Private company
Spectral Sciences Incorporated
Spectral Sciences Incorporated (SSI), founded in 1981, is a research and development company located in Burlington, Massachusetts, United States. Its primary focus is the development of concepts and prototype scientific software and instrumentation.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- HeadquartersBurlington1
- Websitewww.spectral.com/index.shtml
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Spectral Sciences Incorporated (SSI), founded in 1981, is a research and development company located in Burlington, Massachusetts, United States. Its primary focus is the development of concepts and prototype scientific software and instrumentation.2
Funding
Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.
- Federal grants $14.8M
- PPP loans $913.2K
- Federal contracts $147.0M
- Federal grants $14.8M
- PPP loans $913.2K
Figures by year
| Year | Federal grants | PPP loans | Federal contracts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $934.4K | – | $3.6M | $4.5M |
| 2025 | $463.5K | – | $13.2M | $13.7M |
| 2024 | $488.6K | – | $10.3M | $10.8M |
| 2023 | $588.5K | – | $8.7M | $9.3M |
| 2022 | $99.7K | – | $7.1M | $7.2M |
| 2021 | $98.9K | – | $6.0M | $6.1M |
| 2020 | $25.6K | $913.2K | $6.3M | $7.3M |
| 2019 | $1.5M | – | $8.4M | $9.9M |
| 2018 | $222.2K | – | $9.9M | $10.1M |
| 2017 | $1.6M | – | $11.4M | $13.0M |
| 2016 | $1.4M | – | $7.2M | $8.5M |
| 2015 | $787.3K | – | $5.0M | $5.8M |
| 2014 | $263.1K | – | $4.3M | $4.6M |
| 2013 | $226.8K | – | $5.0M | $5.2M |
| 2012 | $410.0K | – | $12.6M | $13.0M |
| 2011 | $829.1K | – | $8.5M | $9.3M |
| 2010 | $4.1M | – | $7.1M | $11.1M |
| 2009 | $749.0K | – | $7.1M | $7.9M |
| 2008 | $100.0K | – | $5.4M | $5.5M |
Federal awards
Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov3, by calendar year, 2008–2026, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.
Largest grants
- Feb 22, 2016$2.8M from Department of Energy: Office Of Science Financial Assistance Program4 To SPECTRAL SCIENCES, INC Award DESC0015126
- Aug 11, 2009$2.2M from Department of Energy: Office Of Science Financial Assistance Program5 To SPECTRAL SCIENCES, INC Award DESC0000671
- Feb 11, 2010$2.1M from Department of Energy: Office Of Science Financial Assistance Program6 To SPECTRAL SCIENCES, INC Award DESC0003373
- Feb 17, 2015$1.1M from Department of Energy: Office Of Science Financial Assistance Program7 To SPECTRAL SCIENCES, INC Award DESC0013088
- Jul 30, 2008$849.9K from Department of Energy: Office Of Science Financial Assistance Program8 To SPECTRAL SCIENCES, INC Award FG02-08ER85132
- Aug 15, 2007$759.9K from National Science Foundation: Engineering Grants9 To SPECTRAL SCIENCES, INC Award 0724385
- Apr 4, 2012$750.0K from National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Science10 To SPECTRAL SCIENCES, INC Award NNX12AH71G
- Jun 30, 2008$749.9K from Department of Energy: Office Of Science Financial Assistance Program11 To SPECTRAL SCIENCES, INC Award DEFG0208ER85132
Largest contracts
- Apr 20, 2017$6.8M from Department of the Air Force: Igf::ot::igf small, inexpensive hyperspectral sensor package for penetrating uav platforms12 To SPECTRAL SCIENCES, INC Award FA865017C1012
- Aug 12, 2021$5.3M from Department of the Air Force: Performance modeling toolkit for autonomous electro-optical imaging solutions to f2t from pleo13 To SPECTRAL SCIENCES, INC Award FA945321C0026
- Aug 9, 2007$5.0M from Defense Contract Management Agency: Dev.&validation of tools x signature exploitation concepts14 To SPECTRAL SCIENCES, INC Award FA871807C0048
- Aug 17, 2005$4.9M from Department of the Air Force: Esc/pkr spectral sciences, inc fourth avenue burlington ma burlington middlesex mass rdte/other sciences basic research services15 To SPECTRAL SCIENCES, INC Award FA871805C0077
- Aug 31, 2012$3.0M from Defense Threat Reduction Agency: Tracer detection system16 To SPECTRAL SCIENCES, INC Award HDTRA112C0095
PPP loans
Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA17. Matched to this company by name and state.
- Jun 24, 2020$913.2K PPP loan (first draw) from Santander Bank, National Association17To SPECTRAL SCIENCES INC., Burlington MA; $934.7K forgiven Nov 7, 2022
Links
- Websitewww.spectral.com/index.shtml1
- WikipediaSpectral Sciences Incorporated
- WikidataQ7575174
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
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- 3USAspending.govUSAspending.gov recipient profile: SPECTRAL SCIENCES, INC
- 4USAspending.govDESC0015126: Department of Energy
- 5USAspending.govDESC0000671: Department of Energy
- 6USAspending.govDESC0003373: Department of Energy
- 7USAspending.govDESC0013088: Department of Energy
- 8USAspending.govFG02-08ER85132: Department of Energy
- 9USAspending.gov0724385: National Science Foundation
- 10USAspending.govNNX12AH71G: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- 11USAspending.govDEFG0208ER85132: Department of Energy
- 12USAspending.govFA865017C1012: Department of the Air Force
- 13USAspending.govFA945321C0026: Department of the Air Force
- 14USAspending.govFA871807C0048: Defense Contract Management Agency
- 15USAspending.govFA871805C0077: Department of the Air Force
- 16USAspending.govHDTRA112C0095: Defense Threat Reduction Agency
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