METIS DESIGN CORPORATION

Boston, MA · Materials · Private

ONA (Out-of-oven conductively heated Nano-porous network enhanced Accelerated cure cycle) manufacturing process for advanced composite curing using CNT surface heaters and nano-porous networks

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · metisdesign.com

Sector: Materials
Headquarters: Boston, MA
Total capital: $39.2M

Federal grants: $10.4M; 16 awards · 2015–2026; Rank in peer group#1 of 108
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $28.8M; 64 awards · Defense, NASA, Veterans Affairs; Rank in Materials#22 of 1258
Granted patents: 7; 15 pending · first 2016; Rank in peer group#14 of 108

Capital timeline

Latest events

Jun 2026Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Non-contact Proximity Sensor For Spacecraft Ring Capture Mechanisms$75K
Jul 2025Federal contractDefense · Addapt Sensors And Hardware$80K
Jul 2025Federal contractDefense · Research And Development.$240K
May 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Research And Development.$240K
Mar 2025Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase III Research & Development$1M
Jan 2025Federal contractDefense · Digital Twin Companion$75K
Jan 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Digital Twin Companion$75K

Show 72 earlier federal awards

Sep 2024Federal contractDefense · Nails$1.0M
May 2024Federal contractDefense · Aircraft Embedded Fastened-joint Assessment Sensing Tool (fast)$75K
May 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Lightweight Conformal Radiation Protection$110K
May 2024Federal contractDefense · Lightweight Conformal Radiation Protection$110K
May 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Aircraft Embedded Fastened-joint Assessment Sensing Tool (fast)$75K
Jul 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Capture Mechanism Monitoring System$1.5M
Apr 2023Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$307K
Feb 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Low-Cost Manufacturing of Autoclave-Grade Composite Structures Outside of an Oven$1.3M
Jul 2022Federal contractDefense · Mating/de-mating Monitoring System$250K
Mar 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Structural Health Monitoring of Welded Submarine Structures$1.5M
Mar 2021Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$1.7M
Mar 2021Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$444K
Aug 2020Federal contractVeterans Affairs · 20 Lean Clinical Simulation Kits$34K
Jul 2020Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$1.9M
Jun 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Aligned CNT Reinforcement of High-Temperature Polymer-Matrix Composites$140K
May 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Interlaminar Reinforcement of Composites via Tailored CNT Nanomorphologies$1.1M
May 2020Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$1.3M
Dec 2019Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$750K
Nov 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Scalable Manufacturing of Composite Components using Nanostructured Heaters$1.7M
Aug 2019Federal contractDefense · FA864919PA092 - SBIR I F192-001-0749$50K
May 2019Federal contractDefense · Progress Report Igf::ot::igf$240K
Feb 2019Federal contractDefense · Carbon Nanotube Fet Modeling And RF Circuit Simulation$150K
Oct 2018Federal contractDefense · Research And Development Igf::ot::igf$225K
Dec 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Research And Development$1.0M
Sep 2017Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf As A Result Of The Technology Maturation That The Lightweight Small Scale Turbine Generator NASA Phase Iie SBIR Contract NNX14CD02C Supported Metis Design Corporation Has Generated Significant Demand For This Innovative Power Generation Technology Across Multiple Markets. Mdc S Initial Targets In Consideration Of Our Technology Roadmap And Customer Demand, Are Tier I Suppliers Within The Aerospace Systems Each Are Approved NASA Suppliers And Mobile Power Generator Manufacturers. The$350K
Aug 2017Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Self-Sensing & Self-Healing Composites via Embedded Mechanophores$150K
Jul 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Radiation Resilient Shm Technology For Space Applications$750K
May 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Onr Rif Research And Development$2.7M
Jan 2017Federal contractDefense · "igf::ot::igf"$634K
Nov 2016Federal contractDefense · Sensors$35K
Jun 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf "shm Technology For Space Applications"$150K
May 2016Federal grantDefense · Phase I · SHM Technology for Space Applications$150K
Nov 2015Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · WHFM/MS-DIARY: An Integrated Wearable Hot Flash Monitor and Portable Electronic D$76K
Sep 2015Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Integration of a Guided Wave-based Damage Detection System for the C-5 Aircraft$1.5M
May 2015Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Continuum Crack Gauge for Hot-Spot SHM$749K
Jun 2014Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Space Structures Are Unique In That Once They Are Deployed, There Is Little To No Opportunity For Manual Inspection To Assess Their Integrity. Even On The Space Station, Where There Is A Continuous Human Presence, Traditional Non-destructive Evaluation (nde) Is Impractical Due To Complexity Of Necessitating A Space-walk, Not To Mention The Training Required To Obtain Meaningful Results. These Structures Are Subject To Damage Caused By The Extreme Launch Environment, Micrometeorite $125K
Jun 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR I-continuum Crack Gauge For Hot-spot Structural Health Monitoring$150K
Apr 2014Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf The Proposed Innovation Is A Power Conversion Technology That Will Help Achieve Nasa's Fundamental Aeronautics Program (fap) Goals Of Reducing Emissions And Increasing Fuel Efficiency For High Speed Flight. Nasa's Objective To Increase The Specific Power Of High Efficiency Electric Components In Order To Make A 10 Mega-watt Onboard Power Generation And/or Utilization Feasible For Propulsion Requires The Development Of Sub-scale Technologies To Support The Development And Validation$875K
Sep 2013Federal contractDefense · Research&development$750K
Sep 2013Federal contractDefense · Research&development$2.2M
Jul 2013Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Topic AF-06-097 Phase II$147K
Jun 2013Federal contractDefense · BASE$1.5M
May 2013Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf The Proposed Innovation Is A Propulsion Technology That Will Help Achieve Nasa's Fundamental Aeronautics Program (fap) Goals Of Reducing Emissions And Increasing Fuel Efficiency For High Speed Flight. Nasa's Objective To Achieve Increase The Specific Power Of High Efficiency Electric Components To Make A 10 Mega-watt Onboard Power Generation And/or Utilization Feasible For Propulsion Requires The Development Of Sub-scale Technologies To Support The Development And Validation Of Newe$125K
Oct 2012Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I Topic N122-125$150K
Aug 2012Federal contractDefense · Topic N12A-T007 Awd$150K
Aug 2012Federal contractNASA · Ivhm Engineering Evaluation Test Bed System$19K
Jul 2012Federal contractVeterans Affairs · Igf::ot::igf Other Functions - Lean Healthcare Training$10K
Jun 2012Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$742K
Jun 2012Federal contractDefense · Status Report$80K
Sep 2011Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$1.1M
Aug 2011Federal contractDefense · Lean Academy Simulation Kit$4K
Aug 2011Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I - Guided Wave-based Shm Of Submersible Navy Composites$150K
Jul 2011Federal contractDefense · R&d SBIR Topic N101-038$818K
May 2011Federal contractDefense · Engineering Services$150K
Apr 2011Federal contractVeterans Affairs · Training$10K
Nov 2010Federal contractDefense · (sttr-phase Ii)-multi-physics, Multi-functional Nano-engineered Composites For Structural Health Monitoring$750K
Sep 2010Federal contractDefense · A High T/w Low Tsfc Prpulsion System For Pav - SBIR Phase II - Tas 97AE 0400$750K
Jun 2010Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$100K
May 2010Federal contractDefense · Real Time Coating Evaluation System$100K
Apr 2010Federal contractDefense · R&d SBIR Topic N101-038$150K
Mar 2010Federal contractNASA · Intelli-connectors$5K
Feb 2010Federal contractNASA · Guide Wave Model Assistance Consulting - Sap Purchase Requisition: 4200326826$16K
Jan 2010Federal contractNASA · Structural Health Monitoring (shm) Methods Have Been Limited For Wide-area Applications Due To The Implied Infrastructure, Including Sensors, Power/communication Cables, And Acquisition/computation Units. Particularly For Mass-sensitive Space Applications Such As Ares V, Every Gram Can Matter When Scaling-up To Cover 10 Meter Diameter Composite Sections. The Payoff Of A Reliable Real-time Shm System Would Be An Abort Trigger, Which Could Be Implemented To Save Precious Cargo If Structural Anomal$100K
Sep 2009Federal contractNASA · Metis Design Test Services - Sap Purchase Requisition: 4200308017$7K
Jun 2009Federal contractDefense · STTR (PHASE1) - Health Monitoring Of Carbon Nanotube (cnt) Enhanced Composites$100K
Jun 2009Federal contractNASA · Guided Wave Feasibility Evaluation For New Material Configuration - Sap Purchase Requisition: 4200291525$6K
Apr 2009Federal contractVeterans Affairs · Small Purchase Data$20K
Jan 2009Federal contractNASA · Cable-free Sensor-bus For Large Area Composites Traditional Structural Health Monitoring (shm) Methods Have Been Limited Due To The Implied Infrastructure, Including Wires For Power And Communication From Each Sensor To Data Acquisition Units. Presently, Metis Design Corporation (mdc) Has Demonstrated The Patented Technique Of Point-of-measurement Datalogging. During The Proposed Research, Mdc Will Further Exploit This Shm Architecture To Satisfy NASA Mission Specifications. This Work Focuses $100K
Dec 2008Federal contractDefense · U435CFM Baa Service Life Assessment Methodology For Composites(slam-c) Extended Study$199K
Apr 2008Federal contractDefense · Evsma And Training For 412 Tw/mxg$25K
Mar 2007Federal contractNASA · Small Business Innovative Research Phase II - Aircraft Sensor-logger With Power Replenishment Capabilities. Traditional Instrumentation Of An Aircraft Is A Complex And Time-consuming Chore. Once The Sensors Are Installed, Long Wires For Power And Data Must Be Routed Through To A Central Data Collection Location Where Several Large Off-the-shelf Electronic Components Reside, Adding Weight, Cost And Increasing The Probably Of Introducing Noise Or Faults Into The Testing System. All Of This Nece$600K
Mar 2005Federal contractDefense · 200506!000043!5700!FA9550!AFOSR/PK !FA955005C0024 !a!n! !y! ! !20050302!20050930!111487588!111487588!111487588!N!METIS Design Corporation !222 Third Street !cambridge !MA!02142!11000!017!25!CAMBRIDGE !middlesex !mass !+000000369879!N!N!000000369879!AJ16!RDTE/PHYSICAL Sciences - Management Support !S1 !services !000 !* !541710!E! !3! ! ! ! ! !202$750K

Federal awards are summed by year (79 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.

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Standing among 108 peers

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Materials · System

Federal grants#1 · top 1%
Granted patents#14 · top 13%

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What it has protected

USPTO · 7 granted of 22

Jun 3, 2025GrantedMultifunctional AssembliesUSPTOUS 12,324,080
Jul 18, 2023GrantedMultifunctional AssembliesUSPTOUS 11,706,848
Nov 15, 2022GrantedSystems And Methods For In-situ Monitoring Of GearboxUSPTOUS 11,499,621

Show all 22 patent records

Multifunctional AssembliesJun 3, 2025 · US 12,324,080Granted
Multifunctional AssembliesJul 18, 2023 · US 11,706,848Granted
Systems And Methods For In-situ Monitoring Of GearboxNov 15, 2022 · US 11,499,621Granted
Multifunctional AssembliesSep 6, 2022 · US 11,438,973Granted
Damage Detection System And Method For Detecting Damage In Fastened StructuresDec 29, 2020 · US 10,877,003Granted
Electrical Via Providing Electrode Pair Access On A Single Side Of A DeviceSep 10, 2019 · US 10,411,181Granted
Nano-engineered Surfaces For Actively Reversible And Reusable Dry Adhesion Systems And Related MethodsOct 11, 2018 · Application 15950781Pending
Digitizing Sensors Coupled To A StructureOct 25, 2016 · US 9,480,163Granted
Hybrid Nanoengineered Shape Memory Alloy ActuatorApplication 62466805Pending
Multifunctional AssembliesApplication PCTUS2015024262Pending
Conductive Curing Using A Multifunctional Electro-thermo-mechanical Conformal AssemblyApplication 61978154Pending
Conductive Curing Using A Multifunctional Electro-thermo-mechanical Conformal AssemblyApplication 61978152Pending
Triangulation With Co-located SensorsApplication PCTUS2006018004Pending
Damage Detection DeviceApplication PCTUS2005006894Pending
Sensor InfrastructureApplication PCTUS2005007137Pending
Damage Detection System And Method For Detecting Damage In Fastened StructuresApplication PCTUS2019020996Pending
Electrical Via Providing Electrode Pair Access On A Single Side Of A DeviceApplication PCTUS2018035117Pending
Nano-engineered Surfaces For Actively Reversible And Reusable Dry Adhesion Systems And Related MethodsApplication PCTUS2018027149Pending
Damage Detection System And Method For Fastened JointsApplication 62639310Pending
Disposable Witness Corrosion SensorApplication PCTUS2017040356Pending
Electrical Via Providing Single Sided Electrode Access On Devices That Generate, Store Or Use Electric PotentialApplication 62512339Pending
Nanoengineered SurfacesApplication 62484140Pending

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Regulatory activity · Materials

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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

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