Kestrel Corp
Albuquerque, NM
- UEI
- LYPNF1N75RA9
- CAGE
- 0ZD31
- SAM.gov registration
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Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
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- 334413 Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing
- 334511 Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
- 334513 Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables
- 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- 334519 Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing
- 339112 Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing
- 541420 Industrial Design Services
- 541714 Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology)
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 3815 Osuna Rd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109, USA
- Website
- kestrelcorp.com
- Founded
- 1993
- Employees
- 1-10
- Estimated annual revenue
- $0-$1M
- Industry
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- Industrials
- Capital Goods
- Aerospace & Defense
- SIC code
- 38 Instruments & Related Products
- 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 | $500 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Missile Defense Agency | $500 |
Contract vehicles
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Grant awards
| Award | Agency | Obligated | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retinal image enhancement based on the human visual system | National Institutes of Health | $100,116 | |
| 2D biomedical hyperspectral imager - phase II | National Institutes of Health | $439,438 |
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About the company
Kestrel Corp, a veteran-owned small business based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, operates as a prime contractor focused on defense research and development, sensing systems, and advanced technologies for the Department of Defense and related federal agencies. The company competes full-and-open, without set-aside designations on its largest vehicles, though prior work under the Small Business Innovation Research program carried total-small-business set-aside designations.
Kestrel's recent award activity centers on defense science and engineering. The company holds a $151 billion multiple-award IDIQ with the Missile Defense Agency called Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD), awarded December 29, 2025, with performance extending through December 28, 2035. The vehicle encompasses research, prototyping, systems engineering, weapon design, production, and test and evaluation across air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid defense domains, with an initial delivery order valued at $500 issued immediately. Earlier work includes a $1.7 million Air Force Research Laboratory Phase II SBIR contract awarded August 2021 under the Space Pitch Day 2021 initiative for two-year development of space technologies, and a $49,983 Phase I SBIR award from the Air Force Research Laboratory in November 2021 for enhanced situational awareness and airfield perimeter security sensing research. The source characterizes Kestrel's core capability as imaging and sensing products and systems derived from hyperspectral imaging, quantum state selection sensing, and space technology research.
Customer concentration skews heavily toward defense research and development. The top five customer lines account for 70% of award count and 100% of combined potential value. The Department of the Army Acquisition Support Center Joint PEO Chemical and Biological Defense carries two awards totaling $8.28 billion in potential value, anchoring the portfolio. The Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory represents the volume leader with thirteen awards worth $3.1 million combined potential value; the broader Department of the Air Force accounts for ten additional awards. The Department of the Army, the Missile Defense Agency, and the National Institutes of Health round out the active customer set. Award frequency has been episodic — two in 2021, two in 2025 — but combined potential value across all 47 prime awards reaches $8.3 billion. Work is categorized primarily under National Defense R&D Services PSC codes spanning basic research, applied research, and experimental development, with the plurality of awards falling under physical and engineering sciences research and development NAICS categories.
SBA capabilities narrative
Design and Research, Development and Manufacturing, Demonstration and Delivery of Sensors and Sensing Systems for multiple applications, including Materials Science, Biomedical, Chem-Bio Sensing, Explosives Detection and Identification, Stand-off Detection, Environmental Sensing, Contamination Avoidance, Remote Sensing, Forensics, Defense, Protection, Decontamination Assurance
Quick answers
Is Kestrel Corp registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Kestrel Corp's SAM.gov registration is active through February 28, 2027.
Which contract vehicles does Kestrel Corp hold?
Kestrel Corp holds a place on 2 federal contract vehicles, including JE-RDAP and SHIELD.
How much has Kestrel Corp received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $500 to Kestrel Corp in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
What is Kestrel Corp's most recent federal award?
Kestrel Corp's most recent federal contract award is Scalable homeland innovative enterprise layered defense (shield) initial order (HQ085926FG206), from Missile Defense Agency, on December 29, 2025.
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- IDV awards
- Contract vehicles
- Federal grant awards
- Subcontracting relationships
- Funding analysis by agency, NAICS and set-aside
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