MINDRUM PRECISION INC.

Aerospace · Private

Automated precollimator manufacturing combining chemical milling and wire EDM for space-based x-ray telescopes

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · mindrum.com

Sector: Aerospace
Total capital: $5.4M

Federal grants: $82K; 1 award · 2017; Rank in peer group#40 of 181
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $5.3M; 31 awards · Commerce, NASA, Defense; Rank in Aerospace#324 of 1335
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

Latest events

Dec 2024Federal contractNASA · Prototype Puncture Valve Hw$42K
May 2024Federal contractNASA · Flight Qualified Microvalves$120K
Sep 2023Federal contractNASA · Two Microvalves$20K
Feb 2023Federal contractNASA · Puncture Disk Microvalve Development$243K
Dec 2021Federal contractNASA · Dragonfly Mass Spectrometer (drams) Microvalves$3M
Mar 2021Federal contractNASA · Ot : Drams Itms Rods : 4200759838$91K
Aug 2020Federal contractNASA · Cgs Manifold$66K

Show 25 earlier federal awards

Aug 2019Federal contractCommerce · Precision Glass Machining For Optical Frequency Measurement Group.$9K
Apr 2019Federal contractNASA · Mindrum Flight Certified Microvalves$141K
Aug 2017Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igfteam Requires Additional Mindrum C-seals And Fittings (gland Nuts) To Support Testing Of Previously Purchased Mindrum Microvalves$44K
Aug 2017Federal contractNASA · IGF::OT::IGF1 Test Setup With Testing And Analysis For The Lava Subsystem; Testing Effort Using Mindrum Microvalves, To Sufficiently Relieve The Flow From Upstream Pressure Sources In An Over Pressure Event.$5K
Jun 2017Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Pre-Collimator Chemical Milling for X-ray Telescopes$82K
Feb 2017Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Mindrum Precision Microvalve$12K
May 2015Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Space-based X-ray Telescopes Currently Involve The Use Of A Precollimator (pc) To Shield The Optics From Stray Light. Each Pc Consists Of Cylindrical Aluminum Ribs (blades) With Varying Radii, Alignment Frames To Guide The Blade Positions And The Blade Housing Body. The Alignment Frame And The Housing Are Made Of Aluminum 6061 And 7075 Alloy, Respectively. A Heat-forming Process With Thin Aluminum Sheets Is Used To Produce The Ribs That Run Between The Alignment Frame. We Are Propos$125K
Sep 2014Federal contractNASA · Fabrication Of The Anvil Retainer Main$39K
Sep 2014Federal contractNASA · Fabrication Of The Anvil Retainer Drogue$42K
Sep 2014Federal contractNASA · Cutter Head, Main P/n: SDH26151532-002$19K
May 2013Federal contractCommerce · Quartz Tubing$21K
Apr 2013Federal contractNASA · 8 Linear Trap Rods, Solid ;6 Linear Trap Rods, Slit; And, 8 Ceramic End Caps.$63K
Feb 2013Federal contractNASA · Microvalves Flight Grade$60K
Jan 2013Federal contractNASA · Microvalve, Flanged, Nfm (1 Each) Switchbox, Microvalve (1 Each)$25K
Sep 2012Federal contractNASA · 8 Flight Grade Microvalves 7 Nonflight Grade Microvalves$345K
Aug 2012Federal contractDefense · Stopcock Components$12K
Aug 2012Federal contractNASA · Mirror Fused Silica For Optics And Plate Polished (qty. 3) Mirror Fused Silica For 6 Optics (qty. 6) Plate Polished (qty. 3) N.r.c. Engineering Fabrications And Freight Charges.$14K
Jun 2012Federal contractNASA · The Goddard Space Flight Center Requires Twenty Flight Quality Microvalves. These Valves Will Be Identical To The Valves Currently Being Manufactured By Mindrum For Both The Sam And Maven Projects. The Contractor Shall Provide The Material, Personnel And Services Necessary To Manufacture 20 Microvalves For Use On Moma-ms. The Contractor Shall Assemble And Test The Microvalves In Conjunction With A Mutually Agreed Assembly And Testing Procedures.$500K
Apr 2012Federal contractDefense · Glass$4K
Apr 2011Federal contractNASA · Optical Components For Irad - Zerodur 20X20X5; Fused Silica Conical Sample; Zerodur Conical Sample; Fused Silica Blocks 1X1X.25; Fs Modified Glass Sample$18K
Jan 2011Federal contractNASA · Flat Mirror And Delivery.$6K
Dec 2010Federal contractCommerce · Quartz Body$16K
Sep 2010Federal contractNASA · Nustar Pre-collimator: Titianium Segment$180K
Apr 2010Federal contractNASA · Opfb Optical Components$12K
Oct 2009Federal contractCommerce · Machining Of Ule$8K

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Standing among 181 peers

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Aerospace · Components · System

Federal grants#40 · top 22%

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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

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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

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SEC Form D filings through Oct 23, 2026. SBIR and STTR awards through Oct 21, 2026.