Herrick Technology Laboratories Inc.

Germantown, MD · Defense · Private

LPI/LPD RF waveform and hardware transceiver system for long-distance secure data transmission using HF spectrum with spatial nulling and digital beamforming

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Updated Oct 23, 2026

Sector: Defense
Headquarters: Germantown, MD
Latest Form D: $25M, Apr 2024
Total capital: $133M

Federal grants: $962K; 1 award · 2016; Rank in peer group#65 of 66
Private capital raised: $25M; 1 Form D · last Apr 2024; 30 months since last filing
Federal contracts: $107M; 51 awards · Interior, Defense; Rank in Defense#81 of 1442
Granted patents: 1; 1 pending · first 2016; Rank in peer group#21 of 66

Capital timeline

Latest events

Jul 2026Federal contractDefense · Htlx-u Miniature Quad Channel Transceiver$155K
Jul 2026Federal contractDefense · Small Form Factor Software Defined Radio (sdr), Removable Media Modules, And Reprovisioning Cables$208K
Jun 2026Federal contractDefense · Requirement Is To Provide Training Events To Support Operational Training Of Hardware And Software Interfaces.$51K
May 2026Federal contractDefense · This Contract Supports Chamber Tests, Feasibility Study, Operational Evaluations, And Delivery Of An Electromagnetic Warfare Rapid Integration System (eris) Prototype.$199K
Apr 2026Federal contractDefense · Product Number: HTLX-U101150004$562K
Mar 2026Federal contractDefense · Herrick Technology Lab - Microwave Transceiver$275K
Aug 2025Federal contractDefense · LSUBP00021-0274 -returned Material Authorization (rma) Repair For HTLX-T2$21K
Apr 2024Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$25M

Show 44 earlier federal awards

Jul 2025Federal contractDefense · Removable Media Module$50K
Sep 2024Federal contractDefense · Standard Products & Services$2K
Aug 2024Federal contractDefense · P/n: HTLX2U-101100004$878K
Jun 2024Federal contractDefense · P/n: HTLX2U 101100004$2M
Nov 2023Federal contractDefense · Htlw- UL02100004$358K
Oct 2023Federal contractDefense · TRANSCEIVER/910-00283-010$65K
Sep 2023Federal contractDefense · Htl Tactical Manpack Esm System With Saa$868K
Aug 2023Federal contractDefense · Pn HTLX2U101100004$825K
Nov 2022Federal contractDefense · HTLX2U-101100004$558K
Aug 2022Federal contractDefense · Quad Channel Transceiver$180K
Aug 2022Federal contractDefense · Part Number HTLX2-U101100004$2.9M
Jul 2022Federal contractDefense · P/n: HTLX2U-101100004$558K
May 2022Federal contractDefense · 911-00113-001$206K
Mar 2022Federal contractDefense · P/n: HTLX-T2101100006$209K
Sep 2021Federal contractDefense · HTLX2-U101100003$134K
Mar 2021Federal contractDefense · Purchase Of Six (6) Herrick Technology Laboratories (htl) Factory Upgrade Kits For Part Number 911-00113-001, Factory Upgrade Kit Htlx-laboratory Htlx-enclosure (HTLX_202100002) To Htlx-universal Enclosure With Rmm And Saasm (HTLX_U102100004)$174K
Sep 2020Federal contractDefense · Wideband Transceiver$169K
Sep 2020Federal contractDefense · Cables For Tacsig$11K
Sep 2020Federal contractDefense · Htl Hardware$399K
Apr 2020Federal contractDefense · Herrick Radio Transceiver (jato Ngj-mb)$142K
Apr 2020Federal contractDefense · The Purpose Of This Acquisition Action Is To Acquire Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I, Cmoss Compliant Radiohead.$110K
Apr 2020Federal contractDefense · The Purpose Of This Acquisition Action Is To Acquire SBIR Phase I, Cmoss Compliant Software Defined Radios (sdrs) Services.$111K
Jan 2020Federal contractDefense · Transceiver Pr# 57-2006-20$136K
Jan 2020Federal contractDefense · Quad Transceiver Pr# 57-2005-20$113K
Sep 2019Federal contractDefense · P/n HTL-101100006$1.8M
Sep 2019Federal contractDefense · Spectrum-agile, Location Aware, Enhanced Electromagnetic Kit (sleek)$34.4M
Sep 2019Federal contractDefense · HTLX-T2 Hpack$190K
Jul 2019Federal contractDefense · Slipstream$2.7M
Feb 2019Federal contractDefense · Transceiver Pr# 55-8012-19$151K
Dec 2018Federal contractDefense · Solid State Drives Pr# 57-2009-19$13K
Sep 2018Federal contractDefense · Software Defined Radios W/enclosure$1.3M
Sep 2018Federal contractDefense · Four Channel Transceiver And Recorder Pr# 57-2052-18$136K
Aug 2018Federal contractDefense · Herrick H-pack Radio$169K
Mar 2018Federal contractDefense · 4 Channel Frequency Range$281K
Jan 2018Federal contractDefense · Software Defined Radio$151K
Oct 2017Federal contractDefense · Htlx-u Miniature Quad Vhf/uhf/uw. Transceiveer$101K
Sep 2017Federal contractDefense · Miniature Quad Transceivers Htlx+-tp$3.6M
Dec 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Htlw Four-channel Software Defined Radio$376K
Sep 2016Federal contractDefense · Htl Transceiver$85K
Sep 2016Federal grantDefense · Phase II · HF High Data Rate/LPD Software Defined Radio$962K
Sep 2016Federal contractInterior · Igf::ot::igf Sibr Phase II R&d Contract - Wide Band High Frequency Communications$884K
May 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Poly-function Transceiver (polytransceiver)$37.3M
Sep 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Htlx: Miniature Quad Transceiver$9.7M
Feb 2003Federal contractInterior$1.3M

Federal awards are summed by year (51 awards); hover a bar for the split. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.

1 record has no date or no amount, so it isn’t placed on the timeline.

Federal first

254months

from Herrick Technology Laboratories Inc.’s first federal award to its first private round.

First federal award · Feb 2003: Interior · $1.3M
First Form D · Apr 2024: $25M · 1st Form D
Awards before first raise: 40 awards

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Standing among 66 peers

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Defense · System

Federal grantsBelow median
Granted patents#21 · top 32%

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Founders and team

From SEC Form D filings

Acie L Vickers, Jr.Executive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
John L SlaughterExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Mark L FrantzDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Ron L SaycoExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings

What it has protected

USPTO · 1 granted of 2

May 31, 2016GrantedMethod And System For Improving Reading Range Of Fdx Rfid TagsUSPTOUS 9,355,287
PendingMethod And System For Improving Reading Range Of Fdx Rfid TagsUSPTOApplication PCTUS2015030256

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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

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

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