Federal Contractor Profile
Cesiumastro INC
Federal contracting record: $14M obligated across 24 awards from 2 agencies, FY 2018–2026.
Company Profile
Parent UEI (Unique Entity Identifier)
ETNXN97SBHG3
CAGE Code
7VR43
Address
13413 GALLERIA CIR STE 225, AUSTIN, TX, 787386344
First Federal Award
Nov 6, 2017
Most Recent Award
Feb 9, 2026
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Top Federal Agencies
- $7.3M
Department of Defense
53.9% of total obligations
- $6.2M
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
46.1% of total obligations
Top NAICS Activity
- $11M
541715
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY)
17 awards
- $1.8M
334220
RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTING AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING
5 awards
- $175K
541519
OTHER COMPUTER RELATED SERVICES
2 awards
Recent Federal Awards
| Date | Agency | NAICS | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 2025 | Department of DefenseMISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA) | 541715 | SCALABLE HOMELAND INNOVATIVE ENTERPRISE LAYERED DEFENSE (SHIELD) INITIAL ORDER. | $500 |
| Aug 5, 2025 | National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER | 541715 | PHASE III - OPP001096-1 CESIUMASTRO - KASTLE SBIR PHASE 3 | $195K |
| Jul 29, 2025 | National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER | 541715 | SBIR PHASE III - RADIO RANGING FIRMWARE MODIFICATIONS FOR STARLING EXTENDED MISSION | $77K |
| Oct 22, 2024 | National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER | 541715 | SBIR PHASE III - RADIO RANGING FIRMWARE MODIFICATIONS FOR STARLING EXTENDED MISSION | $570K |
| Sep 16, 2024 | Department of DefenseFA9453 AFRL RVK | 541715 | PROVIDE THE AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY (AFRL) WITH THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A MEDIUM SIZED KA-BAND ACTIVE PHASED ARRAY (APA) SATCOM TERMINAL FROM CESIUM ASTRO. | $2.6M |
| May 30, 2024 | National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER | 334220 | LUNANET AUGMENTED FORWARD SIGNAL (AFS), COMPATIBLE NAVIGATION SENSORS | $435K |
| Sep 11, 2023 | National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER | 541715 | NEXT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES FOR EXPLORATION PARTNERSHIPS-2 (NEXT STEP-2) CIS CAPABILITIES STUDIES FOR WIDEBAND/PHASED ARRAY/CROSSLINK | $396K |
| Sep 7, 2023 | National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER | 334220 | SBC-1461 HARDWARE DEVELOPMENT KIT S-SBC1461-DK-0 | $54K |
| Aug 21, 2023 | National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER | 541519 | THIS IS FOR THE PURCHASE OF AN SDR DEVELOPMENT KIT AND SDR BOARD SUPPORT PACKAGE | $75K |
| Jun 15, 2023 | Department of DefenseFA8689 AFLCMC WIIK UAS | 541715 | MQ-9 REAPER SEQUENTIAL TACFI SBIR PHASE II OPEN PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA | $1.8M |
| May 12, 2023 | National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER | 541715 | COMMERCIAL-SCALE ARRAYS FOR LUNAR EXPLORATION: COMMUNICATIONS AND SENSING SYSTEM | $90K |
| May 12, 2023 | National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER | 541715 | E014042 SBIR PHASE III COMMERCIAL-SCALE ARRAYS FOR LUNAR EXPLORATION: COMMUNICATIONS AND SENSING SYSTEM | $90K |
| Sep 12, 2022 | National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER | 334220 | SKOUT LEO FLIGHT TEST | $300K |
| Jul 29, 2021 | National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER | 541715 | COMMERCIAL-SCALE ARRAYS FOR LUNAR EXPLORATION: COMMUNICATIONS AND SENSING SYSTEM | $749K |
| Mar 18, 2021 | National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER | 334220 | KA-BAND ANTENNA ELECTRONICALLY STEERED | $105K |
| Mar 9, 2021 | Department of DefenseFA8649 USAF SBIR STTR CNTRCTNG AFRL | 541715 | ACTIVE PHASED ARRAY COMMUNICATIONS FOR UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS | $750K |
| Dec 22, 2020 | National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER | 541715 | STARLING1 PROGRAM HAS REQUESTED AN SBIR PHASE III WITH CESIUM ASTRO BASED ON THE EXISTING SBIR PHASE 1 FOR A SOFTWARE RECONFIGURABLE AND MECHANICALLY ADAPTABLE TACTICAL COMMUNICATIONS PAYLOAD AS WELL AS THE INTERNALLY INVESTED WORK ON DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CORE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS HARDWARE. THE IDENTIFIED COMPONENTS ARE A SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO (SDR) MODULE, 2 TRANSMIT/RECEIVE MODULES (TRM) EACH OF WHICH WILL INCLUDE 4 LOW-NOISE AMPLIFIERS (LNA) AND 4 POWER AMPLIFIERS (PA) WITH A COMBINED OUTPUT POWER LEVEL OF 2 W, AND 2 S-BAND ANTENNAS, SIMILAR IN DESIGN TO THE KU-BAND ANTENNA. THESE 3 MODULES COMBINED ARE CALLED THE COMMPACK CROSSLINK RADIO SYSTEM. | $73K |
| Dec 9, 2020 | National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER | 334220 | AN S-BAND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM | $578K |
| Sep 30, 2020 | National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER | 334220 | AN S-BAND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM | $578K |
| Aug 25, 2020 | National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER | 541715 | COMMERCIAL-SCALE ARRAYS FOR LUNAR EXPLORATION: COMMUNICATIONS AND SENSING SYSTEM | $125K |
| Mar 17, 2020 | National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER | 541715 | STARLING1 PROGRAM HAS REQUESTED AN SBIR PHASE III WITH CESIUM ASTRO BASED ON THE EXISTING SBIR PHASE 1 FOR A SOFTWARE RECONFIGURABLE AND MECHANICALLY ADAPTABLE TACTICAL COMMUNICATIONS PAYLOAD AS WELL AS THE INTERNALLY INVESTED WORK ON DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CORE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS HARDWARE. THE IDENTIFIED COMPONENTS ARE A SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO (SDR) MODULE, 2 TRANSMIT/RECEIVE MODULES (TRM) EACH OF WHICH WILL INCLUDE 4 LOW-NOISE AMPLIFIERS (LNA) AND 4 POWER AMPLIFIERS (PA) WITH A COMBINED OUTPUT POWER LEVEL OF 2 W, AND 2 S-BAND ANTENNAS, SIMILAR IN DESIGN TO THE KU-BAND ANTENNA. THESE 3 MODULES COMBINED ARE CALLED THE COMMPACK CROSSLINK RADIO SYSTEM. | $817K |
| Mar 6, 2020 | Department of DefenseFA8649 USAF SBIR STTR CNTRCTNG AFRL | 541715 | VIREO MULTI-BEAM ACTIVE PHASED ARRAY | $50K |
| Feb 24, 2020 | National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER | 541519 | SINGLE BOARD COMPUTER AND COMMUNICATIONS CONTROLLER | $100K |
| Sep 30, 2019 | Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIV | 541715 | RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT | $750K |
| Sep 24, 2019 | National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER | 541715 | STARLING1 PROGRAM HAS REQUESTED AN SBIR PHASE III WITH CESIUM ASTRO BASED ON THE EXISTING SBIR PHASE 1 FOR A SOFTWARE RECONFIGURABLE AND MECHANICALLY ADAPTABLE TACTICAL COMMUNICATIONS PAYLOAD AS WELL AS THE INTERNALLY INVESTED WORK ON DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CORE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS HARDWARE. THE IDENTIFIED COMPONENTS ARE A SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO (SDR) MODULE, 2 TRANSMIT/RECEIVE MODULES (TRM) EACH OF WHICH WILL INCLUDE 4 LOW-NOISE AMPLIFIERS (LNA) AND 4 POWER AMPLIFIERS (PA) WITH A COMBINED OUTPUT POWER LEVEL OF 2 W, AND 2 S-BAND ANTENNAS, SIMILAR IN DESIGN TO THE KU-BAND ANTENNA. THESE 3 MODULES COMBINED ARE CALLED THE COMMPACK CROSSLINK RADIO SYSTEM. | $332K |
Top Compensated Officers
From FFATA executive compensation disclosures. Reported when federal contract activity exceeds the statutory threshold.
- $363K
THOMAS MAGESACHER
Rank 1 · Reported Feb 9, 2026
- $341K
CHRIS PAPPAS
Rank 2 · Reported Feb 9, 2026
- $324K
JAMES W CARWELL
Rank 3 · Reported Feb 9, 2026
- $304K
SHAHRIAR SABRIPOUR
Rank 4 · Reported Feb 9, 2026
- $302K
MICHAEL S CHEUNG
Rank 5 · Reported Feb 9, 2026
Subawards Received
Cesiumastro INC also receives subaward dollars from other prime contractors. Aggregated from USAspending sub-award reporting (FY2016-FY2026).
Top 3 Primes Paying Cesiumastro INC
- Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation$9.1M
5 subawards
- Blue Origin Federation, LLC$1.1M
1 subawards
- $52K
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