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QMAGIQ LLC

Nashua, NH · Defense · Private

Small, lightweight, low-power 4-megapixel multi-spectral infrared camera (1-14 microns) with integrated strained layer superlattice focal plane array and on-chip spectral filters

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Sector
Defense
Headquarters
Nashua, NH
Total capital
$41.7M
Federal grants
$10.3M
20 awards · 2014–2026
Rank in peer group#39 of 164
Private capital raised
None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts
$31.4M
54 awards · Defense, NASA
Rank in Defense#195 of 1442
Granted patents
None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

200620102014201820222026FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $41.7M2006: $1.3M across 1 contract2007: $2.7M across 3 contracts$2.7M2008: $3.6M across 7 contracts$3.6M2009: $370K across 4 contracts2010: $1.4M across 4 contracts2011: $2.5M across 4 contracts2012: $1.3M across 4 contracts2013: $1.8M across 4 contracts2014: $125K across 1 grant · $1.6M across 2 contracts2015: $750K across 1 grant · $1.1M across 2 contracts2016: $900K across 2 grants · $225K across 2 contracts2017: $1.6M across 3 grants · $845K across 2 contracts2018: $1.9M across 3 grants · $2.7M across 4 contracts$4.6M2019: $3.1M across 2 contracts$3.1M2020: $549K across 1 grant · $1.3M across 2 contracts2021: $750K across 1 grant · $125K across 1 contract2022: $900K across 2 grants2023: $150K across 1 grant · $2.6M across 1 contract$2.7M2024: $1.0M across 2 grants · $1.0M across 2 contracts2025: $150K across 1 grant · $150K across 1 contract2026: $1.5M across 2 grants · $1.5M across 2 contracts$3M
200620102014201820222026FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $41.7M2006: $1.3M across 1 contract2007: $2.7M across 3 contracts2008: $3.6M across 7 contracts$3.6M2009: $370K across 4 contracts2010: $1.4M across 4 contracts2011: $2.5M across 4 contracts2012: $1.3M across 4 contracts2013: $1.8M across 4 contracts2014: $125K across 1 grant · $1.6M across 2 contracts2015: $750K across 1 grant · $1.1M across 2 contracts2016: $900K across 2 grants · $225K across 2 contracts2017: $1.6M across 3 grants · $845K across 2 contracts2018: $1.9M across 3 grants · $2.7M across 4 contracts$4.6M2019: $3.1M across 2 contracts$3.1M2020: $549K across 1 grant · $1.3M across 2 contracts2021: $750K across 1 grant · $125K across 1 contract2022: $900K across 2 grants2023: $150K across 1 grant · $2.6M across 1 contract2024: $1.0M across 2 grants · $1.0M across 2 contracts2025: $150K across 1 grant · $150K across 1 contract2026: $1.5M across 2 grants · $1.5M across 2 contracts$3M

Latest events

  • Federal contractNASA · 80NSSC26C0311 - SBIR Phase I Very Longwave Infrared Sensor For Finding And Tracking Asteroids$225K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · 80NSSC26C0311 - SBIR Phase I Very Longwave Infrared Sensor For Finding And Tracking Asteroids$225K
  • Federal contractNASA · Phase II SBIR$1.3M
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Phase II SBIR$1.3M
  • Federal contractNASA · SBIR I Infrared Sls Fpas On Digital-pixel Roics For Greatly Improved Signal-to-noise Performance$150K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · SBIR I Infrared Sls Fpas On Digital-pixel Roics For Greatly Improved Signal-to-noise Performance$150K
  • Federal contractNASA · FY24 SBIR Phase I- Techniques To Improve The Quantum Efficiency Of Lwir Sls Fpas$150K
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  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · FY24 SBIR Phase I- Techniques To Improve The Quantum Efficiency Of Lwir Sls Fpas$150K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase II · SBIR Phase II - Compact Multi-spectral Infrared Camera With 4-MEGAPIXEL Focal Plane Array With Integrated Spectral Filters$850K
  • Federal contractNASA · SBIR Phase II - Compact Multi-spectral Infrared Camera With 4-MEGAPIXEL Focal Plane Array With Integrated Spectral Filters$850K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Compact Multi-spectral Infrared Camera With 4-MEGAPIXEL Focal Plane Array With Integrated Spectral Filters$150K
  • Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$2.6M
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Deposition Of Multiple Infrared Spectral Filters Directly On Focal Plane Array$150K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Multi-spectral Infrared Camera Covering Wavelengths From 1 To 16 Microns$750K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase II · INAS Detectors for Infrared Astronomy$750K
  • Federal contractNASA · Qmagiq Proposes To Develop And Deliver To NASA A Multi-spectral Infrared Camera Covering A Broad Range Of Wavelengths From 1 Micron To 16 Microns.$125K
  • Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I Effort Titled "ald Passivation Of Sls Detectors", In Response To Topic No. A19-050.$1.2M
  • Federal contractNASA · Inas Detectors For Infrared Astronomy$125K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Ald Passivation Of Sls Detectors$549K
  • Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I Effort Titled "ald Passivation Of Sls Detectors", In Response To Topic No. A19-050.$108K
  • Federal contractDefense · This Is A Rif Baa Under The Announcement HQ0034-18-BAA-RIF-0001, USDR&E-18-BAA-RIF-SSSO-0004 (base) And USDR&E-18-BAA-RIF-SSSO-0003 (option) For A Firm Fixed-price Contract For 24 Months With A Six-month Option That Will Be Worked Concurrently Within The 24 Month Period. The Base 24-MONTH Effort Is Priced At $1,492,400.99 And The 6-MONTH Option At $1,493,791.46 With Slightly More Labor Forecasted.$3M
  • Federal contractDefense · Large Format Long Wavelength Infrared Hybridized Focal Plane Array$129K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Multi-Spectral Infrared Focal Plane Array For Wildfire And Burning-Biomass Analysis$125K
  • Federal contractDefense · Small Business Innovation Research Phase I For Deep-etched Pixels For Dualband Sls Fpas$100K
  • Federal contractDefense · This Effort Is A Result Of The Rapid Innovation Fund Broad Agency Announcement HQ0034-17-BAA-RIF-0001, ARMY-FY17-10-PEOIEWS07, Low Cost, High Performance Dewar Cooler Bench (dcb) For Third Generation Forward Looking Infrared (flir) Applications.$1.5M
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase II · VLWIR Sensors for Detecting and Tracking Near-Earth Asteroids$749K
  • Federal contractDefense · This Is A Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Action With A Twenty-four (24) Base And No Options. The Title Of This Effort As Per The Pws Is Metamorphic Buffer Layer Growth For Bulk INAS(X)SB(1-X) Lwir Detectors Where The Contractor Will Investigate Various Growth States And Characterization Of Infrared Detector Devices Fabrications From Material Growth On The Metamorphic Buffers.$996K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Metamorphic Buffer Layer Growth for Bulk InAs(x)Sb(1-x) LWIR Detectors$1.0M
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Firm Fixed Price Basis For The Procurement Of Engineering And Technical Services To Support Program Manager Aircraft Survivability Equipment In The Research And Development Of High-speed Hot Mwir Sls Fpa For Atw Sensor As A Result From The Rapid Innovation Funding (rif) Program.$720K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Antimony-based LWIR detectors with low dark current and high quantum efficiency$150K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf An Important NASA Mission Is To Detect, Count And Track Near-earth Asteroids For A Variety Of Reasons Including The Hazards Of Collisions With Our Planet. Such Asteroids Are Mostly Dark, Small And Cold (~ 200K); So They Are Best Detected In The Very Longwave Infrared (vlwir) Wavelength Of ~ 16 Microns Where They Glow Brightest. To Accomplish This, We Propose A New Cooled Vlwir Focal Plane Array (fpa) Of Antimony-based Strained Layer Superlattices (sls) That Will Leverage The Signif$125K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Develop Advanced Quantum Structures for Large Format Focal Plane Arrays$750K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Megapixel Longwave Infrared SLS FPAs for High Spatial Resolution Earth Observing Missions$750K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Sbir/sttr Phase I Research&development$100K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Metamorphic Buffer Layer Growth for Bulk InAs(x)Sb(1-x) LWIR Detectors$150K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Earth Observing Missions Like Nasa's Landsat Data Continuity Mission - Thermal Infrared Sensor (ldcm-tirs) Require Greater Spatial Resolution Of The Earth Than The ~ 100M Provided By The Current Instrument. Improving Resolution To The Desired ~ 30M Requires Increasing The Number Of Pixels On Target From The Current 640X3 To ~ 2048X3. The Tirs Instrument Contains 640X512 Longwave Infrared Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector Focal Plane Arrays (lwir Qwip Fpas) Jointly Developed By Na$125K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Antimony-Based Focal Plane Arrays for Shortwave-Infrared to Visible Applications$750K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf We Propose To Develop Antimony-based Focal Plane Arrays (fpas) For Nasa's Imaging And Spectroscopy Applications In The Spectral Band From Visible To Shortwave-infrared, Viz. Wavelengths From 0.5 - 2.5 Microns. We Will Leverage Recent Breakthroughs In The Performance Of Midwave And Longwave Infrared Fpas Based On The Inas/gasb/alsb Material System In Which Qmagiq Has Played A Key Part. In These Spectral Bands, This Novel Sensor Already Offers Performance Comparable To Mercury Cadmium$125K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Dualband MW/LW Strained Layer Superlattice Focal Plane Arrays for Satellite-Based Wildfire Detection$750K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Ffp Contract To Develop And Deliver A Very Long Wavelength Infrared (vlwir) Digital Focal Plane Array (dfpa) For Hyperspectral Imaging Applications. The Dfpa Will Be Based On Type-ii Antimony-based Strained Layer Superlattice (sls) Photodiodes WITH>13 Micron Cutoff, Hybridized To A Digital Readout Integrated Circuit (droic).$1.0M
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · High Performance Long Wave Infrared (LWIR) Focal Plane Array (FPA) Sensor for Missile Defense$125K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Firm Fixed Price Effort, Under A Broad Agency Announcement To Develop And Deliver Two TRL-6 Flyable-airborne Strained Layer Superlattice (sls) Degraded Visual Environment (dve) Cameras Suitable For Pilotage During Brownout Conditions. The Cameras Will Include Local Area Processing (lap) Electronics To Process Raw Video In Real Time For Improved Scene Contrast (crucial For The Dve Application) And Will Output Video Formatted For Cockpit Display. Each Camera Will Be Outfitted With A C$1.5M
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Dualband Focal Plane Arrays (fpas) Based On Gallium-free Type-ii Strained Layer Superlattice (sls) Photodiodes Have Recently Experienced Significant Advances. We Propose To Develop A New Class Of Devices Capable Of Producing Simultaneous And Spatially-registered Images In Two Spectral Bands, Namely, A Fire Channel In The 3 To 5 Micron Window And A Thermal Channel Covering The Range Of 8 To 12 Microns And Beyond. Such Fpas Are Known To Be Uniquely Effective For Detecting Wildfires$125K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf STTR Phase II Research&development - Advanced Infrared Focal Plane Arrays With Strained Layer Superlattice Detectors On Digital-pixel Readout Integrated Circuits$894K
  • Federal contractDefense · Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I Contract For Research And Developement Of Very Longwave Infrared (vlwir) Strained Layer Superlattice (sls) Digital Focal Plane Array (fpa) And Camera For Imaging Spectroscopy.$150K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf We Propose A High Quantum Efficiency (qe) 1024X1024 Longwave Infrared Focal Plane Array (lwir Fpa) And Camera With ~ 12 Micron Cutoff Wavelength Made From Bandgap-engineered Type-ii Inas/gasb Strained Layer Superlattice (sls) Photodiodes. Fpa/camera Performance Goals Include QE>50% And Temporal Noise Equivalent Difference In Temperature (NEDT)<30 Mk While Operating At A TEMPERATURE>60K With A Fast Integration TIME<0.5 Ms And F/4 Optics. In Phase I, We Developed And Delivered A High-$700K
  • Federal contractDefense · Develop A Simple And Elegant Technique To Directly Measure The Electric Charge On The Surfaces Of Small Pixels Of Iii-v And Ii-vi Infrared Detectors.$100K
  • Federal contractDefense · Sbir/sttr Phase II Research&dev. Igf::ot::igf$1M
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf STTR Ph I Research&development$100K
  • Federal contractNASA · We Propose A High-performance Broadband Infrared Focal Plane Array (fpa) For The Thermal Infrared Sensor (tirs) On Nasa's Landsat Satellite. The Fpa Will Feature A Cutoff Wavelength Of 13 Microns, Operate AT>55K, Have A Format Of 640X512, Quantum EFFICIENCY>30%, And Will Be Realized Using Type-ii Inas/gasb Strained Layer Superlattice (sls) Photodiodes. In Phase I We Will Develop The Basic Diode With Extended Cutoff Wavelength And Pixel Passivation Improved In Order To Support High Temperature Op$125K
  • Federal contractDefense · Ph I Research&development$100K
  • Federal contractDefense · Ph I Research&development$150K
  • Federal contractDefense · SBIR2 Topic N101-012 Fpa Camera Based On Dualband Infrared Sls Photodiodes.$750K
  • Federal contractDefense · Ph I Research&development$100K
  • Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II Research And Development.$1.5M
  • Federal contractDefense · Sixth Monthly Report / Payment$150K
  • Federal contractDefense · Ph I Research & Development$100K
  • Federal contractNASA · We Propose To Develop A Hyperspectral Camera Imaging In A Large Number Of Sharp Hyperspectral Bands In The Thermal Infrared. The Camera Is Particularly Suitable For The Multispectral Thermal Infrared (tir) Imager Of Nasa's Hyspiri Mission. In Phase 1, We Successfully Developed A Crucial Camera Component: A 640X512 Focal Plane Array (fpa) With 8 - 12 Micron Broadband Longwave Infrared Spectral Response. In Phase 2, We Will Integrate The Fpa With A Linear Variable Filter In A Dewar Cooler Assembly$600K
  • Federal contractNASA · We Propose To Develop A Compact Portable Longwave Camera For Astronomical Applications. In Phase 1, We Successfully Developed The Eye Of The Camera, I.e. The Focal Plane Array (fpa) And Produced Good Imagery With It. In Phase 2, We Will Optimize The Fpa For Quantum Efficiency And Pixel Operability, Integrate It Into A Dewar Cooler Assembly, And Package The Resulting Sensor Engine With Electronics And Optics Into A Camera System. We Will Deliver The Camera To NASA For Field Testing. We Expect The$600K
  • Federal contractDefense · Phase I SBIR For "high Operating Temperature Midwave Infrared Foacl Plane Array And Camera."$70K
  • Federal contractDefense · Contract Summary Report. FY09 SBIR Phase 1.$100K
  • Federal contractNASA · Hyperspectral Longwave Infrared Focal Plane Array And Camera Based On Quantum Well Infrared Photodetectors We Propose To Develop A Hyperspectral Focal Plane Array And Camera Imaging In A Large Number Of Sharp Hyperspectral Bands In The Thermal Infrared. The Camera Is Particularly Suitable For The Multispectral Thermal Infrared (tir) Imager Of Nasa's Hyspiri Mission. In Phase 1, We Will Develop A Crucial Camera Component: A 640X512 Focal Plane Array (fpa) With 8 - 12 Micron Broadband Longwave Sp$100K
  • Federal contractNASA · Longwave Imaging For Astronomical Applications We Propose To Develop A Compact Portable Longwave Camera For Astronomical Applications. In Phase 1, We Will Develop And Deliver The Focal Plane Array (fpa) - A Crucial Camera Component. In Phase 2, We Will Integrate The Fpa With Electronics And Optics Into A Compact Package And Deliver The Resulting Camera To NASA For Field Testing.$100K
  • Federal contractDefense · Basic Effort (STTR Phase II)$1M
  • Federal contractDefense · (STTR Phase I) Sub-wavelength Optical Antenna For Mulitspectral Polarimetric Focal Plane Array$100K
  • Federal contractNASA · Qwip Infared Camera: 320X256 Dual-band Mwirl/lwir Qwip Fpa On ISC0006 Roic In Integrated Dewar Cooler Assembly QE6 Engine$90K
  • Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II Research And Development.$1.6M
  • Federal contractNASA · Spectrally-tunable Infrared Camera Based On Highly-sensitive Quantum Well Infrared Photodetectors$600K
  • Federal contractDefense · Contract Summary Report.$100K
  • Federal contractDefense · Contract Summary Report.$100K
  • Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II Research And Development$2M
  • Federal contractDefense · Sttr-phase I - Basic Effort$100K
  • Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II Contract$601K
  • Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II Research And Development$1.3M

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