PHYSICS, MATERIALS, AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS RESEARCH L.L.C.

Tucson, AZ · Aerospace · Private

Riblet surface treatment method for aircraft outer mold line surfaces to reduce viscous drag

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · physics-math.com

Sector: Aerospace
Headquarters: Tucson, AZ
Total capital: $32.8M

Federal grants: $4.6M; 11 awards · 2015–2025; Rank in peer group#33 of 61
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $28.2M; 43 awards · Defense, NASA; Rank in Aerospace#122 of 1335
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

Latest events

Dec 2025Federal contractDefense · Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (shield) Initial Order.$500
Dec 2025Federal contractDefense · Deployable Aerospike$187K
Dec 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Deployable Aerospike$187K
Mar 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Sbir/sttr Phase II R&d Implementation Of Impulsive Energy Deposition$1.5M
Mar 2024Federal contractDefense · Sbir/sttr Phase II R&d Implementation Of Impulsive Energy Deposition$2.4M
Dec 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase I · 873AUTHORITY$146K
Dec 2023Federal contractDefense · 873AUTHORITY$146K

Show 47 earlier federal awards

Apr 2023Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$2.7M
Nov 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Femtosecond Direct Diode Laser System (fsDDLS) to Enable Hypersonic Drag Reduction$155K
Nov 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Efficient, Low-Cost and Optimized Riblet Application to Standard Contoured Aircraft Surfaces$147K
Jul 2022Federal contractDefense · Upstream Energy Deposition Extension$1.8M
Mar 2022Federal contractDefense · SR2 Phase II Base Period$1.2M
Mar 2021Federal contractDefense · This Is A Phase I SBIR Contract Titled: Laser Enhanced Aerodynamic Drag Reduction (leadr).$111K
Sep 2020Federal contractDefense · Base Effort - SR1 Phase I$111K
Feb 2020Federal contractDefense · Sbir/sttr Phase II R&d - Impulsive Energy Deposition For High-speed Flight$3M
Apr 2019Federal contractNASA · Our Energy-deposition-based Drag-reduction Approach Offers New Aerodynamic Benefits, Such As Mitigated Sonic Boom And Enhanced Lift, Stability, And Control Authority. The Specific Objective For This Follow-on Research Is To Establish The Effect Of Spatially Extended Laser-produced Plasma Filaments On Laser-initiated, High-voltage (hv) Energy Deposition Under Atmospheric Conditions Relevant To Aerodynamic Applications. In Our Previous Work Studying Laser-initiated Energy Deposition, We Demonstrat$200K
Aug 2018Federal contractDefense · Damage Morphology Of Advanced Concretes Using High-speed X-ray&tomographic Techniques$150K
Aug 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf$1M
Mar 2017Federal grantDefense · Phase I · High-Altitude Atmospheric Characterization for Validation of Ground Testing Facilities$150K
Oct 2016Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Novel, High-Temperature Power-Generation for Long Duration Hypersonic Platforms$750K
Feb 2016Federal grantDefense · Phase I · High Resolution Tunable Spatial Heterodyne Spectrometer for Post-Detonation Debris Analysis in Nuclear Forensics$150K
Nov 2015Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Novel Hybrid Carbon Nanotube Based Flywheel Energy Storage for Shipboard Pulse Load Operation$80K
Nov 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Sttp/crp 2013-29 Ultra-short Pulse Laser Direct Part Marking Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II, For Af Topic No. AF093-191.$2.2M
Sep 2015Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Laser/Microwave Energy Deposition to Improve Control/Performance of High Speed Vehicles$1.2M
Sep 2015Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf SBIR Phase III (small Business Innovative Research) Upstream Energy Deposition To Reduce Supersonic, Drag, Shock And Acoustic Signature -- In The Physics, Materials, And Applied Mathematics (pm&am) Research Llcs Current Phase II SBIR (small Business Innovative Research) Effort, Under Contract NNX14CL13C, Work Is Being Done To Reduce Drag By Impulsively Depositing Energy. The Impulsive Nature Of The Energy Deposition Is Critical, Since This Allows Nearly All Of The Ambient Air To Be $250K
Sep 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Army SBIR Ph I Base$100K
Aug 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Novel, High-temperature Power-generation For Long Duration Hypersonic Platforms$150K
Jun 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Replacement Of Chromium Electroplate For High Wear/high Temperature Applications$150K
Jun 2015Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · THz spectral imaging to assess metal components in concrete structures$150K
Sep 2014Federal contractDefense · N14A-T004$80K
Apr 2014Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf NASA Has Drawn Attention To An Impending Need To Improve Energy-efficiency In Low Supersonic (M<~3) Platforms. Aerodynamic Efficiency Is The Foundation Of Energy-efficient Flight In Any Regime, And Low Drag Is One Of The Fundamental Characteristics Of Aerodynamic Efficiency. For Supersonic Aircraft, Drag Can Be Broadly Decomposed Into Four Components: Viscous Or Skin Friction Drag, Liftinduced Drag, Wave Or Compressibility Drag, And Excrescence Drag. The Relative Impact Of These Fo$1.3M
Feb 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR Phase I Af Topic AF131-192 Corrosion Identification, Removal And Cleaning Of Galvanic Couples In Difficult To Access Areas.$150K
Nov 2013Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf High-frequency Energy-disposition Actuators For Effective Scramjet Control$750K
Aug 2013Federal contractDefense · DOD 2012.1 SBIR Solicitation$500K
May 2013Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf NASA Has Drawn Attention To An Impending Need To Improve Energy-efficiency In Low Supersonic (M<~3) Platforms. Aerodynamic Efficiency Is The Foundation Of Energyefficient Flight In Any Regime, And Low Drag Is One Of The Fundamental Characteristics Of Aerodynamic Efficiency. For Supersonic Aircraft, Drag Can Be Broadly Decomposed Into Four Components: Viscous Or Skin Friction Drag, Lift-induced Drag, Wave Or Compressibility Drag, And Excrescence Drag. The Relative Impact Of These Fo$125K
Apr 2013Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR P1 AF131-180 Practical Wind Tunnel Test Methodology For Directed Energy Applications.$150K
Jul 2012Federal contractDefense · SBIR I - High-frequency Energy-deposition Actuators For Effective Scramjet Control$150K
Jun 2012Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$80K
May 2012Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$150K
May 2012Federal contractDefense · Laser Microwave Energy Depositon To Improve Control/perform$1.2M
Jan 2012Federal contractDefense · Terahertz Station Keeping Equipment For Tunable Range Capabilities$750K
Nov 2011Federal contractDefense · SBIR Contract Award Topic AF093-191$750K
Jan 2011Federal contractDefense · Laser/microwave Energy Deposition To Improve Control/performance Of High Speed Vehicles$100K
Oct 2010Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I Physics, Materials,&applied Research$100K
Sep 2010Federal contractNASA · Aggiesat: Autonomous Rendezvous And Docking Technology Demonstrator Current Autonomous Rendezvous And Docking (ar&d) Capability In Low Earth Orbit (leo) Is Constrained By Sensor And Effector Mass, Power, And Accuracy Limits. To This End, NASA Johnson Space Center Has Developed A GPS Receiver, Called Dragon (dual RF Astrodynamic GPS Orbital Navigator), Specifically To Address The Sensor Constraints. The Proposed Innovation Includes Creating A Small, Low-cost, And Versatile Technology Demonstrator$600K
Apr 2010Federal contractDefense · Non-intrusive Direct Part Marking$100K
Apr 2009Federal contractDefense · Phase 1 - Baa 009$1.2M
Mar 2009Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase 1$100K
Jan 2009Federal contractNASA · Aggiesat: Autonomous Rendezvous&docking Technology Demonstrator Current Autonomous Rendezvous And Docking (ar&d) Capability In Low Earth Orbit (leo) Is Constrained By Sensor And Effector Mass, Power, And Accuracy Limits. To This End, NASA Johnson Space Center Has Developed A GPS Receiver, Called Dragon (dual RF Astrodynamic GPS Orbital Navigator), Specifically To Address The Sensor Constraints. The Proposed Innovation Includes Creating A Small, Low-cost, And Versatile Technology Demonstrator To$100K
Sep 2008Federal contractDefense · Energy Deposition To Sculpt Upstream Densities And Control$900K
Aug 2008Federal contractDefense · SBIR III$1.2M
Mar 2008Federal contractDefense · SBIR I - Upstream Energy Deposition$100K
Sep 2004Federal contractDefense · 200412!001208!2100!W15QKN!TACOM - Picatinny !W15QKN04C1115 !a!n! !n! ! !20040914!20061230!058268652!058268652!058268652!N!PHYSICS Materials And Applied !1665 E 18TH Street, Suite!tucson !AZ!85719!77000!019!04!TUCSON !pima !arizona !+000000372472!N!N!000000000000!AD91!RDTE/OTHER Defense-basic Research !C9E!ALL Other Supplies And Equipment !000 !* !541710!E! !3! ! ! ! ! !999$820K
Jun 2004Federal contractDefense · 200411!000040!5700!GR21 !det 1 Afrl/pkd !FA865004C2467 !a!n! !y! ! !20040617!20060517!058268652!058268652!058268652!N!PHYSICS Materials And Applied !1665 E 18TH Street, Suite!tucson !AZ!85719!77000!019!04!TUCSON !pima !arizona !+000000749998!N!N!000000749998!AC11!RDTE/AIRCRAFT-BASIC Research !A1B!AIRCRAFT Engines And Spares !000 !* !541710!E! !3! ! ! ! ! !999$880K

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Regulatory activity · Aerospace

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06 Jul 2026Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs of NASA-Effectuation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964National Aeronautics and Space Administration
01 Jul 2026Special Conditions: AMAC Aerospace, The Boeing Company Model 747- 8 Airplane; Side-Facing SeatsFederal Aviation Administration
26 Jun 2026Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous AmendmentsFederal Aviation Administration
23 Jun 2026Operating Limitations at John F. Kennedy International AirportFederal Aviation Administration
23 Jun 2026Operating Limitations at New York LaGuardia AirportFederal Aviation Administration
18 Jun 2026Special Conditions: Honeywell Aerospace US LLC, Dassault Aviation Model Falcon 900EX Airplane; Electronic System Security Protection From Unauthorized External AccessFederal Aviation Administration

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