Advanced Aircraft Company LLC
Internal aircraft antennas designed for composite and fabric airframes
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- Sector
- Defense
- Headquarters
- Hampton, VA
- Latest Form D
- $500K, Jun 2024
- Total capital
- $1.9M
- Federal grants
- $1.4M
- 3 awards · 2021–2025
- Rank in peer group#58 of 113
- Private capital raised
- $500K
- 1 Form D · last Jun 2024
- 29 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Airborne Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems Detection System$1.3M
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Hybrid Advanced Multirotor (hamr) For Agile Combat Employment (ace)$75K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$500K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · HAMR (Hybrid Advanced Multi-Rotor) UAS for Advanced Integrated Base Security$50K
Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.
Federal first
30months
from Advanced Aircraft Company LLC’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Dec 2021
- Defense · $50K
- First Form D · Jun 2024
- $500K · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 1 award
An association in public records, not a cause or a prediction.
Standing among 113 peers
Line = medianDefense · Device
- Federal grantsBelow median
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- William FredericksResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by $50K in grants as PI
- Aaron FrankExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Paul AllenExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
No granted patents are on record.
USPTO usually publishes applications 18 months after filing, so recent applications may not be visible yet. Patents assigned under a different entity name won’t match.
Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
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Regulatory activity · Defense
- Danger Zone; Waters of Carr Creek and Whitehall Bay in the Vicinity of the Naval Support Activity AnnapolisEngineers Corps
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Trade Agreements ThresholdsNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
How to read this page
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Data freshness
SEC Form D filings through . SBIR and STTR awards through .