Laboratory, Army Corps of Engineers, and Army Research Office. Two Six Technologies also holds a secondary indefinite delivery vehicle (W911NF18D0007) carrying 13 task orders worth $38.3 million. Activity volume has grown modestly — ten awards in 2022 to fifteen in 2024 and 2025 — with thirteen awards (combined potential value $96.8 million) reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure. SCI-reported invoicing on federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold totaled $40.1 million across FY2022–FY2025, with government-paid median hourly rates around $219/hr and a stable workforce of roughly 20.8 FTEs in recent fiscal years; SCI data represents a strict subset of the vendor's total federal revenue, as it excludes classified work, goods, and non-federal revenue.
The vendor subcontracts selectively. Recent named subcontractors include HII Mission Technologies Corp (software platform and subscription extensions supporting Joint Network of Engineering and Emerging Operations media monitoring for Special Operations Command), Smartronix LLC (C6ISR capabilities for Special Operations Command Pacific), 8-Bit Int LLC (a women-owned small business providing technical support on Strategic Capabilities Office work), and Authentic8 Inc. (software and managed attribution solutions). A source statement indicates Two Six Technologies "does not subcontract labor on its service contract work," suggesting the vendor builds its own delivery teams on core PULSE development and deployment but engages subs for specialized software, attribution, or media-monitoring services. Two Six Technologies also appears as a sub-recipient on federal grants issued to New York University for synthetic data collection, threat modeling, and corpora development as of January 2024 and December 2024, performing data-science and labor-intensive analysis tasks under academic prime recipients.
The vendor maintains no federal grant prime awards in the source data but operates as a sub-recipient on NIH or intelligence-community-funded research efforts coordinated through university prime grantees. Recent sub-grant activity with NYU (December 2024 and January 2024) involves providing subject matter experts, data scientists, UI engineers, and intelligence analysts to support data collection, annotation, and threat-model development on synthetic-content corpora and challenge problems.
Quick answers
Is IST Research, LLC registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. IST Research, LLC's SAM.gov registration is active through February 11, 2027.
Which contract vehicles does IST Research, LLC hold?
IST Research, LLC holds a place on 1 federal contract vehicle: SeaPort-e.
How much has IST Research, LLC received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $42,591,112 to IST Research, LLC in fiscal year 2025 and $223,925,339 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does IST Research, LLC rank among federal contractors?
IST Research, LLC ranked #11 in PSC B507, #19 at the Defense Finance and Accounting Service and #23 in PSC AC33 in FY2025.
What is IST Research, LLC's most recent federal award?
IST Research, LLC's most recent federal contract award is IST pulse sbir III do 58 darpasaf (47QFCA26F0037), from Assisted Acquisition Services FEDSIM (FAS), on September 30, 2026.
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