LAUNCHBAY LLC

North Billerica, MA · Materials · Private

Oriented polymer films with high ballistic protection and optical transparency for transparent armor and protective visors

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · launch-bay.com

Sector: Materials
Headquarters: North Billerica, MA
Total capital: $12.2M

Federal grants: $2.2M; 6 awards · 2018–2025; Rank in peer group#81 of 84
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $10M; 11 awards · Defense; Rank in Materials#46 of 1258
Granted patents: 1; 1 pending · first 2024; Rank in peer group#25 of 84

Capital timeline

Latest events

Apr 2025Federal contractDefense · Small Business Innovation Research Phase II Award For The Research And Development Of A Breathable Chemical Barrier Material Free From Perfluoroalkyl Or Polyfluoroalkyl Substances. 831 Authority$1.3M
Apr 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Small Business Innovation Research Phase II Award For The Research And Development Of A Breathable Chemical Barrier Material Free From Perfluoroalkyl Or Polyfluoroalkyl Substances. 831 Authority$658K
Jun 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Launchbay SBIR Ph II - Base$663K
Jun 2024Federal contractDefense · Launchbay SBIR Ph II - Base$1.3M
Apr 2024Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$197K
Sep 2023Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I Research Study: Research And Development Efforts To Design, Fabricate, Assemble, Build, Test, Evaluate, Verify, Validate, And Procure Microelectronics And/or Operate Of Such A Facility.$197K
Jun 2023Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I.$140K

Show 10 earlier federal awards

Feb 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Transparent Highly Oriented Films for Ballistic Protection$173K
Mar 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Durable Stretch Barrier Materials$506K
Mar 2020Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II - Durable Stretch Barrier Materials$1.5M
Jul 2019Federal contractDefense · The Rapid Escape Airlock Proposed Here Will Yield A Solution That Minimizes Air Volume And Maintains Continual Passage Through The Decontamination Area.$150K
Jul 2019Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase III Medical Research&development Contract Titled Next Generation Uniform Application (ngua) Pilot Run And Fabric Qualification - Follow-on Contract To W81XWH16C0210 Phase III$1.1M
Jan 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Durable Stretch Barrier Materials$150K
Jul 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Multi-Component, Co-Deposition of Patterned Films and Nanoparticles via Atmospheric Pressure Plasma CVD$100K
Sep 2016Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase III. Igf::ot::igf$965K
May 2013Federal contractDefense · Dhp 12.2 Phase I SBIR H122-007-0028$1M
Aug 2012Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase III Contract For Triton Bednet Research$2.1M

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Standing among 84 peers

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Materials · Material

Federal grantsBelow median
Granted patents#25 · top 30%

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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

USPTO · 1 granted of 2

Apr 23, 2024GrantedBiaxially-stretchable Barrier Laminate Fabric Composite Material And Method Of ManufactureUSPTOUS 11,964,465
PendingBiaxially-stretchable Barrier Laminate Fabric And Method Of ManufactureUSPTOApplication 63264267

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Regulatory activity · Materials

Sector-level, not company-level

24 Apr 2026Eliminating Regulations Establishing Fellowships in Laboratory Standardization and Testing for Foreign CitizensNational Institute of Standards and Technology
19 Feb 2026Eliminating Obsolete Marking Requirements for Toy, Look-Alike, and Imitation FirearmsNational Institute of Standards and Technology
19 Feb 2026Eliminating Obsolete Regulations Related to the Advanced Technology Program and the Technology Innovation ProgramNational Institute of Standards and Technology

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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.