Defense Tech BaseUmbra designs and operates synthetic-aperture radar satellites and provides imagery and data products for government and commercial applications.
At a glance
- Location
- Santa Barbara, California, United States
- Capabilities
- Space systems, Sensing & intelligence
- Markets
- Defense, National security, Critical infrastructure
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What federal contract awards are matched to Umbra?
Defense Tech Base tracks 12 matched federal contract awards across 1 company in this selection, with $10.7M in reported award amounts, dated Oct 04, 2023–Sep 29, 2026.
Reported award amounts are not necessarily money spent or company revenue. These matched records do not establish the company’s complete contract history.
SBIR/STTR awards
Defense Tech Base tracks 11 matched SBIR/STTR awards across 1 company in this selection, with $68.8M in reported award amounts, dated Mar 09, 2020–Sep 30, 2025.
- CRAZY TRAIN$60.0M · SBIR Phase II · Sep 30, 2025
- Expedited Commercial Imagery Delivery through Reduced Ground Processing Time$1.2M · SBIR Phase II · May 29, 2025
- Umbra's Optical Inter-satellite Terminal Compatible with 100kg ESPA Class Satellites and the SDA Transport Layer$1.3M · SBIR Phase II · Apr 16, 2025
- Expanding Umbra's SAR Field of Regard$1.3M · SBIR Phase II · Mar 26, 2025
- Self-Tipping RF Collection$1.2M · SBIR Phase II · Dec 17, 2024
Federal activity
Recent contract awards
View all- Matched awards
- 12
- Reported award value
- $10,651,561
- Latest award
- Sep 29, 2026
Agencies in matched awards
These are the most frequent awarding agencies in the records matched to this company, by award count.
- Department of Defense 7 awards
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration 5 awards
Largest matched awards
Largest reported award amounts in this dataset. These amounts do not necessarily represent money spent or revenue received.
- CSDA PROGRAM: UMBRA EVALUATION TASK$2.8M · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Sep 27, 2024
- BASE AWARD FOR SBIR PHASE II TOPIC #N232-D09.$1.3M · Department of Defense · Mar 26, 2025
- BASE AWARD FOR SBIR PHASE II TOPIC #N232-D08$1.3M · Department of Defense · Apr 16, 2025
Most recent matched awards
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
CSDA PROGRAM: SAR TASK ORDER
Department of Defense
MIDNIGHT LIGHTNING - SIMPLE COST EFFECTIVE SPACE SEPARATION SYSTEM FOR ROCKET CARGO
Department of Defense
SCALABLE HOMELAND INNOVATIVE ENTERPRISE LAYERED DEFENSE (SHIELD) INITIAL ORDER
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
COMMERCIAL SATELLITE DATA ACQUISITION (CSDA) PROGRAM. TASK ORDER FOR DISASTER RESPONSE SATELLITE DATA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
COMMERCIAL SATELLITE DATA ACQUISITION (CSDA) PROGRAM. TASK ORDER FOR SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR TASKING DATA.