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Orbital Micro Systems, Inc.
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Federal agencies obligated $13M to Orbital Micro Systems, Inc., Boulder, CO, in the listed fiscal years 2024, 2025.
Orbital Micro Systems, Inc. ranks 503 of 637 listed organisations located in CO by five-year obligations, and 23,564 of 30,000 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Defense and Department of Commerce: 5 awards worth $14M in total award value.
Its largest contract industry is NAICS 541715 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)), where it ranks 911 of 1,463 organisations by the value of $1.0M-plus awards.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
| FY2024 | $8,797,085 | $8,797,085 | $0 | — |
| FY2025 | $4,127,921 | $4,127,921 | $0 | -53% |
| FY2026 | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
| FY2027 to date | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
A fiscal year runs 1 October to 30 September. "Contracts" are procurement award types A–D; "assistance" is everything else (grants, direct payments, loan subsidy cost, insurance, other). The contracts column is listed only where contract obligations alone reached $1.0M; the assistance figure is the remainder and may therefore include up to $1.0M of contracts.
Compared with its state and the largest recipients five listed years
| Measure | This organisation | Largest in CO | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $13M | $39B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | under $1.0M | $12B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | $13M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $0 | $39B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 23,564 of 30,000 | 1 of 637 in CO | 1 |
Largest in state: State of Colorado - DEPT of Health Care Policy & Financing. Largest nationally: Health Care Services, California Department of. Rankings count organisations located in the state, by the sum of their listed fiscal years.
Awarding agencies $1.0M+ awards since FY2023
| # | Agency | Awards | Award value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 3 | $8.8M | 61% |
| 2 | Department of Defense | 1 | $3.0M | 21% |
| 3 | Department of Commerce | 1 | $2.7M | 19% |
Contract industries NAICS
Rank within NAICS 541715: 911 of 1,463 organisations by $1.0M+ award value; see Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology).
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: Boulder County, CO $14M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | ContractDefinitive Contract | 541330 Engineering Services | $5.0M | 1 Sep 2023 | CO | USAspending |
| Department of DefenseDepartment of the Air Force | ContractDefinitive Contract | 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | $3.0M | 2 Jan 2025 | CO | USAspending |
| Department of CommerceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | ContractPurchase Order | 518210 Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services | $2.7M | 18 Jun 2026 | CO | USAspending |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | ContractDefinitive Contract | 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | $2.5M | 28 Aug 2024 | CO | USAspending |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | ContractDefinitive Contract | 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | $1.3M | 29 Sep 2026 | CO | USAspending |
Award value is the amount obligated to the award to date as USAspending reports it. Descriptions below are USAspending's text, unedited and truncated; those that appear to name a person are withheld.
- $5.0M, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1 Sep 2023: THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS A PHASE A DEFINITION STUDY FOR THE SOUNDER FOR MICROWAVE-BASED APPLICATIONS INSTRUMENTS, THE NEXT GENERATION LOW-EARTH ORBIT MIC
- $3.0M, Department of Defense, 2 Jan 2025: SF242-D029 - SPACE BASED ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING (SBEM): THIS PHASE II EFFORT IS FOCUSED ON MATURING THE UNDERLYING HARDWARE COMPONENTS OF THE GEMS-PEARL INSTR
- $2.7M, Department of Commerce, 18 Jun 2026: TO ACQUIRE COMMERCIAL, NEAR-REAL-TIME MICROWAVE SOUNDER LEVEL 1B, LEVEL 1C RADIANCE OBSERVATION DATA FROM ONE OR MORE ON-ORBIT LOW EARTH ORBIT SATELLITES.
- $2.5M, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 28 Aug 2024: THE PURPOSE OF THE ATMOSPHERE OBSERVING SYSTEM-SKY SUBMILLIMETER WAVE RADIOMETER PHASE A STUDY CONTRACT IS TO PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO POTENTIAL INSTRUMENT CONCEPTS
- $1.3M, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 29 Sep 2026: PHASE II SBIR
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Orbital Micro Systems, Inc. receive?
$13M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2024: $8.8M; FY2025: $4.1M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Orbital Micro Systems, Inc.?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: National Aeronautics and Space Administration ($8.8M), Department of Defense ($3.0M) and Department of Commerce ($2.7M).
What is the money for?
Contracts are classified under NAICS 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology), NAICS 541330 Engineering Services and NAICS 518210 Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services.
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: CO ($14M).
Is Orbital Micro Systems, Inc. a large federal recipient?
It ranks 23,564 of 30,000 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 503 of 637 located in CO. The site covers organisations with at least $1.0M in a fiscal year; individuals are excluded.
Where does this data come from?
USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury), award transactions as loaded on 30 Sep 2026; fiscal-year totals via the spending-by-category endpoint and award lists via the award search endpoint. The USAspending recipient profile is the authoritative record.
Provenance
Source: USAspending.gov API v2 (U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service), CC0. Fiscal-year obligations from the spending-by-category recipient ranking by recipient state (listing floor $1.0M per year); awards from the award search endpoint (new awards of $1.0M or more by base obligation date); parent and business categories from the recipient profile where fetched. Closed fiscal years are snapshots taken after year end; FY2027 is refreshed on each build. Data loaded by USAspending on 30 Sep 2026. Individuals and sole proprietors are excluded at ingest. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections and the methodology.