Space Environment Technologies, LLC

Space Environment Technologies, LLC, doing business as Space Environment Techno, is a small business based in Pacific Palisades, California, that develops space weather monitoring, forecasting, and characterization tools and services for federal research and space operations customers, operating primarily as a prime contractor (91% of recent awards) with core expertise in satellite drag modeling, thermospheric density prediction, and geomagnetic storm effects analysis.

The vendor is a Subchapter S corporation that competes predominantly full-and-open rather than under set-aside vehicles; of 79 total awards in the source, 54 carry small-business set-aside designations (SBIR Phase I, Phase II, Phase III, and Total Small Business designations) while the remainder are unrestricted procurements. The company specializes in research and development and engineering services, concentrated in NAICS 541711 and 541712 (R&D in physical, engineering, and life sciences), with supporting work in engineering services and software publishing. Space Environment Technologies brings 24 years of mission-specific expertise with the SABER instrument aboard NASA's TIMED satellite, having transitioned from hardware development to data product mentoring and advanced forecasting algorithm work in recent years.

NASA's Shared Services Center dominates the customer concentration, accounting for 32 awards and $7.1 million in combined potential value (45% of the total prime footprint), anchored by recurring SABER mentoring and knowledge-transfer contracts and a portfolio of SBIR Phase I, II, and III awards. Recent prime-contract examples include a $149,987 firm fixed-price purchase order (March 2026–September 2026) for SABER algorithms and data-products mentoring under FAR 12 commercial-item procedures with sole-source justification, an $849,919 Phase II SBIR contract (August 2025–August 2027) for development of a commercial data assimilation tool for operational thermospheric density, and a $846,393 Phase II SBIR contract (July 2024–July 2026) for improved forecasting of operational solar and geomagnetic indices. The Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ranks second by award count (7 awards, $984 thousand), with work focused on nitric oxide sensing and space weather prediction; NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center places 6 awards ($557 thousand); the Department of the Navy's Information Warfare Systems Command places 5 awards ($1.5 million) including an SGI-HASDM subscription contract; and the Department of the Air Force Research Laboratory places 4 awards ($850 thousand) spanning SBIR Phase I instruments (ARGOS and METAHASDM). The top five customers account for 68% of awards by count and 82% of combined potential value, with NASA Shared Services Center representing the dominant concentration by both volume and dollars.

The vendor holds a single parent-vehicle position: six task orders under the GSA Federal Supply Schedule GS23F0195N carrying $464 thousand in combined potential value. Beyond parent vehicles, Space Environment Technologies operates under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's QUIJA Other Transaction IDV (September 2022, $350 thousand ceiling) for ionosphere characterization and high-frequency noise quantification in support of warfighter capabilities.

Activity has remained relatively stable over the past five years (ranging from 3 to 6 awards annually, 2022–2026) with 3 awards recorded in 2026 through October. Four awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, carrying combined potential value of $1 million, representing modest recompete exposure. Service Contract Inventory reporting captures 5 records (4 prime, 1 sub) covering FY2022–FY2024, with zero invoiced dollars recorded and minimal FTE presence (0.0 FTEs in FY2022–2023, 0.1 FTEs in FY2024), indicating that the vendor's federal work is concentrated in research contracts and grants rather than ongoing service-contract engagements above the $150,000 SCI threshold.

The vendor operates as a primary developer and researcher rather than a service integrator or subcontractor ecosystem player. Sub-engagement on SCI-reportable prime contracts shows 0% sub-hours share, and the sub-award footprint (9% of total awards) consists of mission-specific subcontracts with academic research institutions. Named sub relationships include work under the University of Colorado Regents as prime grantee on space-weather data-assimilation efforts (March 2026, October 2025, June 2024), University of Maryland Baltimore County on thermospheric modeling (August 2025), and UCLA on radiation-environment research (October 2024). On the contract side, Space Environment Technologies subcontracts to NASA Langley Research Center under the STARSS III (Science, Technology, and Research Service) contract vehicle for atmospheric science support (October 2021). Federal grant activity includes four prime recipients awards from NASA Shared Services Center and NOAA for atmospheric sensing, radiation measurement, and orbital drag research, with total grant awards valued at approximately $1.7 million across the source period.

Space Environment Technologies provides advanced space weather products and services. That information is used in research, operational, and design models requiring a space weather specification.