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GIRD Systems

HQ CincinnatiFounded 200011-50 employees

GIRD Systems develops custom solutions to the most challenging problems in the areas of signal processing, communications, and electronic warfare.

StartupCommand, control and communicationsSensing and signature management
Website
Prime obligations
$45.1M
Since FY2008
Prime awards
75
Every award since FY2008
Capabilities
2

Federal Prime Contracts$45.1M obligated · FY2008–FY2026

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Obligated
$45.1M
FY2008–FY2026
Contract actions
238
75 awards
Peak year
FY2024
$7.2M
Top buyer
U.S. Navy
58% of obligations
Obligations by fiscal yearLast 5 full years avg $3.9MFaded: FY2026 so far; DoD publishes actions about 90 days late.
FY2008: $2.1M · 13 actionsFY2009: $1.7M · 14 actionsFY2010: $1.8M · 12 actionsFY2011: $1.8M · 13 actionsFY2012: $3.2M · 10 actionsFY2013: $495K · 6 actionsFY2014: $783K · 8 actionsFY2015: $723K · 12 actionsFY2016: $1.7M · 11 actionsFY2017: $4.6M · 14 actionsFY2018: $1.4M · 12 actionsFY2019: $120K · 8 actionsFY2020: $3.4M · 13 actionsFY2021: $2.1M · 14 actionsFY2022: $3.0M · 19 actionsFY2023: $2.1M · 13 actionsFY2024: $7.2M · 16 actionsFY2025: $5.2M · 19 actionsFY2026 (to date): $1.7M · 11 actions
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Obligations by fiscal year
Fiscal yearObligatedActionsAwards
FY2026 (to date)$1.7M118
FY2025$5.2M1910
FY2024$7.2M1610
FY2023$2.1M137
FY2022$3.0M1911
FY2021$2.1M146
FY2020$3.4M139
FY2019$120K85
FY2018$1.4M127
FY2017$4.6M149
FY2016$1.7M116
FY2015$723K128
FY2014$783K88
FY2013$495K65
FY2012$3.2M109
FY2011$1.8M1310
FY2010$1.8M1210
FY2009$1.7M1411
FY2008$2.1M137

Top buyers

  1. U.S. Navy$26.4M 58%
  2. U.S. Army$10.5M 23%
  3. U.S. Air Force$5.9M 13%
  4. Missile Defense Agency$2.2M 4.8%
  5. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$119K 0.3%

Defense programs

  1. MDA SUPPORT$2.2M 4.8%
  2. Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS)$1.7M 3.8%
  3. JTN$69K 0.2%

Only actions coded to a DoD acquisition program.

What they sell (PSC)

  1. National Defense R&D Services; Department of Defense - Military; Applied Research$13.6M 30%
  2. R&D- Defense System: Electronics/Communication Equipment (Applied Research/Exploratory Development)$5.7M 13%
  3. R&D- Defense System: Electronics/Communication Equipment (Basic Research)$5.7M 13%
  4. National Defense R&D Services; Department of Defense - Military; Experimental Development$3.4M 7.6%
  5. National Defense R&D Services; Defense-Related Activities; Applied Research$3.2M 7.2%
  6. R&D- Defense System: Electronics/Communication Equipment (Advanced Development)$2.2M 4.9%
  7. R&D- Defense Other: Other (Operational Systems Development)$1.6M 3.6%
  8. R&D- Defense Other: Other (Applied Research/Exploratory Development)$1.3M 2.9%
  9. National Defense R&D Services; Atomic Energy Defense Activities; Experimental Development$1.3M 2.8%
  10. General Science and Technology R&D Services; General Science and Technology; Basic Research$1.1M 2.4%
  11. National Defense R&D Services; Department of Defense - Military; Basic Research$1.0M 2.3%
  12. R&D- General Science/Technology: Engineering (Applied Research/Exploratory Development)$995K 2.2%
  13. R&D- Defense System: Electronics/Communication Equipment (Engineering Development)$819K 1.8%
  14. R&D- Defense Other: Services (Management/Support)$750K 1.7%
  15. R&D- Defense System: Weapons (Applied Research/Exploratory Development)$550K 1.2%
  16. All other$1.8M 4.1%

Industry (NAICS)

  1. Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (Except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)$23.7M 53%
  2. Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (Except Biotechnology)$19.3M 43%
  3. All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services$1.1M 2.5%
  4. Engineering Services$829K 1.8%
  5. Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences$145K 0.3%
  6. Ammunition (Except Small Arms) Manufacturing$1K 0.0%
  7. Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing$1K 0.0%

Where the work is done

  1. Ohio$43.0M 95%
  2. Alabama$2.0M 4.5%
  3. Maryland$149K 0.3%
  4. District of Columbia$1K 0.0%
  5. Florida$1K 0.0%

Contract pricing

  1. Cost Plus Fixed Fee$32.7M 72%
  2. Firm Fixed Price$11.2M 25%
  3. Fixed Price Level of Effort$1.3M 2.8%

Competition

  1. Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources$41.8M 93%
  2. Full and Open Competition$2.6M 5.8%
  3. Not Available for Competition$750K 1.7%

Largest awards10

Signed obligations on federal prime contracts (award types A–D) from USAspending, FY2008 through Oct 9, 2026. Obligations are money the government committed, not company revenue, and include de-obligations. Subcontracts and grants are excluded. Matching is by registered UEI.

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Federal Obligations by Year (All USAspending, as Reported at the Time)

GIRD Systems federal obligations by fiscal year
Fiscal yearDirect: contracts
FY2026$1.7M
FY2025$5.2M
FY2024$7.2M
FY2023$2.1M
FY2022$3.0M
FY2021$2.1M
FY2020$3.4M
FY2019$120K
FY2018$1.4M
FY2017$4.6M
FY2016$1.5M
FY2015$723K
FY2014$783K
FY2013$495K
FY2012$3.2M
FY2011$1.8M
FY2010$1.8M
FY2009$1.7M
FY2008$2.1M

Direct is the company's own reviewed UEIs. Reported by USAspending is subsidiaries as reported by USAspending: recipients that name this company as their parent, not yet reviewed ownership.

Recipients (UEIs) tied to this company

Each action counts for the company USAspending reported on that row, so a subsidiary's dollars count for GIRD Systems only for the period it reported GIRD Systems as its parent. Net of de-obligations; these are obligations, not ceilings. They come from the whole USAspending baseline (every recipient size, contracts and assistance) and are a separate view from the curated contract totals on this page. Fiscal year 2027 is partial.

Capabilities2

  • Command, control and communications
    Developer
    classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Develops signal processing, communications and electronic warfare, which are inherently military capabilities; customers are not named.
    —Reported
  • Sensing and signature management
    Developer
    classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Develops signal processing, communications and electronic warfare, which are inherently military capabilities; customers are not named.
    —Reported

Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.

Sources4

  1. 1
    CompanyGIRD Systems, Inc.

    GIRD Systems · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website

    “GIRD Systems develops custom solutions to the most challenging problems in the areas of signal processing, communications, and electronic warfare.”
  2. 2
    DatabaseSixth-Domain public startups directory

    Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · kind

    “{"group": "startups", "id": "64271e44-91dd-4e64-aa89-8f51677d2f7f", "name": "GIRD Systems"}”
  3. 3
    DatabaseGIRD Systems - Crunchbase company profile

    Crunchbase · Supports Organization · country, Organization · employee range, Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · x url

    “country: US”
  4. 4
    DatabaseGIRD Systems - LinkedIn company profile

    LinkedIn · Supports Organization · country, Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · ownership

    “country: US”

Government identifiers1

UEI
DJXELKH2ADS9
GIRD SYSTEMS INC
Checked Oct 18, 2026

Identifiers are matched to this legal entity; related companies may hold different registrations.

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