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Specialized LED lighting systems optimized for controlled-environment agriculture and specialty crop growth

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Agritech
Total capital
$66.1M
Federal grants
$1.2M
6 awards · 2010–2013
Rank in peer group#17 of 23
Private capital raised
None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts
$64.9M
101 awards · NASA, Defense, Health and Human S
Rank in Agritech#1 of 882
Granted patents
0
3 pending

Capital timeline

20002004200820122016FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $66.1M2000: $15.8M across 1 contract$15.8M2004: $10.7M across 2 contracts$10.7M2005: $5.2M across 5 contracts$5.2M2006: $6.5M across 6 contracts$6.5M2007: $4.6M across 6 contracts$4.6M2008: $2M across 10 contracts2009: $5.1M across 17 contracts$5.1M2010: $180K across 2 grants · $300K across 3 contracts2011: $460K across 1 grant · $2.8M across 13 contracts2012: $100K across 1 grant · $2.2M across 10 contracts2013: $450K across 1 grant · $4M across 11 contracts2014: $3.7M across 7 contracts2015: $1.2M across 4 contracts2016: $873K across 6 contracts
20002004200820122016FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $66.1M2000: $15.8M across 1 contract$15.8M2004: $10.7M across 2 contracts$10.7M2005: $5.2M across 5 contracts2006: $6.5M across 6 contracts$6.5M2007: $4.6M across 6 contracts2008: $2M across 10 contracts2009: $5.1M across 17 contracts2010: $180K across 2 grants · $300K across 3 contracts2011: $460K across 1 grant · $2.8M across 13 contracts2012: $100K across 1 grant · $2.2M across 10 contracts2013: $450K across 1 grant · $4M across 11 contracts2014: $3.7M across 7 contracts2015: $1.2M across 4 contracts2016: $873K across 6 contracts

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  • Federal contractHealth and Human S · Fire Suppression Skid Units For Dobbins Afb$250K
  • Federal contractDefense · Cold Plasma Tech Evaluation Igf::ot::igf$175K
  • Federal contractHealth and Human S · Fire Suppression Skid Units$133K
  • Federal contractNASA · 50-LB Buckets Of Mars Simulant (18 Each) Shipping$10K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Requirement: Provide A 1-100 Gram Mass Measurement Device For Use In The Microgravity Environment Of The International Space Station (iss). Device Must Fit In And Be Used In The Iss Glovebox. Background: This Device Is Critical For Life Science Rodent Research And Any Research Where Small Masses Form 1 To 100 Grams Need To Be Measured. Presently There Is No Capability To Measure Small Masses In The Iss. This Greatly Reduces The Fidelity Of The Science, Especially Where Comparison W$300K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Upgrade Bpse Light Cap With Led Lighting System&provide Extra Bpse Light Cap Outfitted With Led Lighting System This Procurement Is To Acquire Two Led Light Banks With Similar Capability To That Used In The Vegetable Production System (veggie) Technology Developed By Orbital Technologies Corporation Through The SBIR Program. The Veggie Was Originally Designed As A Deployable Plant Growth Unit For The Purpose Of Producing Salad Type Crops To Provide The Crew With Fresh Food And A To$5K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Engineering Services For Veggie$75K
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  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf The Vegetable Production System (veggie) Is A Deployable System Capable Of Growing Plants, To Provide The Iss Crew With A Palatable, Nutritious, And Safe Source Of Fresh Food. The Veggie System Provides The Necessary Lighting And Nutrient Delivery For Efficient Plant Growth. It Utilizes The Cabin Environment For Temperature Control And A Source Of C02 To Minimize Complexity And Power Requirements. The Veggie System Is Comprised Of Four Major Subsystems: Electronics, Structure, Speci$325K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf 1.1.1 Plant Pillows Orbitec Will Provide (fabricate Or From Inventory) 54 (qty.) #6 Flight Plan Pillows In A Matter Consistent With Spaceflight Payloads. The Flight Plant Pillows Will Be Provided Per Assembly Work Instructions. The Materials For These Flight Plant Pillows Will Be Procured Or From Orbitec Inventory That Was Previously Procured, Tracked, And Stored In A Controlled Access Location. 1.1.2 Root Mat Orbitec Will Provide (fabricate Or From Inventory) 4 (qty.) Flight Root M$156K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Payload Integration And Operations Support Services, Phase 1, Task Order 7, Ecs Redesign And Edu Redesign And Science Carrier Edu Prototype. This Delivery Order Is Against The Basic Idiq Contract NNK12MA35B. The Contractor Shall Provide Engineering And Technical Support For The Subsystem Testing Of The Environmental Control System (ecs) And The Science Carrier With The Orbitec Water Recovery And Distribution System (wrads) Bench-top Prototype And Other Orbitec Ground Support Equip$681K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Orbitec Proposes To Develop The Miniature Nontoxic Nitrous Oxide-propane (minnop) Propulsion System, A Small Bipropellant Propulsion System Which We Offer As An Alternative To Miniature Hydrazine Monopropellant Thrusters For Cubesat-class Spacecraft. As Compared To State-of-the-art Hydrazine Systems, Minnop Propulsion Will Provide Significant Increases In Specific Impulse (in Bipropellant Mode) And Comparable Levels Of Minimum Impulse Bit (in Cold Gas Mode), And It Will Do So With A$125K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf The Pmwc Flight Demonstrator Payload Is A Trash Dewatering And Volume Reduction System That Uses Heat Melt Compaction To Remove Nearly 100% Of Water From Trash While Significantly Reducing The Volume. Recent Advances Have Proven That Orbitec's Heho-pmwc Is A Viable Technology For Producing 16" Square Tiles For Radiation Protection. Orbitec Proposes To Enhance The Current Soa By Repackaging All The Components Developed Under Prior SBIR Efforts For Iss Utilization And To Create A Test$125K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf In This Project Orbital Technologies Corporation (orbitec) Will Utilize Its Unique Vortex Propulsion Technology To Develop A High-capacity Heating System To Heat Hydrogen To Extremely High Temperature Levels. The Heated Hydrogen Is To Be Used For Test Purposes For Nuclear Rocket Propulsion Simulations And Total Exhaust Recovery Applications. Our Vortex Rocket Propulsion System Is Able To Reliably And Repeatedly Operate At Very High Levels Of Reliability And Operating Temperature. Th$125K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf The Proposed Low Cost Nanolauncher (lcn) Is An Upper Stage Using A New, Inexpensive Propulsion System. The Phase I Program Will Combine Several Technologies With A Simple Design Strategy To Produce A Flight-weight Propulsion System That Is Easy To Fabricate And Operate. Self Pressurizing Propellants Will Minimize Complexity Of The Propulsion System And Vortex Cold-wall Technology Will Be Used To Simplify The Combustion Chamber. An Inexpensive, Light Weight Nozzle Is Being Developed $125K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Payload Integration And Operations Support Services, Phase 1, Task Order 6, Payload Development Subsystem Testing Of The Environmental Control System (ecs) And Science Carrier. This Delivery Order Is Against The Basic Idiq Contract NNK12MA35B. The Contractor Shall Provide Engineering And Technical Support For The Subsystem Testing Of The Environmental Control System (ecs) And The Science Carrier With The Orbitec Water Recovery And Distribution System (wrads) Bench-top Prototype An$55K
  • Federal contractDefense · Emergency Response Vehicle$45K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Payload Integration And Operations Support Services Phase 1. Payload Development Critical Design For Aph Power Distribution Assembly (pda), Thermal Control System (tcs), Water Recovery And Distribution System (wrads), Integration&test Engineering Development Unit, Gui Software, And Systems Engineering. This Delivery Order Is Against The Basic Idiq Contract NNK12MA35B. The Contractor Shall Lead The Overall Design Of The Hardware And Software Of The Advanced Plant Habitat (aph). The$3.1M
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Payload Integration And Operations Support Services Phase 1. Payload Development Critical Design For Aph Avionics, Software, And Growth Light Assembly (gla). The Contractor Shall Develop And Lead The Critical Design For The Avionics, Support The Software Design, And Lead The Growth Light Assembly (gla) Subsystems For The Advanced Plant Habitat (aph) Payload As The Project Progresses To The Critical Design Review (cdr). This Delivery Order Is Against The Basic Idiq Contract NNK12MA35$664K
  • Federal contractNASA · Plant Pillows$20K
  • Federal grantAgriculture · Led Lighting For Maximizing Quality Parameters In Specialty Crop Production-phase II$450K
  • Federal contractHealth and Human S · Fire Suppression Skid Units$301K
  • Federal contractHealth and Human S · Fire Suppression Skid Units$279K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf The Primary Objective Of The Entire Heho-pmwc Phase II Effort (including Base And Enhancement) Is To Develop And Evaluate A Fully Operational Trash Reduction And Water Recovery System Prototype By Using Heat Melt Compaction For Use In Microgravity And Hypogravity. This Total Effort Will Build Upon Knowledge Gained And Lessons Learned During The Phase I Effort. The Heho-pmwc Will Recover Water From Trash By Vaporizing Water Into Steam To Drive The Condensate Collection. The Following$50K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf The Zero G Mass Measurement Device (zgmmd) Will Provide The Ability To Quantify The Mass Of Objects Up To 2,000 Grams, Including Live Animal Specimens In A Zero G Environment, An Innovative Because There Currently Are No Such Devices Available To Perform Mass Measurement Of Smaller Masses (<2000 Grams) In Space. At Present There Are No Tools On Board The International Space Station (iss) To Measure Low Mass Objects, Which Is A Capability That Is Extremely Important For Biological R$200K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Orbitec Proposes To Develop And Demonstrate An Integrated Composite Rocket Nozzle Extension (icrne) For Use In Rocket Thrust Chambers. The Icrne Will Utilize An Innovative Bonding Approach To Join A High-temperature Composite Nozzle Extension To A Regeneratively Cooled Metallic Nozzle. The Icrne Technology Will Allow High-temperature Composite Materials To Be Directly Integrated Into A Regeneratively-cooled Nozzle Section Or Thrust Chamber Made Out Of High-strength Metallic Alloys,$125K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Orbitec Proposes To Develop And Demonstrate The Innovative Acoustic Resonance Reaction Control Thruster (arctic) To Provide Rapid And Reliable In-space Impulse Without The Use Of Toxic Hypergols, Delicate Catalyst Beds, Or Cumbersome Spark Systems. The Arctic Thruster Will Exceed Current Reliability Standards, Reduce Rcs Complexity, And Provide System-level Benefits By Minimizing Weight, Decreasing Power Requirements, And Improving Serviceability. The Phase I Work Will Focus On The$125K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Orbitec, In Collaboration With Lucigen, Proposes A Rapid Nucleic Acid-based Detector For Spaceflight Water Systems To Enable Simultaneous Quantification Of Multiple Waterborne Pathogens With Minimal Consumables And Crew Time. The Rapid Multiplex Microbial Detector (rmmd) Amplifies The Genetic Material In A Liquid Sample To Allow Near Real-time Identification Of Specific Genetic Sequences Of Predetermined Bacteria And Fungi. This Easy-to-use Device Incorporates A Patented Polymerase$200K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Payload Development Payload Development Critical Design For Aph Avionics, Software, And Growth Light Assembly(gla), Power Distribution Assembly (pda), Back Plate / Adapter Plate, Modular Quad Locker Shell, Structural Mounting Assembly, Growth Chamber / Science Carrier, Thermal Control System (tcs), And Water Recovery And Delivery System (wrads) Subsystems. This A Delivery Order Against The Basic Idiq Contract NNK12MA35B. This Is An Indefinite Delivery/indefinite Quantity (idiq) Co$1.3M
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf, VR-3A Advanced Upper Stage Engine System. 360 Work R&d Descrip. The Overall Objective Of The Work Effort Is To Provide NASA And The USAF With Initial Technical, Cost, And Programmatic Input To Support The Advanced Upper Stage Engine (ause) Requirements Study. Orbitec Shall Develop Top-level System Requirements And Specifications For The Overall Engine Cycle With Emphasis On The Vortex Cooled Combustion Chamber, Syren Acoustic Igniter, Fuel And Oxidizer Turbo Pump Assemblies. Th$745K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf. Payload Development Preliminary Design For Aph Avionics, Software And Growth Light Assembly (gla) Subsystem - Phase 1 The National Aeronautics And Space Administration Plans To Design, Develop, Certify, And Fabricate For Implementation On The International Space Station (iss) An Advanced Plant Habitat Facility That Will Provide The Research Community A Large Environmentally Controlled Growth Chamber For Use On The Iss. The National Aeronautics And Space Administration Requires De$329K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf - The Deployable Vegetable Production System (veggie) Was Originally Conceived By Orbitec In 1996 As A Way To Produce Palatable, Nutritious, And Safe Fresh Food In A Space Habitat With Minimal Resources. In 2003 A SBIR Phase I Grant Was Awarded To Provide Development Of The Veggie Concept. The System Was Further Developed Under A Subsequent Phase II SBIR Awarded In 2004 (contract No. NNK04OA5C). These Two SBIR S Have Led To Orbitec Participating In The Veggie Innovative Partnership $121K
  • Federal contractDefense · SBIR I, High Performance Hybrid Cycle For Advanced Upper Stage Engines$150K
  • Federal contractDefense · Status Report$150K
  • Federal grantAgriculture · Led Lighting For Maximizing Quality Parameters In Specialty Crop Production$100K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Other Function - Orbitec's Non-thermal Sanitation By Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Technology Sanitizes Fresh Fruits And Vegetables Without The Use Of Consumable Chemicals And Without Significantly Raising The Temperature Of The Food, So Food Taste And Quality Are Not Affected. Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Is Well Known To Be Highly Effective In Promoting Oxidation, Enhancing Molecular Dissociation, And Producing Free Radicals And Other Types Of High Energies. It Has Recently Attracted$750K
  • Federal contractNASA · Payload Integration And Operational Support Services/advanced Plant Habitat (aph) - Phase 1 This Is An Indefinite Delivery/indefinite Quantity (idiq) Contract For Advanced Plant Habitat (aph). The National Aeronautics And Space Administration (NASA) Plans To Design, Develop, Certify, And Fabricate For Implementation On The International Space Station (iss) An Advanced Plant Habitat Facility That Will Provide The Research Community A Large Environmentally Controlled Growth Chamber For Use On Th$264K
  • Federal contractDefense · (STTR Phase I) - Ultra High Repetition Rate Multi-parameter Imaging Diagnostics For Reacting Flows$100K
  • Federal contractNASA · Orbitec, In Collaboration With Lucigen, Proposes A Rapid Genetic Detector For Spaceflight Water Systems To Enable Real-time Detection Of E. Coli With Minimal Consumables And Crew Time. The Rapid Coliform Detector (rcd) Amplifies The Genetic Material In A Liquid Sample To Allow Near Real-time Identification Of Specific Genetic Sequences, In This Case, That Of E. Coli. This Easy-to-use Device Incorporates A Patented Polymerase Enzyme That Enables Rapid Rna Amplification By Reagents With Superior L$125K
  • Federal contractNASA · Orbitec Proposes To Develop And Demonstrate A Novel Cooling Concept Called Lattice Regenerative Cooling Methods (lrcm) For Future High Thrust In-space Propulsion Systems. Incorporation Of Orbitec's Innovative Lattice Structures In The Fabrication Of Thrust Chambers For Expander Cycle Engine Systems Will Maximize The Heat Transfer Into The Coolant Fluid, Expand Design Options, Enable Substantial Cost Savings, And Reduce Lead Times For Component Fabrication. Using Rapid Prototyping Technology, The$125K
  • Federal contractDefense · Ph I Research&development$100K
  • Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I - Titled "cooling Channel Diagnostic System (ccds)"$150K
  • Federal contractNASA · Task Order Entitled Cyrogenic Propellant Tank Structural/thermal Database$150K
  • Federal grantAgriculture · Leds For Managing Pest Insects In Greenhouses Phase II$460K
  • Federal contractDefense · P.o. SBIR Phase I$100K
  • Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I$100K
  • Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$150K
  • Federal contractNASA · The Overall Objective Of The Phase 1 Effort Was To Demonstrate The Technical Feasibility Of The Advanced Carbothermal Electric (ace) Reactor Concept. Unlike State-of-the-art Carbothermal Reactors That Use Concentrated Solar Energy And/or Laser Energy To Heat The Regolith, The Ace Reactor Uses An Innovative Method To Electrically Heat The Regolith To Temperatures Over 1800 C Within A Thermally Insulted Environment, Either With Or Without A Crucible. Commercial High-temperature Heating Elements Ma$600K
  • Federal contractNASA · The Innovative High Efficiency, High Output Plastic Melt Waste Compactor (heho-pmwc) Is A Trash Dewatering And Volume Reduction System That Uses Heat Melt Compaction To Remove Nearly 100% Of Water From Trash And Reduce The Volume By Up To 11 Times. The Heho-pmwc System Incorporates Novel Methods To Compress The Trash, Recover Water, And Remove The Resultant Plastic Tiles. This System Requires Access To Power, Data, And Cooling Interfaces. The System Is Suitable For Recovering Water And Compactin$575K
  • Federal contractNASA · Orbitec Proposes To Develop And Test New, Non-toxic Ionic Liquid Fuels For Propulsion Applications. Vintage Propulsion Systems Frequently Use Highly Toxic Propellants Such As Mmh. The Toxicity Of These Propellants Increases Not Only The Risk Of The Missions But Also The Expense, Due To Special Handling Required During The Entire Lifetime Of The Propellant. Replacing Toxic Propellants With Strong-performing, Non-toxic Formulations Will Significantly Reduce The Cost Of Propulsion Systems. The Phas$600K
  • Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I$70K
  • Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I- Recoilless Launcher Propulsion System$70K
  • Federal contractNASA · Orbitec Proposes To Develop, Fabricate, And Test A System To Provide 99.999% Hydrogen By Efficiently Performing Methane Pyrolysis. The System Has Three Unique Features: (1) The Methane Pyrolysis Reactor That Does Not Rely On High Single-pass Efficiencies (which Will Make The System Robust), (2) It Incorporates Batch Processing Modes, Cleaning Cycles, And A Carbon Capture Device (which Makes It Reusable), And (3) It Uses Palladium Membrane Technology To Separate The Hydrogen From The Methane Stre$100K
  • Federal contractNASA · Orbitec Proposes To Develop A Non-thermal Technology Based On Atmospheric-pressure (ap) Cold Plasma To Sanitize Foods, Food Packaging Materials, And Other Hardware And Working Surfaces That Are Encountered During Food Processing In Space Vehicles Or Habitats. Ap Plasma Is Well Known To Be Highly Effective In Promoting Oxidation, Enhancing Molecular Dissociation, And Producing Free Radicals And Other Types Of High Energies. It Has Recently Attracted Much Attention In Food Industry Due To Its Pote$100K
  • Federal contractDefense · R&d STTR Topic N10B-T047$70K
  • Federal grantAgriculture · Leds For Managing Pest Insects In Greenhouses$90K
  • Federal grantAgriculture · Non-thermal Sanitation By Atmospheric Pressure Plasma (sapp)$90K
  • Federal contractNASA · Challenges Arise In The Propulsion Systems For The New Exploration Architecture. The Currently Operational And Proven Storable Hypergolic Systems Raise Toxicity Concerns. Because Mmh Is A Carcinogen, Measures Must Be Taken To Prevent Exposure Of Personnel To The Fuel From The Time Of Its Synthesis To The Time Of It Neutralization. This Extra Care Translates Into Increased Expense For The Mission. Replacing The Mmh In The Propulsion Systems With An Equally Energetic, Sasfer Fuel Would Considerabl$100K
  • Federal contractNASA · TAS::80 0123::TAS Orbitec Proposes To Develop The Advanced Carbothermal Electric (ace) Reactor To Efficiently Extract Oxygen From Lunar Regolith. Unlike State-of-the-art Carbothermal Reactors That Use Concentrated Solar Energy Or Laser Energy To Heat The Regolith, The Ace Reactor Uses New Innovative Electric Resistant Elements To Heat The Regolith. The Ace Reactor Eliminates The Problems Encountered With Traditional Carbothermal Hot-wall Reactors And Offers Significant Advantages Over Current Ca$100K
  • Federal contractNASA · Orbitec Proposes To Develop Processes And Waste Heat Recovery Techniques To Be Incorporated Into The Existing Plastic Melt Waste Compactor (pmwc) To Increase Efficiency And Throughput. The End Goal Will Be To Incorporate These Processes And Techniques Into The Pmwc System Developed By Ames Research Center (arc). The Pmwc Has Shown To Be The Best Technology For Waste Management For Space Applications. It Can Compress, Recover Water, And Stabilize The Waste In One Compact System. Even Though The $100K
  • Federal contractDefense · Scientific Research Services$100K
  • Federal contractNASA · SBIR Phase III Contract For The Carbothermal Regolith Reduction Processing System$390K
  • Federal contractDefense · Sixth Monthly Progress Report$70K
  • Federal contractDefense · Universal Small Launch Vehicle, Propulsion$2.2M
  • Federal contractDefense · Microgames For Proactive Prevent. Med$750K
  • Federal contractNASA · Vegetable Production System.$33K
  • Federal contractDefense · SBIR I$100K
  • Federal contractDefense · SBIR 1$100K
  • Federal contractDefense · First Status Report$70K
  • Federal contractDefense · Darpa SBIR Phase I$99K
  • Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase 1$100K
  • Federal contractDefense · 09 STTR Phase 1 Effort$100K
  • Federal contractDefense · Army SBIR Phase I$70K
  • Federal contractNASA · High-fidelity Lunar Dust Simulant The Severity Of The Lunar Dust Problems Encountered During The Apollo Missions Were Consistently Underestimated By Ground Tests, Illustrating The Need To Develop Significantly Better Lunar Dust Simulants And Simulation Facilities. Orbitec Is Proposing To Continue Developing High-fidelity Lunar Dust Simulants That Better Match The Unique Properties Of Lunar Dust Than Existing Regolith Simulants (such As JSC-1AF). Current Lunar Regolith Simulants Do Not Have Enou$600K
  • Federal contractDefense · SBIR 1$100K
  • Federal contractNASA · Algorthms And Regolith Erosion Models For The Alert Code Orbitec And Duke University Have Teamed On This STTR To Develop The Alert (advanced Lunar Exhaust-regolith Transport) Code Which Will Include New Developments In Modeling Of Regolith Erosion And Entrainment As Well As Plume Transport With Full Mass And Momentum Conservation. The Plume Is Handled In A Vlasov Formalism With Drag Force On Dust Grains, Dust Equations Of Motion Are Solved Over A Size Spectrum. Because Of Its Significant Gravit$100K
  • Federal contractNASA · Advanced Microwave Electrothermal Thruster (amet) Orbital Technologies Corporation (orbitec) And The University Of Alabama At Huntsville (uah) Propose To Develop The Advanced Microwave Electrothermal Thruster (amet), A High-efficiency Thruster Which Will Use Water Propellant To Enable Various Lunar And Mars Missions. The Proposed Amet Will Incorporate A Number Of Innovations To Dramatically Improve Upon Existing Designs, Including The Use Of A Lower Microwave Frequency (915 Mhz) To Permit The A$100K
  • Federal contractDefense · Army SBIR Phase I Program$70K
  • Federal contractDefense · STTR (phase I) - Energetic Polyazide Materials$100K
  • Federal contractDefense · Variable Thrust Liquid Or Gel Propulsion For Mission Flexibility$100K
  • Federal contractDefense · Rocket Propulsion Supporting Technology$100K
  • Federal contractNASA · Long Duration Spaceflight And Exploration Missions Will Require Complex Operations And Demanding Tasks. Success Will Therefore Depend On The Knowledge And Flexibility Of The Crew And The Critical Tools At Their Disposal. The Purpose Of This Phase II Project Is To Develop A Software Tool That Combines Intelligent Tutoring (or Logic) With Highly Interactive 3D Simulation Software To Create An On-demand Situational Training And Operations Support System. The Platform Will Include A User Interface T$599K
  • Federal contractDefense · Gamma Densitometry Technique For Quantifying Void Fraction In Cavitating Flows$100K
  • Federal contractDefense · Syren - Acoustic Resonance Igniter SBIR I$100K
  • Federal contractDefense · Fund SBIR Phase I For Osd Topic 08-PR3$100K
  • Federal contractNASA · High-fidelity Lunar Dust Simulant$100K
  • Federal contractNASA · Enhanced Brine Dewatering System, Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Program 2006 Phase II Research Project Identified In B1.THE Purpose Of The Enhanced Brine Dewatering System (ebds) Is To Provide A Scalable Means Of Completely Recovering Usable Water From Byproducts Created By Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Systems Without The Use Of Consumable Wicks. Extended Duration Lunar And Mars Missions Will Require The Conservation And Recovery Of Water To Allow For Autonomous Closed Environm$600K
  • Federal contractDefense · Research$70K
  • Federal contractNASA · The Proposed Plasma Air Decontamination System (pads) Is A Trace Contaminant Control Device Based On Non-thermal Atmospheric-pressure Plasma Technology. Compared To The Trace Contaminant Control System (tccs) And The Vapor Phase Catalytic Ammonia Removal System (vpcar), This Novel Technology Operates At Ambient Temperature And Atmospheric Pressure, Requires Less Energy, Has No Moving Parts, And Requires No Consumables. The Non-thermal Plasma Has Been Proven Successful In Decomposing Various Vola$600K
  • Federal contractDefense · Preliminary New Technology Igniter Assessment$50K
  • Federal contractDefense · Scientific Research Services$750K
  • Federal contractDefense · Hybrid Small Launch Vehicle (hslv)$2.1M
  • Federal contractDefense · Mda SBIR Phase II$1.0M
  • Federal contractNASA · 4200166420 "advanced Vortex Hybrid Rocket Engine (avhre)"$600K
  • Federal contractDefense · 200610!009013!5700!FA8650!DET 1 Afrl/pk !FA865006D2605 !a!n! !Y!0001 ! !20060719!20090925!196894869!196894869!196894869!N!ORBITAL Technologies CORPORATI!1212 Fourier Dr !madison !WI!53717!48000!025!55!MADISON !dane !wisconsin !+000003920100!N!N!000000000000!AC21!RDTE/MISSILE And Space Systems-basic Research !A2 !missile And Space Systems !000 !not Discernable !541710!E! !5!B!S! ! !D!201$3.9M
  • Federal contractDefense · 200608!000918!2100!W31P4Q!USA Aviation And Missile COMMAND!W31P4Q06C0125 !a!n! !n! ! !20060511!20080601!196894869!196894869!196894869!N!ORBITAL Technologies CORPORATI!1212 Fourier Dr !madison !WI!53717!48000!025!55!MADISON !dane !wisconsin !+000000266627!N!N!000000000000!AD92!RDTE/OTHER Defense-applied Research !A2 !missile And Space Systems !000 !not Discernable !541710!E! !3! ! ! ! ! !999$730K
  • Federal contractNASA · Lowenergy Plantetary Excavator (lpe) SBIR Phase II Low-energy Planetary Excavator (lpe) Prototype SBIR Contract Orbitec Proposes To Develop An Innovative Low-energy Planetary Excavator (lpe) To Excavate In Situ Regolith, Iceregolith Mixtures, And A Variety Of Other Geologic Materials To Support Future Activities On The Moon And Mars. The Lpe Utilizes An Innovative Cutterhead To Efficiently Excavate A Wide Range Of Different Planetary Surface Materials. Current Mechanical Excavators Operates Effi$600K
  • Federal contractNASA · 4200143033 Advanced Life Support Water And Waste Processing$70K
  • Federal contractNASA · High Efficience Lighting With Integrated Adaptive Control (heliac)-sbir Phase II High Efficiency Lightning With Integrated Adaptive Control (heliac) System SBIR Contract The Primary Objective Of The High Efficiency Lightning With Integrated Adaptive Control (heliac) System Phase II SBIR Is To Develop The Hardware And Software Necessary For A Versatile, Scalable Lighting System That Could Be Used In Ground Or Space-based Plant Growth Systems. The Heliac System Will Use A Single Modular Lighting E$600K
  • Federal contractNASA · "improved Lunar And Martian Regolith Simulant Production"$600K
  • Federal contractNASA · 4200121985 Lunar Regolity Simulant Production Distribution An Curation$200K
  • Federal contractDefense · 200510!002629!5700!FA8650!DET 1 Afrl/pk !FA865005C2612 !a!n! !y! ! !20050630!20071016!196894869!196894869!196894869!N!ORBITAL Technologies CORPORATI!1212 Fourier Dr !madison !WI!53717!48000!025!55!MADISON !dane !wisconsin !+000003190000!N!N!000003190000!AC22!RDTE/MISSILE And Space Systems-applied Research !A2 !missile And Space Systems !000 !* !541710!E! !3! ! ! ! ! !202$3.2M
  • Federal contractNASA · STTR Ii/phase II Engineered Multifunction Surfaces For Fluid Handling$600K
  • Federal contractNASA · SBIR - Aseptic Plant Culture System (apcs)$600K
  • Federal contractDefense · 200503!000512!2100!W31P4Q!USA Aviation And Missile COMMAND!W31P4Q05CR015 !a!n! !n! ! !20041228!20051231!196894869!196894869!196894869!N!ORBITAL Technologies CORPORATI!1212 Fourier Dr !madison !WI!53717!48000!025!55!MADISON !dane !wisconsin !+000000365000!N!N!000000000000!AD92!RDTE/OTHER Defense-applied Research !A2 !missile And Space Systems !000 !* !541710!E! !3! ! ! ! ! !202$731K
  • Federal contractNASA · Advanced Animal Habitat, Spares And Support Equipment To Support The Space Station Biological Research Project (ssbrp)$9.9M
  • Federal contractNASA · Plant Research Unit SBIR Phase 3$15.8M

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USPTO · 0 granted of 3
  • PendingUpgradeable Control System For Led LightingUSPTOApplication 14513910
  • PendingLight Ultra High Pressure Fire Vehicle SystemUSPTOApplication PCTUS2009062158
  • PendingAll-trrain, Drive-by-wire, High-pressure, Fire Fighting ApparatusUSPTOApplication PCTUS2009050932

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Regulatory activity · Agritech

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