Impossible Aerospace Corporation
Electric multirotor unmanned aircraft (US-1 drone) with patent-pending battery and propulsion technology enabling extended flight endurance
- Sector
- Aerospace
- Headquarters
- Santa Clara, CA
- Total capital
- $1.5M
- Federal grants
- $1.5M
- 1 award · 2020
- Rank in peer group#46 of 91
- Private capital raised
- None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
- Federal contracts
- $49K
- 2 awards · Agriculture, Defense
- Rank in Aerospace#705 of 1335
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Long-range unmanned electric aircraft platform$1.5M
- Federal contractDefense · Open Call For Innovative Defense-related Dual-purpose Technologies/solutions With A Clear Air Force Stakeholder Need$49K
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.
1 record has no date or no amount, so it isn’t placed on the timeline.
Standing among 91 peers
Line = medianAerospace · Components · Device
- Federal grants#46 · top 51%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Albert Spencer GoreResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by $1.5M in grants as PI
- Albert Spencer GoreExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
No granted patents are on record.
USPTO usually publishes applications 18 months after filing, so recent applications may not be visible yet. Patents assigned under a different entity name won’t match.
Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
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- Loft Orbital Solutions Inc.Similar federal contract value in Aerospace · $49K in contracts
- ARCTECH CHARGE, LLCSimilar federal contract value in Aerospace · $49K in contracts
- BUTLER NATIONAL CORPSimilar federal contract value in Aerospace · $42K in contracts
- Lengineer, LLCSimilar federal contract value in Aerospace · $41K in contracts
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.
How to read this page
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Data freshness
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