HELIOS APPLIED SCIENCE INC.
Inflatable-rigidizable composite boom for space telescope sunshades
- Sector
- Aerospace
- Headquarters
- Hyde Park, MA
- Total capital
- $535K
- Federal grants
- $535K
- 3 awards · 2019–2023
- Rank in peer group#59 of 77
- Private capital raised
- None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 3
- first 2020
- Rank in peer group#6 of 77
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantNASA · Phase I · High-volumetric-efficiency inflatable-rigidizable booms for secondary support structures$160K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · (2) Manufacturing of composite materials for inflatable-rigidizable phased array antenna.$150K
- Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I: Utilization of a Combustion Process to Rapidly Solidify a Photocuring Composite Structure$225K
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Standing among 77 peers
Line = medianAerospace · Device
- Federal grantsBelow median
- Granted patents#6 · top 8%
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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 · 3 granted of 3- GrantedPhotoinitiation-based Deployable StructuresUSPTOUS 11,384,526
- GrantedPhotoinitiation-based Deployable StructuresUSPTOUS 10,760,259
- GrantedPhotoinitiation-based Deployable StructuresUSPTOUS 10,570,605
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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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Data freshness
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