Toyon Research Corporation

Toyon Research Corporation, a small business based in Goleta, California, operates as a prime contractor (95% of recent awards) delivering advanced technology research and development across electronic warfare, autonomous systems, sensor development, artificial intelligence, satellite technologies, and radar processing to the Department of Defense and civilian federal agencies. The company is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation competing predominantly under small business set-asides (SBIR, STTR, and Total Small Business designations) on definitive contracts and delivery orders; it maintains a subsidiary, Compact RF Corporation.

Toyon's customer base is heavily concentrated in defense. The top five funding agencies account for 52% of awards by count and 70% by potential value, anchored by the Naval Air Warfare Center ($320.9 million across 122 awards) and Naval Strategic Systems Programs ($212.2 million across 18 awards), followed by the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory ($107.8 million across 169 awards), Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Baltimore ($59 million across 14 awards), and the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command ($49.6 million across 58 awards). The concentration reflects Toyon's deep specialization in defense research and technology transition rather than broad federal customer exposure.

Capability delivery centers on SBIR and STTR research programs and follow-on Phase II and Phase III contracts spanning sensor algorithms, infrared search and track systems, machine learning for autonomous systems, radar processing, electronic warfare hardware, and space-based sensing. Representative prime awards include an $81.1 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with Naval Strategic Systems Programs for Trident II missile survivability assessment and evaluation (awarded November 2024, through October 2028); a $13.4 million cost-plus-fixed-fee DARPA contract for autonomous teammates and rapid AI development (January 2023–April 2029); an $11 million firm fixed-price contract with DARPA for Multi-Wave Adaptation Through Phased Learning for air combat (December 2025–December 2028); and a $9.14 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with the Office of Naval Research for Neural Reflectance Fields for Radio Frequencies synthetic aperture radar imagery development (December 2022–June 2026).

Toyon holds three major indefinite delivery vehicles. A $151 billion multiple-award IDIQ with the Missile Defense Agency under the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program (awarded December 2025, through December 2035) supports multi-domain defense research, prototyping, systems engineering, and weapons development across classified and unclassified programs. An $89.8 million multiple-award IDIQ with the Naval Air Warfare Center for Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Targeting (awarded November 2024, through November 2029) funds research, development, testing, evaluation, and prototype delivery in Toyon's core competency areas. A $11.7 million single-award IDIQ with the Naval Air Warfare Center for electronic warfare hardware production and incidental engineering (awarded April 2022, through April 2027) supports airborne and ground-based electronic attack systems. Additionally, Toyon holds a $60 million GSA Federal Supply Schedule contract (awarded July 2022, through July 2027) with 11 labor categories spanning technical support through senior scientist roles; hourly rates range from $103.25 to $404.24, with security clearance requirements across all categories and education requirements from bachelor's through doctorate degrees.

Activity shows a growth trajectory from 32 awards in 2022 to 66 in 2024, with 44 awards in 2025 and 11 year-to-date in 2026, though recent volume reflects partial-year sampling. Combined potential value across all awards reaches $1.08 billion, with $706.6 million obligated (66% execution). Twenty-nine awards with combined potential value of $135.4 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, exposing the vendor to significant recompete risk on Naval Air Warfare Center, Strategic Systems Programs, and Air Force Research Laboratory vehicles.

Toyon operates primarily as a prime contractor but maintains a minor subcontractor role (5% of awards). Named subcontractor relationships show deep engagement with National Aeronautics and Space Administration-adjacent and Department of Defense primes: BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Inc. (integration and engineering services on Intercontinental Ballistic Missile weapon systems, including Trident re-entry vehicles), Lockheed Martin Corporation (re-entry vehicle and MK21A engineering, Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared labor support), Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC (next-generation reentry capabilities engineering and smallsat hardware support), Parsons Government Services Inc. (cyber mission support services), and KBR Wyle Services LLC (research and development labor). The subcontractor footprint reflects Toyon's role as a specialized sensor and autonomy technology provider to large system integrators on classified missile and space programs.

SCI-reportable service contracts capture minimal activity: the dataset shows 5 SCI records (1 as prime, 4 as named subcontractor) across FY2022–FY2025, with zero prime invoicing reported. SCI FTE trajectory (0.4 FTEs in FY2022, 3.9 in FY2024, 5.1 in FY2025 across all roles) represents a small slice of the company's federal delivery footprint and excludes the majority of Toyon's research, development, testing, and evaluation work, hardware manufacturing, and classified contract activity. SCI's omission of goods, products, and classified contracts significantly understates Toyon's federal services revenue and workforce scale.

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