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TETHERS UNLIMITED, INC.

Bothell, WA · Aerospace · Acquired by Amergint Technology Holdings (2020)

ARTIE, an androgynous robotic tool-change interface with power and data grapple for hard and soft capture of tools on lunar and orbital robotic platforms

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Sector
Aerospace
Headquarters
Bothell, WA
Total capital
$45M
Federal grants
$7.4M
15 awards · 2015–2019
Rank in peer group#46 of 155
Private capital raised
None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts
$37.6M
86 awards · Defense, NASA, Interior
Rank in Aerospace#98 of 1335
Granted patents
3
6 pending · first 2019
Rank in peer group#46 of 155

Capital timeline

20062008201020122014201620182020FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $45M2006: $1.4M across 2 contracts2007: $169K across 2 contracts2008: $232K across 2 contracts2009: $2.1M across 5 contracts2010: $730K across 1 contract2011: $1.4M across 7 contracts2012: $1.4M across 5 contracts2013: $4.5M across 12 contracts$4.5M2014: $2.3M across 5 contracts$2.3M2015: $1.9M across 3 grants · $2.8M across 7 contracts$4.7M2016: $1.7M across 3 grants · $6.4M across 10 contracts$8.1M2017: $870K across 2 grants · $7M across 11 contracts$7.9M2018: $1.7M across 2 grants · $4.9M across 7 contracts$6.7M2019: $1.2M across 5 grants · $646K across 6 contracts2020: $1.2M across 1 contract2021: $247K across 1 contract
2006201020142018FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $45M2006: $1.4M across 2 contracts2007: $169K across 2 contracts2008: $232K across 2 contracts2009: $2.1M across 5 contracts2010: $730K across 1 contract2011: $1.4M across 7 contracts2012: $1.4M across 5 contracts2013: $4.5M across 12 contracts2014: $2.3M across 5 contracts2015: $1.9M across 3 grants · $2.8M across 7 contracts$4.7M2016: $1.7M across 3 grants · $6.4M across 10 contracts$8.1M2017: $870K across 2 grants · $7M across 11 contracts$7.9M2018: $1.7M across 2 grants · $4.9M across 7 contracts$6.7M2019: $1.2M across 5 grants · $646K across 6 contracts2020: $1.2M across 1 contract2021: $247K across 1 contract

Latest events

  • Federal contractNASA · Procurement Of Ground Radio To Match Lunar Node - 1 Lunar Payload For Ground Testing$247K
  • Federal contractDefense · Collaborative Control Of Two Robotic Manipulators For Satellite Servicing$1.2M
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Versatile Hot-Swappable Robotic Interface$125K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · HyperBus Cargo Platform$125K
  • Federal contractNASA · To Enable Future Lunar Isru Missions To More Effectively Explore, Sample, And Excavate Within The Permanently Shaded Polar Craters, Tethers Unlimited Inc.$125K
  • Federal contractNASA · Resin Additive Manufacturing Processed Thermal Protection Systems (ramp Tps)$125K
  • Federal contractNASA · Gimbal Mechanism For Extreme Environments$125K
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  • Federal grantNASA · Phase II · AstroPorter$743K
  • Federal contractNASA · Mantis Thermal Certification Preparation$50K
  • Federal contractNASA · 1 Lunar Payload Purchase Of Flight Radio For Nav Demo. For Lunar Node$216K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Structural Electronics Quasi-Additive-Manufacturing (SEQAM)$150K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · HyperBus 12U Modular Platform$75K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Tether&deployer Design Revision$5K
  • Federal contractDefense · Kraken-x Lightweight Space-qualified Robotic Arm$150K
  • Federal contractDefense · Dactylus$150K
  • Federal contractNASA · The Vendor Will Work With Their Subcontractors And NASA On The Development Of A) A Robotic Arm And Augmented Telerobotic Capability For Fablab Operations, B) An Upgraded Swift Controller For Remote Commanding And Autonomous Control Of Fablab Systems, And C) An Automated Vision System With A Geometric Inspection Capability For Verification And Validation Of Manufactured Parts.$2.4M
  • Federal contractDefense · Army SR1 Igf::ot::igf$1M
  • Federal contractNASA · Tethers Unlimited, Inc. Tui Proposes To Develop A Collaborative Robotics Platform, Astroporter, For Multi Agent Coordinated Tasks On The International Space Station Iss. Tui Will Develop An Astroporter Payload For Astrobee To Perform Collaborative Robotics Tasks With Tuis Mantis , An Express Rack Payload With A Robotic Arm For Tele Robotic Operation Of Experiments On The Iss. Astroporter Will Interface With Astrobee Through The Dedicated Payload Bay And Function As A Platform For Transporting Eq$124K
  • Federal contractNASA · Tethers Unlimited, Inc. (tui) Proposes To Develop The Metal Advanced Manufacturing Bot-assisted Assembly (mamba) Process, A Robotically Managed Metal Press And Milling System Used To Create Precision Parts On Orbit. This Manufacturing Process Provides An Alternative To 3D Printing Metals In Space, Which Is Difficult Due To Space Environment, Feedstock Safety Concerns, And Print Quality Issues. Instead, The Mamba-process Relies On An Ingot Forming Technology To Create A Metal Ingot. This Ingot Ca$750K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase II · MakerSat$750K
  • Federal contractNASA · Task 1: Detailed Design And Fabrication Of Upgrades For Flight Test In This Task, Tui Shall Develop A Detailed Design And Fabricate Any Parts Needed To Enable The Refabricator Payload To Support A Flight Test Of Crg S Reversible Thermoset Materials. Using NASA Internal Investment Funding, The Following Subtasks Will Be Conducted: Develop Test Parameters For Rvt Material O Melting/reforming Temperature O Rate Of Recycling O Printing Parameters Design Of Continuous Molding Module Tuned For Rvt$250K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · High Bandwidth Redundant Communication Links for Small Satellites$1.0M
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf$35K
  • Federal contractInterior · Igf::ot::igf The Constructable Platform: Modular Architecture For A Persistent Platform In Geo$1.5M
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · The Automated X-Link for Orbital Networking (AXON) Connector$125K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Tui Proposes To Develop A Carpal-wrist Gimbal Payload For The Astrobee Free-flier, Called Cobra-bee To Satisfy Astrobee Mission Needs For A Lightweight, Integrated End-effector/tool /sensor Positioning And Pointing System. The Cobra-bee Is An Evolution Of Tui?s High-trl, 3-DOF Cobra Gimbal That Will Provide Astrobee End-effectors With The Workspace Dexterity Of A Full Robotic Manipulator (6-DOF Via Astrobee Fan System + 3-DOF Via Cobra-bee). Cobra-bee Will Support Target Acquisition$125K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Tethers Unlimited, Inc. (tui) Proposes To Develop The Metal Advanced Manufacturing Bot-assisted Assembly (mamba) Process, A Robotically Managed Metal Press And Milling System Used To Create Precision Parts On Orbit. This Manufacturing Process Provides An Alternative To 3D Printing Metals In Space, Which Is Difficult Due To Space Environment Or Print Quality Issues. Instead, The Mamba-process Relies On An Ingot Forming Technology To Create A Metal Ingot. This Ingot Can Then Be Mille$125K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Small Satellite Platforms Such As Cubesats And Nanosats Are Providing Opportunities For NASA, DOD, Ad Commercial Ventures To Perform Missions At Lower Cost And Improved Return On- Investment. There Is A Growing Desire To Enable Smallsats To Perform "long Baseline" And "spatially Diverse" Observation, Measurement And Collection Missions. Traditionally, These Types Of Missions Would Be Performed Using Formation Flying Or Using Large, Costly Satellites Equipped With Complex Deployable$125K
  • Federal contractInterior · Igf::ot::igf Orbweaver: System For Repurposing An Espa Ring To Create A Large Phased Array Satcom System$1.5M
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf With The Goal To Reduce Astronaut Time Required To Operate Experiments On The Iss And Advance Automated And Telerobotic Technology, Tui Proposes To Collaborate With Nanoracks To Develop A "modular Advanced Networked Telerobotic Interface System" (mantis) That Will Integrate Tui?s Existing Kraken Robotic Arm In A Payload On The Iss. The Mantis Payload Will Reduce Crew Member Burden To Operate Experiments By Enabling Automated And/or Supervised Teleoperation Of The Plate Reader, Mixs$1.1M
  • Federal contractNASA · Sap Purchase Requisition: 4200619826 Igf::ot::igf Purchase Order For 1U Tether Deployer System$25K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf A Key Goal Of The Human Exploration And Operations Mission Directorate (heomd) From 2012 Is To Utilize The Iss For Developing The Systems And Protocols Necessary To Humans To Venture Beyond Low Earth Orbit For Extended Durations, And With The Push From Congress In 2015 To Build A Deep Space Habitat For A Mars Mission By 2018, The Goals Of Heomd Are Increasingly Important To Meet. The Erasmus Technology Integrates A Plastics Recycler, Dry Heat Sterilizer, And 3D Printer To Create A $750K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase II · OpenSWIFT-SDR for STRS$745K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf The Openswift-sdr Phase II Effort Will Build Upon Our Highly Successful Phase I Effort By Extending The Capabilities Of The Swift-sdr Platform And Develop Technologies Needed For Nasa's Next Generation Satellite Communication Architecture. The Swift Software Defined Radio Is A Proven, Swap-c (size, Weight, Power, And Cost) Efficient RF Communications, Signal Processing, And General Computing Platform Delivering On-orbit Reprogrammability And Flexibility For Space Missions. Tui Plan$750K
  • Federal contractDefense · Research&development "igf::ot::igf"$1.0M
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · High Bandwidth Redundant Communication Links for Small Satellites$100K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Optimized Additive Manufacturing For High Dielectric Strength (oahds)$741K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Tipping Point Technologies - "hydros Thruster" Hydros Is A Novel Propulsion System That Uses A Hybrid Electrical/chemical Scheme To Provide High Thrust (1N) And High Isp With A Safe, Nontoxic, Non-explosive, Nonpressurized Propellant Water. This Project Will Use Electrolysis To Split Water Propellant Into Gaseous Hydrogen And Oxygen, Burning Hydrogen And Oxygen In A Simple Bipropellant Thruster And Optimizing The System For Cubesat And Microsat Applications.$1.3M
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf The Phase II Positrusion Effort Has Been Advancing The In-space Recycling System To Trl 4 By Developing An Engineering Unit Of A Recycling System For The International Space Station (iss) That Is Capable Of Melting Down Plastic Components And Forming Them Into Feedstock For 3D Printers. Figure 1 (a) Shows A Render Of The In Space Recycler Express Locker Payload Design. During The Phase II Effort, The Iss Coordination Office Identified That Integration With The Current Iss Printer A$2.5M
  • Federal contractInterior · Igf::ot::igf The Constructable Platform: Modular Architecture For A Persistent Geo Platform$150K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · 3D Printed Composite-Z and Graded-Z Radiation Shields (CoGZ-Rad)$125K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Swift Is A Small-form Factor, Highly-capable Software-defined Radio (sdr) Platform Whose Strength Lies In Its Flexible And Modular Hardware And Software Interfaces. Tui Proposes To Augment This Existing, Proven Platform To Make It Compatible With The Space Telecommunication Radio System (strs) Architecture And Other Open Standards. Furthermore, Tui Proposes To Leverage Other Ongoing Work In The Area Of High-gain Antenna Pointing And Electrically-steered Antenna (esa) Control To Au$125K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf With The Goal To Reduce Astronaut Time Required To Maintain Experiments On The Iss And Aid Advances In Vision Processing And Robotic Arm Control Technology, Tui Proposes To Collaborate With Nanoracks To Develop A "modular Advanced Networked Telerobotic Interface System" (mantis) That Will Integrate An Existing Robotic Arm In A Nanolabs Payload On The Iss. The Mantis System Will Reducing Crew Member Burden For Performing Nanolab Experiments By Enabling Automated And/or Supervised $125K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf One Of The Goals Of The Human Exploration And Operations Mission Directorate (heomd) From 2012 Is To Utilize The Iss For Developing The Systems And Protocols Necessary To Humans To Venture Beyond Low Earth Orbit For Extended Durations, And With The Push From Congress In 2015 To Build A Deep Space Habitat For A Mars Mission By 2018, The Goals Of Heomd Are Increasingly Important To Meet. Erasmus Will Enable These Goals By Providing A Technology Suite Which Is Both A Trash Recycling U$125K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · SWIFT-TacSATCOM :: Tactical UHF and K-Band SATCOM$1.5M
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Phase II Of NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (niac) Heliopause Electrostatic Rapid Transit System (herts)$21K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf The Crissp Phase II Effort Will Mature To TRL-6 Recyclable Launch Packaging Materials To Enable Sustainable In-space Manufacturing On The Iss And Future Manned Deep Space Missions. Our Phase I Effort Began By Testing The Recycling Of Current Launch Packaging Materials, Identifying Several That Are Possible To Recycle. We Then Prototyped Concepts For Sealable Bags Made With Readily Recyclable A.m. Materials, Including Ultem Thermoplastic. We Next Developed A Process For 3D Printing C$1.2M
  • Federal contractDefense · Hydros Propulsion$49K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Research And Development$1.0M
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::cl::igf Performance Analysis Of An Electric Sail Space Propulsion System To Support The Down-selected NASA Phase II Niac Project Entitled: Heliopause Electrostatic Rapid Transit System (herts).$9K
  • Federal contractNASA · Isat Transceivers$217K
  • Federal contractDefense · Status Report Igf::ot::igf$80K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf:: "optimized Additive Manufacturing For High Dielectric Strength"$150K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · ARACMO: Advanced Regolith Anchoring for Cable-assisted Mobility$125K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · VORTEX Gimbal$125K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf While Additive Manufacturing Is A Game Changing Technology For In-space Repairs And Part Formation, It Still Requires A Plastic Feedstock Material To Fabricate The Printed Parts. For Longer Duration Or Long Distance Missions, A Large Supply Of Feedstock Will Need To Either Be Stored On-board, Taking Up Both Mass And Cargo Space, Or Flown Up In Expensive Resupply Missions To Enable The Continued Usage Of The 3D Printer. Tui Proposes To Develop Customizable Recyclable International Sp$125K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf The Positrusion Iss Recycler Enables Recycling Of Scrap And Waste Plastics Into High-quality Filament For 3D Printers To Enable Sustainable In-situ Manufacturing On The Iss And Future Deep-space Manned Missions. In Order To Minimize Astronaut Time Required For Recycling, Mitigate Safety Risks, And Improve The Quality Of Product Relative To Conventional Filament Extrusion Methods, Tethers Unlimited, Inc. (tui) Has Developed A Novel "positrusion" Method For Processing Plastic Pieces $1.3M
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Programmable Picosat Transceiver$1.7M
  • Federal contractDefense · Swift Wrx Radio$198K
  • Federal contractDefense · Progress Report$150K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf This Requirement Is A Phase II SBIR Titled "remote Anchor Module (ram) Launch-able Tagline And Remote Anchor System".$1.0M
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Tui Proposes A Novel Process To Produce 3D Printer Feedstock Filament Out Of Scrap Abs On The Iss. Currently The Plastic Filament Materials That Most 3D Printers Use Are Produced With Screw-based Extruders That Are Fundamentally Designed For High Volume Terrestrial Production From Uniformly Pelletized Resin Feedstock. These Require Relatively Large Continuous Batch Sizes With Significant Operator Inputs And Have Generally Poor Control Over The Produced Filament Geometry. Existing Ex$125K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf The Trusselator Technology Will Enable On-orbit Fabrication Of Support Structures For High-power Solar Arrays And Large Antennas, Achieving Order-of-magnitude Improvements In Packing Efficiency And Launch Mass While Reducing Life-cycle Cost. The Phase I Trusselator Effort Successfully Demonstrated Fabrication Of Continuous Lengths Of High-performance Carbon Fiber Truss Using A Novel Additive Manufacturing Process, Establishing The Technology At TRL-4. The Initial Truss Samples Disp$875K
  • Federal contractDefense · Hydros Propulsion$100K
  • Federal contractDefense · Navigation Radio$75K
  • Federal contractDefense · Navigation Radio$75K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ct::igf Army SBIR Phase II$1M
  • Federal contractDefense · Repair Igf::ot::igf$11K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Versatile Structural Radiation Shielding (vsrs) SBIR II$750K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Tui Proposes To Develop And Demonstrate A Process For Fabricating High-performance Composite Truss Structures On-orbit And Integrating Them With Thin Film Solar Cell Assemblies To Enable The Deployment Of Very Large Solar Arrays With Lower Cost And Increased Power-per-mass Than Soa Array Technologies. Onorbit Fabrication Enables Order-of-magnitude Improvements In Packing Efficiency Compared To State Of The Art Deployables Technologies Such As Coilable Booms, Deployable Masts, And I$125K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf To Enable Future Robotic Exploration Systems To Have Greater Mobility, Sensing, Sampling, And Communication Capabilities On Difficult Terrain Such As Craters, Cliffs, Gullies, And Skylights, Tethers Unlimited Proposes To Develop A "sensing And Positioning On Inclines And Deep Environments With Retrieval" (spider) System. This System Employs An Innovative Lightweight 'orbital Winch' With The Capacity For Rapid Tether Deployment And High Load Retrieval Or Towing. The Unique Design Of$125K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Leveraging Tui's Swift Software Defined Radio (sdr) Architecture, We Propose To Develop A 100 Mbps Downlink And Intersatellite Crosslink Capability With Ranging And Timing Synchronization Capabilities To Enable More Sophisticated Cubesat And Small Satellite Missions. This Effort Will Focus On Designing A Ka-band Communications Solution Including A High-gain Patch Antenna Array And Ka-band RF Front End, That Can Be Integrated With Tui's Swift Software Defined Radio (sdr) Processor R$125K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf With The Increased Demand For And Utility Of Nano- And Micro-satellites, The Demand For Responsive, Low-cost Access To Space Has Also Increased. To Meet This Demand, Multiple Private Companies Are Pursuing The Development Of Nano- And Micro-launch Vehicles (nmlv). However, Nmlv Builders Lack Suitable Avionics Platforms For Both Development And Operational Needs. Traditional Launch Vehicle Avionics Platforms Exceed The Swap Requirements Of An Nmlv Due To Their Use Of Redundant, Aero$200K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Programmable Picosat Transceiver - SBIR II$1.7M
  • Federal contractDefense · Cubesat$249K
  • Federal contractDefense · D-2 Proposes To Adapt The Proven IP-583 Method To Achieve The Army S Goals Of A System With The Ability To Fame Detection In Jet And Diesel Fuels, With A Dynamic Range 100 Ppm To 7%, While Meeting The Objective Of An Instrument With Size And Operational Envelope Suitable For Use In The Army S Mobile Fuel Laboratory. We Call This New Instrument The Multi Fuel Fame Detector, (mffd).$150K
  • Federal contractDefense · Army SBIR Phase I$98K
  • Federal contractDefense · Versatile Structural Rediation Shielding (vsrs)$150K
  • Federal contractNASA · This Is A Follow-on Activity That Is Intended To Broaden And Develop Technologies Performed Under Contract, NNM04AA10C, Entitled, Technologies For Momentum Exchange/electrodynamic-reboost (mxer) Tether Facilities. It Is Further Intended To Specifically Incorporate A Failure-resistant, Multiline Tether Such As That Described In Tethers Unlimited, Inc. Patent No. US 6,431,497. The Tasks Below Address The Conceptual Design, Integration, And Test Of A Satellite System For Demonstration Of Electro$238K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Other Function - The Powercube Is A 1U Cubesat Module That Provides Integrated Propulsion, Power, And Precision Pointing To Enable The Low-cost Cubesat Platform To Be Used To Conduct High-performance Missions. The Powercube Concept Integrates Three Innovative Component Technologies To Provide These Capabilities: First, A Proton Exchange Membrane (pem) Water-electrolysis Fuel Cell Supplies GH2/GO2 To A Simple Pressure-fed Thruster To Provide 300 Ns Of Impulse Per 100 ML Of Water. T$750K
  • Federal contractDefense · Programmable Picosat Transceiver$149K
  • Federal contractDefense · New Award For Research And Development Of A Prototype Robotic Arm For Nanosatellites$200K
  • Federal contractDefense · Chrysalis - The Contractor Shall Research Technologies For On-orbit Self-fabrication And Assembly Of Large Space Systems.$692K
  • Federal contractDefense · Pnp 30W Orbit Average Power Solar Panel For Cubesats$100K
  • Federal contractNASA · Magnetoplasmadynamic (mpd) Thrusters Can Provide The High-specific Impulse, High-power Propulsion Required To Support Human And Robotic Exploration Missions To The Asteroids, Moon, Mars, And The Outer Planets. Mpd Thrusters, However, Have Traditionally Been Plagued By Poor Thrust Efficiencies Due Primarily To Power Lost Into The Anode Caused By The Hall Effect. We Propose To Combine Three Innovative Techniques To Create A High Thrust Efficiency Mpd Thruster. The First Is An Unconventional Applie$100K
  • Federal contractNASA · Tethers Unlimited, Inc. Proposes To Develop The Powercube, An Integrated Power, Propulsion, And Pointing Solution For Cubesats. The Powercube Combines Three Innovative Components: A High-power Deployable Solar Array Able To Provide Up To 100W Peak Power To The Cubesat, A Regenerative Fuel Cell Energy Storage System That Doubles As A GH2/GO2 Thruster, And A 'carpal Joint' Gimbal That Enables Sun Pointing Of The Solar Panel As Well As Precise Pointing Of Payloads. This Highly Integrated System Wil$100K
  • Federal contractNASA · The Proposed Effort Will Develop The "terminator Tape Deorbit Module", A Lightweight, Low-cost, Scalable De-orbit Module That Will Utilize Both Aerodynamic Drag Enhancement And Electrodynamic Drag To Rapidly Remove Small Satellites From Leo Altitudes, Enabling Compliance With Orbital Lifetime Restrictions Such As Nss 1740.14 And DOD Instruction 3100.12, Sec. 6.4. Unlike De-orbit Devices That Rely Solely Upon Aerodynamic Drag, Which Provide No Significant Reduction In The Probability Of Collision$100K
  • Federal contractDefense · Army SBIR Phase 2$730K
  • Federal contractDefense · Army SBIR Phase 1$119K
  • Federal contractDefense · Phase II R&d SBIR Topic N08-001$1.0M
  • Federal contractDefense · Darpa SBIR Phase II$750K
  • Federal contractDefense · The Terminator Tape Low-cost Deorbiting System$100K
  • Federal contractDefense · Darpa SBIR Phase I$99K
  • Federal contractDefense · Research$82K
  • Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I- Topic N08-001$150K
  • Federal contractDefense · Sibir Phase 1$99K
  • Federal contractDefense · Research And Development (r&d) Phase I$70K
  • Federal contractDefense · 200612!063146!1700!N00039!SPACE And Naval Warfare Systems !N0003906C0061 !a!n! !n! ! !20060725!20080725!877425330!877425330!877425330!N!TETHERS Unlimited Inc !11807 N Creek Pkwy S Ste B!bothell !WA!98011!07380!033!53!BOTHELL !king !WASHINGTON!+000000874822!N!N!000001020540!AC66!RDTE/ELECTRONICS & Communication Eq-mgmt Support !A7 !electronics And Communication Equip !000 !not Discernable !541519!E! !3!A!S! ! ! !999$1M
  • Federal contractDefense$391K

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