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

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.

Money received by year$162.7M 2008–2026
Without federal contracts$15.7M 2008–2026
Figures by year
YearFederal grantsPPP loansFederal contractsTotal
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

  1. Feb 22, 2016$2.8M from Department of Energy: Office Of Science Financial Assistance Program4 To SPECTRAL SCIENCES, INC Award DESC0015126
  2. Aug 11, 2009$2.2M from Department of Energy: Office Of Science Financial Assistance Program5 To SPECTRAL SCIENCES, INC Award DESC0000671
  3. Feb 11, 2010$2.1M from Department of Energy: Office Of Science Financial Assistance Program6 To SPECTRAL SCIENCES, INC Award DESC0003373
  4. Feb 17, 2015$1.1M from Department of Energy: Office Of Science Financial Assistance Program7 To SPECTRAL SCIENCES, INC Award DESC0013088
  5. Jul 30, 2008$849.9K from Department of Energy: Office Of Science Financial Assistance Program8 To SPECTRAL SCIENCES, INC Award FG02-08ER85132
  6. Aug 15, 2007$759.9K from National Science Foundation: Engineering Grants9 To SPECTRAL SCIENCES, INC Award 0724385
  7. Apr 4, 2012$750.0K from National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Science10 To SPECTRAL SCIENCES, INC Award NNX12AH71G
  8. Jun 30, 2008$749.9K from Department of Energy: Office Of Science Financial Assistance Program11 To SPECTRAL SCIENCES, INC Award DEFG0208ER85132

Largest contracts

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. Aug 9, 2007$5.0M from Defense Contract Management Agency: Dev.&validation of tools x signature exploitation concepts14 To SPECTRAL SCIENCES, INC Award FA871807C0048
  4. 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
  5. 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.

  1. 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