TENTGUILD ENGINEERING CO
Portable autonomous guyed lattice column system with erector mechanism for elevating payloads on the lunar surface
- Sector
- Aerospace
- Headquarters
- Boulder, CO
- Total capital
- $1.4M
- Federal grants
- $498K
- 4 awards · 2017–2020
- Rank in peer group#25 of 39
- Private capital raised
- None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
- Federal contracts
- $893K
- 4 awards · Defense, NASA
- Rank in Aerospace#577 of 1335
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Self-Erecting Elevated Platform$125K
- Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Software for the Rapid Comparative Design of Solar Arrays$125K
- Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Webbed Solar Array$125K
- Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Concentrically Mounted Wrapped Array with Cable Support$123K
- Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Proposed Is The Development And Validation In A Laboratory Environment Of A Photovoltaic (pv) Array Design Of Unique And Enabling Characteristics. Namely, Smoothly Deployed From Compact Stowage With One Single, Continuous Sweep Of Motion, A Total Pv Surface Area Up To And Beyond 4000~M2 (the Area Associated With 1~MW Power) Is Provided By Two Wings, With Mechanical Performance Objectives Also Met. The Pv Cells Are Mounted On Flexible Strups That, Assembled, Constitute Array Disk Pie$730K
- Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Proposed Is An Architecture For Large (>200 M2 Surface Area) Photovoltaic (pv) Arrays, Deployable From Compact Stowage With One Single, Continuously Smooth Sweep Of Motion And Directly Scalable To Sizes At Least An Order Of Magnitude Larger To Provide Surface Areas Beyond 4000 M2 -- The Area Associated With 1 Mw Power Production, The Upper Limit Of Projected Solar Electric Propulsion (sep) Needs In 10- 20 Years. In Particular, Examined Is The Integration Of A Version Of The "spiral$118K
- Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Satellite Boom Study$25K
Show 1 earlier federal award
- Federal contractDefense · Characterizing Deployable Space Aperture$20K
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Standing among 39 peers
Line = medianAerospace · Orbital_ops · System
- Federal grantsBelow median
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Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
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Regulatory activity · Aerospace
- Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs of NASA-Effectuation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Special Conditions: AMAC Aerospace, The Boeing Company Model 747- 8 Airplane; Side-Facing SeatsFederal Aviation Administration
- Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous AmendmentsFederal Aviation Administration
- Operating Limitations at John F. Kennedy International AirportFederal Aviation Administration
- Operating Limitations at New York LaGuardia AirportFederal Aviation Administration
- Special Conditions: Honeywell Aerospace US LLC, Dassault Aviation Model Falcon 900EX Airplane; Electronic System Security Protection From Unauthorized External AccessFederal Aviation Administration
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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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