Contour Crafting Corporation
CrafTram: an autonomous lightweight material conveyance system for lunar regolith and rock transport
- Sector
- Aerospace
- Headquarters
- El Segundo, CA
- Total capital
- $3.1M
- Federal grants
- $181K
- 1 award · 2022
- Rank in peer group#20 of 23
- Private capital raised
- None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
- Federal contracts
- $3M
- 1 award · Defense
- Rank in Aerospace#425 of 1335
- Granted patents
- 2
- 5 pending · first 2025
- Rank in peer group#6 of 23
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Novel Payload Conveyance System - Demonstration in Planetary Berm Construction$181K
- Federal contractDefense · Rif Baa FY17-DON-RIF-MSCS-07 "autonomous Contour Crafting System For On-site Construction" U435CFE$3M
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 23 peers
Line = medianAerospace · Orbital_ops · System
- Federal grantsBelow median
- Granted patents#6 · top 26%
- Linked publications#1 · top 4%
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Founders and team
No founders are linked to this company yet.
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Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026
Claim this profile to add your teamWhat it has protected
USPTO · 2 granted of 7- GrantedSystem and Methods For Construction 3D PrintingUSPTOUS 12,607,026
- GrantedPumps Configured For Use With Viscous Materials Containing AggregateUSPTOUS 12,331,756
- PendingDiscrete Delivery Of MaterialUSPTOApplication 17919505
Show all 7 patent records
- System and Methods For Construction 3D PrintingApr 21, 2026 · US 12,607,026Granted
- Pumps Configured For Use With Viscous Materials Containing AggregateJun 17, 2025 · US 12,331,756Granted
- Discrete Delivery Of MaterialMay 18, 2023 · Application 17919505Pending
- Deployable Construction-Scale 3D Printing SystemApplication 63417949Pending
- Pumps Configured For Use With Viscous Materials Containing AggregateApplication PCTUS2021071713Pending
- Discrete Delivery Of MaterialApplication PCTUS2021027820Pending
- Pump Technologies For Viscous Materials Containing Abrasive Fine And Coarse AggregatesApplication 63087159Pending
Recent research by its founders
- INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING BASED ON GENERATION OF ALTERNATIVE PROCESS PLANS20232 cites
- Sustainable Earthquake Resilience with the Versatile Shape Memory Alloy (SMA)-Based Superelasticity-Assisted Slider20229 cites
- Real-time extrusion quality monitoring techniques for construction 3D printing202165 cites
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Regulatory activity · Aerospace
- Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs of NASA-Effectuation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Special Conditions: AMAC Aerospace, The Boeing Company Model 747- 8 Airplane; Side-Facing SeatsFederal Aviation Administration
- Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous AmendmentsFederal Aviation Administration
- Operating Limitations at John F. Kennedy International AirportFederal Aviation Administration
- Operating Limitations at New York LaGuardia AirportFederal Aviation Administration
- Special 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
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.
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