NU-TREK, INC.

San Diego, CA · Semiconductors · Private

µDet readout integrated circuit for gamma and neutron detectors with pulse shape digitization

Claim this profile

Follows are private to you and power your alerts

Updated Oct 23, 2026 · nu-trek.com

Sector: Semiconductors
Headquarters: San Diego, CA
Total capital: $43.2M

Federal grants: $9.7M; 13 awards · 2015–2025; Rank in peer group#15 of 72
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $33.4M; 61 awards · Defense; Rank in Semiconductors#8 of 707
Granted patents: 3; first 2024; Rank in peer group#21 of 72

Capital timeline

Latest events

Mar 2025Federal contractDefense · "nu-trek" SBIR Phase I For Low Swap Thermal Roic In An Advanced Node, For Devcom C5ISR$250K
Mar 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase I · "nu-trek" SBIR Phase I For Low Swap Thermal Roic In An Advanced Node, For Devcom C5ISR$250K
Nov 2024Federal contractDefense · 24.2B_D2P2_SBIR_F2D-13253_AFLCMC/WING$1.8M
Nov 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · 24.2B_D2P2_SBIR_F2D-13253_AFLCMC/WING$1.8M
May 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Research And Development$1.0M
May 2024Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$2M
May 2023Federal contractDefense · Phase I Award$250K

Show 67 earlier federal awards

May 2023Federal contractDefense · Kick-off Briefing Materials & Fwa Cert.$240K
Jan 2023Federal contractDefense · Award Of SBIR Phase I For Roic Architecture For Passive, Ranging, And 3D Active Imaging.$111K
Jul 2022Federal contractDefense · Sbir/sttr Phase I Research & Development : Event Based Interceptor Roic$155K
Jul 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Asynchronous Neuromorphic Digital Readout Circuit for Infrared Cameras for Autonomous Target Acquisition and Autonomous Vehicles$250K
Jul 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Integrated Circuits for Gamma Detector Read Out and/Or Gamma Spectral Signal Analysis$1.1M
Jul 2022Federal contractDefense · STTR Phase II -T2-0442, Integrated Circuits For Gamma Detector Read Out And/or Gamma Spectral Signal Analysis$292K
Apr 2022Federal contractDefense · Very Small Pixel Uncooled Longwave Read-out Integrated Circuit For Enhanced Sensor Swap And Range Performance$1.2M
Aug 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Fast and Efficient Read-Out for Staring Focal Plane Arrays$147K
Feb 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Integrated Circuits$174K
Jan 2021Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I Effort In Response To Topic No. A20-120.$111K
Jun 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Radiation Hardened Interceptor Seeker Sensor Technologies$1M
May 2020Federal contractDefense · Sbir/sttr Phase II R&d Photon Sensitive Camera$1M
May 2020Federal contractDefense · Multi-purpose Droic Architecture For Ranging 3D Active Imaging, And Other Applications$111K
Dec 2019Federal contractDefense · Dynamic Bias Apd Receiver Array F19C-006-0056$150K
May 2019Federal contractDefense · Global Positioning System (GPS) Degraded And/or Denied Precision Navigation For Munitions$1.5M
Nov 2018Federal contractDefense · Sbir/sttr Phase I Research&development:photon Sensitive Camera$100K
Sep 2018Federal contractDefense · Digital In-pixel Uncooled Longwave Infrared Bolometer Camera Based Uncooled Lwir Bolometer Array. Pixels Within The Array Shall Be Able To Acquire And Store Data Natively In A Digital Manner, While Maintaining A Low Noise Equivalent Delta Temperature And Short Time Constant.$1.6M
Jul 2018Federal contractDefense · 6 Month SBIR Phase I Topic A18-018. The Contractor Shall Perform Research And Development Efforts In Scalable, Power Efficient, Programmable, Wide Dynamic Range, Multi-field - Programmable- Array Compatible Readout Integrated Circuit For Infrared Range Applications$100K
Jul 2018Federal contractDefense · Progress Report "igf::ot::igf"$130K
May 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Radiation Hardened Interceptor Seeker Sensor Technologies$1.5M
Sep 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Services For SBIR Program$1.6M
Jul 2017Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Digital In-Pixel Uncooled LWIR Bolometer Camera$100K
Jul 2017Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Digital Readout Integrated Circuits With Efficient, Low Power On-chip Data Compression Development$1.5M
Dec 2016Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Radiation Hardened Interceptor Seeker Sensor Technologies$150K
Sep 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf For This SBIR I Effort, The Contractor Shall Investigate, Develop Concepts, Determine Technical Feasibility, Simulate, Analyze And Model Data Compression Techniques And Algorithms Optimized For Efficient, Real Time, Low Power On-chip Digital Readout Circuit Implementation.$100K
Dec 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR Phase I Research And Development$140K
Sep 2015Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Digital Readout Integrated Circuit for Infrared Focal Plane Array$688K
Sep 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf This Is A Small Business Innnovative Research (SBIR) Phase I Bridge And Phase II Effort Under Topic Number A14-037, Entitled "digital Readout Integrated Circuit For Infrared Focal Plan Array."$1.5M
May 2015Federal contractDefense · 7231 Phase II Research&development - "high Frame Rate And Dual Band Infrared Fpa Sensors For Interceptors" Igf::ot::igf$1.0M
Aug 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Radiation Hardened Low Power Variable Bandwidth/resolution Sigma Delta Converters$750K
Aug 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf This SBIR Phase I Topic No. A14-037, Entitled Digital Readout Integrated Circuit For Infrared Focal Plane Array (ifpa), Incorporates A 6-MONTH Base And 4-MONTH Option Period To Allow For Transition To Phase II. The Contractor (nu-trek) Shall Investigate, Research And Design Digital Readout Architecture Optimized For Large Format, Small Pixel Pitch, High Performance Irfpas Through The Use Of Modeling, Analysis, Simulations, Layouts, Empirical Testing And Fabrication. Innovative 2D/3$100K
Aug 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Jam Resistant Positioning Navigation And Timing (pnt) System$2.9M
Jul 2014Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II Topic - Dual Speed Readout Integrated Circuit$1.5M
May 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf - Disruptive Military Navigation Architectures$150K
Apr 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Positioning, Navigating, Timing, Communications, Architecture, Mission Design$150K
Dec 2013Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Ph I Research&development - High Frame Rate And Dual Band Infrared Fpa Sensors For Interceptors$125K
Nov 2013Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Joint Processing Of Multiband Signals With Information Assurance$750K
Sep 2013Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Radiation Hardened Low Power Variable Bandwidth/resolution Sigma Delta Converters$150K
Aug 2013Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf - Low Power Multi-channel Rf&digital GPS Anti-jam Asic - SBIR I; 1) Task 1: The Contractor Team Will Define The Anti-jam Front End That Will Be Developed In Phase I And Potential Phase II, And Phase III. In Particular The Contractor Team Will Develop Performance And Interface/control Requirements, Based On The Contractor Team S Adaptive Antenna Technology. Additionally, The Contractor Will Formalize The Integration Strategy Of The Anti-jam Front End With Crpa Antennas And The Cont$150K
Aug 2013Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Low Cost Universal Reliability System On-a-chip For Multi-channel Characterization$750K
Feb 2013Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Sbir/sttr Phase II Research&dev.; The Contractor Is Developing Advanced Technology To Improve Detecting, Tracking, And Determining The Temperature Of Both Very Faint, Distant Targets And Very Bright Targets Upon Approach; The Objective Is To Develop A Low Noise Droic With Unprecedented Resolution And Dynamic Range.$991K
Jul 2012Federal contractDefense · Joint Processing Of Multi-band Signals With Information Assurance$150K
Jun 2012Federal contractDefense · Technical Data And Feasibility Study For Dual Speed Read Out Integrated Circuit$150K
Apr 2012Federal contractDefense · Low Cost Universal Reliability System SBIR I$150K
Dec 2011Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II GPS Degraded And/or Denied Precision Navigatio$749K
Jul 2011Federal contractDefense · Ph I Research&development$150K
Jun 2011Federal contractDefense · Ph I Research&development$100K
Jun 2011Federal contractDefense · Ph I Research&development$100K
Jan 2011Federal contractDefense · SBIR I, GPS Degraded And/or Denied Precision Navigation For Munitions$100K
Jan 2011Federal contractDefense · SBIR 1 - Advanced Modular Radiator$100K
Jan 2011Federal contractDefense · SBIR 1 - Miniature GPS Receiver To Support Operationally Responsive Space Missions$100K
Jan 2011Federal contractDefense · Mda SBIR Phase 2 (3,386 Dpph)$1.0M
May 2010Federal contractDefense · Ph I Research & Development$100K
Dec 2009Federal contractDefense · Ultra Low Power Electronics For Autonomous Micro-sensor Applications.$100K
Dec 2009Federal contractDefense · Readout Integrated Circuit Technology For Strained Layer Superlattice Photodetectors.$100K
Feb 2009Federal contractDefense · Phase I SBIR$99K
Feb 2009Federal contractDefense · STTR Ph I$100K
Feb 2009Federal contractDefense · Contract Summary Report.$100K
Jan 2009Federal contractDefense · Space Plug-and-play Rad Hard, Adc/dac Core Asic$50K
Aug 2008Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II Research And Development.$1.2M
Jul 2008Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II Research And Development.$1.0M
Feb 2008Federal contractDefense · Contract Summary Report.$100K
Feb 2008Federal contractDefense · 08SBIRI$100K
Jan 2008Federal contractDefense · Ultra-low Power Radiation-hard Electronics$100K
Jul 2006Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II Research And Development$1.7M
May 2006Federal contractDefense · 200608!000568!5700!FA9453!DET 8 AFRL/PKV8 !FA945306C0061 !a!n! !y! ! !20060501!20080731!100328348!100328348!100328348!N!NU Trek, Inc !16428 Avenida Florencia !poway !CA!92064!58520!073!06!POWAY !san Diego !CALIFORNIA!+000000375000!N!N!000000749965!AC25!RDTE/MISSILE And Space Systems-eng/manuf Devel !A2 !missile And Space Systems !210 !sbirs High !541710!E! !3! ! ! ! ! !999$750K
Jul 2005Federal contractDefense · 200512!502597!2100!W9113M!USA Space And Strategic Def Cdr !W9113M05C0163 !a!n! !n! ! !20050708!20070708!100328348!100328348!100328348!N!NU Trek, Inc !16428 Avenida Florencia !poway !CA!92064!58520!073!06!POWAY !san Diego !CALIFORNIA!+000000749512!N!N!000000749512!AC23!RDTE/MISSILE And Space Systems-adv Tech Dev !A2 !missile And Space Systems !caa !mda Support !541710!E! !3! ! ! ! ! !202$1M

Federal awards are summed by year (74 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 72 peers

Line = median

Semiconductors · Device

Federal grants#15 · top 21%
Granted patents#21 · top 29%

Cumulative measures favor older companies. Rankings describe position today, not outcome. Below the median, ranks show as a band rather than a number.

Founders and team

No founders are linked to this company yet.

Founders appear once a person is matched to the company through its own patents, grants or filings. We never infer people from social profiles.

Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026

Claim this profile to add your team

What it has protected

USPTO · 3 granted of 3

Jan 7, 2025GrantedAn Interface Circuit For Photodetectors Providing Full-frame Integration And Pixel-level DigitizationUSPTOUS 12,192,658
Nov 26, 2024GrantedInterface Circuit For Photodetectors Providing Full-frame Integration And Pixel-level DigitizationUSPTOUS 12,155,951
May 14, 2024GrantedBias Circuit With Improved Noise PerformanceUSPTOUS 11,985,442

TECHNERGETICS, LLCSimilar federal contract value in Semiconductors · $48.3M in contracts
MICROELECTRONICS RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONSimilar federal contract value in Semiconductors · $47.5M in contracts
ALPHACORE INCSimilar federal contract value in Semiconductors · $41.7M in contracts
Out of the Fog Research LLCSimilar federal contract value in Semiconductors · $33.3M in contracts
United Silicon Carbide, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Semiconductors · $31M in contracts
QUINSTAR TECHNOLOGY, INCORPORATEDSimilar federal contract value in Semiconductors · $30M in contracts

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.

How to read this page

Figures show associations in public records, not causes or predictions. Nothing here is investment advice. An em-dash means no record was found under this company's name, not that none exists.

Data freshness

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