Nokomis, Inc.

Nokomis, Inc. operates as a small business prime contractor (99% of recent awards) providing advanced sensor research and development, passive RF-based detection systems, and defense electronics engineering to federal defense and civilian agencies, competing predominantly under SBIR and STTR set-asides across the Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Department of Energy.

Nokomis is a for-profit research and development company headquartered in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, with primary work in NAICS 54171x (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences) and PSC codes spanning National Defense R&D Services and defense electronics applied research. The vendor competes exclusively under Total Small Business set-aside vehicles — all recent prime awards carry this designation — and holds no WOSB, 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB certifications in the source.

The vendor's capability portfolio centers on passive RF-based target detection, identification, and geolocation systems; autonomous systems health management; spacecraft systems engineering; radiation survivability and hardening technologies; and cybersecurity for distributed energy resources and operational technology systems. Representative prime work includes a $9.379 million SBIR Phase II contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for passive RF-based target detection, identification, and geolocation for RF seekers (July 2025, ultimate completion September 30, 2026); a $2.998 million SBIR Phase II contract from the Missile Defense Agency for a Radiation Survivability Prediction model using unintended RF emissions (December 2023, ultimate completion September 15, 2027); and a $1.96 million SBIR Phase II contract from the Missile Defense Agency for Left of Launch Indications and Warning for Enhanced Battle Management capabilities (September 2025, ultimate completion September 29, 2027). Nokomis also holds maintenance contracts with the U.S. Coast Guard for IP-based closed-circuit television system support in Philadelphia, including a definitive contract awarded September 15, 2026, with a ceiling of $331,944 and ultimate completion September 14, 2031.

Customer concentration sits heavily with defense R&D agencies. The top five customer agencies account for 59% of recent award count and 68% of combined potential value, led by AFRL (35 awards, $31.4 million), Naval Air Systems Command Naval Air Warfare Center (14 awards, $17.4 million), and the Missile Defense Agency (19 awards, $17.4 million). Army Research Development and Engineering Command follows with 14 awards at $6.1 million. NASA Shared Services Center has placed 10 awards worth $4 million. The two rankings align closely; AFRL dominates both volume and dollars. Nokomis also holds a Basic Ordering Agreement with Naval Air Warfare Center valued at approximately $7.7 million for SBIR Phase II work and an Other Transaction Agreement with the Department of the Army valued at $1,099,653.79 for vehicle protection technology task orders.

Activity has remained stable to slightly declining — 7 awards in 2022, 9 in 2023, 8 in 2024, and 8 in 2025, with 2 awards in 2026 (most recent September 15, 2026). Eight awards with combined potential value $13.7 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore face recompete cliff exposure. Combined obligated dollars across all awards total $115.2 million against combined potential value of $112.5 million, indicating invoiced revenue tracking near or above ceiling values.

Subcontract footprint is minimal — one sub-award under Bluehalo LLC for SLADES engineering studies on ultrasensitive collection technology integration on a small satellite (August 2024). Federal grant work includes two Department of Energy Office of Science project grants for cybersecurity monitoring: a $198,057 grant for in-situ cyber threat and tamper monitoring for electric vehicle charging infrastructure (July 2024, ultimate completion April 21, 2025) and a $198,070 grant for emission-based monitoring for cyber threat detection of distributed energy resource systems (July 2023, ultimate completion January 9, 2024), both funded under CFDA 81.049. The vendor acts as prime recipient on all grant awards in the source.

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