Speedgoat Inc.

Speedgoat Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit company headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts, supplies real-time modeling and simulation hardware, controllers, I/O modules, and software maintenance to federal research and defense agencies as a prime contractor (59% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor on defense development programs (41%). The vendor competes full-and-open on most prime awards, with selective small business set-aside designations on low-value orders — two recent purchase orders carry Total Small Business set-asides, while the majority of Speedgoat's federal work flows through unrestricted competitive or sole-source procurements.

Speedgoat's customer base is concentrated in naval science and technology and civilian space research. The Office of the Secretary of Defense anchors the award count at 34 awards, but the top-customer profile by dollar value is dominated by the Naval Sea Systems Command (22 awards, $2 million combined potential value), NASA's Shared Services Center (22 awards, $776 thousand), the Naval Air Warfare Center (5 awards, $511 thousand), and the Office of Naval Research (5 awards, $434 thousand) — these four entities account for 92% of combined potential value across Speedgoat's recent federal footprint. The vendor supplies proprietary real-time target machines, FPGA I/O modules, rack systems, battery simulator systems, and related services to support modeling and simulation infrastructure at NASA Glenn Research Center, Naval Surface Warfare Center facilities (including Crane and Philadelphia divisions), Naval Air Warfare Center, and Bureau of Reclamation. Recent prime awards include a $104 thousand mobile real-time target machine with Simulink software to Bureau of Reclamation (April 2025), a $249 thousand IO344-Performance system to the Office of Naval Research (February 2024), a $217 thousand Performance Real-Time Target Machine to the Naval Air Warfare Center (November 2022), and a $137 thousand Battery Simulator System to Naval Sea Systems Command (January 2024). NASA Shared Services Center procurements include a $91 thousand Speedgoat Target Machines order (August 2023), a $87 thousand Target Machines order (September 2022), and a $43 thousand IO334-325K-10V-Performance FPGA I/O modules order (July 2026).

Activity shows volatility — 42 awards in 2023, 15 in 2024, 9 in 2025, and 2 in 2026 — reflecting the purchase-order cadence typical of specialized hardware vendors and the episodic nature of lab refresh and upgrade cycles. Only one award (combined potential value $49 thousand) faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete pressure in the near term. The vendor's categorization across NAICS codes reflects its dual role as a hardware manufacturer and R&D service provider: 35 awards fall under Electronic Computer Manufacturing, 34 under Research and Development in Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, and 10 under Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals.

On the subcontractor side, Speedgoat delivers real-time computing and simulation equipment to Bell Textron on Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) development and Future Vertical Lift programs (January 2025, June 2024), to Leidos on Naval infrared and radio-frequency systems research (March and April 2025) and on Navy Surface Warfare training programs (November 2024), to Fluor Marine Propulsion on Naval Nuclear Laboratory operations and management (December 2024, September 2024), to Lockheed Martin on Space Technology Advanced Research (STAR-FISH) and on-orbit nuclear power programs (June 2024), to Integration Innovation on undefined Army programs with Speedgoat ethernet-cabled and monthly service offerings (October 2023), to Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory on the Peregrine program (February 2024), and to University of Dayton on advanced subsystem research (February 2023). Combined obligated dollars ($7.8 million) significantly exceed combined potential value ($4.1 million), indicating that Speedgoat's base prices on specialized hardware frequently fall below contract ceiling values, a characteristic of proprietary sole-source or limited-competition procurements where the government accepts risk premium on the floor.