STAR DYNAMICS CORP

Hilliard, OH · Defense · Private

Autonomous Flying Sphere for radar calibration

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Updated · stardynamics.com

Sector
Defense
Headquarters
Hilliard, OH
Total capital
$30.3M
Federal grants
$750K
1 award · 2021
Rank in peer group#20 of 48
Private capital raised
None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts
$29.5M
32 awards · Defense, NASA
Rank in Defense#204 of 1442
Granted patents
None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

20082010201220142016201820202022FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $30.3M$709K$725K$750K$2.7M$19.3M$4M
2008201220162020FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $30.3M$19.3M$4M

Latest events

  • Federal contractDefense · Precision Tracking RADAR$4M
  • Federal contractNASA · Knowbell Annual Support Renewal Request For FY22$14K
  • Federal contractDefense · Modification And Integration$36K
  • Federal contractDefense · Signature Measurement System$19.3M
  • Federal contractNASA · Knowbell Evo Workstation - Professional$46K
  • Federal contractDefense · BLUEMAXG7 2-18GHZ Core RADAR$2.7M
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Dynamic Signature System Airborne Calibration Device$750K
Show 24 earlier federal awards
  • Federal contractNASA · 1-KNOWBELL Evo Workstation Professional, 1-ANNUAL Advanced Support$58K
  • Federal contractDefense · Repair And Refurbishment Of Afit's Elan 2000B RADAR System. System Will Be Shipped To Contractor's Facility For The Required Services.$468K
  • Federal contractDefense · Repair Of FS5000$19K
  • Federal contractDefense · Dynamic Signature System$150K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR Ph II Research And Development MS-1$725K
  • Federal contractDefense · Frequency Synthesizer (fs) 5000 Repair$19K
  • Federal contractDefense · Replacement Of AMIRS-1,2 Timing Card,$8K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Evaluation Of RF Converter$13K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Synthesizer Repair$19K
  • Federal contractDefense · Repair Of The Acr Synthesizer Igf::ot::igf$19K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Develop, Test And Install Bistatic RADAR Upgrade$153K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf; SBIR 1 N162-118 Shipboard RADAR Cross Section And Radio Frequency Performance Verification Of Low Observable Airborne Platforms.$148K
  • Federal contractDefense · On-site Software Support For Amirs$29K
  • Federal contractDefense · Digital Upgrade Of Elan 98 RADAR System.$488K
  • Federal contractDefense · Local Oscillator, Bluesource.$95K
  • Federal contractDefense · Local Oscillator, Bluesource$95K
  • Federal contractDefense · Repair Star Dynamics Local Oscillator/po$27K
  • Federal contractDefense · R&d Phase I SBIR$80K
  • Federal contractDefense · Evaluation And Repair Star Dynamics$27K
  • Federal contractDefense · U438170 Knowbell Workstation$3K
  • Federal contractDefense · U438170 -- RADAR System Maintenance$11K
  • Federal contractDefense · U438170 Annual Maintenance$5K
  • Federal contractDefense · Instrumentation RADAR System$709K
  • Federal contractDefense · Knowbell Software$17K

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Standing among 48 peers

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Defense · Device

  • Federal grants#20 · top 42%

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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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What it has protected

No granted patents are on record.

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Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026

Regulatory activity · Defense

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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.

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