Ombra LLC

Ombra LLC, a HUBZone-certified small disadvantaged and veteran-owned business based in Tampa, Florida, operates as a prime contractor (98% of recent awards) across defense research and development, providing advanced technology solutions in biometrics, artificial intelligence, sensor systems, space technologies, and weapons platform modernization to the Department of Defense. The company holds SBA certifications as a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) and competes predominantly under total small business set-asides in SBIR and STTR programs, with selective participation in full-and-open opportunities on larger IDIQs.

Ombra's customer concentration is heavily weighted toward defense research agencies. The top five funding entities account for 84% of recent award count; the Air Force Research Laboratory leads with 23 awards valued at $10.2 million combined potential, followed by the Department of the Army (5 awards, $3 million), the Army Research Development and Engineering Command (4 awards, $544 thousand), Naval Sea Systems Command (2 awards, $1 thousand), and Army PEO Intelligence, Electronic Warfare & Sensors (2 awards, $425 thousand). However, the customer ranking by potential value inverts sharply: the Air Force Lifecycle Management Center's Eglin Air Force Base dominates with a single $46 billion Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity award (the Eglin Wide Agile Acquisition Contract), accounting for 99.98% of Ombra's combined potential value. This split between volume and dollars reflects Ombra's heavy participation in SBIR and STTR Phase I and Phase II awards (smaller, research-stage contracts) anchored by a massive logistics vehicle.

Representative capability work demonstrates the breadth of Ombra's R&D portfolio. A $1.8 million Air Force Research Laboratory SBIR Phase II contract (awarded April 1, 2026, completion March 31, 2028) funds research activities without project detail named in the source. A $2 million Army SBIR Phase II contract (September 2, 2025, completion March 2, 2027) covers development of a mobile-based multifactor authentication system integrating facial, periocular, and touchless fingerprint biometrics for military environments. A $1.8 million Air Force Research Laboratory STTR Phase II contract titled RAVENSTRIKE (May 19, 2025, completion February 22, 2027) involves undisclosed space or advanced technology work. Smaller awards include $249,993 for MetaScan (a metagenomic sensor candidate analyzer for water contaminant detection, Department of the Army, completion November 12, 2026), $209,567 for VIGIL (voltametric ionic-gel interface for lethal-agent detection, Army STTR Phase I, completion March 31, 2026), and $149,830 for GAINS (Generative AI for Surveillance and Recognition Systems, Office of the Secretary of Defense SBIR Phase I, completion February 27, 2026).

Ombra's vehicle position centers on two IDIQs. The Eglin Wide Agile Acquisition Contract, a $46 billion multiple-award vehicle held since February 25, 2022, with performance through September 9, 2031, enables task orders for armament and weapons development, enterprise analytics, fabrication, manufacturing, and energetics support to Eglin Air Force Base. A single $1,000 on-ramp delivery order was issued April 29, 2022. More recently, Ombra was awarded a seat on the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program, a $151 billion multiple-award IDIQ held by the Missile Defense Agency (December 29, 2025, completion December 28, 2035), supporting multi-domain defense systems for detecting, tracking, and neutralizing air, missile, space, cyber, and hybrid threats. An initial $500 delivery order was issued December 29, 2025. Ombra also holds a Basic Ordering Agreement for Class IX supplies with ACC Warren (April 3, 2026, completion April 1, 2031) and a multiple-award BOA with Army Contracting Command-Redstone Arsenal for drones and drone components in support of Executive Order 14307 (January 12, 2026, completion January 21, 2031).

Activity has been volatile. Awards dropped from 12 in 2022 to 4 in 2023, recovered to 9 in 2025, and stand at 4 in 2026 year-to-date. Four awards (combined potential value $5.8 million) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure concentrated in SBIR and STTR Phase I efforts. Ombra functions primarily as a prime contractor; one sub-award appears in the source, a $500-plus task order under Leidos on a Sensored Soldier effort (Department of the Army, August 14, 2024 through March 15, 2025) for soldier platform sensing across formation operations. The category concentration is pronounced: 36 of 43 awards fall under NAICS 5417 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences), with PSC dominance in National Defense R&D Services (17 awards under applied research, 5 under basic research). The vendor's capability framing across contract descriptions emphasizes sensor development, biometric authentication, AI and machine learning integration, space technologies, and advanced materials—consistently grounded in small-business innovation programs rather than production or sustainment contracts.

Ombra is focused on providing mechanical engineering consulting in four key technical areas, Research and Development, New Product Design, Structural Analysis, Thermal Analysis