RINCON RESEARCH CORPORATION

Tucson, AZ · Defense · Private

Passive RF space surveillance system for detecting and tracking satellites during daytime and adverse weather conditions

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · rincon.com

Sector: Defense
Headquarters: Tucson, AZ
Total capital: $86.2M

Federal grants: $3.8M; 7 awards · 2015–2023; Rank in peer group#56 of 94
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $82.4M; 32 awards · Defense, Homeland Security, NASA; Rank in Defense#99 of 1442
Granted patents: 2; first 2017; Rank in peer group#26 of 94

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Latest events

Feb 2026Federal contractDefense · Raptor Development Kit$19K
Jan 2026Federal contractDefense · Ewtip Porting Of Rams Software From The Counter Communications System (ccs) 10.2 To The New Ccs Meadowlands Platform In Accordance With Attachment 1, Statement Of Work.$558K
Dec 2025Federal contractDefense · Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (shield) Initial Order.$500
Oct 2024Federal contractDefense · Raptor Software Defined Radios$17K
Oct 2024Federal contractDefense · Astro Sdr, RF, Commercial Version$27K
Oct 2024Federal contractDefense · The Contractor Shall Complete A Software Porting Assessment Study For The Rams Mission Application Software From Counter Communications System (ccs) 10.2 Into Meadowlands, In Accordance With Attachment 1, Statement Of Work (sow).$50K
Aug 2024Federal contractDefense · Mountain Brik 3 Portable Recorder$149K

Show 32 earlier federal awards

Sep 2023Federal contractDefense · Astro Sdr, RF, Commercial Version$48K
Sep 2023Federal contractNASA · Raptor Sdr Development Kit$8K
Jul 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase II · A Prototype for Geosynchronous Satellite Surveillance using Passive RF Collection$1.3M
Jul 2023Federal contractDefense · SBIRII-D2P2-A Prototype For Geosynchronous Satellite Surveillance Using Passive Radio Frequency. The Contractor Will Built A Prototype To Provide Capability Of Tracking Near-geo-belt Objects And Collect Astrometric Data From Electro-optic Sensors.$1.6M
Jun 2023Federal contractDefense · Repair Of A Quad L-band Digitizer Equipment$9K
Oct 2022Federal contractDefense · Advance Battle Management System$27.8M
May 2022Federal contractDefense · Radio Frequency Awareness With Geolocation And Edge Processing$7.2M
Mar 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Low SWaP Tactical Ultra-Secure Communications System$150K
Mar 2021Federal contractDefense · Conceptual Studies And Preliminary Research In The Areas Of Offensive Space Control, Defensive Space Control, Command And Control, And Space Domain Awareness$4K
Mar 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase II · CisLunar Phase II$750K
Feb 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Muninn$50K
Jul 2020Federal contractDefense · Program Overview$4K
Apr 2020Federal contractDefense · This Is A Small Business Innovative Research Effort Seeking To Develop A Complete Design For Near Real-time Automated Feature Extraction From Point-cloud Data.$1M
Mar 2020Federal contractDefense · Sibr Phase I, FX201-CSO1-0071 Rincon Research Corporation (rrc) Has Developed A Low-cost, Passive Radio Frequency (rf)-based System That Generates High-accuracy Tracking Observations Using The RF Signals Broadcast By Active Satellites.$50K
Dec 2019Federal contractDefense · Astro Software Defined Radio, RF, 64 Gb$32K
Nov 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase II · 24/7 Monitoring of Active Satellites using Passive Radio-Frequency (RF) Sensors$750K
Nov 2018Federal contractDefense · SBIR II 24/7 Monitoring Of Active Satellites Using Passive Radio Frequency (RF) Sensors$865K
Sep 2018Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I - Near Real-time LIDAR Processing And Exploitation Algorithms$100K
Aug 2018Federal contractNASA · Sdr Development$13K
May 2018Federal contractNASA · Astrosdr And Electronic Parts$35K
Jan 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Near Real-Time LIDAR Processing and Exploitation Algorithm Development$150K
Sep 2017Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf$35K
Sep 2017Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Rincon Research Astrosdr, Part Number ASDR-RF-E-01$35K
Aug 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR I- 24/7 Monitoring Of Active Satellites Using Passive Radio Frequency (RF) Sensors$150K
Jun 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR I - Ricon Research Corp$150K
Jun 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Contract Award For The Local Oscillator Coherence Utilization Study (locus).$391K
Jun 2015Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Space-based RF Emitter Detection and Localization Using Field Programmable Gate Arrays$723K
Jun 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf: Space-based RF Emitter Detection And Localization Using Field Programmable Gate Arrays$1.5M
Apr 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Space-based RF Emitter Detection Localization Using Field Programmable Gate Arrays$150K
Sep 2013Federal contractHomeland Security · Acquisition Of 12 Commercially Available Unattended Ground Sensor Nodes To Be Used In A "meshed Network" To Enhance Detection And Reporting Capabilities.$18K
Sep 2011Federal contractDefense · Context Assisted Moving Emitter Location, Observation And Tracking (camelot)$39.9M
Sep 2007Federal contractDefense · Blue Wagon Hardware And Services$525K

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Standing among 94 peers

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Defense · System

Federal grantsBelow median
Granted patents#26 · top 28%

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Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026

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What it has protected

USPTO · 2 granted of 2

Apr 26, 2022GrantedMulti-antenna Detection, Localization, And Filtering Of Complex Time-and-doppler-shifted SignalsUSPTOUS 11,316,554
Apr 11, 2017GrantedAutomated Detection and Characterization of Earth-Orbiting Satellite ManeuversUSPTOUS 9,617,018

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Regulatory activity · Defense

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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

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Sources

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