GIRD SYSTEMS INC

Cincinnati, OH · Defense · Private

S-band adaptive antenna array system for beyond-line-of-sight relay communication to unmanned surface vehicles

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · girdsystems.com

Sector: Defense
Headquarters: Cincinnati, OH
Total capital: $53.3M

Federal grants: $7.9M; 13 awards · 2016–2025; Rank in peer group#49 of 164
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $45.3M; 72 awards · Defense, Commerce; Rank in Defense#162 of 1442
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

Latest events

Feb 2026Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase III Research & Development$740K
Dec 2025Federal contractDefense · Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (shield) Initial Order.$500
Sep 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Research And Development.$146K
Sep 2025Federal contractDefense · Research And Development.$146K
Jul 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase II · SBIR Phase II R And D: Passive Sending For Distributed Radars$2M
Jul 2025Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II R And D: Passive Sending For Distributed Radars$2M
Mar 2025Federal contractDefense · Minimum Guarantee Task Order For Associated Seaport Nxg Mac Awards.$500

Show 77 earlier federal awards

Sep 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · 873AUTHORITY$1.0M
Sep 2024Federal contractDefense · 873AUTHORITY$1.5M
Sep 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · 873AUTHORITY$1.0M
Sep 2024Federal contractDefense · 873AUTHORITY$1.5M
Sep 2024Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phii Sequential, Army Topic #A20-080, "continuous-time Digital Signal Processing (dsp) Using Reconfigurable Devices". Current Effort Continues The Effort Initiated Under Phi SBIR Contract W9113M-20-C-0096 And Phii SBIR Contract W9113M-22-C-0076.$2M
Sep 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · SBIR Phii Sequential, Army Topic #A20-080, "continuous-time Digital Signal Processing (dsp) Using Reconfigurable Devices". Current Effort Continues The Effort Initiated Under Phi SBIR Contract W9113M-20-C-0096 And Phii SBIR Contract W9113M-22-C-0076.$2M
Aug 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Sbir/sttr Phase I Research & Development: Passive Sensing For Distributed Radars$155K
Aug 2024Federal contractDefense · Sbir/sttr Phase I Research & Development: Passive Sensing For Distributed Radars$155K
Jun 2024Federal contractDefense · Pac - Minimum Guarantee$1K
Feb 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Research And Development$600K
Feb 2024Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$3.4M
Sep 2023Federal contractDefense · Eglin Wide Agile Acquisition Contract (ewaac)$1K
Aug 2023Federal contractDefense · Aflcmc/xa Capabilities Brief$1K
Mar 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase II · S-Band Antenna System for LCS Communications Relay$599K
Mar 2023Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$1.7M
Jan 2023Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I$246K
Dec 2022Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II$1.8M
Jul 2022Federal contractDefense · 12TH Phase II Sequential Status Report$516K
Apr 2022Federal contractDefense · Phase II SR2$1.2M
Dec 2021Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phii N192-078$1.7M
Oct 2021Federal contractDefense · Kick-off Briefing Materials & Fwa Cert.$146K
Jun 2021Federal contractDefense · Research And Development.$246K
May 2021Federal contractDefense · Kick-off Briefing Materials & Fwa Cert.$246K
Feb 2021Federal contractDefense · Second Monthly Technical Report$1.1M
Sep 2020Federal contractDefense · Base Effort - SR1 Phase I$111K
Sep 2020Federal contractDefense · Networking Integration And Communication Through Jungle Canopy Barrier$584K
Sep 2020Federal contractDefense · 1ST Phase II Enhancement Status Report$550K
Aug 2020Federal contractDefense · The Purpose Of This Contract Is To Award A Definitive SBIR Phase II Contract.$1.1M
May 2020Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$147K
Mar 2020Federal contractDefense · STTR Phase 1$166K
Feb 2020Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$1.5M
Nov 2019Federal contractDefense · SBIR 1 Topic N192-078 Award$246K
Jun 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase I · USMC Ground Radio LPI/LPD Interference Mitigation Active Communication Antenna$125K
Aug 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR Phase II Gird$1.0M
Aug 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR High Throughput High Frequency Battle Management Command And Control System$2.2M
Jul 2017Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) for Moderate Data Rate Communications (MMDR)$150K
Jul 2017Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Squad-level Technology to Detect and Counter UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems)$98K
Apr 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR II Under Topic Number A15-045, To Design And Implement Algorithms And Communication Protocols For Multiuser Multiple Input Multiple Output (mu-mimo)$991K
Feb 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR Phase I Option$50K
Nov 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Research And Development$750K
Aug 2016Federal grantAgriculture · An Innovative Method For Drying Hay$100K
Jun 2016Federal contractDefense · Status Report Igf::ot::igf$85K
May 2016Federal contractCommerce · Igf::ot::igf "other Functions" - This Award Is For The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I For FY2016'S Program Announcement For The Technology Partnerships Office Under The Office Of Atmospheric Research In Silver Spring, Md. This Award Is For Proposal 16-1-090 A Project Titled "adaptive Digital Enhancement And Excision Technology (adept)."$119K
Dec 2015Federal contractDefense · Base Igf::ot::igf$1.5M
Aug 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf This Contract Is Firm-fixed-price (ffp) As Defined In Far 16.202-1, Issued Pursuant To Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Program, Phase I, Under Topic Number A15-045, To Procure Services For A Research And Study Effort Entitled Channel State Feedback For Closed-loop Multi-user Mimo System"$149K
Aug 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Miniature LINK-16 Communications Device$150K
Jul 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::cl::igf$880K
Apr 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR Phase I$100K
Sep 2014Federal contractDefense · N14A-T009$150K
Jul 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Status Report$149K
Feb 2013Federal contractDefense · Sub-millisecond Internal Lan Time Synchronizer$750K
Sep 2012Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II Contract Award$995K
Jun 2012Federal contractDefense · Uhf Satcom Interference Mitigation$750K
May 2012Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$80K
Mar 2012Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$397K
Oct 2011Federal contractDefense · Af SBIR P1 AF112-189-2011 Sub-millisecond Internal Lan Time Synchronization$125K
Mar 2011Federal contractDefense · Jamming-resistant Crn Communication Architecture$100K
Mar 2011Federal contractDefense · Research$2.2M
Mar 2011Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I Uhf Satcom Wideband Interference Mitigation$70K
Nov 2010Federal contractDefense · Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase I Effort: Integrated Counter-mine/improvised Explosive Device (ied) And Command-and-control (C2) Capabilities.$70K
Aug 2010Federal contractDefense · The Contractor Shall Provide Research For Analog To Information Sensing$550K
Jul 2010Federal contractDefense · Status Report$79K
May 2010Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I Effort$69K
Feb 2010Federal contractDefense · The Primary Objective Is To Develop A Chaotic Signal Modulator And Demodulator Suitable For Use In Satellite Communications (satcom) Systems. The Contractor Will Adapt Chaos Modulation Methods Such As Chaos Shift Keying (csk), Differential Chaos Shift Keying (dcsk), Additive Chaos Modulation (acm), And Multiplicative Chaos Modulation (mcm) To Satcom Systems And Compare Bandwidth And Waveform Efficiency Of Chaotic Signal Systems With Current Standard Modulation Methods.$69K
Feb 2010Federal contractDefense · Polarization-invariant Wideband Direction Finding$749K
Jan 2010Federal contractDefense · GPS User Equipment Time Aiding Using Wwv/wwvb$100K
Sep 2009Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I Topic N092-106-0500 "analog To Information (A2I) Sensing For Software Defined Receivers"$149K
Sep 2009Federal contractDefense · Research$749K
Dec 2008Federal contractDefense · Polarization-invariant Wideband Direction Finding$100K
Dec 2008Federal contractDefense · Phase I 0001 Conduct Research Under SBIR$70K
Jul 2008Federal contractDefense · Phase II Base Effort$969K
Jul 2008Federal contractDefense · New Start$750K
May 2008Federal contractDefense · Advanced Radio Frequency Technology For Wireless Network Sec$746K
May 2008Federal contractDefense · Research$70K
Feb 2008Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II For "wideband Interference Rejecting Antenna Subsystem (wiras)$729K
Dec 2007Federal contractDefense · Final Report$100K
Feb 2006Federal contractDefense · 200605!063063!1700!N00039!SPACE And Naval Warfare Systems !N0003906C0010 !a!n! !n! ! !20060222!20070821!132595716!132595716!132595716!N!GIRD Systems, Inc !310 Terrace Ave !cincinnati !OH!45220!15000!061!39!CINCINNATI !hamilton !ohio !+000000583483!N!N!000000728701!AC65!RDTE/ELECTRONICS & Communication Eq-eng/manuf Dev !A7 !electronics And Communication Equip !000 !not Discernable !541710!E! !3! ! ! ! ! !999$729K

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Standing among 164 peers

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Defense · Device

Federal grants#49 · top 30%

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What it has protected

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

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Regulatory activity · Defense

Sector-level, not company-level

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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Data freshness

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