Stottler Henke Associates, Inc.

Stottler Henke Associates, Inc., a San Mateo, California-based for-profit small business specializing in artificial intelligence, planning and scheduling systems, and advanced software solutions, operates as a prime contractor on federal research and development contracts and grants, holding a $151 billion ceiling Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract under the Missile Defense Agency's Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) vehicle awarded in December 2025. The vendor competes predominantly under total small business set-asides across SBIR and STTR programs, which account for the substantial majority of its prime award footprint; a $26.9 million cost-plus-fixed-fee Air Force satellite contract network scheduling tool and a Naval Air Warfare Center delivery order worth $4.77 million represent exceptions to set-aside-dominated work and reflect the vendor's transition into full-and-open competition on larger efforts.

Stottler Henke's customer concentration is concentrated in defense research and development. The top five customer agencies by combined potential value account for 54% of dollars across the portfolio: the Air Force Research Laboratory leads with 111 awards worth $35.1 million, followed by Naval Air Warfare Center with 40 awards worth $32.5 million, Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command with 26 awards worth $13 million, Naval Sea Systems Command with 24 awards worth $11.7 million, and NASA's Shared Services Center with 31 awards worth $11.1 million. The vendor has served 46 distinct federal agencies across a portfolio of 495 awards totaling $192.9 million in combined potential value, with $226 million in combined dollars obligated to date. Activity peaked in 2024 with 19 awards; recent trajectory shows 13 awards in 2025 and 5 awards in the first three months of 2026, tracking below historical volume. Thirteen awards carrying combined potential value of $42.3 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating near-term recompete exposure.

Stottler Henke's work spans AI-enabled defense applications across multiple technology domains. Representative prime contracts include a $1.9 million Air Force Research Laboratory effort on SHERLOC-MULTI, a multi-object space threat assessment system using data fusion and AI for automated inference and threat intent analysis; a $1.4 million SBIR Phase II from Air Force Research Laboratory for real-time forensics of online influence within visual and audio content; a $1.4 million SBIR Phase II from Air Force Research Laboratory for cognitive state inference applications; a $849,932 NASA Phase II SBIR on disaster autonomous aerial response technology; and a $1.7 million Naval Sea Systems Command SBIR Phase II on engineering metadata for lifecycle data management supporting the Space-Based Infrared System High program. The vendor also holds two active Basic Ordering Agreements with the Naval Air Warfare Center (valued at $0 administrative ceiling, extending through September 2029) for SBIR Phase III research and development across electronic warfare coordination, predictive maintenance, anomaly detection, and advanced scheduling domains. The category concentration reflects the portfolio's R&D character: research and development in physical, engineering, and life sciences (257 awards combined across two related NAICS codes) and space R&D services (43 awards) dominate, with applied research, exploratory development, and basic research across defense systems representing the primary PSC classification.

In its subcontractor role, Stottler Henke delivers IT professional services and Aurora technical support to Triad National Security, LLC on Los Alamos National Laboratory management and operating contract work, with sub-awards dated through April 2026. The vendor also subcontracts to CUBRC Inc. on space situational awareness R&D. Federal grant work includes two Department of Energy Office of Science Project Grants awarded in February 2024 (CFDA 81.049): a $199,967 award for generative embeddings network-based semantic inference and search, and a $199,950 award for induced seismicity transformer research, both advancing the vendor's AI and machine learning capabilities in support of DOE mission areas.

The SHIELD IDIQ represents a structural shift in the vendor's portfolio — a no-set-aside, $151 billion multi-year vehicle permitting rapid task-order issuance across defense, space, cyber, and hybrid threat domains — but the initial $500 delivery order dated December 2025 signals early engagement only. Stottler Henke's established federal footprint remains anchored to SBIR Phase I, II, and III vehicles at the Air Force Research Laboratory and Naval organizations, where consistent phase progression and repeat engagement indicate sustained customer confidence in the vendor's AI, autonomy, and decision-support capabilities.

Artificial Intelligence, Software Development, Training, Simulation, HLA, Decision Support, Neural Networks, Case-based Reasoning, Planning & and Scheduling, Expert Systems, Logic, Artificial Intelligence Research, Algorithm Development, Theorem Proving