POLATOMIC, INC.
Lightweight Magnetic Optical Gradiometer (LMOG) using laser-pumped scalar magnetometer sensors for undersea cable detection
- Sector
- Defense
- Headquarters
- Richardson, TX
- Total capital
- $1.7M
- Federal grants
- $140K
- 1 award · 2020
- Rank in peer group#19 of 129
- Private capital raised
- None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
- Federal contracts
- $1.6M
- 3 awards · Defense, NASA
- Rank in Defense#714 of 1442
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Lightweight Magnetic Optical Gradiometer (LMOG) for Autonomous Cable Repair Mission$140K
- Federal contractNASA · Optically-modulated Miniature Magnetometer (ommm). Under A NASA SBIR Phase-ii Award, Polatomic, Inc. Has Designed A Laser Femto-tesla Magnetic Gradiometer (lfmg). The Optically-driven Spin Precession (osp) Technology Has The Potential To Further Improve The Performance Of Lfmg. The Use Of Osp Technique Will Permit The Elimination Of Magnetic Perturbation Coils That Are Located Around Each Helium Cell In The Magnetically-driven Spin Precession (msp) Configuration. Goddard Space Flight Center R$678K
- Federal contractNASA · This Phase 2 SBIR Proposal Describes The Design, Fabrication And Calibration Of A Brass-board Self-calibrating Vector Helium Magnetometer (svhm). The Svhm Instrument Is Capable Of Making High Accuracy Vector Component Measurements Of Earth And Planetary Magnetic Fields. The Major Svhm Innovation Is Use Of Scalar Field Measurements Made With The Svhm Sensor To Self-calibrate The Vector Measurements Thereby Eliminating The Standard Suite Of Three Fluxgate Vector Magnetometers And The Independent S$600K
- Federal contractDefense · 200207!001107!1700!E612A !office Of Naval Research, HEADQU!N0001402C0184 !a!n! !n! !20020405!20041031!144948056!144948056!144948056!N!POLATOMIC Inc !1810 N Glenville Dr, 116!RICHARDSON !TX!75081!61796!085!48!RICHARDSON !collin !texas !+000000150000!N!N!000000000000!AD96!RDTE/OTHER Defense-management Support !S1 !services !2000!NOT Discernable Or Classified !541710!E! !3! ! ! ! ! !99990909!B! ! !a! !A!N!U!2!002!K! !z!y!z! ! !n!b!n!n! ! !a! !B!A!000!A!B!N! ! ! ! ! ! !0001!$296K
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Standing among 129 peers
Line = medianDefense · Device
- Federal grants#19 · top 15%
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Founders and team
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Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026
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Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
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Regulatory activity · Defense
- Danger Zone; Waters of Carr Creek and Whitehall Bay in the Vicinity of the Naval Support Activity AnnapolisEngineers Corps
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Trade Agreements ThresholdsNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Sources
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