Red Balloon Security, Inc.
New York, NY
- UEI
- M3HHLMBESDY4
- CAGE
- 6TM83
- Primary NAICS
- 541512 Computer Systems Design Services
- SAM.gov registration
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Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 639 11th Ave fl 4, New York, NY 10036, USA
- Website
- redballoonsecurity.com
- Founded
- 2011
- Employees
- 11-50
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1M-$10M
- Industry
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- Information Technology
- Software & Services
- Internet Software & Services
- SIC code
- 73 Business Services
- Profiles
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
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Capability statement
Red Balloon Security is a specialized cybersecurity firm delivering offensive and defensive capabilities for embedded systems, firmware, and the hardware that runs critical infrastructure, defense platforms, and mission systems. We operate on both sides of the problem: hardware-aware red teaming, vulnerability research, reverse engineering, and adversary emulation on one side; firmware hardening, FPGA assurance, secure boot and attestation analysis, and supply-chain integrity on the other. The offensive work makes the defensive work credible - we know how embedded systems break because we break them.
Our team supports federal agencies, defense primes, and device manufacturers across DoD, IC, and critical infrastructure sectors. Small team, senior talent, hardware-deep - built for the problems conventional cybersecurity providers can't reach.
Teaming interest
Prime Contracting, Subcontracting
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $4,126,375 |
| FY2025 | $2,445,510 |
| FY2024 | $3,628,440 |
| FY2023 | $3,309,573 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | $1,803,735 | |
| 2 | Department of Health and Human Services | $1,172,640 | |
| 3 | Department of the Army | $1,150,000 |
Contract vehicles
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Contract subawards
| Prime contractor | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peraton Labs Inc. | HR001121C0196 | $2,349,755 |
Grant awards
| Award | Agency | Obligated | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| NSF convergence accelerator track g: building resilient and secure 5G systems (brass) -5G wireless communications… | National Science Foundation | $682,189 |
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About the company
Red Balloon Security, Inc., a small business headquartered in New York, delivers firmware security, embedded systems protection, and vulnerability analysis services to federal agencies primarily as a prime contractor (97% of recent awards) competing largely on full-and-open and small-business set-aside vehicles rather than 8(a) or other restricted categories.
Red Balloon Security's capability portfolio centers on firmware reverse engineering, hardware-software security assessment, automated vulnerability analysis, and cryptographic hardening of embedded control systems across defense and civilian critical infrastructure. Representative prime work includes a $6.51 million DARPA cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded March 25, 2024, for the BETTER PROVERS program (proof engineering and formal verification integration), a $3.97 million DARPA SBIR Phase II contract (September 2022) for the HASH program (hardware augmentation for aircraft system hardening), a $1.77 million DARPA SBIR Phase II contract (June 2023) for the Robotic Analysis System for Physically Uncovering the Technology Inside (physical reverse engineering), a $1.96 million NIH Other Transaction Agreement for the Healthcare Embedded Analysis and Remediation Tooling (HEART) program (September 2025), and a $1.15 million Army STTR Phase II contract (May 2026) for real-time cybersecurity systems in tactical vehicle firmware. Red Balloon also holds a $682 thousand NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships grant (September 2022) for 5G wireless infrastructure firmware protection.
Customer concentration aligns strongly with defense research and development. DARPA accounts for the largest footprint: ten awards totaling $21 million combined potential value (52% of the vendor's total). The Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory (six awards, $9.5 million) and the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (seven awards, $5.1 million) follow. The NIH and Army round out major funders; together the top five agencies account for 84% of recent awards by count and 98% of combined potential value. Red Balloon competes full-and-open on most DARPA and Air Force work while pursuing small-business set-asides on Army and NIH contracts.
Red Balloon holds a $1.88 million DARPA Other Transaction IDV for Reverse Engineering and Vulnerability Research (REVER) awarded August 2025 with no specified task-order detail in the source, and a GSA Federal Supply Schedule contract (Multiple Award Schedule, Special Item Number 54151HACS — Highly Adaptive Cybersecurity Services) valued at $475 thousand, valid through December 2029, supporting four labor categories spanning $201 to $474 per hour (Cybersecurity Junior Engineer through Cybersecurity Principal Investigator) with no security-clearance requirements. Red Balloon's recent activity grew from two awards in 2022 to five in 2025; two awards (combined potential value $7.7 million) face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore carry recompete exposure. The vendor operates as a subcontractor to Peraton Labs on classified DARPA research (December 2025 award) but the sub footprint remains minimal relative to the prime base.
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Quick answers
Is Red Balloon Security, Inc. registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Red Balloon Security, Inc.'s SAM.gov registration is active through July 20, 2027.
Which contract vehicles does Red Balloon Security, Inc. hold?
Red Balloon Security, Inc. holds a place on 1 federal contract vehicle: MAS.
How much has Red Balloon Security, Inc. received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $2,445,510 to Red Balloon Security, Inc. in fiscal year 2025 and $13,509,899 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does Red Balloon Security, Inc. rank among federal contractors?
Red Balloon Security, Inc. ranked #77 in PSC AN13 and #89 in PSC AC11 in FY2025.
What is Red Balloon Security, Inc.'s most recent federal award?
Red Balloon Security, Inc.'s most recent federal contract award is Small business technology transfer (sttr) phase II topic A22B-T023, real time cybersecurity systems for safety critical… (W5170126CA120), from Department of the Army, on May 15, 2026.
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