Nokomis, Inc.

Nokomis, Inc., a for-profit research and development company based in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, operates as a prime contractor (99% of recent awards) delivering advanced sensing technologies, radio frequency detection systems, and defense-related R&D across Department of Defense and civilian federal agencies exclusively under total small business set-asides. The firm competes predominantly through SBIR and STTR programs, with all recent prime awards carrying the total small business designation.

The customer concentration is heavily weighted to defense R&D agencies. The top five funding entities account for 60% of award volume: the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory (35 awards, $31.4 million combined potential value), the DOD Missile Defense Agency (19 awards, $17.4 million), the Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command Naval Air Warfare Center (14 awards, $17.4 million), the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command (14 awards, $6.1 million), and NASA Shared Services Center (10 awards, $4 million). The top three customers by dollars tracked closely with volume rankings, indicating consistent deal sizing across the Air Force Research Laboratory, MDA, and NAVAIR, which together represent the anchor customer set.

Nokomis' capability portfolio centers on passive RF-based target detection, identification, and geolocation systems; radiation survivability assessment and prediction modeling; autonomous systems and health management; cybersecurity and threat monitoring for energy infrastructure; and advanced sensing electronics. Representative work includes a $9.38 million Phase II SBIR delivery with the Air Force Research Laboratory for passive RF target detection, identification, and geolocation for RF seekers (ultimate completion September 2026); a $2 million Phase II SBIR with the Missile Defense Agency for Left of Launch Indications and Warning for Enhanced Battle Management (completion September 2027); a $2.998 million Phase II SBIR/STTR with MDA for a Radiation Survivability Prediction model using unintended RF emissions (completion September 2027); a $1.9 million Phase II SBIR with the Department of the Army for RF-based counter-surveillance capabilities (completion October 2026); and a $1.8 million Phase II SBIR with the Air Force Research Laboratory for Cooperative Integrated Processing System (CIPS) enhancement for space missions (completion December 2026). Nokomis also holds a single-award Basic Ordering Agreement with NAVAIR valued at approximately $7.7 million supporting Phase II SBIR projects, which has generated three delivery orders totaling that amount. Recent awards also include an O&M contract with the U.S. Coast Guard for CCTV system maintenance at USCG Sector Delaware Bay ($61,954.64, completion September 2026) and two non-set-aside purchases from the Defense Microelectronics Activity for electromagnetic signature analysis totaling approximately $256 thousand.

Activity has remained relatively flat year over year, ranging from 7 to 9 awards annually between 2022 and 2025, with only one award recorded in 2026 to date. Eleven awards with combined potential value of $25 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing significant recompete exposure across Air Force Research Laboratory, Missile Defense Agency, and Department of the Army programs. Nokomis holds two named indefinite delivery vehicles: a Basic Ordering Agreement with NAVAIR (N6833521G0031) valued at $7.7 million supporting Phase II SBIR work, and an Indefinite Delivery Contract (FA945112D0201) with the Air Force Research Laboratory valued at $498 thousand. The firm's subcontract footprint is minimal — one sub-award to Bluehalo LLC in August 2024 for satellite-integration engineering studies — and the vendor operates predominantly as a prime across all tracked work.

Federal grant work includes two recipients of project grants from the Department of Energy Office of Science (CFDA 81.049): $198,057 awarded July 2024 for in-situ cyber threat and tamper monitoring for electric vehicle charging infrastructure (completion April 2025), and $198,070 awarded July 2023 for emission-based monitoring for cyber threat detection of distributed energy resource systems (completion January 2024). The awards ground Nokomis' capability expansion into critical infrastructure cybersecurity, extending the RF-detection and sensor expertise into the civilian energy sector.

The vendor's award portfolio clusters heavily in applied research and exploratory development across physical sciences and engineering, with 68 awards (44% of tracked prime awards) falling under NAICS 541710 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences) and 64 awards under the comparable engineering R&D category. The PSC coding reflects the defense orientation: 17 awards carry National Defense R&D Services military applied-research coding, and 13 are classified as R&D for defense electronics and communications equipment. All recent work is performed at the Charleroi facility, with no identified subordinate locations or OCONUS operations.

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