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Bearings Network — free public participation layer

The verified registry of the defense industrial base.

A free public registry where U.S. defense-adjacent organizations establish, verify, and control how they appear in mission ecosystems. No feeds, no paid placement.

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801
Verified organizations
22
Mission areas
$116.3B
Public awards indexed
36K
Patents joined

Data current as of 2026-08-26 04:25 UTC · Refreshed nightly at 04:00 UTC

WHY JOIN?
  • Control how your organization is represented
  • Become discoverable in mission ecosystems
  • Verify information — with inspectable scope
  • Respond to strategic requests, on your terms
HOW IT WORKS
  1. PUBLIC DATAYour record existsSeeded from SAM.gov · USAspending · USPTO. No action needed.
  2. CLAIMProve authoritySAM POC email or DNS TXT proves you speak for the org.
  3. VERIFYRisk-based checksDomain match, business type, capacity — checked per field.
  4. CONTROLField-level visibilityTurn any field public, private, or verified-only.
  5. DISCOVERMission relevanceSurfaced to programs by mission ecosystem, not paid rank.
WHERE THE DATA COMES FROM
  • SAM.govFederal-contractor identity, UEI, business types, SBA set-asides.
  • USAspendingPublic federal-award history + top buying agencies.
  • USPTOAssigned patents joined by organization name.

Every fact on an org record ships with a source badge and the timestamp it was last verified. Organization-provided corrections carry a separate provenance state.

MISSION AREAS

Organizations are surfaced by mission alignment — not category, not paid rank. A sample:

Browse all mission areas →

RECENTLY UPDATED

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Not a social network.No feeds, no followers, no paid placement. Organizations contribute facts and permissions; discovery happens through mission relevance. Free, forever.

BUILDING WITH BEARINGS DATA

Read-only access to public organization + mission records is available via API. Higher-throughput and analytics endpoints ship with paid Bearings tiers.

See the Developers page →
BEYOND THE REGISTRY

Bearings is our paid analytics product — mission-context forecasting, capability gap detection, and AI Navigator for procurement teams. The free registry stays free.

See Bearings pricing →

Bearings Network is a free public reference maintained by Nerdrums. Records are compiled from authoritative public sources — SAM.gov, USAspending, USPTO — with per-field provenance and organization-confirmed corrections. Analysis and forecasts live in Bearings, our paid product.