TRIDENT SENSING, INC.

Park City, UT · Defense · Private

Software system for autonomous airspace management and mission planning enabling 24-hour unmanned and manned aerial firefighting operations

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · tridentsensing.com

Sector: Defense
Headquarters: Park City, UT
Total capital: $11M

Federal grants: $6.2M; 7 awards · 2021–2026; Rank in peer group#59 of 161
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $4.8M; 6 awards · NASA, Defense; Rank in Defense#536 of 1442
Granted patents: 0; 2 pending

Capital timeline

Latest events

Oct 2026Federal contractNASA · SBIR Phase II - Compact UAS Sensor For Distributed Mapping Of Wildfire Plumes$1.3M
Sep 2026Federal grantNASA · Phase II · SBIR Phase II - Compact UAS Sensor For Distributed Mapping Of Wildfire Plumes$1.3M
Sep 2025Federal contractNASA · SBIR Phase I 80NSSC25C0384 Compact UAS Sensor For Distributed Mapping Of Wildfire Plumes$156K
Sep 2025Federal grantNASA · Phase I · SBIR Phase I 80NSSC25C0384 Compact UAS Sensor For Distributed Mapping Of Wildfire Plumes$156K
Aug 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Counter-suas Passive Detection, Tracking, And Kinetic Kill For Contingency Response Force$1.2M
Aug 2025Federal contractDefense · Counter-suas Passive Detection, Tracking, And Kinetic Kill For Contingency Response Force$1.2M
Feb 2025Federal contractNASA · Contract To Trident Sensing For Contracted Aviation Services. Networked Fire Mapping Demonstration$65K

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Jul 2024Federal contractDefense · A-pnt Sw Development Modules Will Be Integrated Into A 3D Printed Chassis And Powered From The Aircraft Accessory Power Plug (cigarette Lighter).$1.9M
Jul 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · A-pnt Sw Development Modules Will Be Integrated Into A 3D Printed Chassis And Powered From The Aircraft Accessory Power Plug (cigarette Lighter).$1.9M
Jun 2023Federal grantNASA · Phase II · UAS Traffic Management (UTM) Prototype for 24 Hour Aerial Firefighting$897K
Sep 2022Federal grantAgriculture · Airborne Wildfire Mapping Utilizing An Array Of Thermal Infrared Cameras And Automated Multi-aperture/multi-platform Fire Map Processing$650K
Jul 2022Federal contractNASA · EO14042 SBIR Phase I UAS Traffic Management (utm) Concept Demonstration For 24 Hour Aerial Firefighting$156K
Jul 2021Federal grantAgriculture · Airborne Wildfire Mapping Utilizing An Array Of Thermal Infrared Cameras And Automated Multi-aperture/multi-platform Fire Map Processing$100K

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Standing among 161 peers

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Defense · Software

Federal grants#59 · top 37%

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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

USPTO · 0 granted of 2

Apr 30, 2026PendingSystems And Methods For Natural Disaster Identification And ManagementUSPTOApplication 18949239
Jul 31, 2025PendingAerial Firefighting Planning, Control, And AssessmentUSPTOApplication 19041878

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Regulatory activity · Defense

Sector-level, not company-level

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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Data freshness

SEC Form D filings through Oct 23, 2026. SBIR and STTR awards through Oct 21, 2026.