Nanovox, LLC

Beaverton, OR · Defense · Private

Additively manufactured gradient index (GRIN) lenses using nanocomposite materials for wideband electromagnetic applications

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · nano-vox.com

Sector: Defense
Headquarters: Beaverton, OR
Total capital: $32M

Federal grants: $10.6M; 19 awards · 2020–2026; Rank in peer group#6 of 34
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $21.4M; 35 awards · Defense, NASA; Rank in Defense#256 of 1442
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

Latest events

Feb 2026Federal contractDefense · The Objective Of This Requirement Is To Refine Material To Develop A Full Respirator Lens Of Size And Shape Equivalent To The Primary Lens Of The M50 Air-purifying Respirator.$1.3M
Feb 2026Federal grantDefense · Phase II · The Objective Of This Requirement Is To Refine Material To Develop A Full Respirator Lens Of Size And Shape Equivalent To The Primary Lens Of The M50 Air-purifying Respirator.$1.3M
Jul 2025Federal contractDefense · STTR Phase I$240K
Jul 2025Federal contractDefense · Research And Development.$140K
Jun 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Research And Development.$140K
Jun 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase I · STTR Phase I$140K
Jun 2025Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$240K

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Apr 2025Federal contractDefense · Small Business Innovation Research, Phase II Topic A23-003, Electromagnetic Skins And Smart RF Radomes For Spectrum Camouflage. This Continues The Effort Initiated Under Ph I Contract W911QX-24-P-0007.$1.1M
Mar 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Small Business Innovation Research, Phase II Topic A23-003, Electromagnetic Skins And Smart RF Radomes For Spectrum Camouflage. This Continues The Effort Initiated Under Ph I Contract W911QX-24-P-0007.$1.1M
Sep 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · BASE$1.2M
Sep 2024Federal contractDefense · BASE$1.4M
Sep 2024Federal contractDefense · Nanovox SBIR Phase I$197K
Sep 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Nanovox SBIR Phase I$197K
Aug 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Kickoff Briefing$140K
Aug 2024Federal contractDefense · Kickoff Briefing$140K
Jul 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · SBIR Ph I$140K
Jul 2024Federal contractDefense · SBIR Ph I$140K
Jul 2024Federal contractDefense · Research And Development.$140K
Jul 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Research And Development.$140K
Jun 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · 873AUTHORITY$999K
Jun 2024Federal contractDefense · 873AUTHORITY$1.3M
May 2024Federal contractDefense · Additive Manufacturing Of Nanocomposite Radiation Shields$1.8M
Apr 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Additive Manufacturing Of Nanocomposite Radiation Shields$1.8M
Feb 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · 873AUTHORITY$900K
Feb 2024Federal contractDefense · 873AUTHORITY$1.2M
Nov 2023Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I Topic A23-003$111K
Nov 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase I · SBIR Phase I Topic A23-003$111K
Aug 2023Federal contractNASA · SBIR Phase I Wideband Inorganic Freeform Optics$150K
Jul 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Additive Manufacture of Conformal Gradient Index Apertures$140K
Jul 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Reduced Cost, Enhanced Degrees of Freedom Optics$140K
Jul 2023Federal contractDefense · STTR Phase I.$240K
May 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Additive Manufacture of Thermal Infrared Optics$140K
May 2023Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I$240K
Apr 2023Federal contractDefense · Additive Manufactured Resistive Films Small Business Innovative Research Phase II$1.2M
Apr 2023Federal contractDefense · Phase II SBIR$1.1M
Sep 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Additive Manufacture of Nanocomposite Magneto-dielectric Conformal Antennas$800K
Sep 2022Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II$1.1M
Sep 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Optically Transparent Tapered Resistive Films$1.0M
Aug 2022Federal contractDefense · Army Small Business Innovative Research Program Phase I Contract For Effort Entitled, "additive Manufacture Of Wideband Metamaterial RF Antennas For Aviation"$260K
Jul 2022Federal contractDefense · SBIR Ph I$240K
Mar 2022Federal contractDefense · Phase II SBIR$1.9M
Aug 2021Federal contractDefense · This Contract Is For A Phase II STTR Effort Entitled, "compact Lightweight Freeform Grin Optics For Small Arms Fire Control".$1.1M
Aug 2021Federal contractDefense · Nanovox Test Article$15K
Jul 2021Federal contractDefense · SBIR 2 N19B-T028$1.1M
Jul 2021Federal contractDefense · SBIR Ph I$240K
May 2021Federal contractNASA · Multi-materials Additive-manufacturing For Platform-integrated Avionics$125K
May 2021Federal contractNASA · Additive Manufacturing For Cubesat Optics$125K
Feb 2021Federal contractNASA · Compact High-degrees-of-freedom Freeform Beam-expander Optics$750K
Feb 2021Federal contractDefense · SBIR Ph I Hierarchical Nanocomposite Metamaterials For Shielding Combat Vehicles$167K
Aug 2020Federal contractNASA · Infrared Freeform Gradient Index Optics$124K
Aug 2020Federal contractNASA · Additive-manufactured Ablative Thermal Protection Systems$124K
Jun 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Hierarchical Nanocomposite Metamaterials for Shielding Combat Vehicles$112K
Jun 2020Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I - Voxtel, Inc.$167K
Sep 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR Phase II Adaptive-zoom Weapon Scope.$1.5M

Federal awards are summed by year (54 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.

Standing among 34 peers

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Defense · Material

Federal grants#6 · top 18%

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What it has protected

No granted patents are on record.

USPTO usually publishes applications 18 months after filing, so recent applications may not be visible yet. Patents assigned under a different entity name won’t match.

Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026

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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

Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.

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Data freshness

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