BRANDYWINE PHOTONICS LLC

West Chester, PA · Aerospace · Private

Small satellite imaging systems for rapid weather observation constellations

Claim this profile

Follows are private to you and power your alerts

Updated Oct 23, 2026 · brandywinephotonics.com

Sector: Aerospace
Headquarters: West Chester, PA
Total capital: $17.7M

Federal grants: $8.2M; 6 awards · 2018–2024; Rank in peer group#38 of 155
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $9.5M; 16 awards · NASA, Defense, Commerce; Rank in Aerospace#241 of 1335
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

Latest events

Dec 2025Federal contractDefense · Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (shield) Initial Order.$500
Sep 2024Federal contractDefense · Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), Topic# A244-031, "advanced Miniature Mission Processor For Hyperspectral Applications." This Furthers The Effort Conducted Under SBIR Phase I Contract W51701-24-C-XXXX$2M
Sep 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), Topic# A244-031, "advanced Miniature Mission Processor For Hyperspectral Applications." This Furthers The Effort Conducted Under SBIR Phase I Contract W51701-24-C-XXXX$2M
Jul 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Meteorological Research to Operations (MetRO)$1.5M
Sep 2021Federal contractCommerce · Compact Hyperspectral Infrared Sounding Interferometer (chisi) SBIR Phase III$1.8M
Mar 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Compact Hyper/Multi-spectral Infrared/Visible Imager Interface Electronics$1M
Mar 2021Federal contractDefense · Compact Hyper/multi-spectral Infrared/visible Imager Interface Electronics$1.5M

Show 15 earlier federal awards

Apr 2020Federal contractCommerce · Metnet Mission Study: An Integrated Atmospheric Observing System For Improved Weather Forecasting Study$60K
Apr 2020Federal contractNASA · Particle Instrument Design/support$50K
Sep 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Compact Hyperspectral Infrared Sounding Interferometer (CHISI)$750K
Apr 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase II · ETWICCS - Enhanced Theater Weather Imaging and Cloud Characterization Sensor (Sequential Phase II)$1.5M
Apr 2019Federal contractDefense · Enhanced Theater Weather Imaging And Cloud Characterization Sensor System$3M
Jan 2019Federal contractDefense · Compact Hyperspectral Infrared Sounding Instrument Mission$50K
Aug 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Theater Weather Imaging and Cloud Characterization Sensor (TWICCS)$1.5M
Jul 2018Federal contractCommerce · This Award Is For The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I For FY2018'S Program Announcement For The Technology Partnerships Office Under The Office Of Atmospheric Research In Silver Spring, Md. This Award Is For Proposal 18-1-086 Entitled "doppler Wind Temperature Sounder."$120K
Aug 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Gemini: Weather Cubesat Using Modis Bands$150K
Sep 2015Federal contractDefense · 72-3001-15 Dyson-based Hyperspectral Imager With Integrated Fore-optics And Integrated Focal Plane Array With Readout Electronics.$360K
May 2015Federal contractNASA · Mechanical Slits For The Geocape Airborne Simulater (gsas) Instruments's Uv/vis Spectrograph. Shipping And Handling.$5K
Aug 2014Federal contractNASA · Geo-cape Airborne Simulator Spectrograph (1 Ea.)$10K
Aug 2013Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf 73-3013-13 Polerimetric Hyperspectral Imager System$298K
Apr 2012Federal contractNASA · Purchase Of Model V-640A Demo Spectrograph.$35K
Sep 2011Federal contractNASA · Avionics Controller; Data Acquisition Controller; And Shipping$25K

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.

Standing among 155 peers

Line = median

Aerospace · Satellite · Device

Federal grants#38 · top 25%

Cumulative measures favor older companies. Rankings describe position today, not outcome. Below the median, ranks show as a band rather than a number.

Founders and team

No founders are linked to this company yet.

Founders appear once a person is matched to the company through its own patents, grants or filings. We never infer people from social profiles.

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

Claim this profile to add your team

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

SIENNA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Similar federal contract value in Aerospace · $9.6M in contracts
MESOSCRIBE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Similar federal contract value in Aerospace · $9.6M in contracts
ENGIN-IC INCSimilar federal contract value in Aerospace · $9.6M in contracts
PLASMONICS INCSimilar federal contract value in Aerospace · $9.5M in contracts
Spiritech Advanced Products, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Aerospace · $9.5M in contracts
BEYOND PHOTONICS, LLCSimilar federal contract value in Aerospace · $9.4M in contracts

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

Rules are matched to sector, not to company. Recent activity in a sector is context rather than a signal about this business — until rules are matched to what a company actually builds, the section is shown as context and nothing more.

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

Figures show associations in public records, not causes or predictions. Nothing here is investment advice. An em-dash means no record was found under this company's name, not that none exists.

Data freshness

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