COLORADO ENGINEERING INC.

Colorado Springs, CO · Defense · Acquired by CAES (Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions) (2021)

Compact high-speed signal processing system for undersea countermeasure applications, integrating FPGAs, ADCs, and dense multilayer PCBs

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · coloradoengineering.com

Sector: Defense
Headquarters: Colorado Springs, CO
Total capital: $50.6M

Federal grants: $7.5M; 13 awards · 2015–2021; Rank in peer group#27 of 94
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $43.1M; 60 awards · Defense; Rank in Defense#164 of 1442
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

Latest events

Jan 2026Federal contractDefense · Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (shield) Initial Order.$500
Sep 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase II · High-Efficiency Wideband Linear Amplifier (HEWLA)$1.2M
Jul 2021Federal contractDefense · Seaport Nxg Minimum Obligation Task Order$500
May 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase II · SWaPP-Efficient High-Precision Analog Ruggedized Conversion System$690K
May 2021Federal contractDefense · SBIR Ph 2$690K
Jan 2021Federal contractDefense · SBIR Ph I$111K
Sep 2020Federal contractDefense · Program Overview$3K

Show 65 earlier federal awards

Sep 2020Federal contractDefense · 48 Body Armor Panels$12K
Jul 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase I · (1) Deployable System Manufacturability$150K
Jul 2020Federal contractDefense · SBIR Topic N201-032$240K
Jun 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase I · SPS-49 Agile PESA (SAP)$140K
Apr 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase II · NAVY TECHNOLOGY ACCELERATION – Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Develop Capabilities and Impact Mission Success$1.9M
Dec 2019Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I: Artificial Intelligence For The Testing And Analysis Of Energetic Fills$162K
Jan 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Advanced Direct Digital Exciter for Radar (ADDER)$500K
Jan 2019Federal contractDefense · Research And Development Igf::ot::igf$4.8M
Oct 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Cognitive Radar for Maritime/Littoral Surveillance$125K
Jun 2018Federal contractDefense · RIF-2017-000097$2.9M
Sep 2017Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Reduced Cost, Weight, Size and Power Radar$100K
Sep 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR Phase I Base Labor$105K
Aug 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Status Report$230K
Aug 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Using Grid And Cloud Technology To Address Data Growth Within The Air Force Weather Enterprise$150K
Jul 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Army Small Business Technology Transfer Phase II Entitled, "thz Atmospheric&ionospheric Propagation, Absorption And Scattering (taipas) Model"$994K
Jun 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf 2016 Rapid Innovation Fund$3M
Mar 2017Federal contractDefense · Base Igf::ot::igf$1.5M
Oct 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf$80K
Jun 2016Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Integrated Code Base and High Performance Embedded Computing Tool$150K
Jun 2016Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Field Programmable Gate Arrays FPGA Acceleration for Simulation & Test EnviRonment (FASTER)$1.5M
Jun 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Common Synthetic Aperture Processing (c-sap)$150K
Aug 2015Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Direct Radio Frequency Sampling (DRFS)$150K
Jun 2015Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Reconfigurable RF Front-end for Multi-GNSS/Communication SDR Receiver$150K
Jun 2015Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Sampling Enhancements at Radio Frequencies & Upgrade architectures for Radar (SERFUR)$750K
Dec 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR Phase I Research&development - "cei Along With Teammates Nvidia And Altera Wish To Propose The Following Heterogeneous Cpu, Gpgpu And Gpfpga System With The Following Six Benefits: 1. Cei Proposes Extending The Existing Nvidia Nvcc Preprocessor To Optimize Selection Of Computing Resources Based On Profiler Information Generated By The Application. 2. Cei Would Propose Exploring Hybrid Memory Cube (hmc) Configurations That Allow For Low Latency Transfers Between Gpgpus And Gpfpg$130K
Sep 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR II Multi-function RADAR Seeker Mfs$1.8M
Jul 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Status Report$80K
Jul 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Status Report$80K
May 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR I - Increased Radio Frequency (RF) Sampling&radar Architecture$150K
Mar 2014Federal contractDefense · Talon Sipsa$991K
Jan 2014Federal contractDefense · Part # RARE-ADC-16160-2$99K
Dec 2013Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Colorado Engineering SBIR III - Saa Targeted Advanced RADAR Technology (start) Program$2.2M
Aug 2013Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Gridcloud$861K
Jul 2013Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR I - Multi Function RADAR Seeker$150K
Jun 2013Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Automatic Performance Assurance For Multi-processor Supervisory Control$750K
May 2013Federal contractDefense · Ph I Sbir-rear Hemisphere Obstacle Avoidance For Rotocraft$100K
Oct 2012Federal contractDefense · Army SBIR Phase 2$1M
Sep 2012Federal contractDefense · Processing Module$107K
Aug 2012Federal contractDefense · Engineering$6K
Aug 2012Federal contractDefense · Radio Frequency-field Programmable Gate Arrays (rf-fpga) Phase 1$2.6M
May 2012Federal contractDefense · Condition-based Health Management For Space Situational Awareness (ssa)$749K
May 2012Federal contractDefense · R&d - Develop Flexmos, A Multi-component Software System Designed Around User-driven Message Distribution Requirements.$80K
May 2012Federal contractDefense · Secure Processing And Data Management Cloud (.crunch V3)$150K
Apr 2012Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Osd SBIR Phase II Entitled " Rare With At Systems Protector (rasp)"$744K
Apr 2012Federal contractDefense · Autonomic Performance Assurance For Multi-processor Supervisory Control$100K
Apr 2012Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$80K
Sep 2011Federal contractDefense · Navigation Assist Thz Imaging RADAR (natir), SBIR Phase II$730K
Aug 2011Federal contractDefense · Digital Receivers$148K
Jun 2011Federal contractDefense · Army SBIR Phase 1(834 Dpph)$100K
May 2011Federal contractDefense · Ph I Research&development$100K
Mar 2011Federal contractDefense · Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Army Phase II For Taipas$749K
Mar 2011Federal contractDefense · Learning Agents For Autonomous Space Asset Management (laas$100K
Mar 2011Federal contractDefense · Signal Processor$79K
Feb 2011Federal contractDefense · Osd SBIR Phase I Award.$100K
Jan 2011Federal contractDefense · Phased Array Antenna Design$2.1M
Oct 2010Federal contractDefense · Navigation Assist Thz Imaging RADAR (natir) Phase I SBIR$120K
Jul 2010Federal contractDefense · Seaport-enhanced$3K
Mar 2010Federal contractDefense · Saa Targeted Advanced RADAR Technology (start) Program$100K
Sep 2009Federal contractDefense · Army STTR Phase I$100K
Jan 2009Federal contractDefense · First Status Report$70K
Nov 2008Federal contractDefense · U435CFN Ph II STTR "shape"$375K
Aug 2008Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II Research And Development.$1.0M
Aug 2008Federal contractDefense · Sense And Avoid RADAR Development$8M
Jan 2008Federal contractDefense · Darpa SBIR Phase 1$99K
May 2007Federal contractDefense · Distributed Info And Signal Processing, (disp) Phase II$750K

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Standing among 94 peers

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Federal grants#27 · top 29%

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What it has protected

No granted patents are on record.

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Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026

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Regulatory activity · Defense

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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
13 Mar 2026Federal Acquisition Regulation: Trade Agreements ThresholdsNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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
27 Aug 2025Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space 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.