Maxentric Technologies LLC

Maxentric Technologies LLC, a Fort Lee, New Jersey-based small business research and development firm, operates as a prime contractor (99% of recent awards) on federal R&D contracts almost entirely set aside for small businesses under the SBIR and STTR programs, with recent activity concentrated across Department of Defense agencies in communications, sensing, electronic warfare, and advanced RF systems development.

Maxentric is a for-profit limited liability company competing predominantly under total small business set-asides across SBIR Phase I, Phase II, and STTR Phase I and Phase II vehicles. The company has executed 241 total awards with a combined potential value of $4.16 billion across 32 distinct federal customer agencies over the past two decades, with recent awards accelerating — nine in 2021 to eighteen in 2025. The majority of work is grounded in applied and basic research spanning physical and engineering sciences (118 and 85 awards respectively under those NAICS codes), with secondary activity in communications equipment manufacturing and nanotechnology R&D. Only $136.7 million has been obligated against the combined potential value, indicating that the portfolio is weighted toward high-ceiling research vehicles carrying significant unapplied balances typical of SBIR and STTR-phase awards.

Customer concentration sits heavily with defense R&D agencies. The top five funding agencies account for 65% of award count and 99% of combined potential value. Naval Sea Systems Command dominates dollars ($4 billion combined potential value across 12 awards) anchored by Maxentric's January 2025 award on the $4 billion Seaport-NXG multiple-award IDIQ running through January 2029. Air Force Research Laboratory leads by volume (72 awards, $50 million combined potential value) drawn primarily from SBIR and STTR Phase I and II work. Naval Air Warfare Center (18 awards, $20.8 million) and Department of Army research commands (41 combined awards across RDECOM and direct Army channels, $36.2 million) round out the active set. Maxentric also holds a $151 billion multiple-award IDIQ under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) vehicle awarded by the Missile Defense Agency in December 2025, though the initial delivery order carries only a $500 ceiling.

Recent representative work includes a $1.97 million SBIR Phase II contract from Naval Air Warfare Center for advanced technological solutions in defense communications (September 2025), a $1.7 million STTR Phase II award from Air Force Research Laboratory for RF power beaming circuits (July 2025), a $2 million Army SBIR Phase II contract under Topic A20-118 (August 2025), and a $1.3 million Naval Air Warfare Center cost-plus-fixed-fee R&D contract (November 2024). Maxentric also engages in medical and non-traditional R&D domains — a $250 thousand Defense Health Agency STTR Phase I award for underwater physiological monitoring (October 2023) and a $15 thousand FBI Academy purchase order for presence-of-life detection systems (July 2025) illustrate breadth. The company maintains a Basic Ordering Agreement with Office of Naval Research (no ceiling specified, running through January 2028) supporting Phase II SBIR task order placement and a Naval Air Warfare Center BOA for Phase III work (no ceiling, through October 2029).

Maxentric subcontracts minimally (1% of awards). Named sub work includes technical trade studies and device analysis under KBR Wyle Services to Air Force Research Laboratory (March 2024) and MUDLAN accelerated development phase contributions to George Mason University (January and February 2024).

Nine awards with combined potential value of $11.5 million face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing recompete exposure in the SBIR/STTR renewal cycle. Activity has grown steadily — eleven awards in 2022 to eighteen in 2025 — signaling sustained customer demand across defense research portfolios, though the high-dollar Seaport-NXG and SHIELD vehicles carry minimal near-term task order risk given their long-term contract structures and rolling admission mechanics.

R&D Services in Defense Electronics