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LITESPAR INC

Tucson, AZ · Aerospace · Private

Solid-state laser transmitter using passive Q-switch (PQS) in Nd:YVO4 master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) configuration for flight lidar applications

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Sector
Aerospace
Headquarters
Tucson, AZ
Total capital
$8.4M
Federal grants
$119K
1 award · 2019
Rank in peer group#44 of 187
Private capital raised
None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts
$8.3M
12 awards · NASA
Rank in Aerospace#262 of 1335
Granted patents
None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

2010201220142016201820202022FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $8.4M$200K$1.5M$732K$688K$738K$4M
2010201420182022FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $8.4M$1.5M$732K$738K$4M

Latest events

  • Federal contractNASA · Laser Transmitters For Smallsats In Support Of Aos Mission$4M
  • Federal contractNASA · EO14042 Development Of Engineering Model Laser Transmitter For Smallsats$738K
  • Federal contractNASA · Mopa Laser Transmitter With Passive Q-switch For Space LIDAR$688K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · MOPA Laser Transmitter with Passive Q-Switch for Space LIDAR$119K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Electronics For Laser$136K
  • Federal contractNASA · This Acquisition Is For A Custom Cpl Laser Transmitter And Electronics Unit For Use In Aircraft Instrumentation. The Transmitter Will Use Temperature Controlled Thermoelectric Coolers For Maintaining The Temperature Of The Laser Diode During Laser Operation.$150K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf The Current SBIR PHASE-2 Contract With Litespar, Inc (NNX14CG14C) Is For Development Of A Multi-angle, Multi-spectral LIDAR Receiver System (termed Camal). The Camal Receiver Requires A Laser Transmitter To Function, But Owing To Funds Limitations The Transmitter Aspect Was Not Proposed As Part Of The PHASE-2 Effort. This Litespar PHASE-3 Proposal Adds To The PHASE-2 Deliverable Development A Prototype Of The Necessary Laser Transmitter. Technical Requirements For The Laser Transmi$732K
Show 5 earlier federal awards
  • Federal contractNASA · Laser Power Supplies, Qty., 1 Each. Laser Diodes For Cpl, Qty., 2 Each. Fiber Optics For Laser, Qty., 2 Each. Shipping Charges.$35K
  • Federal contractNASA · 3-WAVELENGTH Laser Head, 1 Each. Power Supply And Integration/test Of Laser System, Qty., 1 Each.$84K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf An Eye-safe, Multispectral Cross-track Scan Subsystem With A Large Receiver Aperture And A Narrow Fov Is Proposed For The NASA Cloud Physics LIDAR (cpl) To Increase The Horizontal Scan Area Coverage. The /-14 Degree Cross-track Scan Capability Will Cover /- 5 Km From Nadir At A 20 Km Altitude. The Crosstrack Scanner Uses A Bidirectional Scan Pattern, Which Collects 10,000 Data Points Per Cross Track Scan At A 5 Khz Transmitter Rep Rate. Solar Background Is Reduced With Narrow Bandpa$1.5M
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf An Eye-safe, Multispectral Cross-track Scan Subsystem With A Large Receiver Aperture And A Narrow Fov Is Proposed For The NASA Cloud Physics LIDAR To Increase Horizontal Area Coverage. The +/-15 Degree Cross-track Scan Capability Will Cover +/- 5 Km From Nadir At A 20 Km Altitude. The Cross-track Scanner Uses A Whiskbroom Pattern With Three Simultaneous Scans And Independent Receiver Fov's Which Provides 30,000 Points Per Sweep. Solar Background Is Reduced With A Narrow Bandpass Fi$200K
  • Federal contractNASA · On-site Service For Laser$5K

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Standing among 187 peers

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Aerospace · Device

  • Federal grants#44 · top 24%

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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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Sources

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