MAGIQ TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Somerville, MA · Defense · Private

RF receive personality system with hybrid beamforming for unmanned aerial systems

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · magiqtech.com

Sector: Defense
Headquarters: Somerville, MA
Latest Form D: $300K, Aug 2014
Total capital: $19.3M

Federal grants: $3.7M; 8 awards · 2017–2025; Rank in peer group#58 of 94
Private capital raised: $300K; 1 Form D · last Aug 2014; 146 months since last filing
Federal contracts: $15.3M; 28 awards · Defense, Health and Human S, Interior; Rank in Defense#321 of 1442
Granted patents: 6; 34 pending · first 2016; Rank in peer group#16 of 94

Capital timeline

Latest events

Jun 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Kickoff Briefing$140K
Jun 2025Federal contractDefense · Kickoff Briefing$140K
Jul 2023Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Optical Multi-Component Seismic Array for Long-Term Monitoring of Geothermal Wells$200K
Dec 2022Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II$750K
Dec 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Low-Cost Scalable Ultrawideband Receiver Personality for Attritable Platforms$150K
Aug 2022Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Analysis Methods to Identify the Instrument Response Function (IRF) for Deconvolution$1.1M
Aug 2022Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$1.8M
Aug 2014Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$300K

Show 29 earlier federal awards

Jun 2021Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Analysis Method to Identify and Removing the Instrument Response Function forDeconvolution$200K
May 2021Federal contractDefense · Kick-off Briefing Materials & Fwa Cert.$239K
Sep 2020Federal contractDefense · Army Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Work, Entitled, Enhanced Fiber Sensors With Nonlinear Anomalous Dispersion$111K
Aug 2019Federal contractNASA · Current State-of-the-art Navigation Systems Incorporate Optical Gyroscopes And Optical Accelerometers As Inertial Sensors. These Devices Contain No Moving Parts And Can Sense Rotations And Accelerations With High Bandwidth.$125K
May 2019Federal contractInterior · Igf::ot::igf Enhanced Joint Analog And Digital Interference Cancellation$2M
Apr 2019Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In Support Of Rapid Innovation Fund$2M
Mar 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase I · W-Band RF Instrumentation$150K
Jan 2019Federal contractDefense · Photonic Quantizer For Use In Photonic Analog To Digital Converters (padcs)$150K
Jul 2017Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Cost Effective Optical Seismic System for Hydraulic Fracture Diagnostics$1.0M
Jun 2017Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Fast-Light Enhanced Fiber Gyroscope$750K
Jun 2016Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Current State-of-the-art Navigation Systems Incorporate Optical Gyroscopes And Optical Accelerometers As Inertial Sensors. These Devices Contain No Moving Parts And Can Sense Rotations And Accelerations With High Bandwidth. However, There Is A Fundamental Tradeoff Between The Size Of An Optical Gyroscope And Its Sensitivity. Highly Sensitive Gyroscopes Are Needed To Meet Navigation Goals, But Size, Weight And Power (swap) Are Extremely Precious Resources In Spacecraft Or Uavs. Enha$125K
Apr 2016Federal contractDefense · Rif - Emi Mitigation Igf::ot::igf$2M
Nov 2014Federal contractDefense · Basic SBIR Phase II Igf::ot::igf$750K
May 2013Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf The Rotation Sensitivity Of A Conventional Optical Inertial Navigation System (ins)depends On The Area Enclosed By A Circular Optical Path. Hence, It Is Impossible To Significantly Reduce The Device Size Without Sacrificing Its Sensitivity. Recent Work Showed That Certain Non-linear Optical Effects (fast Light) Can Be Used To Increase The Sensitivity Of A Ring Laser Gyro Of A Given Size By Orders Of Magnitude. We Propose A Portable High-performance All-fiber Laser Gyroscope. The Dev$125K
May 2013Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Integrated Fast-light Micro-inertial Sensors For GPS Denied Navagation$150K
Feb 2012Federal contractNASA · We Propose A Method For Developing A Miniature All-optical Inertial Navigation System. In An Optical Ins, The Rotation Sensitivity Depends On The Area Enclosed By A Circular Optical Path, So It Is Impossible To Significantly Reduce The Size Of A Standard Fiber Optic Gyroscope Or Ring Laser Gyroscope Without Sacrificing Sensitivity. However, Using The Phenomenon Of Fast Last, Which We Will Produce Through Stimulated Brillouin Scattering In A Fiber, The Sensitivity Of A Ring Laser Gyro Of A Given $125K
Sep 2010Federal contractInterior · Darpa Sibr Phase II - "wideband Photonic Sensor System" - Further Development Of Optical Signal Processing Techniques To Enable Simultaneous Transmit And Receive (star) From A Single Wideband Aperture. Creating A Prototype Of This System To Show Wideband High Isolation From The Transmitter To The Receiver.$749K
Jun 2010Federal contractDefense · Darpa SBIR Phase II Award.$750K
Apr 2010Federal contractDefense · Darpa AY54/00$848K
Mar 2010Federal contractDefense · Automatic Fiber Optic Interconnect Cleaning And Inspection$100K
Sep 2009Federal contractDefense · Phase II Base Effort Topic N08-093 "co-site Interference Mitigation For Vhf/uhf Communications"$899K
Sep 2009Federal contractHealth and Human S · Biomedical (basic)$75K
Sep 2009Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I Topic N092-118$80K
Aug 2009Federal contractDefense · Darpa SBIR Phase I$99K
Jul 2009Federal contractDefense · Darpa SBIR Phase II$750K
Jun 2009Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$100K
Jan 2009Federal contractDefense · Portable Medical Recorder$99K
Jul 2008Federal contractDefense · SBIR Topic N08-093, Entitled "co-site Interference Mitigation For Vhf/uhf Communications"$100K
Feb 2008Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$99K

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Federal first

78months

from MAGIQ TECHNOLOGIES, INC.’s first federal award to its first private round.

First federal award · Feb 2008: Defense · $99K
First Form D · Aug 2014: $300K · 1st Form D
Awards before first raise: 16 awards

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Standing among 94 peers

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Defense · System

Federal grantsBelow median
Granted patents#16 · top 17%
Linked publications#7 · top 7%

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Founders and team

Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants

Audrius BerzanskisResearcherExecutive OfficerLinked by 1 patent
Robert GelfondExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings

What it has protected

USPTO · 6 granted of 40

Apr 1, 2025GrantedHigh frequency digitizer and methodUSPTOUS 12,267,085
Oct 4, 2022GrantedRF processing system and methodUSPTOUS 11,463,174
May 19, 2022PendingElastomer sensor clampingUSPTOApplication 17531317

Show all 40 patent records

High frequency digitizer and methodApr 1, 2025 · US 12,267,085Granted
RF processing system and methodOct 4, 2022 · US 11,463,174Granted
Elastomer sensor clampingMay 19, 2022 · Application 17531317Pending
Sensing UmbilicalJul 14, 2020 · US 10,711,591Granted
RF Processing System And MethodApr 21, 2020 · US 10,630,391Granted
Optical Sensors Using Stimulated Brillouin ScatteringFeb 28, 2017 · US 9,581,448Granted
Distance Measurement By Beating A Varying Test Signal With Reference Signal Having Absolute Frequency Value Predetermined With A Specified AccuracyNov 29, 2016 · US 9,506,739Granted
Qkd Using High-altitude PlatformsApplication PCTUS2007019600Pending
Frame Synchronization Method For Qkd SystemsApplication PCTUS2007017631Pending
Key Management And User Authentication For Quantum Cryptography NetworksApplication PCTUS2007009236Pending
Cascaded Modulator System And Method For QkdApplication PCTUS2007003967Pending
Entanglement-baesd Qkd System With Active Phase TrackingApplication PCTUS2007002609Pending
Systems And Methods For Transmitting Quantum And Classical Signals Over An Optical NetworkApplication PCTUS2007000383Pending
Optical Fiber Interferometer With Relaxed Loop Tolerance And Qkd System Using SameApplication PCTUS2006042779Pending
Qkd System With Synchronization Channel VerificationApplication PCTUS2006039602Pending
Narrow-band Single-photon Source And Qkd System Using SameApplication PCTUS2006039601Pending
Two-way Qkd System With Faraday Effect CompensationApplication PCTUS2006037456Pending
Qkd Station With Efficient Decoy State CapabilityApplication PCTUS2006034750Pending
Systems And Methods Of Enhancing Qkd Security Using A Heralded Photon SourceApplication PCTUS2006017094Pending
Universal Quantum ComputingApplication PCTUS2004001522Pending
Qkd System Detector Autocalibration Based On Bit-error RateApplication PCTUS2006013869Pending
Qkd System Laser Autocalibration Based On Bit-error RateApplication PCTUS2006014149Pending
Method Of Integrating Qkd With IpsecApplication PCTUS2006007174Pending
One-way Synchronization Of A Two-way Qkd SystemApplication PCTUS2006006718Pending
Single-particle Quantum-enhanced Secret SharingApplication PCTUS2006000072Pending
Secure Use Of A Single Single-photon Detector In A Qkd SystemApplication PCTUS2006000064Pending
System And Method For Providing Two-way Communication Of Quantum Signals, Timing Signals, And Public DataApplication PCTUS2005038891Pending
Constant Modulation For Enhanced Qkd SecurityApplication PCTUS2005037352Pending
Qkd System Ambiguous Remote ControlApplication PCTUS2005032593Pending
Method And Apparatus For Generating Optical Pulses For QkdApplication PCTUS2005032474Pending
Systems And Methods For Multiplexing Qkd ChannelsApplication PCTUS2005029893Pending
Qkd Station With Emi Signature SuppressionApplication PCTUS2005027366Pending
Two-way Qkd System With Backscattering SupperssionApplication PCTUS2005026981Pending
Qkd Cascaded Network With Loop-back CapabilityApplication PCTUS2005023135Pending
Qkd System NetworkApplication PCTUS2005022663Pending
Temperature Compensation For Qkd SystemsApplication PCTUS2005023192Pending
Key Bank Systems And Methods For QkdApplication PCTUS2005016280Pending
Laser Autocalibration For Qkd SystemsApplication PCTUS2005006909Pending
Modulator Timing For Quantum Key DistributionApplication PCTUS2005006015Pending
Modulator Autocalibration Methods For QkdApplication PCTUS2005006014Pending

Recent research by its founders

A Fiber‐Optic, Multicomponent Sensor for Borehole Seismic Formation Imaging and for Monitoring of Natural or Induced Seismicity20242 cites
Enabling persistent monitoring of littoral areas with smart unmanned assets20230 cites
Finding Acoustic Sources with a Multi-Component Linear Array20230 cites

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Regulatory activity · Defense

Sector-level, not company-level

11 Jun 2026Danger Zone; Waters of Carr Creek and Whitehall Bay in the Vicinity of the Naval Support Activity AnnapolisEngineers Corps
13 Mar 2026Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
13 Mar 2026Federal Acquisition Regulation: Trade Agreements ThresholdsNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
13 Mar 2026Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
27 Aug 2025Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
27 Aug 2025Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Sources

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Data freshness

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