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X-Wave Innovations, Inc.

Gaithersburg, MD · Defense · Private

Non-contact wireless sensor system for monitoring internal conditions of sealed steel containers through thick metal walls without cables

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Sector
Defense
Headquarters
Gaithersburg, MD
Total capital
$36.5M
Federal grants
$19.6M
50 awards · 2015–2025
Rank in peer group#3 of 94
Private capital raised
None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts
$16.9M
56 awards · NASA, Defense, Commerce
Rank in Defense#292 of 1442
Granted patents
10
5 pending · first 2022
Rank in peer group#12 of 94

Capital timeline

2012201420162018202020222024FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $36.5M2012: $577K across 6 contracts2013: $1.1M across 7 contracts2014: $1.4M across 4 contracts2015: $1.4M across 4 grants · $743K across 1 contract2016: $1.1M across 2 grants · $1.2M across 5 contracts2017: $2.2M across 7 grants · $250K across 2 contracts$2.4M2018: $850K across 2 grants · $875K across 2 contracts2019: $1.8M across 5 grants · $1M across 3 contracts$2.8M2020: $1.6M across 5 grants · $1.6M across 5 contracts$3.3M2021: $1.5M across 3 grants · $161K across 2 contracts2022: $2.1M across 6 grants · $490K across 4 contracts$2.6M2023: $2M across 6 grants · $393K across 2 contracts2024: $1.3M across 7 grants · $1.5M across 8 contracts$2.7M2025: $3.8M across 3 grants · $5.6M across 5 contracts$9.4M
2012201620202024FEDERAL ↑EQUITY ↓Cumulative $36.5M2012: $577K across 6 contracts2013: $1.1M across 7 contracts2014: $1.4M across 4 contracts2015: $1.4M across 4 grants · $743K across 1 contract2016: $1.1M across 2 grants · $1.2M across 5 contracts2017: $2.2M across 7 grants · $250K across 2 contracts2018: $850K across 2 grants · $875K across 2 contracts2019: $1.8M across 5 grants · $1M across 3 contracts$2.8M2020: $1.6M across 5 grants · $1.6M across 5 contracts$3.3M2021: $1.5M across 3 grants · $161K across 2 contracts2022: $2.1M across 6 grants · $490K across 4 contracts2023: $2M across 6 grants · $393K across 2 contracts2024: $1.3M across 7 grants · $1.5M across 8 contracts$2.7M2025: $3.8M across 3 grants · $5.6M across 5 contracts$9.4M

Latest events

  • Federal contractTransportation · X-wave Innovations, Inc. Phase II SBIR Award Under Topic 24-FH3: Low-cost, Rapid Assessment Of Bridge Deck Chloride Content In Concrete$1.5M
  • Federal contractTransportation · FY25 SBIR Phase I Award With X-wave Innovations, Inc. Under Topic 25-FR1: Non-destructive Longitudinal Rail Stress Measurement Device And SBIR Technical And Business Assistance (taba) Services$207K
  • Federal contractNASA · Phase II SBIR 80NSSC25C0033 - An Adjacent Inductive Coil Sensor (aics) System For Structural Health Monitoring Of The Restraint Layer$850K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Phase II SBIR 80NSSC25C0033 - An Adjacent Inductive Coil Sensor (aics) System For Structural Health Monitoring Of The Restraint Layer$850K
  • Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II$987K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · SBIR D2 Phase II R&d: A Low-cost, Handheld Ultrasonic Pressure Sensor For Non-invasive, Rapid, And Accurate Measurement Of Helium Pressure In Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessels Of Airborne Fuel Flow$2M
  • Federal contractDefense · SBIR D2 Phase II R&d: A Low-cost, Handheld Ultrasonic Pressure Sensor For Non-invasive, Rapid, And Accurate Measurement Of Helium Pressure In Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessels Of Airborne Fuel Flow$2M
Show 99 earlier federal awards
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · SBIR Phase II$987K
  • Federal contractDefense · Research And Development.$140K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Research And Development.$140K
  • Federal contractTransportation · Small Business Innovation Research Phase I On U.S. Dot Topic 24-FH3 Low-cost, Rapid Assessment Of Bridge Deck Chloride Content In Concrete$200K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Kickoff Briefing$246K
  • Federal contractDefense · Kickoff Briefing$246K
  • Federal contractNASA · An Adjacent Inductive Coil Sensor (aics) System For Structural Health Monitoring Of The Restraint Layer$132K
  • Federal contractNASA · A Wireless, Embedded Sensor System For Rocket Propulsion Test Applications Environment$150K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · A Wireless, Embedded Sensor System For Rocket Propulsion Test Applications Environment$150K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · An Adjacent Inductive Coil Sensor (aics) System For Structural Health Monitoring Of The Restraint Layer$132K
  • Federal contractDefense · Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I, "non-rf Transceiver Alternative Communicator (nrf-tac)." Design And Build An Innovative Prototype Device Capable Of Being Demonstrated In A Realistic Field Application.$250K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I, "non-rf Transceiver Alternative Communicator (nrf-tac)." Design And Build An Innovative Prototype Device Capable Of Being Demonstrated In A Realistic Field Application.$250K
  • Federal contractDefense · Multistage Acoustic Aglomeration Device$174K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Multistage Acoustic Aglomeration Device$174K
  • Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase 1 - Mesostructure Scramjet Combustor Panel (mescop)$180K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · SBIR Phase 1 - Mesostructure Scramjet Combustor Panel (mescop)$180K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Kick-off Briefing Materials & Fwa Cert.$246K
  • Federal contractDefense · Kick-off Briefing Materials & Fwa Cert.$246K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Kick-off Briefing Materials & Fwa Cert.$146K
  • Federal contractDefense · Kick-off Briefing Materials & Fwa Cert.$146K
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · A Non-Contact, Wireless Sensor System for Remote and Long-Term Monitoring of Internal Conditions of Spent Nuclear Fuel Dry-Storage Canisters$1.1M
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Wireless cylindrical piezoelectric pressure/temperature sensor for fuel tank monitoring at cryogenic environment$150K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Digital Twin-Based Laser Powder Bed Fusion In-Situ Monitoring and Healing Package$147K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Rotary Plus Axial and Elliptical Vibration Ultrasonic Drill$140K
  • Federal contractCommerce · Scientific Services For Prototyping And Testing To Support Smart Target Electronics And Hardware Design$55K
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · A Non-Contact, Intelligent Sensor Network System for Long-Term Health Monitoring of Spent Nuclear Fuel Dry-Storage Canisters and Fuel Assemblies$1.1M
  • Federal contractDefense · The Purpose Of This Action Is To Award A Definitive Ffp SBIR Phase I Contract Associated With SBIR Topic A224-001$250K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · A Wireless, Thin-Film Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) Sensor System for Rocket Propulsion Test Applications$150K
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · An Intelligent Sensor Array Network System Technology for Spent Nuclear Fuel Dry Storage Canister Helium Leakage Detection$207K
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Ultrasonic Multipoint Temperature Sensor for Nuclear Reactor Applications$207K
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · A Non-Contact, Wireless Sensor System for Remote and Long-Term Monitoring of Internal Conditions of Spent Nuclear Fuel Dry-Storage Canisters$207K
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · An Advanced Fuel Flowmeter for Large Flow Rates$207K
  • Federal contractDefense · R&D$140K
  • Federal contractCommerce · Scientific Services To Support Smart Target Electronics And Hardware Design$45K
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Ultrasonic Residual Stress Reliever System for Mitigation of Stress Corrosion Cracking in Spent Nuclear Fuel Dry-Storage Canister WeldsDegradation$1.1M
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · A Non-Contact, Intelligent Sensor Network System for Long-Term Health Monitoring of Spent Nuclear Fuel Dry-Storage Canisters and Fuel Assemblies$207K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · A New Multi-Domain Sensing System for Fault Detection and Remaining Useful Life Prediction Monitoring of Lithium-ion Batteries in Hybrid and/or All-Electric Propulsion$125K
  • Federal contractDefense · SBIR Ph I. An Ac/dc Intelligent Lithium-ion Battery Power Module For The Next Generation Of High Voltage Energy Storage Systems$111K
  • Federal contractDefense · Research And Development Regarding Low Power Multi-harvesting Wireless Sensor Networks For Long Range Localization And Sensing.$50K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · An AC/DC Intelligent Lithium-ion Battery Power Module for the Next Generation of High Voltage Energy Storage Systems$111K
  • Federal contractDefense · Microwave Sensor System For Nondestructive Characterization Of Multi-layered Non-conductive Composites And Coatings$500K
  • Federal contractNASA · Novel Thermosonic In-process Nondestructive Evaluation Of Additive Manufacturing Build$125K
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Development of Radiation Endurance Ultrasonic Transducer for Nuclear Reactors$1.1M
  • Federal contractDefense · SBIR I Base Funding$111K
  • Federal contractNASA · A Distributed Master-less Dc/dc Converter System For The Optimum Utilization Of Interconnected Lithium-based Battery Modules$755K
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Ultrasonic Residual Stress Reliever System for Mitigation of Stress Corrosion Cracking in Spent Nuclear Fuel Dry-Storage Canister WeldsDegradation$206K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · A Highly Versatile Energy/Power Dense Portable Lithium-ion Battery Power Module for Next Generation Energy Storage Systems$111K
  • Federal contractDefense · Research And Development.$147K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Microwave Sensor System for Nondestructive Characterization of Multi-Layered Non-Conductive Composites and Coatings$50K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf Ot Phase 1 SBIR Research$112K
  • Federal contractDefense · Aflcmc/wl Commercial Solutions Opening (cso) Pitch Day$165K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · An Advanced Sensor Fusion Based Crew Health Monitoring System$125K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · A Distributed Master-less DC/DC Converter System for the Optimum Utilization of Interconnected Lithium-Based Battery Modules$125K
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · A Self-Powered, Wireless Sensor System for Remote and Long-Term Monitoring of Internal Conditions of Spent Nuclear Fuel Dry-Storage Casks$1.1M
  • Federal contractNASA · We Propose A Novel Approach That Simultaneously Detects And Corrects These Internal Cell Changes Early And Using Hardware That Can Be Permanently Installed Externally On The Surface Of A Lithium-ion Cell. Our Approach Enhances The Safety And Prognostics Associated With Lithium-ion Batteries, And Its Reconstruction Capability Has The Added Benefit Of Rejuvenating A Cell To Extend Its Life. Finally, The Proposed Solution Will Be Implemented On Small, Low Cost, And Low Power Hardware To Ensure Its $750K
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Development of Radiation Endurance Ultrasonic Transducer for Nuclear Reactors$207K
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · A Novel Full Matrix Capture Ultrasonic Imaging System for Non-Radioisotopic Inspections$206K
  • Federal contractNASA · Sensor Networks Embedded On Structures, Such As Pipes, Bridges, Railways, Aircraft Wings And Fuselage, Among Others, Are Required To Transfer Data Related To The Health Of The Structure. This Data Is Typically Sent To A Central Location Where It Can Be Processed, Displayed, And Analyzed. Typical Structural Health Monitoring (shm) Uses Embedded Ultrasonic Transducers Exclusively For Non-destructive Evaluation (nde) Purposes, Whereas Data Transfer Is Performed Over Separate Wireless Radio Frequenc$750K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Additive Manufacturing Sensor Fusion Technologies for Process Monitoring and Control.$100K
  • Federal contractNASA · There Is Substantial Evidence Suggesting That A Lithium-ion Cell Undergoes Internal Structural And Mechanical Changes Prior To A Catastrophic Failure. Some Of These Changes Include Electrode Expansion, Electrode Ruffling, Dendrite Formation, Internal Gas Formation, And Internal Density Changes. A Key Characteristic Of These Changes Is That Most Of Them Occur Prior To Any External Measurable Parameter Variation, Such As In Terminal Voltage, Surface Temperature, Or Mechanical Surface Strain. There$125K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase II · A Combined Health Estimation and Active Balancing Electronic System for the Life Enhancement of Batteries in Hybrid and/or All-Electric Propulsion Systems$750K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Non Intrusive Passive Optics/Imaging for Damage Prediction and Structural Health Monitoring in Gas Turbines$150K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Non-Destructive Inspection for Repaired Integrally Bladed Disk Airfoils$743K
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · An Air Coupled Ultrasonic Array Scanning System for In-Situ Monitoring and Feedback Control of Additive Manufacturing$155K
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · A Powerless Acoustic Sensor System (PASS) for Remote and Long-Term Monitoring of Conditions of Used Nuclear Fuel inside Dry-Storage Casks$150K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Self-Powered Multi-Functional Wireless Sensor Network for Nondestructive Evaluation and Structural Health Monitoring$125K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf NASA Seeks Intelligent Monitoring For Hybrid And/or All Electric Propulsion Systems, And Methods To Significantly Extend The Life Of Electric Aircraft Propulsion Energy Sources And Their Safety. Active Balancing Is An Attractive Technique That Can Be Used To Increase Battery Pack Life. If Performed Efficiently And Accurately, Active Balancing Can Translate Into Longer Battery Life And More Efficient Battery Utilization. Active Balancers Presently Equalize Either Voltage Or State Of$125K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf To Address Nasa's Need For Slow- And Fast-light Technologies, X-wave Innovations, Inc. (xii) Proposes A Fiber-based Adf Trap-door-buffer Fti With More Powerful Spectrum Resolving Power Than Fti Supported By Conventional Dispersion-dependant Slow-light. For The Phase I Program, Xii Will Prototype A Fiber-based Adf Trap-door-buffer Fti And Demonstrate The Feasibility Of The Proposed Technique For High Delay-time Bandwidth And Enhanced Spectral Resolution. For The Phase II Program, Xii$125K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase II · A Battery Management and Control System using a Universal Reconfigurable Architecture for Extended Health of Batteries in Hybrid and/or All-Electric Propulsion Systems$750K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Parallel Intermixing of Lithium-Ion 6T Batteries with Dissimilar Chemistries$100K
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · A SelfPowered, Wireless Sensor System for Remote and LongTerm Monitoring of Internal Conditions of Nuclear Waste Casks$1M
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Lithium Battery Early Warning Fault Indication System$80K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf NASA Seeks Intelligent Monitoring For Hybrid And/or All Electric Propulsion Systems, As Well As Methods To Significantly Extend The Life Of Electric Aircraft Propulsion Energy Sources. Lithium-based Batteries Will Continue To Play A Key Role As An Electric Propulsion Source Due To Their High Energy And Power Densities. However, The Requirement To Advance Towards More Fuel Efficient And Environmentally Friendly Aircrafts Demands Battery Systems That Can Operate For Longer Periods Of$124K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Non-destructive Inspection For Repaired Intergrally Bladed Disk Airfoils$150K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf NASA Is Seeking Innovative, Multifunctional And Lightweight Approach To Integrate Long-duration Structural Health Monitoring (shm) Capabilities For Space Habitat Long-duration Mission Concepts. The Enabling Sensing Technology And Integration Approach Should Not Compromise The Load-carrying Capability Or Other Structural Design Requirement. Sensing Capabilities By Fusing Multiple Sensors To Predict And Locate Critical Damage Areas And Probable Failure Zones Are Highly Demanded. To A$125K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Phase II Project Af 141 - 209: Dimensional Evaluation Of Aircraft Fuel Cells$750K
  • Federal contractDefense · Basic; SBIR Phase I; Igf::ct::igf$80K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Advanced Non-Destructive System to Characterize Subsurface Residual Stresses in Turbo-machinery Components$80K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf X-wave Innov- Vibration Stress Relief$743K
  • Federal grantNASA · Phase I · An Advanced Ultrasonic Imaging System using Time-Reversal MUSIC Technique for Rapid Inspection of Ultra Large, Complex Composite Structures$125K
  • Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · A Self-Powered, Wireless Sensor System for Remote and Long-Term Monitoring of Internal Conditions of Nuclear Waste Casks$155K
  • Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Innovative Methods for Characterizing Manufacturing Defects$993K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR Phase II Research&dev - A Low-cost Hybrid Ultrasonic-rf Sensor System For Characterization Of Composite Materials$975K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Sibr Phase I, Demensional Evaluation Of Aircraft Fuel Cells.$150K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Vibration Stress Relief, SBIR I$150K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR Phase I Af Topic 131-193, Composite Calibration Standard Kit For Calibration Of Multiple Equipment In The Af Inventory Used For Composite Non-destructive Inspection (ndi)$150K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Conduct Experimental And/or Modeling Efforts To Demonstrate Proof-of-principle Of The Proposed Technology To Detect And Characterize Micro-fractures And Voids In A Variety Of Relevant Materials And Bonded Joints. Demonstrate The Detector S Technological Ability To Meet The Required Safety, Portability And Supportability Requirements.$125K
  • Federal contractCommerce · Igf::ot::igf Algorithem Development And Research$129K
  • Federal contractCommerce · SBIR Phase II Award To X-wave Innovations Igf::ot::igf$300K
  • Federal contractCommerce · SBIR Phase I Award To X-wave Innovations Igf::ot::igf$90K
  • Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Hand-held Fastener Surface Measurement$150K
  • Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf To Meet The Nasa's Need For Innovative Technologies That Decrease Turn-around Time For Inspections And Assessments For Safe Operations Of Aircraft And Spacecraft, X-wave Innovations, Inc. (xii), Teaming Up With Prof. Fuh-gwo Yuan At North Carolina State University (ncsu), Proposes To Develop An Innovative Guided-wave Based Time-reversal Tomography (trt) Technology And Bayesian Framework Based Damage Segmentation (bfds) Technology For Finite-size Damage Detection And Characterization$125K
  • Federal contractDefense · Ph I Research&development - A Low-cost Hybrid Ultrasonic-rf Sensor System For Characterization Of Composite Materials Igf::ot::igf$150K
  • Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I Topic N122-125$80K
  • Federal contractCommerce · Ca - Services: Development Of Advanced Methods For Correlating The Surface Topographies Of Fired Cartridge Components, Standard Cartridge Cases, And Toolmarks$122K
  • Federal contractCommerce · SBIR Phase I Award Proposal 25-68 An Automated Lapping Apparatus And Process For High- Process For High-precision Random Profile Roughness Specimen Fabrication$90K
  • Federal contractDefense · Topic N12A-T007 Awd$80K
  • Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$80K
  • Federal contractNASA · The Use Of Composites In Aircraft Manufacturing Is Growing Dramatically. To Ensure The Integrity Of Composite Structures And Bonded Joints, A Variety Of Nondestructive Evaluation (nde) Technologies Have Been Developed Over The Past Three Decades. Among Them, The Ultrasonic And Acoustic Based Technologies (e.g., Ultrasonic C-scan, Resonance, Mechanical Impedance Analysis, And Tap Test) Have Proven To Be Successful In Many Field Applications, Especially For Delamination And Disbond Inspections. Ho$125K

Federal awards are summed by year (106 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.

Standing among 94 peers

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Defense · System

  • Federal grants#3 · top 3%
  • Granted patents#12 · top 13%
  • Linked publications#3 · top 3%

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What it has protected

USPTO · 10 granted of 15
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Recent research by its founders

  • The Effects of Crop Rotation with Chili Peppers and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Root-Knot Nematode Disease in Watermelons20260 cites
  • Effects of combined inoculation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and plant growth-promoting rhizosphere bacteria on seedling growth and rhizosphere microecology202528 cites
  • H2O2-mediated oxidation of PHOSPHATE STARVATION RESPONSE2 promotes adaptation to low phosphate in rice20259 cites

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Sources

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