MSI Transducers Corp.

Littleton, MA · Defense · Acquired by Airmar Technology Corporation (2016)

Additive manufacturing process for textured piezoelectric ceramics and composite structures for Navy sonar transducers

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · msitransducers.com

Sector: Defense
Headquarters: Littleton, MA
Total capital: $5.9M

Federal grants: $1.6M; 2 awards · 2022–2023; Rank in peer group#7 of 17
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $4.2M; 13 awards · Defense, Interior; Rank in Defense#558 of 1442
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

Latest events

Apr 2026Federal contractDefense · AN-AQS-20 Multi Function Side Aperture Sonar (mfsls) And Digital Gap Filler Sonar (dgfs) Repair$29K
Dec 2025Federal contractDefense · Altimeter Kits$35K
Apr 2025Federal contractDefense · Solid State Converted (ssc) Relaxor Ferroelectrics Or Textured Piezoceramics Are Currently Only Produced By A Laborious Tape Casting Process. This Creates A Highly Textured, Oriented Material With Superior Electromechanical Properties.$500K
May 2023Federal contractInterior · Research And Development Phase II SBIR$986K
May 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Passive Acoustic Subwavelength Resonator (PASR) Phase II Proposal$1.5M
Feb 2023Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$597K
Nov 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Advanced Manufacturing of Piezoelectric Textured Ceramic Materials$140K

Show 8 earlier federal awards

Jul 2022Federal contractInterior · Passive Acoustic Subwavelength Resonator (pasr) Proposal No. D224-03-0021$224K
Jun 2021Federal contractDefense · Research And Development.$240K
Jun 2021Federal contractDefense · STTR Phase 1$140K
Dec 2019Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$1M
Nov 2019Federal contractDefense · Phase 1 SBIR$240K
Jan 2019Federal contractDefense · Seaport Nxg Minimum Obligation Task Order$500
Oct 2018Federal contractDefense · Precision Dicing Of Ceramic Stacks$4K
Oct 2018Federal contractDefense · Progress Report$225K

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Standing among 17 peers

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Defense · Material

Federal grants#7 · top 41%

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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 · Defense

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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

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