Nikira Labs Secures $8.8M Deal for Spectroscopic Air Monitor Development to Support Navy Submarines

Nikira Labs Inc.,* Mountain View, California, is awarded a $8,784,248 cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price, and cost-only contract for continued development, production, and installation of the Spectroscopic Total Air Monitor atmosphere monitor to support Navy submarines. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $56,254,766. Work will be performed in Mountain View, California, and is expected to be completed by May 2026. If all options are exercised, work will continue through May 2030. Fiscal 2023 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $6,234,771 will be obligated at the time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase III contract was not competitively procured pursuant to 15 U.S. Code 638 (r)(4)(B). The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-25-C-4303).