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BEAM ENGINEERING FOR ADVANCED MEASUREMENTS CO.

Orlando, FL · Defense · Private

Optically switchable fourth-generation optical components and hardened imaging systems for submarine defense against high-power laser and radiation threats

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Sector
Defense
Headquarters
Orlando, FL
Total capital
$46.6M
Federal grants
$11.5M
14 awards · 2016–2026
Rank in peer group#35 of 164
Private capital raised
None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts
$35.1M
38 awards · Defense, NASA, Interior
Rank in Defense#182 of 1442
Granted patents
22
10 pending · first 2017
Rank in peer group#7 of 164

Capital timeline

200320072011201520192023FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $46.6M2003: $946K across 1 contract2007: $1.9M across 1 contract2010: $1.6M across 1 contract2011: $100K across 1 contract2012: $2.1M across 2 contracts$2.1M2013: $2M across 1 contract2014: $3.1M across 3 contracts$3.1M2015: $10K across 1 contract2016: $1.5M across 1 grant · $4.5M across 3 contracts$6M2017: $1.4M across 2 contracts2018: $1.6M across 4 contracts2019: $894K across 2 grants · $421K across 4 contracts2020: $1.6M across 2 grants · $1.1M across 1 contract$2.7M2021: $239K across 1 contract2022: $149K across 1 grant · $375K across 2 contracts2023: $4.7M across 4 grants · $10.6M across 6 contracts$15.3M2024: $2.4M across 3 grants · $2.8M across 3 contracts$5.2M2026: $224K across 1 grant · $224K across 1 contract
200320072011201520192023FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $46.6M2003: $946K across 1 contract2007: $1.9M across 1 contract2010: $1.6M across 1 contract2011: $100K across 1 contract2012: $2.1M across 2 contracts2013: $2M across 1 contract2014: $3.1M across 3 contracts$3.1M2015: $10K across 1 contract2016: $1.5M across 1 grant · $4.5M across 3 contracts$6M2017: $1.4M across 2 contracts2018: $1.6M across 4 contracts2019: $894K across 2 grants · $421K across 4 contracts2020: $1.6M across 2 grants · $1.1M across 1 contract2021: $239K across 1 contract2022: $149K across 1 grant · $375K across 2 contracts2023: $4.7M across 4 grants · $10.6M across 6 contracts$15.3M2024: $2.4M across 3 grants · $2.8M across 3 contracts$5.2M2026: $224K across 1 grant · $224K across 1 contract

Latest events

  • Federal contractNASA · SBIR Phase I Broadband High Efficiency Ultralight Diffractive Films For Solar Sail Momentum Management$224K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · SBIR Phase I Broadband High Efficiency Ultralight Diffractive Films For Solar Sail Momentum Management$224K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · SBIR Phase II Proposal F2-17004- Covert Mwir Laser Transmitter$750K
  • Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II Proposal F2-17004- Covert Mwir Laser Transmitter$750K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Phase II - Lightweight, Non-mechanical, Polarization-independent LIDAR Beam Steering System$849K
  • Federal contractNASA · Phase II - Lightweight, Non-mechanical, Polarization-independent LIDAR Beam Steering System$849K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · BASE$800K
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  • Federal contractDefense · BASE$1.2M
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Energy Web Employing Planar Optics Program.$3.1M
  • Federal contractDefense · Energy Web Employing Planar Optics Program.$5M
  • Federal contractDefense · Non-mechanical Beam Steering$746K
  • Federal contractNASA · SBIR Phase I -lightweight, Non-mechanical, Polarization-independent LIDAR Beam Steering System$150K
  • Federal contractInterior · Energy Web Employing Planar Optics$1.5M
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Laser Hardening of Submarine Optical Systems$600K
  • Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$2M
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Next Generation Vector Vortex Waveplates for Astronomical Coronagraphs$850K
  • Federal contractDefense · Liquid Crystalline Devices For Non-mechanical Beam Steering$1.2M
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Time Resolved Ultrafast Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy Based on 4th Generation Diffraction Gratings$199K
  • Federal contractNASA · EO14042 SBIR Phase I Next Generation Vector Vortex Waveplates For Astronomical Coronagraphs$150K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Covert MWIR Laser Transmitter$149K
  • Federal contractInterior · Energy Web Employing Planar Optics Darpa Baa FY22 HR001121S0007$225K
  • Federal contractDefense · Kickoff Briefing Materials & Fwa Cert.$239K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Compact High Energy Laser (HEL) Beam Director$600K
  • Federal contractNASA · Non-mechanical Dual-mode Beam Control System For Lidars$1.1M
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Laser Periscope Detection$1M
  • Federal contractNASA · Electrically Variable Systems Waveplate$46K
  • Federal contractNASA · Laser Non-mechanical Beam Steering System$67K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Broadband Vector Vortices for High Contrast Coronagraphy$744K
  • Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$239K
  • Federal contractDefense · Spatial Light Modulator$70K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Non-Mechanical Beam Steering for LIDARs using Diffractive Waveplates$150K
  • Federal contractDefense · Versatile Optical File Base Efforts$1.1M
  • Federal contractNASA · Vector Vortex Waveplates (vvws) Have Been Shown To Be Useful For Coronagraphy And Other Applications Requiring Proximity Glare Suppression. Beam Co. Has Been On The Forefront Of Development Of Vvws For Such Applications, And Is Well-positioned To Apply Past Experience To Extending This Technology Into New Regions Of The Spectrum, Including The Ultraviolet, And To Make It Possible To Achieve High Contrast In Coronagraphy Over Broader Wavelength Bands Than Has To Date Been Possible. Materials Alre$124K
  • Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I Igf::ot::igf$225K
  • Federal contractDefense · Cycloidal Diffractive Waveplates$64K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Nonlinear Near Infrared Sens And Phot Protective Additives$150K
  • Federal contractDefense · Base Year Beam 4G Optics Baa Proposal Igf::ot::igf$1.3M
  • Federal contractDefense · Custom Patterned Waveplates$47K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf R&d Contract For "blinker - Time-modulated Polarized Imaging And Optical Tagging System For Friend Foe Identification", Submitted Against Solicitation W911QY-15-R-0016.$1.5M
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Large Area Dynamic Diffractive Waveplates$1.5M
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Large Optical Telescope Based On High Efficiency Thin Film Planar Diffractive Optics$3M
  • Federal contractDefense · Two (2) Visible Broadband Cycloidal Diffractive Waveplate With Circular To Linear Polarization Conversion: L ~ 7 Um, D>1/2", D>1MM, Fs-vis Ar$10K
  • Federal contractDefense · 2 Years Of Research&development Titled "release/transfer Materials And Technology For Diffractive Waveplate Optics" In Response To A Baa W911QY-13-R-0032$1M
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf In Future Ground-based Receivers For Deep-space Optical Communications With Spacecraft, Aperture Diameters Of The Order Of 10 Meters Are Required Even With The Most Sensitive Available Detectors. Directly Applying The Technology Of 10 Meter Class Ground-based Telescopes Is Cost Prohibitive. Also, Conventional Astronomical Telescopes Are Not Compatible With Operation Within 5 Degees Of The Sun, But Such Near-sun Operation Is Required With The Ground-based Telescope Assembly To Provid$125K
  • Federal contractDefense · Research And Development Igf::ot::igf$2M
  • Federal contractDefense · Contractor Shall Provide Research&development In Accordance With Their Proposal Titled "next Generation Diffractive Waveplate Optics And Optical Control Systems" In Response To The Natick Baa 11-13.$2M
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Other Function - Using Small Aperture Telescopes For Detecting Exoplanets Could Have A Significant Impact On Astronomy And Other Imaging And Space Communication Systems. In This New Generation Of Smaller, Lighter And More Affordable Coronagraph Systems, The Starlight Is Rejected With The Aid Of Phase-based Transparent Masks Capable Of Transmitting Planetary Light At Small Angular Separation From The Star. These So-called Vector Vortex Waveplates (vvw) Are Complex Optical Components $893K
  • Federal contractDefense · R&d Photoalignment Material Development$1.2M
  • Federal contractNASA · Diffractive Waveplates Are Optical Components Made Of Thin Films Of Anisotropic Materials By Modulating Their Optical Axis Orientation In The Plane Of The Waveplate. The Family Of Diffractive Waveplates Wherein This Modulation Is Axially Symmetric Vector Vortex Waveplates (vvws) Impart A Spiral Phase Modulation At A Light Beam Propagated Through The Waveplate. As A Result, The Intensity Of Radiation Is Sharply Decreased At The Axis Of The Beam By Many Orders Of Magnitude, Depending On The Topolo$100K
  • Federal contractDefense · Research And Development - High Transmission, Polarizer-free, Light-triggered Optical Anti-jamming Thin Polymer Films$1.6M
  • Federal contractDefense · R&d Effort: Year 1$1.9M
  • Federal contractDefense · 200311!000292!5700!GR07 !afrl/mlkm Metals Contracting BRN!F3361503C5444 !a!n! !n! !20030819!20050826!959414327!959414327!959414327!N!BEAM Engineering For Advanced !686 Formosa Ave !winter Park !FL!32789!78300!095!12!WINTER Park !orange !florida !+000000375000!N!N!000000749652!AD96!RDTE/OTHER Defense-management Support !A1A!AIRFRAMES And Spares !3000!NOT Discernable Or Classified !541710!E! !3! ! ! ! ! !99990909!B! ! !a! !A!N!U!2!002!K! !z!n!z! ! !n!b!n!n! ! !z! !B!A!000!C!B!N! ! ! ! ! ! !0001! !$946K

Federal awards are summed by year (52 awards); hover a bar for the split. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.

Standing among 164 peers

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Defense · Device

  • Federal grants#35 · top 21%
  • Granted patents#7 · top 4%
  • Linked publications#16 · top 10%

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Founders and team

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What it has protected

USPTO · 22 granted of 32
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Recent research by its founders

  • Liquid crystal polymer optical vortex phase masks for ultraviolet wavelengths20250 cites
  • High efficiency, lossless, large free-standing photonic bandgap polymer films20223 cites
  • Apparatuses for preparing and investigation of liquid crystal devices20221 cites

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Sources

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