Innoflight, Inc.

San Diego, CA · Aerospace · Private

CFC-500 space processor with radiation-hardened computing architecture for on-orbit machine vision and object tracking

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · innoflight.com

Sector: Aerospace
Headquarters: San Diego, CA
Total capital: $17.2M

Federal grants: $16.3M; 19 awards · 2015–2020; Rank in peer group#12 of 155
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $874K; 5 awards · Defense, NASA; Rank in Aerospace#582 of 1335
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

Latest events

Dec 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Multi-Mode Modem with HASC$50K
Dec 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Radiation Hardened Machine Vision Computer Solution$1.5M
Sep 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Innoflight Middleware System (IMS)$4M
Nov 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Secure Space Networking$375K
Aug 2019Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Balloon SATCOM$125K
Jun 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Multi-Mode Modem for Disruption Tolerant Networking of Unmanned Air Vehicles$1.5M
Jun 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Multi-Processor Array for Multi-Parametric Sensing in Cubesat DoD (or Air Force) Space Missions$1.5M

Show 17 earlier federal awards

Apr 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Multi-Access Communications System for Small Satellites$150K
Mar 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Compact Space Processor for Multi-Sensor Missions$1.5M
Dec 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase II · High Bandwidth Redundant Communication Links for Small Satellites$2.5M
Jun 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Nanoscale Vacuum Channel Transistor (NVCT)$155K
Jun 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Multi-Band Tactical Communications Payload$125K
Jan 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Survivable System (NSRESS)$125K
May 2017Federal grantDefense · Phase I · High Bandwidth Ka/X-Band Software-defined Compact Radio$100K
Dec 2016Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Flexible Missile Uplink Downlink Software Ground Radio$100K
Jun 2016Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Wireless Sensor Piconet Radio (WiSPiR)$125K
May 2016Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Compact Wireless EVA Communications System (CWECS)$750K
Sep 2015Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Wideband PNT OORDWG$1.5M
Jul 2015Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Spectrum Sensing and Sharing by Cognitive Radios in Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) Systems$150K
Jun 2015Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Redundancy Is A Powerful Technique For Achieving High Levels Of Single Event Upset (seu) Tolerance When Utilizing Commercial Technology. While The Multiple Cpu Cores Boost Performance By Operating In Parallel, They Also Can Operate Redundantly In Order To Maximize Tolerance To Seus. This Approach Requires A Software Framework To Configure And Operate The Redundant System. In This Proposed Effort, Innoflight Will Develop A Software Redundancy Framework (srf) For Commercial Off-the-sh$125K
Jun 2015Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Extravehicular Activity (eva) Systems Are Critical To Every Foreseeable Human Exploration Mission For In-space Microgravity Eva And For Planetary Surface Exploration. Innoflight Proposes Developing A Compact Wireless Eva Communications System (cwecs) As A Replacement And Advancement Of The Space-to-space Eva Mobility Unit (emu) Radio (sser). The Cwecs Goals Are To: (a) Provide Backward-compatibility With The Existing Sscs Network And Sser; (b) Provide Enhanced Communication Between $125K
Jun 2014Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Innoflight Proposes Developing A 0.5U Deep Space Cubesat Regenerative-ranging Transponder (descreet) Compatible With Nasa's Deep Space Network (dsn) And Similarly Capable Ground Assets And With Flight-ready Units Available For Cubesats Deployed In Cis-lunar Space Via The Exploratory Mission 1 (EM1) Program. The Transponder Will Leverage Innoflight's Flight-heritage Software-defined Compact Radio (scr) Family Of Radios. Phase 1 Design Efforts Include Requirements Gathering From Pre-p$124K
Jun 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Cubesat Hetergenous Processor For Multi-parametric Sensing (champs)$149K
Sep 2012Federal contractDefense · Secure Ip Communications From Space$351K

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Standing among 155 peers

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Aerospace · Orbital_ops · Device

Federal grants#12 · top 8%

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Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026

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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 · Aerospace

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06 Jul 2026Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs of NASA-Effectuation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964National Aeronautics and Space Administration
01 Jul 2026Special Conditions: AMAC Aerospace, The Boeing Company Model 747- 8 Airplane; Side-Facing SeatsFederal Aviation Administration
26 Jun 2026Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous AmendmentsFederal Aviation Administration
23 Jun 2026Operating Limitations at John F. Kennedy International AirportFederal Aviation Administration
23 Jun 2026Operating Limitations at New York LaGuardia AirportFederal Aviation Administration
18 Jun 2026Special 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

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