LIGHTHOUSE AVIONICS INC.

Hilliard, OH · Aerospace · Private

Autonomous flight control systems and software for unmanned aerial vehicles

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · lighthouseavionics.com

Sector: Aerospace
Headquarters: Hilliard, OH
Total capital: $6M

Federal grants: $1.7M; 7 awards · 2021–2026; Rank in peer group#15 of 44
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $4.3M; 7 awards · Defense, Transportation; Rank in Aerospace#360 of 1335
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

Latest events

Jun 2026Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Airbase Wildlife Hazard Mitigation Via Ai-enabled Detection And Drone-in-a-box Response$110K
Jun 2026Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Feasibility Study For Low-cost RF Direction Finding And Ptz-enabled Cuas Surveillance$75K
Aug 2025Federal contractDefense · Afrl/do Requires A Camera Array System To Enhance Situational Awareness And Support Flight Test Operations For Monitoring Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (suas), Large UAS, And Manned Aircraft At The Skyvision Test Site.$565K
May 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Adaptation Of Low Cost, Size, Weight, And Power Beyond Visual Line Of Sight Sensing System For Department Of Defense Counter Unmanned Aerial System$1.3M
May 2025Federal contractDefense · Adaptation Of Low Cost, Size, Weight, And Power Beyond Visual Line Of Sight Sensing System For Department Of Defense Counter Unmanned Aerial System$1.3M
Dec 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Adapting Low-cost Highly-capable Commercial Drone Airspace Management System To Enable Scalable Deployable Air Force Counter UAS Operations$110K
Dec 2023Federal contractDefense · Adapting Low-cost Highly-capable Commercial Drone Airspace Management System To Enable Scalable Deployable Air Force Counter UAS Operations$110K

Show 7 earlier federal awards

Dec 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase I · SBIR Phase I - Proposal FX237-PCSO1-1259 - Accurate Drone Localization Using Lighthouse's Innovative Computer Vision-based Airspace Management System And Integrated RF Sniffing$75K
Dec 2023Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I - Proposal FX237-PCSO1-1259 - Accurate Drone Localization Using Lighthouse's Innovative Computer Vision-based Airspace Management System And Integrated RF Sniffing$75K
Aug 2023Federal contractTransportation · Baa Call 004 Request For Proposal (rfp) Development Of Non-system Specific Technology To Integrate Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Into The Nas$793K
Jul 2022Federal contractDefense · Low-cost Sensor Agnostic Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear And Explosives (cbrne) And Emergency Management Fully Autonomous Drone$750K
Jul 2022Federal contractDefense · Low-cost, Secure, Scalable, Networked, Low-altitude Air Space Management System$750K
Nov 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase I · FAA Certifiable Fully Autonomous Drone System with Integrated Low-Cost Operational Support Infrastructure$50K
Nov 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Low-cost, Secure, Scalable, Networked, Low-Altitude Air Space Management System to Enable Autonomous Drone Flights$50K

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Standing among 44 peers

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Aerospace · Software

Federal grants#15 · top 34%

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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

Sector-level, not company-level

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

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.