TAU TECHNOLOGIES LLC

Albuquerque, NM · Defense · Private

Hybrid Bernoulli filter using Random Finite Set theory and Joint Input State Estimation to detect anomalies in spacecraft tracks from heterogeneous sensor data

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · tautechnologies.com

Sector: Defense
Headquarters: Albuquerque, NM
Total capital: $83.9M

Federal grants: $14.6M; 20 awards · 2014–2026; 10× sector median 2 awards
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $69.3M; 52 awards · Defense; Rank in Defense#115 of 1442
Granted patents: 3; 2 pending · first 2019

Capital timeline

Latest events

Mar 2026Federal grantDefense · Phase II · SBIR Phase II Topic #N241-046 Micro-inertial Measurement Unit For Maritime Navigation$1.4M
Mar 2026Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II Topic #N241-046 Micro-inertial Measurement Unit For Maritime Navigation$1.4M
Sep 2024Federal contractDefense · Phase I SBIR Topic A244-016. 873 Authority.$250K
Aug 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Kickoff Briefing$140K
Aug 2024Federal contractDefense · Kickoff Briefing$240K
Aug 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Phase I SBIR Topic A244-016. 873 Authority.$250K
Aug 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Sbir/sttr Phase I Research & Development - Directed Energy Lethality Assessments Of Hypersonic Threats$150K

Show 65 earlier federal awards

Aug 2024Federal contractDefense · Sbir/sttr Phase I Research & Development - Directed Energy Lethality Assessments Of Hypersonic Threats$150K
Jul 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Persistent Wide-field Regional Geosynchonous Belt Surveillance$1.2M
Jul 2023Federal contractDefense · SBIR D2P2 - Demonstrate Performance Of A Production Prototype Version Of An Existing Ground-based Electro-optic Product That Produces Automated Persistent Surveillance Of A Wide Swath Of The Geo-belt.$1.4M
Jun 2023Federal contractDefense · SBIR Ph I$140K
Jun 2023Federal contractDefense · Research And Development Effort - The Intent Is To Restore, Improve Functionality, And Modernize The Prototype Pandora Experimental Sensor$240K
Jun 2023Federal contractDefense · In-situ Atmospheric Path Characterization And Performance Forecasting$150K
Jan 2023Federal contractDefense · SBIR I Rapid And Accurate Lase Guide Source And Turbulence Simulator$150K
Dec 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Co-Orbital Threat Prediction and Assessment$150K
Sep 2022Federal contractDefense · Labor Phase II 12 Monthly Payments$1.1M
Sep 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Modern Approach to Integrated Architecture Technology$1.8M
Jun 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Neuromorphic Sensor for Missile Defense$1.5M
May 2022Federal contractDefense · Sbir/sttr Phase II R&d Neuromorphic Sensor For Missile Defense$1.5M
Jul 2021Federal contractDefense · R&d: Wargaming Event Design Scenario Dev$1.5M
Apr 2021Federal contractDefense · STTR Phase I Research & Development - Infrared Optical Array$125K
Mar 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Sparse Information Orbit Estimation for Proliferated LEO$1.5M
Oct 2020Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II$1.1M
Oct 2020Federal contractDefense · Tau SBIR$111K
Sep 2020Federal contractDefense · New SBIR Phase I_brain-inspired Approaches To Deep Convolutional Networks For Minimalist Datasets.$111K
Mar 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Sparse Information Orbit Estimation for Proliferated LEO$223K
Mar 2020Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Active Space-Space Synthetic Aperture Imaging LADAR (ASSAIL)$50K
Jan 2020Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase 1 Research And Development$240K
Sep 2019Federal contractDefense · Field Command Post Free Space Optical Communications (fsoc) Mesh Network$150K
Jun 2019Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Vibration imaging for the characterization of extended, non-cooperative targets$150K
Jun 2019Federal contractDefense · Synthetic Scene Generation For Wide Application High Performance Computing ENVIRONMENT-STTR1$150K
Apr 2019Federal contractDefense · De-jto Self Referencing Hel Profiler$295K
Mar 2019Federal contractDefense · SBIR III Directed Energy Modeling For Cross-domain Analysis$8.5M
Feb 2019Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II Topic N172-118$2M
Jan 2019Federal contractDefense · Efficient And Faster Methods For Performing General Wave-optics Propogation$150K
Aug 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Full Mueller Matrix Characterization of Imaged Samples using Digital Holography$150K
Aug 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Rapid construction of 3-D Satellite models from limited amounts of 2-D imagery$150K
Jul 2018Federal grantDefense · Phase I · DE Optical Turbulence Collection Sensor$150K
Nov 2017Federal contractDefense · Fast Synthetic Scene Generation - Darpa - SBIR II$1.5M
Sep 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR II (15.1) - Long Range Adaptive Active Sensor$750K
Sep 2017Federal contractDefense · Research And Development Igf::ot::igf$225K
Mar 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Enhanced Scheduling Of Ssa Assets In Space Control Simulation$9.3M
Mar 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR Phase I Ussocom Topic 3$150K
Dec 2016Federal grantDefense · Phase I · User Defined Operational Picture (UDOP) for Enterprise Ground Satellite Command and Control Systems from Multiple Sources$150K
Dec 2015Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Persistent Wide Field Space Surveillance$2.2M
Dec 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Persistent Wide Field Space Surveillance$2.4M
Nov 2015Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Rapid Mission Planning for Desirable Viewing Conditions$3M
Nov 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Sbirii-rapid Msn Planning For Desirable Veiwing Conditions$2.6M
Sep 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR Lll Hel System Modeling&simulation$7.3M
Jul 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf, SBIR I Long-range Adaptive Active Sensor$150K
Jul 2015Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Automated Terrestrial EMI Emitter Locator for AFSCN Ground Stations$150K
Nov 2014Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Protection of DoD Satellite Communications Against RF Interferences and Personal Mobile Telecommunications$150K
Jul 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Small Business Innovation Research Entitled "persistent Wide Field Space Surveillance"$150K
Jul 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) For Rapid Mission Planning For Desirable Viewing Conditions$150K
Jun 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Improved Afscn Fct Simulator$150K
Jan 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ct::igf Army SBIR Phase II Base Effort$994K
Sep 2012Federal contractDefense · Army SBIR Phase I$99K
Sep 2012Federal contractDefense · Synthetic Scenerfy For Tracking System Evaluation$746K
Sep 2012Federal contractDefense · Space Situational Awareness Image Analysis Tools$3M
Sep 2012Federal contractDefense · Space Situational Awareness Integrated Systems Model$2M
Dec 2011Federal contractDefense · Beam Projection&compensation (bp&c)$2.7M
Nov 2011Federal contractDefense · Hybrid Multi-signature Data Fusion For Remote Object Identification And Characterization$150K
Sep 2011Federal contractDefense · SBIR III - Fast Synthetic Scene Generation For Directed Energy Applications (matrix)$5.1M
Apr 2011Federal contractDefense · STTR I$100K
Feb 2011Federal contractDefense · SBIR 1-OPTIMIZATION Of Satellite Ground Truth For Space Situational Awareness$100K
Sep 2010Federal contractDefense · Fast Scene Generation Tool (fast)$756K
Aug 2010Federal contractDefense · Mda SBIR Phase II$1.0M
Feb 2010Federal contractDefense · Spatial-temporal Control Applied To Atmospheric Adaptive Opt$100K
Mar 2009Federal contractDefense · Basic Effort SBIR Phase I$100K
Mar 2008Federal contractDefense · SBIR II$750K
Jan 2007Federal contractDefense · Nova II Topic Areas 4&6$5M
Mar 2006Federal contractDefense · 200606!370092!1700!N61339!NAVAL Air Warfare Center !N6133906C0044 !a!n! !n! ! !20060331!20070330!176086952!176086952!176086952!N!TAU Technologies, Llc !1601 Randolph Rd Se !albuquerque !NM!87106!02000!001!35!ALBUQUERQUE !bernalillo !new MEXICO!+000000199548!N!N!000003707791!AZ12!RDTE/OTHER Research & Development-applied Researc !S1 !services !000 !not Discernable !541710!E! !3! ! ! ! ! !999$550K

Federal awards are summed by year (72 awards); hover a bar for the split. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.

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Federal contracts#115 · top 8%

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What it has protected

USPTO · 3 granted of 5

Oct 3, 2023GrantedMulti-camera Imaging SystemsUSPTOUS 11,778,289
Aug 31, 2021GrantedMulti-camera Imaging SystemsUSPTOUS 11,108,941
Jun 25, 2019GrantedSystem And Model For Real-time Predictive Laser Beam PropagationUSPTOUS 10,331,811

Show all 5 patent records

Multi-camera Imaging SystemsOct 3, 2023 · US 11,778,289Granted
Multi-camera Imaging SystemsAug 31, 2021 · US 11,108,941Granted
System And Model For Real-time Predictive Laser Beam PropagationJun 25, 2019 · US 10,331,811Granted
Multi-camera Imaging SystemsApplication PCTUS2017052105Pending
Multi-camera Imaging SystemsApplication 62396780Pending

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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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