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Small Business Innovative Research
Budget Figures
Insufficient trajectory data for sparkline (only FY24 available).
FY2026 award data is a partial year — USASpending awards are reported on a rolling basis and the fiscal year does not close until September 30. why →
No research dossier for this program — dossiers cover 50 of 326 programs, ranked by FY2026 requested dollars. why →
Budget Line Items(workbook-cited)
Exhibit R-1
| Account | Org | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide | DARPA | FY24 Actuals | $129.4M |
Budget Details(R-2/P-40 facts)
| Project | All Prior Years | FY24 Actuals | FY25 Total | FY26 Base | FY26 Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program Element | $0 | $129.4M | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| SB-01: SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH | $0 | $129.4M | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Program Narratives
Mission— SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH
In accordance with Public Law No: 116-92 (National Defense Authorization Act 2020) and the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638), the DARPA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs are designed to provide small, high-tech businesses and academic institutions the opportunity to propose radical, innovative, high-risk approaches to address existing and emerging national security threats, thereby supporting DARPA's overall strategy to enable fundamental discoveries and technological breakthroughs that provide new military capabilities.
Accomplishments & Planned Programs (1)
Small Business Innovation Research
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs are designed to provide small, high-tech businesses and academic institutions the opportunity to propose radical, innovative, high-risk approaches to address existing and emerging national security threats; thereby supporting DARPA's overall strategy to enable fundamental discoveries and technological breakthroughs that provide new military capabilities.
Contractor Concentration
Follow the dollar
Appropriation → program element → top high-confidence awards → recipient families → congressional districts.
Follow-the-dollar covers 17 of 326 programs — only high-confidence budget→award links are shown. why →
The diagram illustrates the cited table below — amounts shown in the diagram are transaction sums per award (no citation chips); the per-district obligations in the table cite USAspending queries.
Related Awards
Award linkage is shown for 18 of 200 profiled companies — only high-confidence USASpending matches are included. why →
Showing 25 of 488 award records (R&D performer crosswalk — see methodology)
| Recipient | PIID | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| SPC FEDERAL, LLC | HR001117F0032 | medium |
| MCLAUGHLIN RESEARCH CORPORATION | HR001115F0001 | medium |
| GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC. | HR001117C0060 | medium |
| OPEN SOURCE ROBOTICS FOUNDATION, INC. | HR001118C0110 | medium |
| DRS NETWORK & IMAGING SYSTEMS LLC | HR001116C0084 | medium |
| NEXT CENTURY CORPORATION | W31P4Q09C0266 | high |
| UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK | HR001119F0026 | medium |
| THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC | HR001119F0012 | medium |
| BLUEHALO LABS, LLC | W31P4Q19C0050 | high |
| NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION | HR001117C0043 | medium |
| PERATON LABS INC | HR001117C0047 | medium |
| CERADYNE, INC. | HR001116C0083 | medium |
| THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC | HR001116C0102 | medium |
| TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE | HR001115C0123 | medium |
| TRIDENT SYSTEMS LLC | HR001119C0020 | medium |
| THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC | HR001117F0022 | medium |
| CIRCUIT THERAPEUTICS, INC. | HR001115C0154 | medium |
| INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION | HR001118C0122 | medium |
| FIBERTEK, INC. | HR001117C0007 | medium |
| SOTERA DEFENSE SOLUTIONS, INC. | HR001118C0058 | medium |
| LANGUAGE COMPUTER CORPORATION | HDTRA119C0010 | high |
| THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC | HR001118F0025 | medium |
| THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC | HR001119C0131 | medium |
| L3HARRIS MUSTANG TECHNOLOGY GROUP, L.P. | HR001119C0062 | medium |
| THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC | HR001119F0063 | medium |
Lobbying Mentions
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S 2572/HR 4016 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 including issues related to space, missile defense, clas
Financial services issues. Export-Import Bank related issues. SEC, corporate governance, business conduct and related is
Financial services issues. Export-Import Bank related issues. SEC, corporate governance, business conduct and related is
Financial services issues. Export-Import Bank related issues. SEC, corporate governance, business conduct and related is
Financial services issues. Export-Import Bank related issues. SEC, corporate governance, business conduct and related is
FY25 National Defense Authorization Act Issues relating to acquisition Issues relating to industrial base Issues relatin
Financial services issues. Export-Income Bank related issues. Securities and Exchange Commission, corporate governance,
FY26 National Defense Authorization Act All issues relating to acquisition, Defense Production Act Issues relating to in
Financial services issues. Export-Income Bank related issues. Securities and Exchange Commission, corporate governance,
FY26 National Defense Authorization Act Continuing Resolution for FY2026 Appropriations All issues relating to acquisiti
Financial services issues. Export-Import Bank related issues. Securities and Exchange Commission, corporate governance,
FY26 National Defense Authorization Act Continuing Resolution for FY2026 Appropriations All issues relating to acquisiti
Financial services issues. Export-Import Bank related issues. Securities and Exchange Commission, corporate governance,
FY27 National Defense Authorization Act All issues relating to acquisition, Defense Production Act, and Bid Protests Iss
Financial services issues. Export-Import Bank related issues. Securities and Exchange Commission, corporate governance,
The treatment of research & experimental expenditures incurred during the taxable year in connection with trade or busin
The treatment of research & experimental expenditures incurred during the taxable year in connection with trade or busin
The treatment of research & experimental expenditures incurred during the taxable year in connection with trade or busin
The treatment of research & experimental expenditures incurred during the taxable year in connection with trade or busin
Issues and funding related to Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Defense Appropriations (HR 8774 / S 4921); FY25 Homeland Security
Issues and funding related to Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Defense Appropriations (HR 8774 / S 4921); FY25 Homeland Security
Issues and funding related to Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) Defense Appropriations (HR 4016 / S 2572); FY26 Homeland Security
Issues and funding related to Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) Defense Appropriations (HR 4016 / S 2572); FY26 Homeland Security
The treatment of research & experimental expenditures incurred during the taxable year in connection with trade or busin
Monitored issues related to the tax treatment of research and experimental expenditures incurred during the taxable year