Triton Systems, Inc.

Triton Systems, Inc., doing business as Triton Systems, a for-profit small business headquartered in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, operates as a prime contractor on over 1,000 federal awards spanning small business research and development, advanced technology development, and prototype commercialization across defense, aerospace, medical systems, and advanced materials domains. The vendor competes predominantly under total small business set-asides—the dominant posture across SBIR, STTR, and related programs—and holds parent company status over three named subsidiaries: Triton Anchor LLC (self-certified small disadvantaged business), Subazimuth LLC (small business joint venture), and Sensera, Inc. (self-certified small disadvantaged business and manufacturer of goods).

Triton's recent federal work concentrates heavily on Navy science and technology. The top customer by combined potential value, the Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command, accounts for 76 awards worth $5.03 billion in combined potential value—dominated by two indefinite delivery vehicles: a $4 billion SeaPort Next Generation multiple-award IDIQ awarded January 2, 2025 (performance through January 1, 2029) and a $982.1 million Unmanned Surface Vehicle Family of Systems contract extended through April 30, 2029. The Naval Air Warfare Center (Naval Air Systems Command) has issued 110 SBIR Phase I, Phase II, Phase III, and STTR awards totaling $50.3 million potential value. The Office of Naval Research and Defense Health Agency round out the customer concentration, with research and development across SBIR/STTR programs representing the characteristic work. Across the top five customers by combined value, the Navy ecosystem accounts for approximately 97% of the vendor's identified combined potential value.

Representative prime contract examples illustrate Triton's SBIR/STTR footprint: Naval Sea Systems Command issued a $1.87 million cost-plus-fixed-fee SBIR Phase II contract on March 30, 2026 for Space Based Infrared System High (SBIRS High) support, a Major Defense Acquisition Program requiring development in infrared sensors, data processing, and visualization. The Missile Defense Agency awarded a $2.09 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract on March 2, 2026 for trajectory simulation using PSM. The Defense Health Agency awarded a $3.0 million SBIR Phase II definitive contract on September 20, 2024 for sample collection and processing methods supporting battlefield wound infection diagnostics. The National Institutes of Health ARPA-H program awarded a $4.09 million firm fixed-price contract on September 12, 2024 for continuous cardiovascular health monitoring using smart stents. The Air Force Research Laboratory has placed 94 SBIR/STTR Phase I, Phase II awards totaling $36.6 million potential value for technologies including additive manufacturing, advanced materials, and sensor systems.

Activity shows recent decline: awards per year fell from 68 (2022) to 37 (2025), with only 8 awards recorded through March 2026. Within the next 24 months, 47 awards with combined potential value of $62.7 million reach ultimate completion date, creating recompete exposure. The vendor's award portfolio spans 67 distinct federal agencies, though Navy programs dominate. Primary NAICS categories are 541712 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology—394 awards) and 541713 (same except Biotechnology—210 awards), with PSC concentration in Basic Research (National Defense R&D, Department of Defense Military track).

Service Contract Inventory data captures a narrow slice: SCI-reportable invoiced revenue totaled $3.2 million across FY2022–FY2024 (FY2022: $427 thousand, FY2023: $882 thousand, FY2024: $1.9 million), with roughly 0.8 to 2.5 FTEs per fiscal year on SCI-reportable contracts. Median government-paid hourly rates on SCI contracts ran approximately $202/hr, with senior labor reaching into the $579/hr range. On SCI-reportable prime contracts, Triton showed no engagement of named subcontractors (0% sub-hours share), indicating delivery of work through its own workforce. SCI figures represent a strict subset of federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold and exclude goods, products, classified work, and non-federal revenue—they do not capture Triton's full federal service revenue or company-wide enterprise activity.

Triton operates as a prime contractor on 1,007 awards (100% prime posture); sub-award activity consists of four subcontract engagements under Lockheed Martin and University of South Alabama for SBIR Phase III research and development and CO2 capture process development. The vendor's teaming on the prime side brings notable subsidiaries (Sensera, Inc., a manufacturer) and partnership relationships but does not rely on significant identified subcontractor networks on the contracts reviewed. The company's recent vehicle position includes the newly awarded Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) $151 billion multiple-award IDIQ (MDA, full and open competition, through December 28, 2035), the SeaPort-NxG $4 billion vehicle, and the USV FoS $982.1 million contract. A SBIR Phase III Basic Ordering Agreement with Naval Air Warfare Center extends through September 2028, enabling task order issuance for continued commercialization of prior SBIR/STTR results. Recent federal grant work includes Department of Energy Office of Science Project Grants for advanced materials and renewable energy conversion ($206 thousand for advanced temperature metallic alloys, February 2025) and Defense Health Agency Cooperative Agreements for orthotic and medical technology development ($2.2 million combined for SUPPORT orthosis and photochemical tissue bonding through 2026).