LMI was awarded a five-year, $98 million sole-source Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III IDIQ on April 6, 2026 from Space Systems Command (Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado). Performance through March 31, 2031. Work site: Tysons, Virginia. Per LMI's own press release and SpaceNews. (Note: some trade outlets initially reported $100M; LMI's official figure is $98M.)
What's funded
LMI will perform product integration to modernize and unify support execution across product support, life-cycle logistics, digital transformation, and readiness sustainment functions. The Phase III is built on LMI's earlier Phase II RAPTR (Rapid Analysis Prototyping Toolkit for Resiliency) platform — a modeling, simulation, and analysis tool for space-based warfighting missions.
Why SBIR Phase III matters
Phase III is the commercialization stage. Agencies can sole-source Phase III follow-ons without re-competing — which is why winning a Phase II that leads to a Phase III IDIQ is the holy grail for federal-focused R&D firms.
What to do
- Other firms running SBIR Phase II: this award is the textbook example of the Phase III ramp — build your own Phase II to scale-up story now
- Product-support / sustainment software firms: LMI is the Tysons-area integrator — talk to BD
