ALAMEDA APPLIED SCIENCES CORPORATION

Oakland, CA · Aerospace · Private

Metal Plasma Thruster (MPT) — a solid metal propellant spacecraft propulsion system with no moving parts, operating on low DC voltage for orbit raising, lowering, and attitude control

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · aasc.space

Sector: Aerospace
Headquarters: Oakland, CA
Total capital: $12.2M

Federal grants: $5.1M; 4 awards · 2015–2021; Rank in peer group#81 of 155
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $7.1M; 13 awards · Defense, Homeland Security, NASA; Rank in Aerospace#286 of 1335
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

Latest events

Sep 2023Federal contractNASA · High-impulse, Scalable, Metal Plasma Thruster For Cubesat Missions$800K
Sep 2021Federal grantNASA · Phase II · High-Impulse, Scalable, Metal Plasma Thruster for Cubesat Missions$3.2M
Aug 2019Federal grantNASA · Phase II · High-Impulse, Scalable, Metal Plasma Thruster for Cubesat Missions$750K
Jul 2018Federal contractNASA · Alameda Applied Sciences Has An Opportunity (by Working With Novawurks Of Los Alamitos, Ca) To Secure Flight Heritage For Its Metal Plasma Thruster (mpt-x). The Mpt-x Is An Electric Propulsion Thruster That DELIVERS>4000 Ns Of Total Impulse From A 1U Package, With No Moving Parts, Liquids Or Gases To Be Handled. The TRL-4 Prototypes Have Been Developed Through Several Generations Over Two Years. This SBIR Affords An Opportunity To Integrate The Mpt Into Novawurks Hisat Platform And Obtain Flight$125K
Jun 2016Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · (Seamless, Niobium Coated Copper Cavities for SRF accelerators) LOC's -Biased deposition of Nb-on-Electro-Hydro-Formed-Cu cavities for SRF accelerators$150K
Apr 2015Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Nb-on-Cu cavities for 700-1500 MHz SRF accelerators$1M
Dec 2010Federal contractDefense · (sttr-phase II) Variable Thrust/specific Impulse Electrospray Propulsion$750K

Show 10 earlier federal awards

Jan 2010Federal contractDefense · Monthly Progress Reports - SBIR Phase I$100K
Jul 2009Federal contractDefense · STTR (phase I) - Variable Thrust/specific Impulse Electrospray Propulsion$100K
Dec 2008Federal contractDefense · SBIR II$750K
Sep 2008Federal contractHomeland Security · Fast Pulse, Portable Fast Neutron Source For Special Nuclear Materials Detection$1.0M
May 2008Federal contractDefense · Monthly Progress Reports$100K
Feb 2008Federal contractHomeland Security · Intensity-modulated Advanced X-ray Source (imaxs)$150K
Jan 2008Federal contractDefense · SBIR I$100K
Oct 2007Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase 2, Proposal T2-0127$742K
Aug 2006Federal contractDefense · Ph II T2-0100 Alameda Applied Sciences C$751K
Dec 2004Federal contractDefense · 200511!502128!9700!HDTRA2!DEFENSE Threat Reduction Agency !DTRA0199D0043 !a!n! !N!0007 !02 !20041229!20060527!836439968!836439968!836439968!N!ALAMEDA Applied Sciences CORPO!626 Whitney Street !san Leandro !CA!94577!68084!001!06!SAN Leandro !alameda !CALIFORNIA!+000000950000!N!N!000000000000!AT91!RDTE/TRANS - Other - Basic Research !C9E!ALL Other Supplies And Equipment !000 !* !541710!A!A!5!B!S!C! !D!200$1.6M

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Standing among 155 peers

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Aerospace · Orbital_ops · Device

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Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026

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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 · Aerospace

Sector-level, not company-level

06 Jul 2026Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs of NASA-Effectuation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964National Aeronautics and Space Administration
01 Jul 2026Special Conditions: AMAC Aerospace, The Boeing Company Model 747- 8 Airplane; Side-Facing SeatsFederal Aviation Administration
26 Jun 2026Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous AmendmentsFederal Aviation Administration
23 Jun 2026Operating Limitations at John F. Kennedy International AirportFederal Aviation Administration
23 Jun 2026Operating Limitations at New York LaGuardia AirportFederal Aviation Administration
18 Jun 2026Special Conditions: Honeywell Aerospace US LLC, Dassault Aviation Model Falcon 900EX Airplane; Electronic System Security Protection From Unauthorized External AccessFederal Aviation Administration

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Sources

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Data freshness

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