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3,235 science and engineering companies closed federal SBIR/STTR awards in the last two years — most are under 15 people. A small company that just won federal money is a company about to grow, usually before any job is posted. The date, the amount and the agency below are from the award record itself.

We show the funding event, not a vacancy — a speculative application to a freshly funded lab routinely beats a hundred applicants on a posted role.

Most recently funded

BUSEK CO., INC.

NATICK, MA · 110 employees

Compact Stored Propellant Propulsion System for VLEO Satellites

Department of Defense · Phase Phase II

$1.7Mawardedfunded 2026-01-23Company site →

Aspect Aerospace

Mobile, AL · 5 employees

Single Board Satellite for VLEO SBEM

Department of Defense · Phase Phase II

$1.9Mawardedfunded 2026-01-23Company site →

OBLATE OPTICS INC

SAN DIEGO, CA · 2 employees

Inverse-designed lightweight, planar focus lenses for Vis to LWIR hyperspectral imaging

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I/Phase II

$2.0Macross 2 awardsfunded 2026-01-23

AROBOTICSCOMPANY, INC

OSSINING, NY · 15 employees

Snake Paint-R: Robotic Coating for Confined Aircraft Ducts

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I/Phase II

$2.4Macross 8 awardsfunded 2026-01-22Company site →

Pulse Space Inc

BELLEVUE, WA · 3 employees

Nexus

Department of Defense · Phase Phase II

$1.9Mawardedfunded 2026-01-20Company site →

Tactorum Inc.

New York, NY · 3 employees

SBIR Phase I: Development of a system for automated pain behavior testing across preclinical disease models in rodents

National Science Foundation · Phase Phase I

$305kawardedfunded 2026-01-15Company site →

Aerobotix, Inc.

Madison, AL · 45 employees

Robotic Adaptive Sanding System (RASS)

Department of Defense · Phase Phase II

$1.2Mawardedfunded 2026-01-09

SLIP ROBOTICS INC.

Norcross, GA · 80 employees

OMNI-DIRECTIONAL MOVEMENT OF F-16 AIRCRAFT WITH A MODIFIED AND ADAPTED SLIPBOT MOBILE ROBOT

Department of Defense · Phase Phase II

$1.2Mawardedfunded 2026-01-07Company site →

NANOSONIC INC.

PEMBROKE, VA · 13 employees · woman-owned

3D Printed Bimetallic Structures for Radio Frequency Devices, Topic 34a

Department of Defense · Department of Energy · Department of Transportation · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase Phase I/Phase II

$4.6Macross 10 awardsfunded 2026-01-03Company site →

TOWFLEXX MILTECH INC

SAINT AUGUSTINE, FL · 3 employees

Omni Directional Aircraft Mover Platform (OD-AMP)

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I/Phase II

$1.4Macross 2 awardsfunded 2026-01-01Company site →

INTELLISENSE SYSTEMS INC

TORRANCE, CA · 140 employees

Tethered Robot for Coating Application and Inspection

Department of Defense · Department of Homeland Security · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase Phase I/Phase II

$28.8Macross 51 awardsfunded 2026-01-01Company site →

SeaLion Energy Inc.

Pittsburgh, PA · 4 employees · woman-owned

TARDIS-J: Tunable Activation & Regeneration in Devices using In-Situ Jamming

Department of Energy · Phase Phase I/Phase II

$1.6Macross 2 awardsfunded 2026-01-01Company site →

AEROSENS, INC

MIAMI, FL · 3 employees

AeroISU: Real-time Visibility and Mission Readiness of Industrial Storage Units (ISU), Containers & other USAF Equipment

Department of Defense · Phase Phase II

$1.5Mawardedfunded 2026-01-01Company site →

ANALOG PHOTONICS LLC

Boston, MA · 26 employees

On-Chip Wavelength Generation for DWDM Photonic Transceivers

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I

$250kawardedfunded 2025-12-22Company site →

TECHNERGETICS, LLC

UTICA, NY · 62 employees

Comb-Integrated Photonic Hardware for Energy-Efficient Routing (CIPHER)

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I/Phase II

$3.7Macross 5 awardsfunded 2025-12-22Company site →

AIMDYN, INC.

SANTA BARBARA, CA · 22 employees · woman-owned

Koopman Operator-Based Rapid Adjudication of Federated COA's (KOBRA)

Department of Defense · Phase Phase II

$1.8Mawardedfunded 2025-12-19Company site →

CHARLES RIVER ANALYTICS, INC.

CAMBRIDGE, MA · 156 employees

Neural Network Enhancements for Customized Reduced Order Models to Accelerate Nuanced COA Evaluation and Reasoning (NECROMANCER)

Department of Defense · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase Phase I/Phase II

$18.2Macross 20 awardsfunded 2025-12-19Company site →

SPECTREE INC.

SEATTLE, WA · 12 employees · woman-owned

Integrated Aerosol Collection and MOF-FET Sensors (AeroMOF-FET) for Aerosolized Chem/Biothreats Detection

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I

$210kawardedfunded 2025-12-18Company site →

GOEPPERT LLC

PHILADELPHIA, PA · 5 employees · woman-owned

Aerosolized Fentanyl Electrochemical Nano-Sensor for Field Detection

Department of Defense · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase Phase I

$523kacross 3 awardsfunded 2025-12-18Company site →

PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC.

ANDOVER, MA · 259 employees

Bio-inspired Energy Dissipating Structures for Enhanced Airdrop Capabilities

Department of Defense · Department of Energy · Department of Health and Human Services · Department of Homeland Security · Department of Transportation · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase Phase I/Phase II

$64.2Macross 84 awardsfunded 2025-12-10Company site →

OCTAVE PHOTONICS LLC

LOUISVILLE, CO · 6 employees

Terabit-Per-Second Integrated Photonic Transceiver for Reduced Optical-Link Power (TIPTOP)

Department of Defense · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase Phase I

$733kacross 4 awardsfunded 2025-12-10Company site →

Microcom Design, Inc.

Cockeysville, MD · 15 employees

Captive Carry Transponder for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Interceptor

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I

$179kawardedfunded 2025-12-05Company site →

KAES LLC

SAINT AUGUSTINE, FL · 18 employees

Hypersonic Timing Window Simulation Tool (HyTWIST)

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I

$140kawardedfunded 2025-11-13Company site →

SPECTRAL LABS INCORPORATED

SAN DIEGO, CA · 25 employees

Advanced Wearable Integration and Synchronization Hub (AWISH)

Department of Defense · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase Phase I/Phase II

$1.1Macross 2 awardsfunded 2025-11-13Company site →

KMS Solutions, LLC

Alexandria, VA · 275 employees

Logistics Modeling and Simulation for Hypersonics

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I

$136kawardedfunded 2025-11-13Company site →

INGENIX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

DECATUR, AL · 7 employees · woman-owned

TIMELOCK

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I

$140kawardedfunded 2025-11-13Company site →

TOYON RESEARCH CORPORATION

GOLETA, CA · 275 employees

Advanced Modeling and Evaluation of Air Combat Autonomy

Department of Defense · Department of Homeland Security · Phase Phase I/Phase II

$21.8Macross 32 awardsfunded 2025-11-12Company site →

BEAST CODE LLC

FORT WALTON BEACH, FL · 242 employees

Creating a Digital Twin of Legacy Aircraft - B-52

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I/Phase II

$1.9Macross 3 awardsfunded 2025-11-06Company site →

LINEAJE INC.

SARATOGA, CA · 30 employees

Trusted OSS Analysis and TTP Automation for Secure Software Enclaves

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I/Phase II

$1.9Macross 2 awardsfunded 2025-11-06Company site →

SPECTRAL ENERGIES LLC

BEAVERCREEK, OH · 50 employees

Turbulent boundary layer (TBL) Drag Reduction Flight Demonstration via Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma Actuators

Department of Defense · Department of Energy · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase Phase I/Phase II

$15.5Macross 26 awardsfunded 2025-11-06Company site →

MACHINA COGNITA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Carlsbad, CA · 23 employees

Natural-language Ontologies for battlespace Visualizations and Analytics (NOVA)

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I/Phase II

$2.4Macross 6 awardsfunded 2025-11-05Company site →

TRUE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY, LLC

LINCOLN, MA · 2 employees

Enhanced Language-oriented System for Analysis and Management of C2 and Maintenance Data

Department of Defense · Phase Phase II

$1.7Mawardedfunded 2025-11-04Company site →

THOUGHTFORGE INC.

BERKELEY, CA · 5 employees

SLITHER: Snake-Like Inspection Technology for Hazardous and Enclosed Regions

Department of Defense · Phase Phase II

$1.2Mawardedfunded 2025-11-04Company site →

DEFENSE UNICORNS, INC.

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 225 employees

Comprehensive Risk Analysis of Open Source Software_Defense Unicorns

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I/Phase II

$6.4Macross 4 awardsfunded 2025-11-04Company site →

APPLIED OCEAN SCIENCES, LLC

FAIRFAX STATION, VA · 29 employees

Machine Learning Downscaling Capability for Environmental Forecasts

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I/Phase II

$1.1Macross 2 awardsfunded 2025-11-03Company site →

PERCEPTRONICS SOLUTIONS, INC

SHERMAN OAKS, CA · 35 employees

Automated Intelligence Preparation of the Battlespace from Open-Source Information (AutoIPB)

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I/Phase II

$5.9Macross 5 awardsfunded 2025-11-03Company site →

Rallypoint One LLC

Davidsonville, MD · 6 employees

N252-105-0130 MICROCAST: A Unified Hybrid Forecasting System for Naval Operations

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I

$140kawardedfunded 2025-11-03Company site →

TDA RESEARCH, INC.

GOLDEN, CO · 125 employees

Corrosion and wear resistant coating for rotary engine seals and surfaces

Department of Defense · Department of Energy · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase Phase I/Phase II

$17.7Macross 27 awardsfunded 2025-11-03Company site →

DIGNITAS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

ORLANDO, FL · 185 employees · woman-owned

N252-112 - Generative Artificial Intelligence for Course and Content Creation and Conversion (GenAI4C)

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I/Phase II

$2.8Macross 5 awardsfunded 2025-11-03Company site →

Corvid ATEA, LLC

Mooresville, NC · 16 employees

Innovations in Heater Technologies for Optimized Heating during Welding

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I/Phase II

$3.5Macross 4 awardsfunded 2025-11-03

DATASHAPES, INC.

SAN RAFAEL, CA · 3 employees

Modular, Optimized Real-time Processing Harness for Edge-Unit Schedulers (MORPHEUS)

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I

$140kawardedfunded 2025-11-03Company site →

PEERLESS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

FAIRBORN, OH · 423 employees

RASOR: Real-time Adaptable Scheduler and Optimizer for Receivers

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I

$140kawardedfunded 2025-11-03

MEMQ INC

CHICAGO, IL · 6 employees

Cryo-Compatible Electro-Optic Modulation Using Scalable Commercial TFLN Foundry Platform

Department of Defense · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase Phase I

$303kacross 2 awardsfunded 2025-11-03Company site →

CFD Research Corporation

Huntsville, AL · 306 employees

Multiphysics Modeling Framework for Raindrop-Induced Material Damage

Department of Defense · Department of Energy · Department of Health and Human Services · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase Phase I/Phase II

$16.3Macross 32 awardsfunded 2025-11-03Company site →

UNITED PROTECTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

LOCUST, NC · 93 employees

Solid High-performance Innovative Engine Lubrication for Durability (SHIELD)

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I/Phase II

$3.0Macross 3 awardsfunded 2025-11-03Company site →

BAKER ENGINEERING, LLC

Nunica, MI · 25 employees

Cost Effective Coatings and Materials for Enhanced Rotary Engine Corrosion Protection and Performance

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I

$215kacross 2 awardsfunded 2025-11-03Company site →

INFERLINK CORP

EL SEGUNDO, CA · 24 employees

GENESIS: Generative AI for Educational Systems and Instructional Support

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I/Phase II

$2.1Macross 5 awardsfunded 2025-11-03Company site →

CARE WEATHER TECHNOLOGIES INC

PROVO, UT · 14 employees

Wind Retrieval, Calibration, and Validation of Veery Fledgling v0.6 Ocean Vector Winds for Naval Applications

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I/Phase II

$3.1Macross 2 awardsfunded 2025-11-03Company site →

MAXENTRIC TECHNOLOGIES LLC

FORT LEE, NJ · 70 employees

Integrated Circuit Engineering for Chip-Level Obfuscation Using Diverse Suppliers (ICE-CLOUDS)

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I/Phase II

$8.9Macross 15 awardsfunded 2025-11-03Company site →

Aperture Space, Inc.

Lexington, MA · 4 employees

Quad-Pol L-band Scatterometer for Ocean Surface Vector Winds in Extreme Conditions

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I/Phase II

$3.1Macross 2 awardsfunded 2025-11-03

WHOOSH HPC LAB LLC

KENSINGTON, MD · 3 employees

High-Fidelity Multiphase-Peridynamics Solver for Hypersonic Vehicle Analysis in Adverse Weather Conditions for GPUs

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I/Phase II

$1.3Macross 3 awardsfunded 2025-11-03

Global Engineering and Materials, Inc.

Princeton, NJ · 8 employees

A Hybrid Digital Twin Framework for Modeling Machine Process Parameters for Automated Fiber Placement-based Manufacturing of Composite Struc

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I/Phase II

$3.2Macross 5 awardsfunded 2025-11-03Company site →

SPECTRAL SCIENCES, INC

BURLINGTON, MA · 43 employees

Development and Demonstration of an Efficient Multiphysics Modeling Framework for Rain-Induced Damage and Aerodynamic Effects on Hypersonic

Department of Defense · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase Phase I/Phase II

$11.1Macross 13 awardsfunded 2025-11-03Company site →

INGENIA SERVICES INC

WAKE FOREST, NC · 13 employees

Social-Cyber Modeling and Simulation

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I

$140kawardedfunded 2025-11-03Company site →

Fenix Research Corporation

Palo Alto, CA · 6 employees

Off-Axis Laser Detector

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I

$140kawardedfunded 2025-11-03

TRITON SYSTEMS, INC.

CHELMSFORD, MA · 126 employees

Coatings for Reliable Compact Rotary Engines

Department of Defense · Department of Energy · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase Phase I/Phase II

$29.7Macross 41 awardsfunded 2025-11-03Company site →

DIGITAL OPTICS TECHNOLOGIES INC

ROLLING MEADOWS, IL · 6 employees

Lithium Niobate In-Phase/Quadrature Modulator for High-Bandwidth Data Transmission at Cryogenic Temperatures

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I/Phase II

$1.9Macross 3 awardsfunded 2025-11-03

ATAC

SANTA CLARA, CA · 63 employees

High-Resolution Environmental Forecasting Through Advanced ML Downscaling Techniques

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I

$140kawardedfunded 2025-11-03Company site →

AI Fusion, Inc.

Boyds, MD · 5 employees · woman-owned

RECAP: Rapid Educational Content Automation Platform Using Multimodal Large Language Models

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I

$140kawardedfunded 2025-11-03

GRAF RESEARCH CORPORATION

BLACKSBURG, VA · 46 employees

Dynamic Scheduler for Heterogeneous Multi-Tasking

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I

$460kacross 3 awardsfunded 2025-11-03Company site →

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