ADVANCED PHOTON SCIENCES LLC

Essex Junction, VT · Defense · Private

Liquid-pixel optical shutter technology for electronically dimmable eyewear that rapidly modulates light transmission across the visible spectrum

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · photonsci.com

Sector: Defense
Headquarters: Essex Junction, VT
Total capital: $6.7M

Federal grants: $901K; 2 awards · 2017–2020; Rank in peer group#3 of 48
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $5.8M; 6 awards · Defense; Rank in Defense#489 of 1442
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

Latest events

Apr 2020Federal contractDefense · Magnetic Graphene Sense Random Access Memory (mgram) Non-volatile/radiation Hardened Memory$3.9M
Jan 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Electronically Dimmable Eye Protection Devices (EDEPD)$752K
Jan 2020Federal contractDefense · STTR Phase II Proposal Electronically Dimmable Eye Protection Devices (edepd)$750K
Jan 2019Federal contractDefense · Aps-mitll Electronic Dimmable Eye Protection Devices - STTR I$150K
Aug 2017Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Fast Optical Limiters (OL) with Enhanced Dynamic Range$150K
Nov 2013Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Graphene Memory Device$750K
Jun 2012Federal contractDefense · Graphene Memory Device$150K

Show 1 earlier federal award

Nov 2011Federal contractDefense · Radiation-hardened, Non-volatile Memory For Aerospace And Defense Applications$149K

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Standing among 48 peers

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Defense · Device

Federal grants#3 · top 6%

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Founders and team

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What it has protected

No granted patents are on record.

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Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026

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Regulatory activity · Defense

Sector-level, not company-level

11 Jun 2026Danger Zone; Waters of Carr Creek and Whitehall Bay in the Vicinity of the Naval Support Activity AnnapolisEngineers Corps
13 Mar 2026Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
13 Mar 2026Federal Acquisition Regulation: Trade Agreements ThresholdsNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
13 Mar 2026Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
27 Aug 2025Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
27 Aug 2025Federal 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.

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Data freshness

SEC Form D filings through Oct 23, 2026. SBIR and STTR awards through Oct 21, 2026.