Umbra Lab, Inc.

Umbra Lab, Inc., headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, is a for-profit commercial space technology company specializing in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) microsatellite technology and geospatial data services. The company manufactures advanced earth observation systems and provides high-resolution, all-weather radar imaging services to federal customers across multiple defense and civilian agencies. Umbra Lab's core competency lies in developing and delivering SAR-based solutions that enable persistent day-and-night imaging independent of weather conditions, positioning the company as a critical technology partner for national security and scientific research missions requiring advanced space-based sensing capabilities.

Umbra Lab has demonstrated substantial execution capability across a diverse portfolio of federal contracts spanning research and development, data acquisition, and advanced technology demonstrations. The company has received prime contract awards from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Naval Sea Systems Command, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), NASA, and the Missile Defense Agency, with contract values ranging from modest task orders to significant research efforts. Notably, Umbra Lab has been awarded multiple Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I and Phase II contracts, including four SBIR Phase II awards from Naval Sea Systems Command related to Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) High development (totaling approximately $7.7 million across four contracts awarded between March and May 2025), and SBIR contracts from AFRL and DARPA focused on space-based moving target indication, self-tipping RF collection, and SAR digital elevation models. The company has also received firm fixed-price delivery orders under NASA's Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program for synthetic aperture radar tasking data and disaster response satellite data, as well as an Other Transaction Agreement valued at approximately $30 million from the Air Force Research Laboratory for the "CRAZY TRAIN STRATFI" research and development effort awarded in September 2025. All prime contract awards were issued without set-aside designations except for the SBIR Phase II awards, which carried total small business set-aside designations. Additionally, Umbra Lab has served as a subcontractor to Maxar Mission Solutions Inc. and Amentum Services, Inc., providing systems-level analysis of SAR technology capabilities and software services support.

Umbra Lab holds three significant Indefinite Delivery Vehicle (IDV) contracts that serve as parent vehicles for ongoing task order activity. The first is a $476 million multiple-award Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program contract awarded by NASA Headquarters on October 4, 2023, with an expiration date of October 3, 2028, which provides earth observation data, related services, and ancillary information from commercial small satellite constellations to support NASA's Science Mission Directorate and Earth Science Division requirements. Under this CSDA Program IDV, NASA has issued three delivery orders to Umbra Lab totaling approximately $3.78 million, including an evaluation task, synthetic aperture radar tasking data procurement, and metadata delivery for archive purposes. The second IDV is a $950 million multiple-award Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force on July 8, 2021, with a completion date of May 28, 2030, which supports the development of networked systems enabling Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) capabilities across all warfighting domains. The Air Force has issued delivery orders to Umbra Lab under this ABMS vehicle for advanced battle management systems research and development. The third IDV is a $13 million Other Transaction Agreement titled "DRIFT TECHNICAL AREA 1" awarded by the Office of Naval Research on April 18, 2022, supporting a DARPA research project focused on the development and integration of innovative defense technologies. These IDV vehicles represent substantial and ongoing relationships with the federal government, positioning Umbra Lab as an established supplier of critical space-based sensing and data analytics capabilities across multiple agencies and mission areas.

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