INVOCON, INC.

Aerospace · Acquired by Cemtrex, Inc. (2026)

Wireless intra-vehicle sensor package for launch vehicle instrumentation

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · invocon.com

Sector: Aerospace
Total capital: $16.7M

Federal grants: $265K; 2 awards · 2018–2026; Rank in peer group#9 of 23
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $16.4M; 72 awards · Defense, NASA; Rank in Aerospace#174 of 1335
Granted patents: 2; 2 pending · first 2020; Rank in peer group#6 of 23

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Latest events

Jun 2026Federal grantDefense · Phase I · SBIR N254-P02 New Award Ph I Invocon, Inc. Systems, Inc. Navsea$140K
Dec 2025Federal contractDefense · Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (shield) Initial Order.$500
May 2022Federal contractNASA · P3 Support For International Space Station (iss) Instrumentation Systems Government Furnished Equipment (gfe) Team$706K
Aug 2019Federal contractNASA · Hypervelocity Impact Detection, Location, And Assessment For Thermal Protection Systems$778K
Aug 2019Federal contractNASA · Lithium Polymer Battery That Is 7.5 Amp-hr For A Sounding Rocket Power System For A Technology Development Project In FY2019$15K
Jan 2019Federal contractDefense · Seaport Nxg Minimum Obligation Task Order$500
Sep 2018Federal contractDefense · SBIR Baa$150K

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Sep 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Wireless Intra-vehicle Sensor Package for Enhanced Reliability (WISPER)$125K
Jul 2018Federal contractNASA · A System Is Proposed That Can Track The Ae And RF Energy Dispersion That Is Created When A Vehicle Is Impacted By A Projectile At Hyper Velocity. This Same Device Can Measure The Time Of Arrival Of The Charge Wave Front At Transducers Placed Throughout The Vehicle. Using The Known Velocity Of The Energy In The Skin Of The Vehicle, The System Can Calculate The Exact Point Of Impact. Furthermore, Characteristics Of The Energy Measured By Sensors On The Back Side Of The Structure Indicate That The $125K
Jun 2017Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Invocon's Health Interrogation For Space Structures (hiss) System Provides A Significant Improvement Over Current Alternatives For Monitoring Pressurized Space Structures For Leaks And Impacts. Hiss Will Quickly Detect And Locate Leaks Based On Their Acoustic Emissions Or Other Signature. It Will Provide Prompt Warnings To Flight And Ground Personnel In Order To Help Save The Vehicle (and Mission). It Will Also Complement The Present Environmental Control And Life Support System (e$125K
Jun 2017Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Phase III Procurement For Wireless Sensor System$20K
May 2016Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf NNX16CL05P - Invocon, Inc - Phase III Statement Of Work Support Office: The NASA Osma (office Of Safety And Mission Assurance) Nde (nondestructive Evaluation) Program Has Been Supporting The Development And Study Of Methods To Monitor The Safety Of Copvs (composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessel). Purpose: We Require Hardware That Is Wireless And Designed To Detect Impact And Acoustic Emission Sounds. This Hardware Will Be Used To Test Copvs In Testing Of Hypervelocity Impacts As A Pa$28K
Jan 2016Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Support For International Space Station (iss) Wireless Instrumentation Systems Government Furnished Equipment (gfe) Team$62K
Sep 2015Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Support For International Space Station (iss) Wireless Instrumentation Systems Government Furnished Equipment (gfe) Team$21K
Aug 2015Federal contractNASA · Internal Wireles Instrumentation System Triaxial Accelerotmeter Baseplates: Standard Baseplate, Special Fgb Baseplace, Special Sm Baseplate, Replace Tape On NASA Owned Baseplates$13K
Jun 2015Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Flight Test Programs Have Always Been Challenged With Having To Add A Sufficient Number Of Transducers And Instruments To Make Meaningful Measurements Without Having An Adverse Impact On The Operation And Performance Of The Vehicle Being Tested. Transducer And Instrumentation Wiring Is Intrusive And Labor Intensive, Often Requires Vehicle Modifications To Support, Is Subject To Reliability Concerns, And Adds A Significant Amount Of Weight When Hundreds Of Transducers Are Required. I$125K
Jun 2015Federal contractDefense · Progress Report Igf::ot::igf$80K
May 2015Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Support For International Space Station (iss) Wireless Instrumentation Systems Government Furnished Equipment (gfe) Team$21K
Mar 2015Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf NASA Has Been Testing Dids Accelerometer Sensor Units That Were Reconfigured For Ultra Low Power Operation In Order To Perform Long-term Testing Aboard Beam. One Of The Tests Has Been To Use Various Idle (listen) Rates While In Trigger Mode. When The Idle Rate Is Increased, The Trigger Threshold Must Be Increased In Order To Prevent Continuous Triggering. Invocon Researched The Behavior And Has Designed A Software Patch That Minimizes This Behavior. Due To The Limited Funds Provided$8K
Jan 2015Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf NASA Jsc Requires Engineering Services To Conduct Operations Using Wireless Instrumentation Systems On The International Space Station. The Engineering Services Required May Include The Activities Identified In The Following Subparagraphs And Will Be Coordinated With The NASA Contracting Officer S Representative (cor) And Gfe Project Lead. The Engineering Services Are Applicable To Hardware And Software Designed And Manufactured By Invocon Or Systems Including Such Hardware And Soft$21K
Aug 2014Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Iss Gfe Wireless Instrumentation Support Wireless Instrumentation System (wis) Hardware Developed And Provided By Invocon, Inc, Is Deployed And Operated On The International Space Station (iss). The Purpose Of This Instrumentation Is To Obtain Strain And Acceleration Data On Structural Elements From Several Remote Locations Distributed Throughout The Assembled Station. The Data Is Used To Validate Structural Models And Forcing Functions To More Accurately Determine Fatigue On The $20K
Jul 2014Federal contractNASA · Internal Wireless Instrumentation Triaxial Accelerometers Plates$18K
Jun 2014Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf A Device Is Proposed That Can Track The Electrical Charge Dispersion That Is Created When Hyper Velocity Impact (hvi) Occurs Between Two Entities With A Closing Velocity Greater Than 1 Km Per Second. This Same Device Can Measure The Time Of Arrival Of The Charge Wave Front At Transducers Placed Throughout The Vehicle. Using The Known Speed Of Light Minus The Reactive Effects Of The Skin Of The Vehicle On The "charge", The System Can Calculate The Exact Point Of Impact. Further, The $124K
Apr 2014Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Distributed Impact Detection System (dids) System Updates For Beam Configuration$9K
Apr 2014Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf NASA Jsc Requires Engineering Services To Conduct Operations Using Wireless Instrumentation Systems On The International Space Station. Wireless Instrumentation Systems Gfe Support The Engineering Services Required May Include The Activities Identified In The Following Subparagraphs And Will Be Coordinated With The NASA Contract Officer S Technical Representative And Gfe Project Lead. The Engineering Services Are Applicable To Hardware And Software Designed And Manufactured By Invoc$20K
Nov 2013Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf External Wireless Instrumentation System (ewis) Hardware Is Deployed And Operated On The International Space Station (iss) To Collect Structural Dynamic Data To Validate Iss Models. The Ewis Is Criticality 3 Hardware And Is Not Used To Make Any Real Time Decisions. The Ewis Rsu Software Is Off The Shelf Provided Proprietary Software And Considered Class D Non-safety Critical As Classified Under Npr 7150.2A. Based On Experience Accumulated With Operation Of The Ewis, Various Modif$37K
Sep 2013Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Support For International Space Station (iss) Wireless Instrumentation Systems Government Furnished Equipment (gfe) Team NASA Jsc Requires Engineering Services To Conduct Operations Using Wireless Instrumentation Systems On The International Space Station.the Engineering Services Required May Include The Activities Identified In The Following Subparagraphs And Will Be Coordinated With The NASA Contract Officer S Technical Representative And Gfe Project Lead. The Engineering Services$24K
Sep 2013Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR Phase II Radiation Environment Monitor For Spacecraft (rems)$750K
Aug 2013Federal contractNASA · Digital Wave B-1025 Acoustic Emissions Transducers$17K
May 2013Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Support For International Space Station (iss) Wireless Instrumentation Systems Government Furnished Equipment (gfe) Team. NASA Jsc Requires Engineering Services To Conduct Operations Using Wireless Instrumentation Systems On The International Space Station. The Engineering Services Required May Include The Activities Identified In The Following Subparagraphs And Will Be Coordinated With The NASA Contract Officer S Technical Representative And Gfe Project Lead. The Engineering Servic$19K
May 2013Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Invocon's Wireless Intra-vehicle Communication System (wics) Is Being Designed As An Enabling Technology For Low-cost Launch Vehicles. It Will Reduce The Cost Of These Vehicles In Primarily Three Ways: 1. Minimizing Vehicle Weight By Decreasing Bulky Cables And Connectors - This Increases The Useful Payload And Decreases The Propulsion Requirements. 2. Minimizing Physical Interconnects - This Simplifies Integration, Testing, And Launch Control And Thereby Decreases The Labor Invol$200K
May 2013Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Invocon Has Devised A Method To Determine The Location Of Lightning Strikes On Structures To As Close As 1" By Combining Simple Sensors With Highly Capable Electronics. This Method Measures A Strike From Multiple Transducers To Triangulate Its Location. Initial Testing On Metallic And Composite Structures Has Provided Good Results. The Next Step Is To Extend The Wireless Nature Of The System To The Transducers In Order To Simplify Installation And Use Of The System. The Proposed De$125K
May 2013Federal contractNASA · Distributed Impact Detection System Sensor Units And Associated Hardware$82K
Apr 2013Federal contractDefense · Ph I Research&development Hypervelocity Impact Damage Assessment Igf::ot::igf$100K
Jan 2013Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf NASA Jsc Requires Engineering Services To Conduct Operations Using Wireless Instrumentation Systems On The International Space Station. The Engineering Services Required May Include The Activities Identified In The Following Subparagraphs And Will Be Coordinated With The NASA Contracting Officer S Representative (cor) And Gfe Project Lead. The Engineering Services Are Applicable To Hardware And Software Designed And Manufactured By Invocon Or Systems Including Such Hardware And Soft$19K
Dec 2012Federal contractNASA · SBIR Phase III -- Distributed Impact Detection System (dids) - Hardware In Ubnt Sdto Configuration$29K
Sep 2012Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Support For International Space Station (iss) Wireless Instrumentation Systems Government Furnished Equipment (gfe) Teamthe Contractor Shall Establish And Maintain A Quality Management System (qms) That Complies With Ansi/iso/asqc Q9001-2000. B. All Work On This Purchase Contract Is Subject To Inspection And Test By The Government At Any Time And Any Place. Government Inspection Is Required On This Order Prior To Shipment From Contractors Facility. Government Inspections Performed $18K
Jul 2012Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I$150K
Apr 2012Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Other Function - Invocon's Radiation Alert Immediate Disclosure (raid) System Is A Miniature, Low-power, Real-time, Active Radiation Badge. It Is Designed For Monitoring Personnel, Equipment, And Environments While Minimizing Complicated User Interfaces. Raid's Ability To Determine Characteristics And Dose Rate In Addition To Total Dose Provide Significant Advantages Over Other Types Of Devices. A Single Sensor Provides Information About All Types Of Ionizing Radiation In Order To P$750K
Mar 2012Federal contractNASA · Support For International Space Station (iss) Wireless Instrumentation Systems Government Furnished Equipment (gfe) Team$18K
Feb 2012Federal contractNASA · A Device Is Proposed That Can Track The Electrical Charge Dispersion That Is Created When Hyper Velocity Impact (hvi) Occurs Between Two Entities With A Closing Velocity Greater Than 1 Km Per Second. This Same Device Can Measure The Time Of Arrival Of The Charge Wave Front At Transducers Placed Throughout The Vehicle. Using The Known Speed Of Light Minus The Reactive Effects Of The Skin Of The Vehicle On The "charge", The System Can Calculate The Exact Point Of Impact. Further, The Nature Of The$125K
Feb 2012Federal contractNASA · Modification To The Wireless Strain Gage Instrumentation System.$30K
Jun 2011Federal contractNASA · Dids Hardware In Ubnt Sdto Configuration$57K
Jun 2011Federal contractNASA · Internal Wireless Instrumentation System (iwis) And External Wireless Instrumentation System (ewis) Hardware Are Deployed, And Operated On The International Space Station (iss) To Collect Structural Dynamic Data To Validate Iss Models. To Reduce Crew Time And Facilitate Measurements In Alternate Locations, Additional Iwis And Ewis Hardware Is Required. This Specification Defines Requirements For The Additional Hardware Deliverables Of The Iwis And Ewis. The Additional Iwis Hardware Will Include$1.1M
Feb 2011Federal contractNASA · Recent Testing Involving Hyper Velocity Impacts Has Resulted In The Capture Of Broad Band High Frequency Energy Resulting From The Impact Of Projectiles Onto Targets. These Test Impacts Have Been Demonstrated From 3 To 7 Kilometers Per Second At Both NASA Wstf And Sandia National Labs. In All Cases, Radio Frequency (RF) Energy Was Captured As Radiated From The Impact And Conducted From The Impact By The Target Material. If These Broad Band Impulses Of Energy Can Be Received And Analyzed, It Will$100K
May 2010Federal contractNASA · NASA Is Preparing A Detailed Test Objective (dto) For Eventual Operation On Space Station. The Purpose Of This Dto Is To Obtain Structural Background Ultrasonic Noises That Exist In The Operating Space Station, Which Are Required To Provide Initial Characterization And Bounding Of The On-orbit Ultrasonic Environments For Future Leak Location And Impact Detection Devices. Upon Completion Of This Dto, Measurements Taken In Node 3 And The US Lab Will Help Determine How Much Of The Ultrasonic Freq$187K
Jan 2010Federal contractNASA · TAS::80 0125::TAS Invocon Proposes The Surface-borne Time-of-reception Measurements (storm) System As A Method To Locate The Position Of Lightning Strikes On Aerospace Vehicles. Initially Developed As A Hypervelocity Impact Location System, The Baseline Technology Lends Itself To Simple Adaptation For Lightning Location. It Uses Time-of-arrival (toa) Measurements Of The Charge Wave Front Imparted On A Structure To Triangulate The Location Of Lightning Attachment. Additional Capability Can Be Add$100K
Sep 2009Federal contractNASA · Support For International Space Station(iss Wireless Instrumentation Systems On The International Space Station.the Contractor Shall Continue The Research And Development Of The Wireless Instrumentation Systems Capabilities In Measuring, Transmitting, And Recording Data On The Orbiters, The International Space Station (iss), Or Future Programs. Future Applications For Development May Include, But Are Not Limited To The Capture And Relay Of Temperature, Strain, Accelerometer, And Pressure Data In$147K
Jun 2009Federal contractNASA · SBIR Phase III For The Research Project Entitled: Distributed Impact Detection System.$33K
Apr 2009Federal contractDefense · Contract Summary Report.$100K
Jan 2009Federal contractNASA · Iss Gfe Wireless Instrumentation Support$71K
Nov 2008Federal contractNASA · Wing Leading Edge Impact System Support For Wis Gfe Team; STS-126.THE Contractor Shall Continue Development Of The Wireless Instrumentation Systems Capabilities In Measuring, Transmitting, And Recording Data On The Orbiters, The International Space Station (iss), Or Future Programs. Future Applications For Development May Include, But Are Not Limited To The Capture And Relay Of Temperature, Strain, Accelerometer, And Pressure Data In A Space Environment.the Contractor Shall Provide The Engineeri$7K
Aug 2008Federal contractNASA · Manned Spacecraft Are Vulnerable To Air Leaks Caused By Micrometeoroid And Space Debris Impact. The Ability To Detect And Quickly Locate And Mitigate A Pressure Vessel Breach Is Critical To The Safety Of Any Long Duration Spacecraft, Such As The International Space Station Or A Proposed Lunar Base Or Mission To Mars. Current NASA Protocol For Finding A Spacecraft Leak Uses A Handheld Ultrasonic Directional Microphone, Similar To Those Widely Deployed Industrially, To Detect The 40 Khz Airborne U$600K
Apr 2008Federal contractNASA · NASA Is Conducting An Effort To Advance The Technology For Micro-meteoroid Obital Debris (mmod) Protection, With Potential Applications To The International Space Station, Constellation, Commercial Orbital Transportation Services(cots), And Science Missions. Areas Of Focus Will Include Evaluation Of Advanced Low-weight Mmod Protection Concepts, Characterization Of Performance And Production Of Conceptual System Designs For Integrated Mmod Impact/damage Detection And Location Sensors, And Applic$100K
Apr 2008Federal contractNASA · Leak Detection/location For Inflatable Habatats: Development And Support For The Dids Leak Protection System The Constellation Program Will Have Future Requirements For Providing Habitation On The Moon And Mars. Design Concepts Using Inflatable Structures May Help Address Mass And Volume Constraints For These Destinations. The Ability To Perform Leak Detection And Location Sensing Is A Potentially Significant Technology In Determining The Feasibility Of The Inflatable Habitat(ih) Design Concept$80K
Sep 2007Federal contractNASA · Wiring Leading Edge Software Installation At Ksc$10K
Jul 2007Federal contractNASA · Wing Leading Edge Repairs$26K
Jul 2007Federal contractNASA · Wiring Leading Edge Impact System Support$167K
May 2007Federal contractNASA · Sap Purchase Requisition: 4200200216 STTR Phase II Contract With Invocon, Inc.$600K
Apr 2007Federal contractNASA · Wireless Instrumentation Test Support$17K
Mar 2007Federal contractNASA · Wing Leading Edge Impact System Support$121K
Jan 2007Federal contractNASA · Wing Leading Eduge Application Enhanced Wideband Micro-tri-axial Accelerometer Unit (ewbmtau) Software Upgrade Deliverables 2007.$512K
Dec 2006Federal contractNASA · SBIR Phase II 2005 Wireless Integrated Microelectronic Vacuum Sensor System$600K
Nov 2006Federal contractNASA · Wing Leading Edge Impact System STS-116 Support$39K
Sep 2006Federal contractNASA · Wing Leading Edge Appl/enhanced Wideband Micro-tri-axial Accelerometer Unit (ewbmtau) L91 Lithium/iron$69K
Sep 2006Federal contractNASA · Wing Leading Edge Application Enchanced Wideband Micro Tri Axial Accelerometer Unit$299K
Mar 2006Federal contractDefense · Mission Support$3.1M
Dec 2005Federal contractNASA · Distributed Impact Ectection System$600K
Jun 2005Federal contractDefense$743K
Mar 2005Federal contractNASA · Cable Assemblies$29K
Jul 2004Federal contractNASA · Development Scheduel For Flight Load Sensors, Flight Load Software And Ground User Interface Softeare$399K
Feb 2004Federal contractDefense$719K
Jan 2004Federal contractNASA · SBIR Phase II Work Entitled "wireless Thernet- Based Data Acquisition System (webdas)"$600K
Nov 2003Federal contractDefense$100K

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Aerospace · Launch · System

Federal grants#9 · top 39%
Granted patents#6 · top 26%

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USPTO · 2 granted of 4

Sep 28, 2023PendingMiss Distance Calculation System and Method of UseUSPTOApplication 18046165
Jun 9, 2020GrantedSystem And Method For Detecting Multiple Fragments In A Target MissileUSPTOUS 10,677,758
Feb 25, 2020GrantedSystem and Method for Detecting Hit Locations Using the Time DomainUSPTOUS 10,571,223

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Miss Distance Calculation System and Method of UseSep 28, 2023 · Application 18046165Pending
System And Method For Detecting Multiple Fragments In A Target MissileJun 9, 2020 · US 10,677,758Granted
System and Method for Detecting Hit Locations Using the Time DomainFeb 25, 2020 · US 10,571,223Granted
Projectile Proximity Sensor System Comprising Doppler SignalsApplication 63310729Pending

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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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