BODKIN DESIGN & ENGINEERING LLC

Wellesley, MA · Aerospace · Private

Spatially resolved thermal imaging system for hypersonic vehicle thermal protection systems

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · bodkindesign.com

Sector: Aerospace
Headquarters: Wellesley, MA
Total capital: $28.6M

Federal grants: $5.3M; 9 awards · 2015–2025; Rank in peer group#13 of 18
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $23.4M; 49 awards · Defense, Commerce, Interior; Rank in Aerospace#137 of 1335
Granted patents: 0; 1 pending

Capital timeline

Latest events

Dec 2025Federal contractDefense · Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (shield) Initial Order.$500
Sep 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase II · SBIR Phase II$1M
Sep 2025Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II$1M
Mar 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Sbir/sttr Phase II R&d Pulsed Laser Lethality Effects For Missile Defense$2M
Mar 2025Federal contractDefense · Sbir/sttr Phase II R&d Pulsed Laser Lethality Effects For Missile Defense$2M
Sep 2024Federal contractDefense · Small Business Innovation Research Phase I Proposal Number AF242-0007-0264 For Rotor High Speed Imaging System$180K
Sep 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Small Business Innovation Research Phase I Proposal Number AF242-0007-0264 For Rotor High Speed Imaging System$180K

Show 51 earlier federal awards

Sep 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Bodkin SBIR Phase I$197K
Sep 2024Federal contractDefense · Bodkin SBIR Phase I$197K
Aug 2024Federal contractDefense · Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) - Brdf Measurements For Spacecraft Materials Testing Topic Number: AF231-0004$1.3M
Jul 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) - Brdf Measurements For Spacecraft Materials Testing Topic Number: AF231-0004$1.3M
Jun 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · SBIR Phase I$247K
Jun 2024Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I$247K
Jun 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Imaging Spectropyrometer for Hypersonic TPS Characterization$180K
Sep 2021Federal contractAgriculture · Ultris X20 Plus Light Field Camera (X20P {UL_S20+} Wavelength Range Typ 350-1000NM Channel 164 Spectral Resolution: 10NM Sampling: 4NM Sensor Size: 20MP Spatial Resolution: 410X410PX (168,00SPECTRA/CUBE) Second Sensor 1880X1880PX Connection:$65K
Dec 2020Federal contractDefense · Pn #ultris Light Field Camera And Ultils$56K
Nov 2020Federal contractNASA · FIREFLEYE-S185 Hyperspectral Camera System$49K
Sep 2020Federal contractDefense · Ultralight Field Camera$60K
Jul 2020Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase 1 Topic N201-014 Contract Award$146K
May 2020Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II Base Period$999K
Apr 2020Federal contractDefense · Differential Blackbodies$35K
Sep 2019Federal contractDefense · SBIR Ph II Topic N2-7160&PROTOTYPE Deliverable$1.7M
Sep 2018Federal contractDefense · Dha STTR Phase II Medical R&d Contract Awarded From Proposal No. H2-0353 For, " Portable, Non-contact, Quantitative, Physiology And Health Assessment Imaging System"$999K
Jan 2018Federal contractDefense · Bodkin Design&engineering- SBIR Phase$146K
Sep 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ct::igf STTR Phase I H16C-005-0058$150K
Jun 2017Federal grantDefense · Phase II · High-Speed, Multispecies Sensing in Gas Turbine Engines and Augmentors$91K
Mar 2017Federal contractDefense · Base Igf::ot::igf$1.5M
Mar 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Sbir/sttr Phase I Research&development$100K
Dec 2016Federal contractDefense · ::igf::ot::igf Sbir/sttr Phase I Research&development$105K
Aug 2015Federal contractCommerce · Custom Lens For Hyperspectral Camera$42K
Aug 2015Federal grantAgriculture · Compact Hyperspectral Imager For Crop Water Stress Detection On UAV$100K
Jul 2015Federal contractDefense · Status Report Igf::ot::igf$155K
Jul 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Proposal AF151-176-1881, Temperature/heat Flux Imaging Of An Aerodynamic Model In High-temperature, Contin$150K
May 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf AF121-202 Af SBIR P2 High-speed Sensing In Gas Turbine Engines And Augmentors$750K
Apr 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Ph I Research&development - "micro-particle Debris Characterization From Hyper-velocity Impacts"$100K
Dec 2013Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Reusable Extended Artificial Light Source$150K
Oct 2012Federal contractDefense · SBIR II - "high Spatial Resolution Hyperspectral Sensor"$1M
Jun 2012Federal contractDefense · SBIR AF121-202$150K
May 2012Federal contractDefense · Bodkin Design&engineering, Inc. New Phase I - AF12-1-209$150K
Feb 2012Federal contractNASA · Development Of Hypersonic Flight Vehicles For Airbreathing Access To Space And For Planetary Entry Poses Several Design Challenges. One Of The Primary Obstacles Is The Large Uncertainty In Predictive Capability Of Models Of The Aerothermal Environment To Which These Vehicles Are Subjected. A High Priority Need For The Ground Test Facilities Is Instruments Which Enable Remote Thermal Imaging Of Entry Vehicles With High Temperature And Spatial Resolution, And Lower Uncertainty Than The State-of-th$125K
Dec 2011Federal contractDefense · Hyperspectral Imager Vnir -90$38K
Oct 2011Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I - High Spatial Resolution Hyperspectral Sensor$150K
Oct 2011Federal contractInterior · Dhs SBIR 11.2 Phase 1 Proposal Entitled, "stand-off Explosives By Photothermal Emission Imaging."$100K
Aug 2011Federal contractCommerce · Infrared Hyperspectral Camera System Based On Flir Camera$137K
Jun 2011Federal contractDefense · Nitrate Detection By Tires Imaging$780K
May 2011Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$80K
Jan 2011Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I$100K
Jul 2010Federal contractDefense · Research And Development Topic N08-007$750K
Dec 2009Federal contractDefense · Phase I SBIR$70K
Sep 2009Federal contractDefense · Polarimetric Sensor For Air-to-surface Missile Systems$70K
Sep 2009Federal contractDefense · Differential Blackbody DBT-2121$7K
Jul 2009Federal contractDefense · First Status Report$70K
Sep 2008Federal contractDefense · Base - Prst Phase 1$2.6M
May 2008Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I- Title: N08-007$150K
Jun 2007Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II Research And Development$1M
Sep 2006Federal contractDefense · Army SBIR Phase II- Funding$1.5M
Apr 2006Federal contractDefense · 200608!600599!9700!HQ0006!MISSILE Defense Agency !HQ000606C7308 !a!n! !n! ! !20060428!20080425!883404931!883404931!883404931!N!BODKIN Design & Engineering LL!77 Oak St Ste# 201 !newton !MA!02464!45560!017!25!NEWTON !middlesex !mass !+000000750000!N!N!000000750000!AC21!RDTE/MISSILE And Space Systems-basic Research !A2 !missile And Space Systems !caa !mda Support !541710!E! !3! ! ! ! ! !999$1.2M
May 2005Federal contractDefense$749K

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What it has protected

USPTO · 0 granted of 1

Mar 27, 2014PendingActive Hyperspectral Imaging SystemsUSPTOApplication 14040508

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Regulatory activity · Aerospace

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