Oceanit Laboratories Inc.

Oceanit Laboratories Inc., doing business as Oceanit, is a Honolulu-based small business that operates as a prime contractor on federal research and development contracts—particularly SBIR and STTR awards—and as a recipient of federal grants in advanced materials, sensor systems, cybersecurity, and applied research across defense, energy, and civilian agencies. The company competes predominantly under total small business set-asides; 99% of its recent awards are primes, with a recurring posture of reserved small business competition across its portfolio.

Oceanit's customer concentration centers on the Department of the Navy, which accounts for the largest combined potential value across its top agencies. The Naval Air Warfare Center and Naval Air Systems Command together hold 44 awards worth $63.7 million combined potential value, while the Office of Naval Research holds 23 awards worth $47 million. The Missile Defense Agency carries $44.7 million across 11 awards, and the Air Force Research Laboratory holds 51 awards worth $25.2 million. The Army Research Development and Engineering Command rounds out the top five with 37 awards worth $21.4 million. Together, these five agencies account for 67% of combined potential value across the portfolio. Award volume by count shows concentration with Air Force Research Laboratory leading at 51 awards, Naval Air Warfare Center at 44, and Army RDECOM at 37, covering 46% of all recent awards. The dollars and award counts track closely, signaling a balanced customer base rather than a handful of large-dollar outliers.

Oceanit holds a single-award Basic Ordering Agreement with Naval Air Systems Command for SBIR Phase III research and development services through August 2028, providing a standing vehicle for Navy follow-on work resulting from completed SBIR phases. Five parent indefinite delivery contracts structure task-order work: Indefinite Delivery Contract DACA8302D0008 carries 18 task orders with no disclosed ceiling; HQ000606D0003 holds 6 task orders worth $16.7 million combined potential value; W9128A06D0004 carries 6 task orders worth $3.2 million; Basic Ordering Agreement N6833516G0028 holds 5 task orders worth $24.4 million; and W9128A08D0006 carries 5 task orders worth $1.7 million. The company also holds named SBIR Phase III delivery orders under the Naval Air Warfare Center vehicle.

Oceanit's capability portfolio spans applied research, prototype manufacturing, and engineering services grounded in its award history. Representative prime contracts include a $16.5 million Office of Naval Research Phase III contract for lightweight anti-corrosion nanotechnology coating and technology enhancement (awarded July 2024, performance through July 2026), an $8.9 million Naval Air Warfare Center delivery order for TRIDENT FIRE research and development (awarded March 2024, performance through December 2026), a $3.5 million National Institutes of Health definitive contract for the LYMPHOLAB PRODISCOVER KIT (awarded September 2026, performance through September 2029), and a $1.96 million Missile Defense Agency Phase II SBIR contract for passive autonomous vulnerability screening of systems outside the accreditation scope (awarded August 2025, performance through August 2027). Additional work spans biosynthetic aramid heteropolymers (Army RDECOM, $250 thousand Phase I STTR), shelf-life extension for perishable foods via MOF mapping technologies (Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, $1 million Phase II SBIR), CBRN ensemble cooling system control and status monitoring (Army RDECOM, $1.3 million), multi-octave high-power AESA development (Naval Air Warfare Center, $1 million Phase I), and directed energy systems including RF integrated circuit development (Air Force Research Laboratory, $1.65 million). The company also delivers on non-small-business-set-aside work, including an $8.9 million Naval Air Warfare Center delivery order and a $16.5 million Office of Naval Research contract, indicating proven capability to compete in unrestricted procurements.

Federal grant activity includes prime-recipient awards in agricultural technology, food safety, energy, and environmental monitoring. Oceanit received a project grant from the Department of Agriculture Institute of Food Production and Sustainability (August 2025) to develop cloud-based tools for automated root phenotyping in plant breeding, an Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition cooperative agreement (September 2024) to design MOF-based modified atmospheric packaging for perishable foods using metal organic frameworks, and a Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency cooperative agreement (April 2024) for subsurface sensing technology for power-lines undergrounding. Earlier DOE Office of Science project grants (February 2022) supported hydrogen-recovery from oilfield waste using arc-plasma reactors, metamaterials for geothermal well integrity, and network data correlation studies. A NOAA project grant (September 2023) funded development of hyperspectral imaging-equipped UAS for coral species detection and health monitoring.

Activity has remained steady over the past five years, with 23 awards in 2022, 16 in 2023, 23 in 2024, 19 in 2025, and 4 awards recorded to date in 2026; the 2026 count reflects a partial-year snapshot as of September. The company faces a recompete cliff of 21 awards (combined potential value $51.6 million) with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months. SCI-reported invoicing shows $3.6 million across FY2022–FY2025, with the highest annual invoicing of $1.1 million in FY2023 and declining to $597 thousand in FY2025; the SCI dataset captures service contracts above the $150,000 threshold and does not represent total company revenue or the full scope of research and development work. Government-paid rates on SCI-reportable contracts ran a median of $167.51/hr, with senior-level labor pricing reaching the 90th percentile of $226.87/hr. The company delivers its own work on SCI-reportable prime contracts with minimal subcontractor engagement (0% average sub-hours share).

As a small business, Oceanit competes in total small business set-asides across the vast majority of its portfolio; the company's award footprint consists almost entirely of primes (99%), positioning it as a direct contractor to federal agencies rather than a feeder to larger systems integrators. The corporate structure includes a subsidiary, Oceanit Holdings LLC, operating as a for-profit business entity. Oceanit's concentration in SBIR and STTR programs—reflected across 119 awards in research and development in physical, engineering, and life sciences (except nanotechnology and biotechnology) and 113 awards in the broader R&D category—signals positioning as an innovation-focused small business partner to defense and civilian agencies pursuing advanced-technology development and prototype manufacturing.