KALSCOTT ENGINEERING, INC

Lawrence, KS · Aerospace · Private

Miniature electronic position reporting systems for unmanned aerial vehicles conforming to RemoteID and ADS-B standards

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Updated Oct 23, 2026

Sector: Aerospace
Headquarters: Lawrence, KS
Total capital: $24.2M

Federal grants: $8.7M; 12 awards · 2016–2025; Rank in peer group#34 of 155
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $15.5M; 37 awards · NASA, Defense, Commerce; Rank in Aerospace#179 of 1335
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

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Latest events

Jun 2026Federal contractCommerce · Sampling Services Great Plains Ok$48K
May 2026Federal contractDefense · The Wolverine System Requires Significant Repairs To Restore It To Its Original Condition. In Addition To The Repairs, An Upgrade Is Required To Enhance Performance And Safety. An Optional Task Includes The Replacement Of Two Bent Cylinders.$12K
Jun 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Multipurpose Autonomous Ground Vehicle For Airfield Operations$1.2M
Jun 2025Federal contractDefense · Multipurpose Autonomous Ground Vehicle For Airfield Operations$1.2M
Sep 2024Federal contractDefense · SBIR II Effort For Development Of Autonomous Mobile Robots$2M
Sep 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · SBIR II Effort For Development Of Autonomous Mobile Robots$2M
Jun 2024Federal contractDefense · New Sequential Phase II Contract Under The Sbir/sttr Programs For The Procurement Of The Autonomous Ground Vehicles. Kalscotts Technical Volume# F2-18287 Dated June 2024 Is Hereby Incorporated Into This Contract By Reference.$1.9M

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Jun 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · New Sequential Phase II Contract Under The Sbir/sttr Programs For The Procurement Of The Autonomous Ground Vehicles. Kalscotts Technical Volume# F2-18287 Dated June 2024 Is Hereby Incorporated Into This Contract By Reference.$1.9M
May 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · SBIR Phase I Proposal FX245-PCSO1-1223 - Rapidly Deployable Unified Air Traffic Monitoring System$75K
May 2024Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I Proposal FX245-PCSO1-1223 - Rapidly Deployable Unified Air Traffic Monitoring System$75K
Jul 2022Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Organic Airspace Monitoring System for Aerial Wildfire Response Operations$156K
Jun 2022Federal contractNASA · E014042 SBIR Phase II Low Swap-c Remoteid Device For UAS$1.2M
May 2022Federal contractNASA · E014042 SBIR Phase II Emergent-to-legacy Automated Voice Comms For Airspace Safety$1.2M
Aug 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Autonomous Electric Vehicle for Airfield Ground Operations$1.5M
Aug 2021Federal contractDefense · Develop An Autonomous Electric Ground Rover For USAF Airfield Operations Such As Fod Removal, Age Towing And Material Transport$1.5M
May 2021Federal contractNASA · Emergent-to-legacy Automated Voice Comms For Airspace Safety$131K
May 2021Federal contractNASA · Low Swap-c Remoteid Device For UAS$131K
Apr 2021Federal contractDefense · Novel Pulsed Radio Frequency Energy For USAF Applications$50K
Mar 2021Federal contractDefense · The Rapid Demonstration Of Autonomous Rovers Linked To An Online Fulfillment Software.$49K
Dec 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Field-Reconfigurable Multi-Mission eVTOL UAM Vehicle$150K
Dec 2020Federal contractDefense · TEST$50K
Jul 2020Federal contractDefense · Kickoff Briefing Materials$140K
Jul 2020Federal contractNASA · Chip-based Ads-b For High Density, Low Altitude UAV Operations$1.1M
Jun 2020Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase 1 Topic N201-010 Contract Award$140K
Mar 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase I · AI/ML Techniques for ADS-B to Support Base Security and Defense$50K
Aug 2019Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Chip-Based ADS-B for High Density, Low Altitude UAV Operations$125K
Jun 2019Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Research And Development SBIR Phase One.$140K
Dec 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B) and UAS operations$563K
Jul 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ads-b) And UAS Operations$150K
Jun 2016Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Autonomous Air Traffic Reporting and Operations for UAS$125K
Jun 2016Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Ads-b Is Emerging As The Defacto Standard For Manned Aircraft In The Context Of Nextgen Atm. There Are Several Advantages To Ads-b, But Most Ads-b Gear Was Developed For Manned Aircraft, And Some Smaller Versions Have Been Developed For Uavs Recently. However, Even The Smallest Currently-available Ads-b Transponder Is Still About 250G, Which Is Not Suitable For Small Uavs, Such As Those Becoming Popular For Civilian Use In The US. Kalscott Proposes To Develop A Micro Ads-b Unit, Wh$125K
Jun 2016Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Cognitive Computing Application for Defense Contracting$749K
Jul 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Cognitive Computing Application For Defense Contracting$150K
Jun 2015Federal contractDefense · STTR Ph I Research And Development ''igf::ot::igf''$85K
Jun 2014Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Kalscott Engineering, And The Subcontractor, Princeton University Propose The Development And Demonstration Of Compact And Robust Methane Sensor For Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (s-uas) By Synthesizing State-of-the-art, Laser-based Detection Methods With The Rapidly Increasing S-uas Market. The Overall Goal Of This Project Is To Develop And Demonstrate (via Flight Test) Laser-based Flight-weight Methane Sensors. In Phase I, The Sensor Will Be Built And Lab-tested, Followed By Initi$125K
Apr 2014Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf A Novel Design For An In Situ Air Sampling Sensor For CO2 And Trace Gases Is Proposed. The Sensor, Named Aircore, Provides The Advantages Of Existing In Situ Sensors (e.g. High Resolution) But Eliminates Possible Biases In Analysis That Often Originate From Imperfect Measurement Condition. The Aircore Provides A Significant Savings In Cost And Weight While Increasing The Capabilities Of Existing In Situ Sensors. The Aircore System Consists Of The Aircore Gas Sampler And The Support$750K
May 2013Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf A Novel Design For An In Situ Air Sampling Sensor For CO2 And Trace Gases Is Proposed. The Sensor, Named Aircore, Provides The Advantages Of Existing In Situ Sensors (e.g. High Resolution) But Eliminates Possible Biases In Analysis That Often Originate From Imperfect Measurement Condition. The Aircore Provides A Significant Savings In Cost And Weight While Increasing The Capabilities Of Existing In Situ Sensors. The Aircore System Consists Of The Aircore Gas Sampler And The Support$124K
May 2013Federal contractCommerce · Aircraft Sampling Services For Utah Winter Ozone Study Igf::cl::igf$25K
Feb 2012Federal contractNASA · The Aircore Is A Simple And Novel Atmospheric Air Column Sampler To Validate Satellite Observation Data Of Greenhouse Gases, Using A Lightweight, Inexpensive Coated Stainless Steel Coil. The Simple Design Of The Leads To Cost Savings During Manufacture And Operation. The Addition Of A UAV To The Aircore System Provides Much Needed Functionality And Flexibility To The End User Of The Product: It Returns The Aircore To A User-defined Location, So That The Coil Can Be Retrieved And Analyzed Rapidly$125K
Feb 2012Federal contractDefense · R&d Services To Develop A Miniature, Ruggedized Wcdma Payload To Enable Beyone Line Of Sight Communications Links As An Alternative Or Supplement To Satcom.$78K
Apr 2011Federal contractDefense · SBIR II Airborne Detection Of Spoofed Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ads-b) Reports$749K
Dec 2009Federal contractDefense · Spoofed Ads-b Reports$100K
Jun 2009Federal contractDefense · Darpa SBIR Phase I Contract.$99K
Jun 2009Federal contractDefense · Darpa SBIR Phase I$99K
Jun 2009Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$70K
Jan 2009Federal contractNASA · Reusable In Situ Aircore System For CO2 And Trace Gas Measurements A Novel Design For An In Situ Atmospheric Sensor For CO2 And Trace Gases Is Proposed. The Sensor, Named Aircore, Provides The Advantages Of Existing In Situ Sensors (e.g. High Resolution) But Eliminates Possible Biases In Analysis That Often Originate From Imperfect Measurement Condition. The Aircore Provides A Significant Savings In Cost And Weight While Increasing The Capabilities Of Existing In Situ Sensors. The Aircore Syste$100K
Mar 2008Federal contractDefense · Research$70K
Mar 2008Federal contractDefense · Preliminary Work For Phase II$741K
May 2006Federal contractNASA · Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program 2004 Phase II Aerodynamic Efficiency Enhancements For Air Vehicles$600K

Federal awards are summed by year (49 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.

Standing among 155 peers

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Aerospace · Device

Federal grants#34 · top 22%

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What it has protected

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