Spiral Technology Inc.

Spiral Technology Inc., a veteran-owned small business based in Lancaster, California, delivers specialized aerospace software support and custom software engineering services to federal customers exclusively as a prime contractor, competing through small-business set-asides and sole-source procurements. The vendor is structured as a for-profit corporate entity under primary NAICS codes 513210 (Software Publishers) and 541512 (Custom Computer Programming Services), with a narrow but deep technical footprint concentrated on NASA's flight research operations.

Spiral Technology's customer base is entirely concentrated across four federal agencies with near-zero diversification. NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center anchors the relationship, accounting for six awards totaling $415 thousand in combined potential value, followed by NASA's Shared Services Center with eight awards totaling $197 thousand. The Department of the Army Test and Evaluation Command and the Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command Naval Air Warfare Center round out the active set with three and five awards respectively, covering $152 thousand and $132 thousand. The vendor's 22 total prime awards (100% of its award portfolio) span these four agencies across a decade-plus window, though recent activity shows a consistent cadence of one award per fiscal year from 2022 through 2026.

Spiral Technology's core product is the OTIS (Optimal Trajectories by Implicit Simulation) software suite, a mission-critical aerospace computational tool used for flight data processing, telemetry analysis front-end configuration, and on-board equipment setup at NASA Armstrong. The vendor holds sole-source incumbent status on annual purchase-order renewals for OTIS software product support services; the most recent award (May 1, 2026, through April 30, 2027) carries a firm fixed price of $29,264.75 under a Total Small Business set-aside. Prior awards from May 2025, May 2024, and May 2023 carried identical or near-identical pricing ($29,264.75, $29,264.75, and $25,873.00 respectively), indicating a stable, predictable contract value. The vendor also performs custom computer programming and systems development work for Army and Navy test and evaluation commands, though the source does not detail scope for those engagements.

Only one award faces recompete within the next twenty-four months (the OTIS SPSS renewal, valued at $29 thousand, completing April 30, 2027). The vendor's combined potential value across all 22 awards totals $896 thousand, with 100% obligated — a micro-footprint in federal contracting terms. Service Contract Inventory reporting shows the vendor operated roughly 42 FTEs on federal service contracts in FY2022, declining to approximately 36 FTEs by FY2024; however, SCI captures only contracts above the $150,000 reporting threshold and excludes the vendor's product-sales revenue from OTIS licenses and support, so these figures understate total delivery scale. Spiral Technology does not subcontract; all 22 awards are prime, and the vendor does not appear in federal subcontract records or SCI as a named sub to other primes.

A Veteran-owned, Small Business. Spiral offers a range of technical disciplines, providing Engineering, Technical & Programmatic services to the AFFTC; AFRL Propulsion Directorate; NASA DFRC; US Army Yuma Proving Ground; NAWC AD; NAWC WD; & USAF SMC