#520of 1,000 in 2025

Defensewerx INC

Location
Niceville, Florida
Sector
Science
Founded
2012
359%Three-year growth, FY2022 to FY2025
$196MFY2025 revenue
131Employees, FY2025
#6of 8 in Science
#34of 56 in Florida

Revenue by fiscal year

FY2022: $42,651,748 $42.7M FY22 FY2023: $84,165,690 $84.2M FY23 FY2024: $112,452,271 $112M FY24 FY2025: $195,747,401 $196M FY25

Where revenue came from, FY2025

Government grants
$196M · 100%
Gifts and grants
$80K · 0%
Other revenue
$46K · 0%
Total revenue on the 990
$195,761,877
Investment income
− $14,476
Revenue we count
$195,747,401

What it does

Innovative, cost-effective, timely science and technology solutions for defense and commercial customers.

Pia - partnership intermediary agreement that includes innovation and collaboration, technology transfer, workforce development, and neutral facilitation. For innovation and collaboration services the organization creates and maintains innovation and colloboration environments that enable customers to effectively expand their scientific research project's performance. For technology transfer the organization works with government, industry and academia to explore innovative strategies for effectively transferring government laboratory scientific research technologies to the commercial marketplace and vice versa. Defensewerx hosts and conducts forums to facilitate the exchange of technology ideas between goverment researchers, commercial entities and academic entities to share information and identify potential commercialization opporunities.for workforce development the organization seeks to support education opportunities to the current workforce to enhance or expand their skill sets in a variety of both traditional and non-traditional methods. These approaches may range from classroom style functional training, to leadership seminars, to creative workshops or guest lecturers. Defensewerx also works with the air force research laboratory, okaloosa county school district, northwest florida state college, university of west florida, florida state university, and university of florida to expose young students to high-caliber science, technology, engineering and mathematics (stem) learning opportunities.

Leadership

Brian LiesveldChief Executive Officer
Teresa HarringtonChief Operations Officer
Bret AdamsChief Financial Officer
Craig ZamaryDir. Hswerx
Leslie BabichDir. Sofwerx

EIN 46-0684933 · Full filings on ProPublica

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