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FOURTH STATE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC

Cheyenne, WY · Defense · Private

Enhanced Thermo-Scatter System (ETSS) — a high-frequency pump that manipulates the thermosphere to create a reflective layer for over-the-horizon radio communications

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Sector
Defense
Headquarters
Cheyenne, WY
Total capital
$10.4M
Federal grants
$4.5M
8 awards · 2019–2025
Rank in peer group#47 of 94
Private capital raised
None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts
$6M
13 awards · Defense
Rank in Defense#489 of 1442
Granted patents
2
3 pending · first 2020
Rank in peer group#26 of 94

Capital timeline

20192020202120222023202420252026FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $10.4M$751K$1.2M$1.2M$1.2M$1.2M$1.2M
2019202120232025FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $10.4M$1.2M$1.2M$1.2M$1.2M

Latest events

  • Federal contractDefense · Enhanced Thermo-scatter System (etss): Mobile Over-the-horizon Communications Experiments$176K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Integration For Resilient Mobile Operations Support Suite (moss) In Disconnected, Disrupted, Intermittent, And Limited-bandwidth (ddil)$1.2M
  • Federal contractDefense · Integration For Resilient Mobile Operations Support Suite (moss) In Disconnected, Disrupted, Intermittent, And Limited-bandwidth (ddil)$1.2M
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · SBIR Phase I$150K
  • Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I$150K
  • Federal contractDefense · Topic No. SF233-0009, SBIR Phase 1 Proposal SF233-0009-0474 - Feasibility Study Of Predictive Sporadic E Occurance/severity From Global Ionosonde Data$150K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Backhaul Size Weight And Power (swap) Improvements For Operations In Contested Environments$75K
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  • Federal contractDefense · Backhaul Size Weight And Power (swap) Improvements For Operations In Contested Environments$75K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Topic No. SF233-0009, SBIR Phase 1 Proposal SF233-0009-0474 - Feasibility Study Of Predictive Sporadic E Occurance/severity From Global Ionosonde Data$150K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · SBIR Direct To Phase II F2D-10537 - Beyond Line Of Sight Communications Backhaul Swap Improvements In Support Of Afsoc Capabilities In Contested Environments$1.2M
  • Federal contractDefense · SBIR Direct To Phase II F2D-10537 - Beyond Line Of Sight Communications Backhaul Swap Improvements In Support Of Afsoc Capabilities In Contested Environments$1.2M
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Improved Enhanced Thermo-scatter System Beyond Line Of Sight Communications Capability In Support Of Agile Combat Employment$75K
  • Federal contractDefense · Improved Enhanced Thermo-scatter System Beyond Line Of Sight Communications Capability In Support Of Agile Combat Employment$75K
  • Federal contractDefense · Next Generation Beyond Line Of Sight Backhaul In Support Of Air Force Special Operations Command$1.2M
  • Federal contractDefense · Expeditionary Non-satellite Communications Backhaul In Support Of Air Force Special Operations$750K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Redundant Non-Satellite Beyond Line of Sight Communications Backhaul in Support of Air Force Operations$750K
  • Federal contractDefense · Expeditionary Non-satellite Communications In Support Of Agile Combat Command$50K
  • Federal contractDefense · Redundant Satcom Alternatives To Enhance Combat Power$50K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Open Call for Innovative Defense-Related Dual-Purpose Technologies/Solutions with a Clear Air Force Stakeholder Need$751K
  • Federal contractDefense · Phase II Hypersonics Sibr - 4TH State Communications$700K
  • Federal contractDefense · Open Call For Innovative Defense-related Dual-purpose Technologies/solutions With A Clear Air Force Stakeholder Need$50K

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 94 peers

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Defense · System

  • Federal grants#47 · top 50%
  • Granted patents#26 · top 28%

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

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What it has protected

USPTO · 2 granted of 5
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Related companies, and why

Regulatory activity · Defense

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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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