Thinkorbital Inc.
Boulder, CO
- UEI
- JVNVLEJFNUH3
- CAGE
- 93U05
- Primary NAICS
- 336419 Other Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing
- 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
- 5721 Arapahoe Ave #1b, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
- Website
- thinkorbital.com
- Founded
- 2021
- Employees
- 11-50
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1M-$10M
- Industry
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- Industrials
- Capital Goods
- Aerospace & Defense
- SIC code
- 37 Transportation Equipment
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $3,207,455 |
| FY2025 | $5,203,982 |
| FY2024 | $62,997 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Air Force | $2,835,049 | |
| 2 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $372,406 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Grant awards
| Award | Agency | Obligated | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| The NASA innovative advanced concepts (niac) program focuses on early‐STAGE feasibility studies of visionary… | Shared Services Center | $174,700 |
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About the company
Thinkorbital Inc., a small for-profit aerospace research and development firm based in Boulder, Colorado, operates exclusively as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides, delivering advanced space technology research and development to the Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA, and the Space and Missile Systems Center. The company competes entirely under small-business carve-outs across federal R&D programs; no subcontract footprint is present in recent awards.
Thinkorbital's capability portfolio centers on in-space construction, on-orbit servicing and assembly, spacecraft inspection and characterization, and advanced propulsion or sensing technologies. Recent representative work includes a $4.65 million definitive contract from the Space and Missile Systems Center awarded August 2025 for THINKORBITAL TACFI (completion February 2027); a $1.797 million purchase order from the Air Force Research Laboratory awarded August 2025 for orbital staging of assets (completion June 2027); a $973,957 purchase order from the Air Force Research Laboratory awarded October 2024 for penetration X-ray inspection of spacecraft (completion April 2026); two Phase I Small Business Innovation Research contracts from a civilian shared services center — $224,262 for real-time weld alignment and beam-steering control for in-space electron beam welding (September 2026, completion March 2027) and $148,144 for ThinkPlatform modular in-space construction powered by ThinkToolkit (September 2025, completion March 2026); and a $174.7 thousand NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Phase II grant (24-NIAC25B-0107) for a Construction Assembly Destination feasibility study (January 2025, completion January 2026). The company also holds a Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I award from the Air Force Research Laboratory for $109.98 thousand focused on orbital staging of assets (January 2025).
Customer concentration is heavily weighted to the Air Force Research Laboratory, which accounts for 7 awards totaling $3.4 million combined potential value (39% of the portfolio by count). The Space and Missile Systems Center anchors the largest single award at $4.7 million, while NASA's shared services center (administering NIAC and other civilian research programs) has placed 5 awards worth $695 thousand. All three customers are represented across recent activity. Award activity has accelerated sharply — one award in 2022, one in 2023, one in 2024, seven in 2025, and three in 2026 (as of September). Three awards totaling $6.7 million are due for completion within the next twenty-four months and face recompete risk. The vendor holds no parent contract vehicles (GWACs, BPAs, or agency IDIQs) and operates solely through individual task orders and definitive contracts, all under small business set-asides. Combined obligated dollars ($8.9 million) exceed combined potential value ($8.7 million), indicating that awards are tracking at or above ceiling.
Quick answers
Is Thinkorbital Inc. registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Thinkorbital Inc.'s SAM.gov registration is active through December 16, 2026.
How much has Thinkorbital Inc. received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $5,203,982 to Thinkorbital Inc. in fiscal year 2025 and $8,474,434 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does Thinkorbital Inc. rank among federal contractors?
Thinkorbital Inc. ranked #21 in PSC AR13, #42 in NAICS 92 and #97 in PSC AR in FY2025.
What is Thinkorbital Inc.'s most recent federal award?
Thinkorbital Inc.'s most recent federal contract award is Sbir phase i - investigating a real-time weld alignment and beam-steering control approach for in-space electron beam… (80NSSC26C0384), from Shared Services Center, on September 30, 2026.
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