HART SCIENTIFIC CONSULTING INTERNATIONAL L.L.C.

Tuscon, AZ · Materials · Private

In-process mirror metrology system combining interferometry, deflectometry, and software for precision measurement of X-ray optics during manufacturing

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · hartsci.com

Sector: Materials
Headquarters: Tuscon, AZ
Total capital: $30M

Federal grants: $12.6M; 10 awards · 2015–2024; Rank in peer group#2 of 10
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $17.4M; 23 awards · Defense; Rank in Materials#33 of 1258
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

Latest events

Jul 2024Federal contractDefense · Passive Aircraft Avoidance Through Eo/ir Imaging And Reconfigured Tbad$1.9M
Jul 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Passive Aircraft Avoidance Through Eo/ir Imaging And Reconfigured Tbad$1.9M
Jun 2024Federal contractDefense · Deter Ara Call 012 Pueo: High-sensitivity Imaging For Faint Source And Cso Detection In Daytime Sow$235K
Jun 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · SBIR II For A Laser-guided Wavefront Compensation System Will Be Demonstrated In The Uplink Beam Of A Sodium Guide Star Launch Telescope.$1.9M
Jun 2024Federal contractDefense · SBIR II For A Laser-guided Wavefront Compensation System Will Be Demonstrated In The Uplink Beam Of A Sodium Guide Star Launch Telescope.$1.9M
Apr 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · SBIR II - Bench-level Laser Guide Star Source And Atmospheric Turbulence Simulator Proposal Number: F2-16991NORTH American Industry Classification System (naics): 541715$1.2M
Apr 2024Federal contractDefense · SBIR II - Bench-level Laser Guide Star Source And Atmospheric Turbulence Simulator Proposal Number: F2-16991NORTH American Industry Classification System (naics): 541715$1.2M

Show 26 earlier federal awards

Dec 2023Federal contractDefense · STTR II: Demonstrating Enhanced Return From Sodium Laser Guide Stars$1.2M
Dec 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase II · STTR II: Demonstrating Enhanced Return From Sodium Laser Guide Stars$1.2M
Sep 2022Federal contractDefense · Basic Research Into Techniques For Ground Based Space Domain Awareness.$150K
Jan 2022Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I For Research & Development Of Dynamic Hartmann Turbulence Sensor Processing$260K
Jan 2022Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I - Basic Research Into Laser Guide Star Source And Atmospheric Turbulence.$150K
Feb 2021Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Hybrid Interferometric and Deflectometric Stitching and Data Reconstruction for X-ray Mirrors$200K
Apr 2020Federal contractDefense · Polarized Hyper-temporal Imaging (phti): Passive Opto-acoustic Object Identification For Ssa And Isr$135K
Mar 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Light-weight, Compact Imaging Interferometer for Space$574K
Sep 2019Federal contractDefense · Light Weight Compact Imaging Interferometer For Space$918K
Jul 2019Federal contractDefense · Hart Sci STTR Phase I, Optimization Of Sodium Guide Star Return Using Polarization And Modulation Control$150K
Jan 2019Federal contractDefense · STTR II: Three-sided Pyramid Wavefront Sensor For High Sensitivity Wavefront Control$750K
Dec 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Alternative Methods for Creating a Sodium Laser Guide Star$750K
Oct 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Adaptive Optics System for Meter-Class Space Surveillance Telescopes$2.7M
Oct 2018Federal contractDefense · Adaptive Optics System For Meter-class Space Surveillance Telescopes$2.7M
Aug 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Rapid construction of 3-D Satellite models from limited amounts of 2-D imagery$150K
Aug 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Adaptive Optics System For Meter-class Space Surveillance Telescopes$150K
Jul 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Three-sided Pyramid Wavefront Sensor For High Sensitivity$150K
Jul 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf STTR I - Alternative Method For Creating A Sodium Guidestar$150K
Aug 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR Ii-extending Dora To Sodium Laser Guide Star And Multi-aperture Operation$2M
Sep 2015Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Implementing the Daylight Object Restoration Algorithm for Imaging in Daylight and Strong Turbulence$1.9M
Aug 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf A Compact Lightweight Infrared Imaging Interferometer For Space-based Platforms$750K
Jul 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR I) - Efficient Photometry From Serendipitous Detection Of Stars$149K
Aug 2013Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR I - Light-weight, Compact Swir And Mwir Imaging Interferometer For Space$150K
Jan 2012Federal contractDefense · SBIR II - Multi-frame Blind Deconvolution$1.9M
Jan 2011Federal contractDefense · Hart Scientific Consulting SBIR I$100K
Feb 2009Federal contractDefense · Enhancing High Resolution Imagery For Space Situational Awareness With Lucky Imaging And Adaptive Optic$99K

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Materials · Instrument

Federal grants#2 · top 20%

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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 · Materials

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24 Apr 2026Eliminating Regulations Establishing Fellowships in Laboratory Standardization and Testing for Foreign CitizensNational Institute of Standards and Technology
19 Feb 2026Eliminating Obsolete Marking Requirements for Toy, Look-Alike, and Imitation FirearmsNational Institute of Standards and Technology
19 Feb 2026Eliminating Obsolete Regulations Related to the Advanced Technology Program and the Technology Innovation ProgramNational Institute of Standards and Technology

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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.