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OPTERUS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, INC

Loveland, CO · Aerospace · Private

Retractable-rollable vertical solar array system (R-ROMA) with deployable mast, belt deployer, and composite blanket elements for lunar and Mars surface power generation

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Sector
Aerospace
Headquarters
Loveland, CO
Total capital
$30.3M
Federal grants
$7.5M
26 awards · 2019–2026
Rank in peer group#45 of 155
Private capital raised
None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts
$22.8M
25 awards · NASA, Defense
Rank in Aerospace#139 of 1335
Granted patents
12
17 pending · first 2020
Rank in peer group#22 of 155

Capital timeline

20182020202220242026FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $30.3M2018: $247K across 2 contracts2019: $1M across 4 grants · $2.4M across 5 contracts$3.5M2020: $1.8M across 4 grants$1.8M2021: $299K across 3 grants · $750K across 1 contract$1M2022: $1.2M across 4 grants · $2.4M across 4 contracts$3.6M2023: $999K across 2 grants · $5M across 4 contracts$6M2024: $385K across 3 grants · $385K across 3 contracts2025: $1.3M across 4 grants · $11.5M across 6 contracts$12.8M2026: $449K across 2 grants
20182020202220242026FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $30.3M2018: $247K across 2 contracts2019: $1M across 4 grants · $2.4M across 5 contracts$3.5M2020: $1.8M across 4 grants2021: $299K across 3 grants · $750K across 1 contract2022: $1.2M across 4 grants · $2.4M across 4 contracts$3.6M2023: $999K across 2 grants · $5M across 4 contracts$6M2024: $385K across 3 grants · $385K across 3 contracts2025: $1.3M across 4 grants · $11.5M across 6 contracts$12.8M2026: $449K across 2 grants

Latest events

  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · SBIR Phase I Boom-actuated Morphing Sail System$225K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · SBIR Phase I Adaptable Solar Array Support$224K
  • Federal contractNASA · SBIR I Hsc Mast For Extreme Environments$149K
  • Federal contractNASA · SBIR 1 High Thermal Performance Booms And Integrated Acs$150K
  • Federal contractNASA · SBIR I Modular Operations Resource & Power Hub (morph)$150K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · SBIR I Modular Operations Resource & Power Hub (morph)$150K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · SBIR I Hsc Mast For Extreme Environments$149K
Show 44 earlier federal awards
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · SBIR 1 High Thermal Performance Booms And Integrated Acs$150K
  • Federal contractNASA · SBIR Phase II Proposal #80NSSC25C0041 Entitled "conductive Solid Surface Deployable Antenna For Space-based Remote Sensing"$850K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase II · SBIR Phase II Proposal #80NSSC25C0041 Entitled "conductive Solid Surface Deployable Antenna For Space-based Remote Sensing"$850K
  • Federal contractNASA · GEN1 Solar Sail Development System$10.2M
  • Federal contractNASA · FY25 SBIR Phase III - Solar Sail Boom Architecture For Scope Mission$30K
  • Federal contractNASA · FY24 SBIR Phase I- Deployable And/or Steerable Aperture Technologies$155K
  • Federal contractNASA · FY24 SBIR Phase I- Advanced Deployable/inflatable Antenna Apertures At Frequencies Up To Millimeter-wave$155K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · FY24 SBIR Phase I- Advanced Deployable/inflatable Antenna Apertures At Frequencies Up To Millimeter-wave$155K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · FY24 SBIR Phase I- Deployable And/or Steerable Aperture Technologies$155K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · SBIR Phase I Proposal FX245-PCSO2-1063 - Proliferated Communications Systems Applied To Space Sensing$75K
  • Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I Proposal FX245-PCSO2-1063 - Proliferated Communications Systems Applied To Space Sensing$75K
  • Federal contractNASA · Phase II STTR - Solar Sail Tubular Mast$880K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Phase II STTR - Solar Sail Tubular Mast$850K
  • Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II Topic N221-072$2M
  • Federal contractDefense · Large Aperture Boom Structure Proto-qualification Hardware Development$1.2M
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Trussed Collapsible Tubular Mast and Deployer Development$149K
  • Federal contractNASA · SBIR Phase II - High Strain Composite Booms For Sampling, Mobility And Manipulation$906K
  • Federal contractNASA · EO14042 FY22 SBIR Phase I High Strain Composite Booms For Robotics$156K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Solar Sail Tubular Mast$155K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Deployable Solid Surface Spiral Wrapped Antenna Technology$156K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · 50 kW-Class RetractableRollable Mast Lunar Surface Solar Array$156K
  • Federal contractDefense · Kick-off Briefing Materials & Fwa Cert.$239K
  • Federal contractDefense · Modular Self Stiffening Array (mossa) Morphing Yoke$1.2M
  • Federal contractDefense · Stiffened Thinned Panel (stp) Array$750K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Stiffened Thinned Panel (STP) Array$750K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Closed Cross Section Array (CCX)$50K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Tubular Truss Additive Manufacturing$125K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · R-ROMA VSAT Pedestal$125K
  • Federal contractDefense · Purchase Of Large Aperture Boom Structure Demonstration$750K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Rollable-Retractable Mast Array (R-ROMA)$125K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Lunar Solar Array Monolithic Truss$750K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Continuum Actuated Redundant Tendon Robots$225K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Validated Engineering Tools for Thin-Ply Composites$750K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · High Performance Scalable Deployable Composite Booms$50K
  • Federal contractDefense · Tension Aligned Antenna Structure$1.9M
  • Federal contractNASA · Blanket Solar Array Retraction Hinge$100K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Precision Multifunction Autonomous Connections$125K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Deployable Solar Concentrator$125K
  • Federal contractNASA · Opterus Proposes To Develop Braided Thin Ply Composite Tapes. The Tapes Will Be Braided From Ultra-thin Spread-tow Unidirectional Carbon And Glass Ribbons And Will Enable A New Source And Form Factor For Thin-ply Textiles.$125K
  • Federal contractNASA · Monolithic Truss Segment$125K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Composite Blanket Elements for CTA$750K
  • Federal contractDefense · This Requirement Is To Perform Research And Development In Developing Flexible Solar Arrays For Small Spacecraft Buses.$150K
  • Federal contractNASA · Opterus Research And Development, Inc. Proposes To Develop And Validate Multi-scale Thin-ply High Strain Composites (hscs) Constitutive Modeling Tools For Incorporation Into Commercial Finite Element Analysis Codes. The Constitutive Models Will Capture The Time-temperature-load-deformation Viscoelastic Characteristics Common To Hscs As Well As The Yielding Or Permanent Deformation Associated With The Large Strains Hsc Materials Are Subjected To. The Two Main Program Components Are 1) Characteriz$125K
  • Federal contractNASA · Opterus Research And Development, Inc. Proposes To Develop Solar Array Blanket Technologies Suitable For Solar Electric Propulsion (sep) Missions. The Technologies Will Address NASA S Needs For Increased Power, Modularity To Reduce Cost, High Voltage Operation, And Operation In A Sep Environment. The Work Will Further Enable High Reliability And Compact Stowage In A Design That Provides Sufficient Stiffness To Minimize Adverse Spacecraft Dynamics Issues.$122K

Federal awards are summed by year (51 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 155 peers

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Aerospace · Orbital_ops · Device

  • Federal grants#45 · top 29%
  • Granted patents#22 · top 14%

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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

USPTO · 12 granted of 29
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Sources

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