Radiance Technologies Inc.

Radiance Technologies Inc., an employee-owned small business headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, is a prime contractor delivering directed energy systems, geospatial intelligence, cybersecurity, modeling and simulation, and signals intelligence analysis to the Department of Defense and intelligence agencies, with 94% of recent awards as prime contracts across a diverse customer base spanning the Air Force, Army, Missile Defense Agency, and DARPA.

Radiance competes predominantly in full-and-open procurements rather than set-asides, though total small business set-aside designations recur across several high-value vehicles including the $4.8 billion NOVASTAR IDIQ, the $950 million Agile Cyber Technology 3 contract, and multiple task orders under the OASIS+ Small Business and Design, Development, Demonstration and Integration (D3I) vehicles. The corporate structure includes subsidiaries Verus Research LLC and Radiance Microsystems LLC, with Verus Research positioned as a specialist in advanced research and development.

Customer concentration centers on Air and Space Intelligence: the National Air and Space Intelligence Center accounts for 173 awards valued at $6.62 billion (55% of the top-customer tally by count), followed by the Space and Missile Defense Command (48 awards, $3.15 billion), Air Force Research Laboratory (50 awards, $2.56 billion), and the broader Department of the Army and Air Force. The top five customers represent 55% of all recent awards by count but only 12% of combined potential value across the 652 total awards, reflecting a broad customer footprint with many smaller task orders balanced against several very large vehicles.

Radiance holds seats on multiple enterprise vehicles anchoring its pipeline. The NOVASTAR IDIQ (34 task orders, $301.9 million combined potential value) is the single largest vehicle by award count; a $4.8 billion indefinite delivery contract with the National Air and Space Intelligence Center for scientific and technical intelligence analysis, it has generated over 34 delivery orders since 2022 spanning High Frequency automation software development, geospatial intelligence analysis, persistent infrared processing, electromagnetic systems analysis, non-cooperative target identification, and multi-discipline intelligence support. Radiance also holds the $950 million Agile Cyber Technology 3 (ACT 3) IDIQ with Air Force Research Laboratory, a total small business set-aside vehicle for rapid development of cybersecurity capabilities, under which Radiance executed a $113.9 million delivery order for the URIEL program (geospatial intelligence network architecture research) on cost-plus-fixed-fee terms. The $4.8 billion Design, Development, Demonstration and Integration (D3I) vehicle with Space and Missile Defense Command has generated multiple six-figure and nine-figure task orders for directed energy systems development, including a $98.9 million delivery order for Manufacturing Advancements in Components for Directed Energy (MACDE) and a $97.4 million order for Directed Energy System Integration Laboratory (DESIL) work. Radiance also recently won seats on the newly established SHIELD IDIQ ($151 billion multi-domain defense vehicle, Missile Defense Agency, awarded December 2025), the AFSIM FORGE IDIQ ($85 million, Air Force Research Laboratory, multiple-award, awarded December 2025), and the OASIS+ unrestricted and OASIS+ Small Business GWACs (both GSA, awarded December 2024 with placeholder-ceiling values). Additional vehicles include the $46 billion Eglin-Wide Agile Acquisition Contract (EWAAC), the $32.5 billion Training Systems Acquisition IV (TSA IV), the $499 million Anti-Tamper IDIQ, the $249 million Joint Artificial Intelligence Center T&E BPA, and TETRAS and TETRAS II for test and evaluation services at Air Force range facilities.

Recent large definitive contracts demonstrate breadth across intelligence and directed energy domains. In April 2026, Space and Missile Defense Command awarded Radiance a $149.7 million sole-source contract for material, labor, and travel supporting the Reagan Test Site (cost-plus-fixed-fee through April 2031). In December 2024, DARPA awarded Radiance a $49.3 million cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract for SAFE-SIM Phase IV (Secure Advanced Framework for Simulation and Modeling), building on Phase III ($16.7 million, April 2023) to develop multi-level security-enabled modeling and simulation environments; subcontractors on Phase IV include Peraton Labs, Viento Modeling Simulation & Analysis, Dynetics Inc., and Carahsoft Technology. In September 2024, Space and Missile Systems Center awarded Radiance a $99.9 million Other Transaction Agreement for rapid prototyping and testing of cybersecurity solutions for detecting and mitigating vulnerabilities across defense platforms. In May 2024, a $98.9 million delivery order under D3I for MACDE directed Radiance to support development and manufacturing advancement of high-energy laser and microwave components, with subcontractors Lockheed Martin Aculight, Eospace Inc., Optimax Systems, and BAE Systems. In February 2024, Space and Missile Defense Command awarded Radiance a $91.2 million delivery order under OASIS SB for Space Directorate development support, bringing current and future global space, missile defense, and high-altitude capabilities with subcontractors Spirent Federal Systems, Ansys Government Initiatives, and others.

Activity has remained relatively flat across the last five years at 26–37 awards per year. Radiance faces a recompete cliff in the next 24 months: 22 awards totaling $601 million in combined potential value are reaching ultimate completion, concentrated in the NOVASTAR portfolio and Defense Intelligence Agency-related work. Service Contract Inventory data capture FY2022–FY2024 activity on contracts above the $150,000 reporting threshold: SCI records 8.8 million dollars in invoiced revenue in FY2022 (39.3 FTEs), zero in FY2023, and 38.6 FTEs in FY2024. Median government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable prime contracts ran approximately $110.30/hr, with the 10th percentile at $93.61/hr and the 90th percentile at $143.68/hr. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors performed an average of 6% of total contractor hours, with seven named subcontractors tracked in the SCI dataset; this low sub-hours share reflects Radiance's predominantly direct-delivery posture on service contract work.

Radiance's subcontract footprint as a sub to larger primes is modest relative to its prime position. Named primes receiving Radiance sub-work include Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (repeated multi-year INSITE Engineering Services sub-awards for intelligence systems infrastructure), Booz Allen Hamilton (high-energy laser and electro-optical systems integration), Leidos (sensor hardware and software sustainment), Peraton Inc. (ocean dynamics and software development), and others. Gateway Geospatial Group LLC and SRC Inc. are recurring subcontractors supporting Radiance's intelligence analysis work. Radiance frequently partners with Northrop Grumman, L3Harris, and Booz Allen Hamilton as subs on its prime contracts, particularly on NOVASTAR and DESIL efforts.

On GSA Schedule, Radiance offers 33 active labor categories ranging from Technician 1 at $52.22/hr (high school, no experience or clearance) through Subject Matter Expert at $287.25/hr (bachelor's degree, 25 years experience, no clearance required). The portfolio covers engineers, analysts, and technical staff at various experience levels, with no security-cleared positions offered through the schedule.

Radiance provides engineering, technology & prototype development, integration, testing, and operational support for commercial, military & intelligence communities. Specialties include FME, Directed Energy, Laser Lethality, OPIR, and ISR Sensors, and intelligence analysis.