Picogrid, Inc.

Picogrid, Inc., a small business technology company headquartered in El Segundo, California, operates as a prime contractor delivering modular sensor integration platforms, autonomous systems, and command-and-control solutions to the Department of Defense across full-and-open and small business set-aside competitions. The company competes predominantly under Total Small Business set-asides—28 of 37 prime awards carry that designation—and has accumulated $981.7 million in combined potential value across 38 prime and sub awards since 2021, though only $32.2 million has been obligated to date.

Picogrid's core capability portfolio centers on its proprietary PicoGrid platform, a modular integration architecture optimized for rapid sensor connectivity and networked command-and-control networks across military operational domains. Representative named work spans defense sensor integration, autonomous systems prototyping, and battle management systems. On the Small Business Innovation Research front, Picogrid holds multiple Phase II and Phase III awards: a $9.3 million Total Small Business firm fixed-price definitive contract from Air Education and Training Command for the Platform for Active Protection and Reconnaissance (PAPR) program (completion July 22, 2029); a $2 million Total Small Business SBIR Phase II from the Department of the Army for a Low-Altitude Passive Detection System (completion September 19, 2027); and a $1.94 million SBIR Phase III from Pacific Air Forces for the Dispersed Interoperable Sensor Platform (completion November 30, 2026). Picogrid also holds non-SBIR definitive contracts including a $1.1 million Other Transaction Agreement from the Defense Acquisition Support Center for Counter Unmanned Autonomous Systems (CUAS) Modular Open System Architecture (MOSA) prototype work (completion February 12, 2027) and a $100 thousand definitive contract from the Army Corps of Engineers' Engineer Research and Development Center for PICOGRID ENTITLED LEGION, a secure modular integration architecture for networked sensor environments (completion November 9, 2026).

Customer concentration reflects overwhelming Air Force dominance. The Department of the Air Force (as a consolidated funding entity) accounts for $950.1 million combined potential value across 3 awards, anchored by a $950 million multiple-award indefinite delivery contract for Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) capabilities awarded July 26, 2023, with completion date May 28, 2025—a vehicle under which Picogrid has issued one $1.8 thousand delivery order to date. The Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory (AFRL) separately accounts for 21 awards and $15.8 million combined potential value, representing the bulk of Picogrid's active SBIR/STTR portfolio. The Air Force Air Education and Training Command contributed the $9.3 million PAPR contract. The Department of the Army, Army Research Development and Engineering Command, and Army Corps of Engineers together account for 6 awards and $3.2 million. Picogrid also holds a $151 billion multiple-award indefinite delivery contract with the Missile Defense Agency for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program (award December 29, 2025; completion December 28, 2035), under which a $500 Initial Order delivery order was placed on the same date. A Basic Ordering Agreement for Class IX supplies was established with Army Combat Command Warren on April 3, 2026 (completion April 1, 2031) with zero ceiling value.

Activity accelerated through 2023 (12 awards), then moderated to 8 awards in 2024 and 9 in 2025, with 3 awards recorded in the first quarter of 2026. Nine awards with combined potential value $11.2 million face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore carry recompete exposure. Picogrid's research and development footprint dominates: 28 of 37 prime awards fall under NAICS 541712 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences), with 21 awards coded to PSC National Defense R&D Services / Applied Research and 6 to Experimental Development. The company is a single sub-award performer, delivering SBIR Phase I work to Arete Associates on an Army SBIR Topic A244-016 requirement-definition and prototype effort (award October 15, 2024). Picogrid is also a recipient of a Department of Energy Office of Science project grant for adapting the PicoGrid platform as a Modular Operational Command/Control System (MOCS) (award July 10, 2023; completion September 9, 2026), representing dual-use civil-military application of its core platform technology. The ABMS and SHIELD vehicles represent the vendor's largest structural positions; ABMS completion in May 2025 presents near-term recompete or non-renewal risk.