National Spectrum Consortium Inc.

National Spectrum Consortium Inc., a non-profit subsidiary of Analytic Services Inc. (Anser) headquartered in Washington, D.C., operates as a prime contractor delivering rapid prototyping and advanced development of spectrum-dependent military communications technologies and 5G resilient systems to the Department of Defense and allied federal agencies. The vendor competes exclusively in full-and-open federal contracting—all 39 awards in the source carry no set-aside designations—and does not appear in subcontractor roles across the federal footprint.

National Spectrum Consortium Inc. specializes in prototype development and demonstration of advanced communications capabilities including secure 5G mobile ad hoc networks (MANET), phased-array telemetry receiver systems, containerized and airborne antenna platforms, digital fire command and control systems, spectrum management and risk-informed spectrum access technologies, and RAN-as-a-sensor millisecond-level spectrum sensing. Recent representative work includes a $26.95 million Other Transaction order from the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) for Project Omega Grappler awarded December 1, 2025; a $96.9 million order from OSD for Project Red Five awarded September 23, 2024, focused on advanced 5G resilient communications; a $50 million U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command order for Digital Fires prototype development awarded January 13, 2023; a $47.2 million OSD order for a Containerized/Airborne Phased-Array Telemetry Receiver (CAPTR) system awarded September 25, 2023; and a $26.3 million Office of Naval Research order for advanced dynamic spectrum sharing awarded December 10, 2025.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward defense innovation leadership. The Office of the Secretary of Defense anchors the portfolio with 27 awards carrying $676.5 million in combined potential value. The Office of Naval Research places 6 awards worth $102.2 million. The Department of the Army's Research Development and Engineering Command and Program Executive Office Command Control Communications-Tactical together contribute 3 awards totaling $139.1 million. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (a civilian agency) awarded a single $677 thousand firm fixed-price contract for multi-stakeholder spectrum policy forum support issued August 23, 2024. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency appears in the top-customer ranking by potential value ($2 billion), but this represents a single award—the broader Spectrum Forward Other Transaction Agreement IDV—which is the parent vehicle for nearly all National Spectrum Consortium work rather than a direct customer funding individual task orders.

The vendor executes nearly all work under a single parent vehicle: the Spectrum Forward Other Transaction Agreement, a $2 billion Indefinite Delivery Vehicle established by OSD in December 2020. This IDV carries 37 task orders worth $927.9 million in combined potential value across the 39-award portfolio. The OTA structure enables milestone-based prototype development with incremental funding mechanisms that manage risk during scaled development efforts. Performance locations span multiple domestic sites including Arlington, Reston, and Herndon, Virginia; Basking Ridge, New Jersey; Frisco, Texas; Plano, Texas; Summerville, South Carolina; and Beavercreek, Ohio.

Activity has grown from 7 awards in 2022 to a peak of 11 in 2023, with 8 awards each in 2024 and 2025. Twenty awards with combined potential value of $677.5 million face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating substantial recompete exposure through mid-2027 and beyond. The combined potential value across all 39 awards stands at $2.93 billion, with $672.4 million obligated to date (23% of ceiling).

Service Contract Inventory data shows minimal SCI-reportable federal service contract activity: one SCI record in FY2024 carrying $49 thousand in invoiced revenue, with a government-paid hourly rate of $1,323.29/hr. This sparse SCI footprint reflects that the vendor's federal work is structured as Other Transaction prototype development orders—not traditional service contracts subject to SCI reporting thresholds—and that National Spectrum Consortium operates as a specialized research and development organization rather than a broad-based federal services contractor. The vendor carries no SBA ownership designations (minority-owned, woman-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned, or other socioeconomic set-asides) and does not compete under set-aside categories across its prime award portfolio.