Potomac Research LLC

Alexandria, VA · Defense · Private

Hybrid Boolean Network Physical Unclonable Function (HBN-PUF) — a hardware authentication firmware upgrade for FPGA processor cores

Claim this profile

Follows are private to you and power your alerts

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Sector: Defense
Headquarters: Alexandria, VA
Total capital: $8.5M

Federal grants: $3.7M; 5 awards · 2020–2025; Rank in peer group#111 of 164
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $4.8M; 11 awards · Defense; Rank in Defense#532 of 1442
Granted patents: 1; 6 pending · first 2024; Rank in peer group#68 of 164

Capital timeline

Latest events

Mar 2025Federal contractDefense · Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II, Topic A23-004, UAS Continuous Time Spectrum Situational Awareness. This Furthers The Effort Initiated Under Phase I Contract W58RGZ-24-C-0012.$1.1M
Mar 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II, Topic A23-004, UAS Continuous Time Spectrum Situational Awareness. This Furthers The Effort Initiated Under Phase I Contract W58RGZ-24-C-0012.$1.1M
Dec 2024Federal contractDefense · Small Business Innovation Research, Phase I. Topic A244-042, Continuous Time Spiking Neural Network Field Programmable Neural Network Array.$250K
Dec 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Small Business Innovation Research, Phase I. Topic A244-042, Continuous Time Spiking Neural Network Field Programmable Neural Network Array.$250K
Nov 2023Federal contractDefense · Army Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I For Effort Entitled, "UAS Continuous Time Spectrum Situational Awareness".$111K
Nov 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Army Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I For Effort Entitled, "UAS Continuous Time Spectrum Situational Awareness".$111K
Dec 2021Federal contractDefense · Darpa SBIR Phase II Proposal For The Effort Entitled "near-term Forecasting Of Nonstationary Dynamic Processes"$1.5M

Show 9 earlier federal awards

Sep 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Provably Unclonable Functions on Re-configurable Devices$1.1M
Sep 2021Federal contractDefense · Army Small Business Technology Transfer(sttr) Program For The Effort Entitled "provably Unclonable Functions On Reconfigurable Devices"$1.1M
Nov 2020Federal contractDefense · Base Effort - SR1 Phase I. Continuous Time Dsp Using Reconfigurable Devices.$111K
Sep 2020Federal contractDefense · Darpa Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase I Program For Effort Entitled, "near-term Forecasting Of Nonstationary Dynamic Processes"$120K
Jan 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Provably Unclonable Functions on Re-configurable Devices$1.1M
Oct 2019Federal contractDefense · Progress Report$146K
Nov 2018Federal contractDefense · Army Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Program For Effort Entitled,"software Solutions For True Random Number Generation"$99K
Nov 2018Federal contractDefense · Army Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program To Support Effort Entitled, "provably Unclonable Functions On Re-configurable Devices"$150K
Aug 2018Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I: Topic # A18-034 Development Of Machine Learning Enabled Near-real-time Situational Response For Mechanical Systems$98K

Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.

Standing among 164 peers

Line = median

Defense · Device

Federal grantsBelow median
Granted patents#68 · top 41%

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 · 1 granted of 7

Jan 22, 2026Pending5-PS-RESOLUTION Waveform-capture-device On A Field-programmable Gate-array With Dynamic Phase-shiftingUSPTOApplication 18645529
May 28, 2024Granted5-PS-RESOLUTION Waveform-capture-device On A Field-programmable Gate-array With Dynamic Phase-shiftingUSPTOUS 11,994,571
Mar 31, 2022PendingModel-free Control Of Dynamical Systems With Deep Reservoir ComputingUSPTOApplication 17426071

Show all 7 patent records

5-PS-RESOLUTION Waveform-capture-device On A Field-programmable Gate-array With Dynamic Phase-shiftingJan 22, 2026 · Application 18645529Pending
5-PS-RESOLUTION Waveform-capture-device On A Field-programmable Gate-array With Dynamic Phase-shiftingMay 28, 2024 · US 11,994,571Granted
Model-free Control Of Dynamical Systems With Deep Reservoir ComputingMar 31, 2022 · Application 17426071Pending
5-PS-RESOLUTION Waveform-capture-device On A Field-programmable Gate-array With Dynamic Phase-shiftingApplication 63177435Pending
Model-free Control Of Dynamical Systems With Deep Reservoir ComputingApplication PCTUS2020015350Pending
Model-Free Control of Dynamical Systems with Deep Reservoir ComputingApplication 62836310Pending
Model-Free Control of Chaos with Deep Reservoir ComputingApplication 62797561Pending

SPECTROHM, INCSimilar federal contract value in Defense · $4.9M in contracts
PAXAURIS LLCSimilar federal contract value in Defense · $4.8M in contracts
Xcom Wireless, IncSimilar federal contract value in Defense · $4.8M in contracts
DEEPSIG INC.Similar federal contract value in Defense · $4.8M in contracts
TIBARAY, INC.Similar federal contract value in Defense · $4.8M in contracts
VISHWA ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION LLCSimilar federal contract value in Defense · $4.8M in contracts

Regulatory activity · Defense

Sector-level, not company-level

11 Jun 2026Danger Zone; Waters of Carr Creek and Whitehall Bay in the Vicinity of the Naval Support Activity AnnapolisEngineers Corps
13 Mar 2026Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
13 Mar 2026Federal Acquisition Regulation: Trade Agreements ThresholdsNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
13 Mar 2026Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
27 Aug 2025Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
27 Aug 2025Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration

Rules are matched to sector, not to company. Recent activity in a sector is context rather than a signal about this business — until rules are matched to what a company actually builds, the section is shown as context and nothing more.

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.