SIGNATURE RESEARCH, INC.

Calumet, MI · Defense · Private

Software platform that generates synthetic infrared imagery and trains machine learning algorithms for target recognition in defense applications

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · signatureresearchinc.com

Sector: Defense
Headquarters: Calumet, MI
Total capital: $34.8M

Federal grants: $3.6M; 6 awards · 2015–2024; Rank in peer group#108 of 161
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $31.2M; 56 awards · Defense; Rank in Defense#196 of 1442
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

Latest events

Apr 2025Federal contractDefense · Fourth On-ramp For Enterprise-wide Agile Acquisition Contract (ewaac) Vehicle.$1K
Apr 2025Federal contractDefense · Software Development Services$50K
Jun 2024Federal contractDefense · SBIR III Skytherm Modifications For Commercialization$152K
Feb 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Radio Frequency Modeling For Weapon Systems Machine Learning-automatic Target Recognition Algorithm Training$1.2M
Feb 2024Federal contractDefense · Radio Frequency Modeling For Weapon Systems Machine Learning-automatic Target Recognition Algorithm Training$1.2M
Aug 2023Federal contractDefense · Aflcmc/xa Capabilities Brief$1K
Mar 2023Federal contractDefense · Software Design, Development, & Testing$291K

Show 55 earlier federal awards

Dec 2022Federal contractDefense · Darpa Research Project$2.9M
Sep 2022Federal contractDefense · Maintenance And Repair On Two Rivers Rope Course Located In Jber,ak.$34K
Jul 2022Federal contractDefense · Coded Visibility - Directional Imaging Via Orientable Dipole Engineering$3.3M
Jul 2022Federal contractDefense · Software Development Services$51K
Apr 2022Federal contractDefense · Skytherm$12K
Aug 2021Federal contractDefense · Quadcopter IR Image Collect$106K
Jun 2021Federal contractDefense · Minimum Order Guarantee For Range Idiq Support Effort. Requesting Whitepaper Solutions For Prime-integrated-portal Concept.$5K
May 2021Federal contractDefense · Improved Payload And Cable Study And Integration (ipcsi)$109K
May 2021Federal contractDefense · Software Development Services$200K
Apr 2021Federal contractDefense · Independent Motor Control Software Development$22K
Nov 2020Federal contractDefense · Dismounted Soldier Signature Data Collection Dssdc$297K
Oct 2020Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase III - Skytherm Innovation And Efficiency Upgrades$417K
Aug 2020Federal contractDefense · Army Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II For The Effort Entitled "mobile Infrared Target Collection System"$1.1M
Jun 2020Federal contractDefense · Army Small Business Innovation Research (sbir)pase II For The Effort Entitled "dynamic Vehicle Modeling Composed Of Mechanical And Thermal Interaction With High Resolution Synthetic Scenes"$1.3M
Jun 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Algorithms for Look-down Infrared Target Exploitation$1.0M
Dec 2019Federal contractDefense · Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III / Delivery Order - Skytherm Real-time Gps-augmented Payload Positioning (rtgpp)$50K
Sep 2019Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase Iii/delivery Order - Skytherm - Motion Control Upgrades (mcu)$50K
Sep 2018Federal contractDefense · Tosom Training For Tardec Personnel$23K
May 2018Federal contractDefense · Army SBIR Phase II For The Statement Of Work Entitled, "innovative Rendering For Simulation."$998K
Mar 2018Federal contractDefense · Small Business Innovation Research Phase I Bridge And Phase II For The Effort Entitled: "use Of Augmented Reality In Experimentation With New Equipment Training For Electro-optic Infrared Sensors".$1M
Mar 2018Federal contractDefense · Army Bridge Gap Purchase Order To Complete The Option Effort For The Army Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) For Effort Entitled, "innovative Rendering For Simulation."$50K
Nov 2017Federal contractDefense · Army Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Ph II Work, Entitled "dynamic Vehicle Modeling Composed Of Mechanical And Thermal Interaction With High-resolution Synthetic Scenes."$1.6M
Sep 2017Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Development of a Tool for Semi-Automated Restoration of Vehicle-Sized Thermal Clutter in Topographic Heightfields Arising from Terrain Discontinuities$996K
Aug 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Hi-fy Algorithm Modeling Ground Target Signatures In Scene Generator Systems$750K
Aug 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Army Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Bridge Gap Purchase Order Entitled, "dynamic Vehicle Modeling Composed Of Mechanical And Thermal Interaction With High-resolution."$50K
Jul 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ct::igf$700K
Apr 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf--army SBIR Phase II, Entitled "development Of Fidelity Metrics For Image-based Missile Simulation Environment", Signature Research, Inc.$985K
Mar 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Army Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Entitled, "innovative Rendering For Simulation"$100K
Dec 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR Phase II Infrared Target Collection System (itcs)$750K
Nov 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Bridge Gap For Signature Research For The Statement Of Work Entitled, "development Of Fidelity Metrics For Image-based Missile Simulation Environments."$50K
Nov 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Bridge Gap Purchase Order$50K
Aug 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf This Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase I Is To Develop And Demonstrate Reliable, Robust And Effective Methods For Presenting And Evaluating The Combined Effects Of Eo/ir Augmented Reality And Appropriate In-band Signatures On Human-in-the-loop Psycho-physical Perception. The Period Of Performance Shall Be Six (6) Months With One Four (4) Month Option From The Contract Base Period End Date If Selected For A Phase II Contract. All Contact Work Shall Take Place At Contra$100K
Jul 2016Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Dynamic Vehicle Modeling Composed of Mechanical and Thermal Interaction with High-Resolution Synthetic Scenes$150K
Jul 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Army SBIR Phase I Effort Entitled "dynamic Vehicle Modeling Composed Of Mechanical And Thermal Interaction With High Resolution Synthetic Scenes"$100K
Jun 2016Federal grantDefense · Phase I · High Fidelity Algorithm to Model the Statistical Variations of Ground Target Signatures in Scene Generator Systems$150K
May 2016Federal contractDefense · "igf::ot::igf: Services$150K
Sep 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Labor$138K
Sep 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR Phase I With Signature Research, Inc$100K
Sep 2015Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Development of a Tool for the Semi-Automated Restoration of Vehicle-Sized Thermal Clutter in Topographic Height Fields Arising from Terrain Discontinuities$100K
Jul 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR Phase I Infrared Target Collection System$149K
Jul 2015Federal contractDefense · Sky Imager Mapping System (sims) Windows$25K
Oct 2012Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Army SBIR Phase I Entitled, "rapid Scene Creation For Multispectral Terrain Signature Models And Simulations"$100K
Jan 2012Federal contractDefense · Phase II SBIR For "urban Time-to-detect Simulator." The Goal Of This Effort Is To Develop And Demonstrate A Calibrated, Multi-modal Simulator To Evaluate Vehicle Detectability In Urban Environments.$730K
Apr 2011Federal contractDefense · Phase II SBIR / Systems Technology, Inc.$820K
Oct 2010Federal contractDefense · Phase I SBIR For "urban Time-to-detect Simulator For Vehicle-developers."$119K
Mar 2010Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phi/signature Research$119K
Mar 2010Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phi/signature Research$70K
Feb 2010Federal contractDefense · A Tactical Decision Aid To Determine Optimal Times To Acquire Buried Ieds With Thermal Imaging Systems$765K
Aug 2009Federal contractDefense · Sky Imager Mapping System (sims) Development$1.6M
Aug 2009Federal contractDefense · Phase III Of Model Validation Effort$33K
Dec 2008Federal contractDefense · Passivation For Large Format Reduced Pixel Pitch Lwir Type-ii Fpas$70K
Nov 2008Federal contractDefense · Prism Models For Ims$89K
May 2008Federal contractDefense · High Resolution Eoview Woodland$15K
Mar 2007Federal contractDefense · Services$3.6M
Sep 2002Federal contractDefense · 200212!003796!2100!AD05 !usa Materiel Command ACQUISITION!DAAD0502C0046 !a!n! !n! !20020924!20020930!803724301!803724301!803724301!N!SIGNATURE Research, Inc !56905 Calumet Avenue !calumet !MI!49913!12580!061!26!CALUMET !houghton !michigan !+000000255602!N!N!000000000000!AD92!RDTE/OTHER Defense-applied Research !C9E!ALL Other Supplies And EQUIPME!1000!NOT Discernable Or Classified !541710!E! !3! ! ! ! ! !99990909!B$3.4M

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What it has protected

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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
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Sources

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