Supplier · United States
Kord Technologies
HQ Huntsville, AlabamaFounded 2008201-500 employeesUpdated
Huntsville, Alabama defense engineering company and wholly owned subsidiary of KBR.
Federal Obligations by Year (All USAspending, as Reported at the Time)
| Fiscal year | Direct: contracts |
|---|---|
| FY2025 | $474K |
| FY2024 | $4.2M |
| FY2020 | $32K |
| FY2019 | $21.7M |
| FY2018 | $17.5M |
| FY2017 | $2.2M |
| FY2016 | $146K |
| FY2015 | $418K |
| FY2014 | $287K |
| FY2013 | $953K |
| FY2012 | $538K |
| FY2011 | $268K |
| FY2010 | $100K |
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.
Directly matched recipients (up to 12)
UEIs matched to this organization, largest obligations first. Subsidiary recipients are not included in this list; their attributed obligations can appear in the company totals above.
- KORD TECHNOLOGIES, LLC · SNCKMPABPLM3 · $117M
Each action is credited by the ownership basis shown in its column. Reported-parent rows count for Kord Technologies only for the period a subsidiary reported Kord Technologies as its parent; reviewed links follow their reviewed dates. 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. FY2026 and later are partial, as on Markets.
Systems1
- Firefly high-energy laserKord Technologies' palletized high-energy laser weapon system for counter-drone defense; selected in 2026 for a JIATF-401 directed-energy pilot.Prototype—
Newest unveiled first. Systems that belong to a government program link to the program page, where variants, costs and contracts are.
Capabilities2
| Technology | Role | Maturity | TRL | Notes | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air and missile defense | Supplier | — | — | classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Defense engineering subsidiary of KBR that developed the FireFly high-energy laser counter-drone weapon selected by JIATF-401 for a directed energy pilot. | Reported |
| Directed energy | Supplier | — | — | classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Defense engineering subsidiary of KBR that developed the FireFly high-energy laser counter-drone weapon selected by JIATF-401 for a directed energy pilot. | Reported |
- Supplierclassify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Defense engineering subsidiary of KBR that developed the FireFly high-energy laser counter-drone weapon selected by JIATF-401 for a directed energy pilot.—Reported
- Supplierclassify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Defense engineering subsidiary of KBR that developed the FireFly high-energy laser counter-drone weapon selected by JIATF-401 for a directed energy pilot.—Reported
Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.
Sources6
Profile4
- 1
Applied Energetics (SEC filing) · Mar 25, 2025 · Supports Organization
“Kord Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of KBR”
- 2
Aviation Week · Sep 24, 2019 · Supports Organization · founded year, Organization · hq city
“Kord was founded in 2008 by CEO Allen Young”
- 3
Defense Daily · Supports Organization · description
“has developed FireFly, its first fully self-contained high energy laser weapon”
- 4DatabaseKORD company profile
Octen Business Search · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · hq region, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · ownership
“employee_range: 201-500 (profile: 201-500 employees)”
Systems2
- 5
Defense Daily · Oct 5, 2026 · Supports Organization · description, System
“Epirus and Kord Technologies to participate in a pilot program aimed at expanding the use of these types of systems to protect against drone threats in U.S. airspace”
- 6
ACCESS Newswire · Supports Organization, System · maturity
“KORD, a wholly-owned subsidiary of KBR, is an integrated aerospace and defense company”
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