BRIMROSE TECHNOLOGY CORP

Sparks, MD · Defense · Private

Acousto-optic tunable filter and liquid crystal variable retarder-based polarimetric hyperspectral imaging system for hidden object detection

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Updated Oct 23, 2026

Sector: Defense
Headquarters: Sparks, MD
Total capital: $39.6M

Federal grants: $13M; 27 awards · 2015–2026; Rank in peer group#31 of 164
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $26.6M; 53 awards · Defense, NASA, Interior; Rank in Defense#225 of 1442
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

Latest events

Apr 2026Federal contractDefense · Phase II Will Deliver A Rugged, Battery-powered Prototype Optimized For Close-contact Operation And Near-term Transition To Army Platforms.$1.4M
Apr 2026Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Phase II Will Deliver A Rugged, Battery-powered Prototype Optimized For Close-contact Operation And Near-term Transition To Army Platforms.$1.4M
Sep 2025Federal contractDefense · Sequential Phase II Proposal H2S-0078 Titled: Non-contact High-resolution All-optical Handheld Ultrasound Imaging System$1.3M
Sep 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Sequential Phase II Proposal H2S-0078 Titled: Non-contact High-resolution All-optical Handheld Ultrasound Imaging System$649K
May 2025Federal contractDefense · Brimrose Small Business Innovative Research Phase 1$204K
Dec 2024Federal contractDefense · Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase I "portable Diamond Nv-based Quantum Magnetometer For Enhanced Detection, Or Person-borne Ieds" Develop A Portable Highly Efficient Diamond Nv Magnetometer Tailored To Detecting Pbieds$250K
Nov 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase I "portable Diamond Nv-based Quantum Magnetometer For Enhanced Detection, Or Person-borne Ieds" Develop A Portable Highly Efficient Diamond Nv Magnetometer Tailored To Detecting Pbieds$250K

Show 73 earlier federal awards

Sep 2024Federal contractDefense · Dha SBIR Phase II Medical Research Contract From Proposal No. H2-0780 For Development Of Handheld, Optical Speckle-tolerant Non-contact Laser Near-infrared Photoacoustic Imager With Photonics Integrated Circuit$1.3M
Sep 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Dha SBIR Phase II Medical Research Contract From Proposal No. H2-0780 For Development Of Handheld, Optical Speckle-tolerant Non-contact Laser Near-infrared Photoacoustic Imager With Photonics Integrated Circuit$1.3M
Sep 2024Federal contractDefense · Low Cost Imaging In The Mm Wave Region Using Plasma Waves In High Mobility Transistor$1.3M
Aug 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Dha SBIR Phase II Robust, Speckle-tolerant Handheld Non-contact Vital Sign Monitor With Photonics Integrated Circuits$1.3M
Aug 2024Federal contractDefense · Dha SBIR Phase II Robust, Speckle-tolerant Handheld Non-contact Vital Sign Monitor With Photonics Integrated Circuits$1.3M
Aug 2024Federal contractNASA · FY24 SBIR Phase I- Uv/visible Alpha-barium Borate Acousto-optic Modulators For Atomic Interferometry Applications$150K
Aug 2024Federal grantNASA · Phase I · FY24 SBIR Phase I- Uv/visible Alpha-barium Borate Acousto-optic Modulators For Atomic Interferometry Applications$150K
Apr 2024Federal contractDefense · Development Of Technology For Mid-wave Infrared (mwir) To Far Infrared, High-brightness, Compact Lasers.$180K
Apr 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Development Of Technology For Mid-wave Infrared (mwir) To Far Infrared, High-brightness, Compact Lasers.$180K
Sep 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Development of Handheld, Optical Speckle-Tolerant Non-Contact Laser Near-Infrared Photoacoustic Imager with Photonics Integrated Circuit$250K
Sep 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Robust, Speckle-Tolerant, Handheld Non-Contact Vital Sign Monitor With Photonics IC$249K
Sep 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Realtime PB-IED and Threat Detection With Spectro-Polarimetric Hyperspectral Camera$1.3M
Aug 2023Federal contractNASA · STTR Phase I - Fast Elemental And Molecular Interrogation Sensor (femis) For In-situ Lunar And Martian Resource Utilization$150K
Jul 2023Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase 1 Requirement To To Develop A Low-cost Millimeter Wave Imager Based On High-electron-mobility Transistors And Schottky Diode Rectifiers. As Well As To Develop An Advanced Composite Detector That Can Be Assembled Into Compact Arrays.$183K
Jan 2023Federal contractNASA · Imaging Spectrometer Filter$45K
Sep 2022Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · A Normal Paradigm to Monitor Perinatal Asphyxia Using A Combined Ultrasound-Neuromodulation and Photoacoustic-Imaging Device$300K
Sep 2022Federal contractDefense · Dha SBIR Phase II Proposal H2-0698$1.1M
Sep 2022Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Continuous Photoacoustic Monitoring of Neonatal Stroke in Intensive Care Unit$344K
Apr 2022Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Development of Cadmium Magnesium Telluride for Picosecond Response X-Ray Optical Laser Photodetector$1.1M
Feb 2022Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Novel Doped Hg2Br2 As A New High-Performance Scintillator for Nuclear Physics Research$200K
Jan 2022Federal contractNASA · Imaging Spectrometer Filter$45K
Sep 2021Federal contractDefense · The Contractor Shall Design And Demonstrate Remote Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (libs) Laser Induced Thermal (infrared) Emission (lite) Detection System For Surface Contaminant Mapping And Identification.$1.1M
Aug 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Non-Contact High-Resolution All-Optical Handheld Ultrasound Imaging System$250K
Jun 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Multimodal Non-Destructive Microfluidic Sorting of Microbes for Elemental Analysis$225K
May 2021Federal contractNASA · A Compact, Integrated, Modular, Multi-technology, Optical Sensor (cimmos) For In-situ Characterization Of Ocean Worlds$125K
May 2021Federal contractNASA · Mercurous Halide Crystals Growth In The International Space Station (iss)$116K
Feb 2021Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Development of Cadmium Magnesium Telluride for Picosecond Response X-Ray Optical Laser Photodetector$200K
Dec 2020Federal contractDefense · Sbir/sttr Phase I Research & Development-bi-modal Technology For In-situ Defect Detection In Additively Manufactured Parts$150K
Nov 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Rapid Viral Pandemic Suppression With Molecular Affinity Development$100K
Jul 2020Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase 1 Topic N201-014 Contract Award$140K
Jul 2020Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · New Photo-Acoustic Imaging Process in Fetal Monitoring to Dramatically Reduce Brain Injuries in Newborns$150K
Jun 2020Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · New Photo-Acoustic Imaging Process in Fetal Monitoring to Dramatically Reduce Brain Injuries in Newborns$150K
Apr 2020Federal contractDefense · Brimrose Technology Corporation Will Design, Develop, And Demonstrate A Remote Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (libs) + Laser Induced Thermal (infared) Emission (lite) Detection System For In-situ Surface Contaminant Mapping And Identification.$167K
May 2019Federal contractNASA · NASA Ames Research Center Has Been Collaborating With Brimrose To Develop A Small, Low-power Point Spectrometer To Be Included Into The Near Infrared Volatiles Spectrometer (nirvss) Instrument. Through An STTR Contract, Brimrose Successfully Developed A Dual-channel Acousto-optic Tunable Filters (aotf) Spectrometer That Operates Across 1300 And 4000NM. An Aotf Is An All Solid-state, Tunable Filter With No Moving Parts. The Aotf Is A High Throughput And High-speed, Programmable Device Capable Of $3.3M
Sep 2018Federal contractNASA · The Objective Of This Proposed Work Is The Modification Of The Bifurcating Fiber Optic Bundle. Testing Has Shown It To Be Very Stiff With A Relatively Large Minimum Bend Radius (~30CM). For Future Applications A Fiber With A Smaller Minimum Bend Radius (<15CM Goal) Is Required. This Task Modification Adds The Design And Build Of A Second Bifurcating Fiber Bundle With This Smaller Minimum Bend Radius.$40K
Jul 2018Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Ultrasonic Scattering Inspection Approach for Improved Methods of Additive Manufacturing$150K
May 2018Federal contractNASA · Brimrose Will Custom Design And Develop Photo Emf Detectors Highest Achievable Sensitivity For Use In A Laser Vibrometer Module. Background: The Detectors Will Be Utilized In The Development Of A Portable Laser Vibrometer For Monitoring Of Human Life Signatures Such As Cardiac Activity And Breathing Patterns For Astronaut Applications Under The Fast-track-to-market Effort. The Goal Is To Develop A Portable Laser Vibrometer Instrument That Can Be Used To Collect Field Data And Validate Its Functi$25K
Apr 2018Federal contractNASA · Through An STTR Contract, Brimrose Successfully Developed A Spectropolarimeter/hyperspectral Imager Operating In 900-1700NM (swir) Wavelength Range. This Imager Operates Using Acoustooptic Tunable Filter (aotf) Technology. An Aotf Is An All Solid-state, Tunable Filter With No Moving Parts. The Aotf Is A High Throughput And High-speed, Programmable Device Capable Of Accessing Wavelengths At Rates Of 100 Khz. Initial Work Has Been Conducted Via A SBIR Phase Ii-x To Demonstrate The Aotf System Wou$295K
Jan 2018Federal contractNASA · Through An STTR Contract, Brimrose Successfully Developed A Spectropolarimeter/hyperspectral Imager Operating In 900-1700NM (swir) Wavelength Range. This Imager Operates Using Acoustooptic Tunable Filter (aotf) Technology. An Aotf Is An All Solid-state, Tunable Filter With No Moving Parts. The Aotf Is A High Throughput And High-speed, Programmable Device Capable Of Accessing Wavelengths At Rates Of 100 Khz. Initial Work Has Been Conducted Via A SBIR Phase III To Demonstrate The Aotf System Would$91K
Nov 2017Federal contractDefense · Start Of Contract Meeting$1K
Sep 2017Federal contractDefense · "other Function" - Igf::ot::igf Year 1; Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer Research STTR, Proposal Number A2-6741 Titled "development Of Standoff Laser-induced Thermal Emission System For Chemical And Biological Materials".$1.0M
Sep 2017Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf$125K
Jul 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Phase II Sequential SBIR$2.1M
Jul 2017Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Development of Low Cost Infrared Focal Plane Arrays For Passive Chemical Detection Using Colloidal Quantum Dots$557K
Jul 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Phase II SBIR Year 1$1.0M
Jun 2017Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Advances In Radiation Shielding Systems Technologies Are Needed To Protect Humans And Electronic Components From All Threats Of Space Radiation. This Is Especially Important As NASA Continues To Develop Plans For Long Duration Missions, Where Exposure To Harmful Radiation Is Greater Than Ever Before. Brimrose Technology Corporation, In Collaboration With Penn State University, Proposes To Develop A Novel Integrated Radiation Shielding Material Based On Aluminum And Uhmwpe And Field $125K
May 2017Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Through An STTR Contract, Brimrose Successfully Developed A Spectropolarimeter/hyperspectral Imager Operating In 900-1700NM (swir) Wavelength Range. This Imager Operates Using Acoustooptic Tunable Filter (aotf) Technology. An Aotf Is An All Solid-state, Tunable Filter With No Moving Parts. The Aotf Is A High Throughput And High-speed, Programmable Device Capable Of Accessing Wavelengths At Rates Of 100 Khz. Brimrose Will Work With The Resource Prospector Project/payload Team To Mo$63K
Sep 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR Topic 151-009 - Mer Brom$950K
Sep 2016Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Instrumentation for Multiple Radiation Detection Based On Novel Mercurous Halides for Nuclear Planetology$750K
Sep 2016Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Development Of Novel Hg2I2 Detector For High Speed, High Spatial Resolution Direct Detection X-Ray Imaging$150K
Jun 2016Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf In This Proposal, We Demonstrate A New Raman Imaging Sensor Based On A Compact, Ccd-mounted Spectrometer. This Enables High Sensitivity And Specificity For Uv-raman That Will Be Capable Of Full-frame Imaging, Thus Reducing Size, Weight, And Power Requirements, As Well As Eliminating The Need For Mechanical Scanning And Actuators To Acquire Data Across A 2-DIMENSIONAL Image. The Proposed Program Will Establish The Optical Model And Tools To Estimate System Performance, Fabrication R$124K
Jul 2015Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Novel Mercurous Bromide For Enhanced Gamma Rays and Neutrons Detection Capabilities$150K
Jun 2015Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Novel Approach In Fabrication Of Shielding Composite Materials By Emerging Field Assisted Sintering Technique (FAST)$125K
Jun 2015Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf We Propose A Spectrometer That Employs A Single Room Temperature Semiconductor Detector That Can Perform Both Gamma And Neutron Spectroscopy. The Proposed Detector Is Based On The Novel Mercurous Halide Materials, HG2X2 (x=i, Cl, Br). The Mercurous Halides Are New Wide Band-gap Semiconductor Detector Materials That Can Provide Radiation Detection With Low Cost, High Performance And Long Term Stability. Despite Years Of Research, No Explored Room Temperature Semiconductor Detection C$124K
May 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf STTR Phase II Research&development$999K
May 2015Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Acousto-Optic Tunable Filter-Based Polarimetric Spectral Sensor With Progressive Algorithm For Material Analysis and Mapping$999K
May 2015Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf One Of The Strategic Goals Of Nasa's Planetary Science Mission Is To Advance Scientific Knowledge Of The Origin And History Of The Solar System, The Potential For Life Elsewhere. The Current STTR Addresses This Strategic Goal. The Proto-type Aotf-based Swir Spectropolarimetric Imaging System Developed In Phase I (which Will Be Further Optimized And Integrated With Optimal Algorithm/software In Phase II), Will Be A Useful Tool In Determination Of Chemical Composition And Physical Cha$999K
Mar 2015Federal contractDefense · Acusto-optic Modulators And RF Drivers$10K
Sep 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf, Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Awarded To Brimrose Technology Coporation For Acousto-optic Tunable Filters (aotf) Based Spectro-polarimetric Imaging System For Stand Off Chemical Detection$1.0M
Aug 2014Federal contractDefense · Ao Frequency Shifter 1500 Mhz$11K
Jun 2014Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf The Prevalence Of Off Earth Landing Missions Both Proposed And Undertaken Has Been Steadily Increasing. With The Proposal Of Missions, Not Only To Mars, But Also To Comets, Asteroids And Outer Planet Moons, The Ruggedness And Robustness Of Equipment Must Meet The Challenges Of Ever Harsher Environments. As A Part Of These Missions, Researchers Wish To Analyze The Materials Which Make Up The Surface Of These Bodies And Search For Organic Material. Brimrose Proposes To Develop A Novel$125K
Mar 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Ph I Research&development Title: Light Weight Optics For High Power Directed Energy Applications$100K
Feb 2014Federal contractInterior · Igf::ot::igf Narrow Band Gap Quantum Dots And Quantum Wires For Mid-wave Infrared Focal Plane Array Detectors$100K
Sep 2013Federal contractDefense · Phase I SBIR - Brimrose Technology Corp.$149K
Sep 2013Federal contractDefense · Hardware. Hyperspectral Swir Imaging$145K
Sep 2013Federal contractDefense · Phase I SBIR Effort$150K
Apr 2013Federal contractDefense · Development Of Cdmgte And Cdmgse For Optical Switching Appli$750K
Jun 2012Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Other Function - NASA Is Interested In Advancing Green Technology Research For Achieving Sustainable And Environmentally Friendly Energy Sources. Thermo-electric Power Generation (tepg) Has Exceptionally Rich Potential To Fulfill This Need. A Tepg Module Requires (1) Material That Can Provide High Figure Of Merit While Still Providing Efficient Heat Control; (2) Low Resistance Ohmic Contacts That Operate At High Temperature; And (3) Efficient Heat Sink Material To Provide Optimal Te$750K
Jan 2012Federal contractDefense · 2D Sensor System$200K
Nov 2011Federal contractDefense · Scientific Research Services$743K
Feb 2011Federal contractNASA · NASA Is Interested In Advancing Green Technology Research For Achieving Sustainable And Environmentally Friendly Energy Sources For Both Terrestrial And Space Applications. It Has Been Reported That Thermo-electric Power Generation (tepg) Can Contribute To Electrical Power Generation Scavenged From Waste Heat Sources. Significant Advantages To Te Technology Include: No Moving Parts, Low-weight, Modularity, Covertness, High Power Density, Low Amortized Cost, And Long Service Life With No Required$100K
Oct 2010Federal contractDefense · Scientific Research Services$100K
Jan 2010Federal contractDefense · Development Of Cdmgte And Cdmgse For Optical Switching Applications$100K

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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
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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
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